Emergency
Sewer & Septic Backflow Cleanup Pompano Beach, FL
Heavy rain and a high water table can push sewage back through the lowest drain in the building. Clear or murky, it is handled as sewage. Anything that rose back up through a drain is handled as sewage, however clean it appears. Where a saturated septic field is the cause, it has to be draining again before the building is used.
Shut off the water, then pick up the phone
Often needed alongside
- Emergency Water Extraction
Standing water removed before it soaks into slab, block and flooring - the first step after any failure, and the one humid air makes urgent.
- Storm Surge & Tidal Flooding
Surge and tidal water rise from the ground up and carry salt and silt with them. Anything porous they soaked is treated as contaminated.
Frequently asked questions
Why is the vinyl wallpaper bubbling on the outside wall of an older Pompano Beach condo?
Nearly half the homes in Pompano Beach are in buildings of ten or more units, and the median home was built in 1974. Where a unit of that era has vinyl wallcovering on an outside wall, humid air seeping in through the block reaches its back, the coldest layer, and cannot pass through. Water gathers between the vinyl and the wall, and the paste lets go in bubbles.
What should be done with the drains in a Pompano Beach unit closed for the summer?
Keep the traps full. Some 8,150 Pompano Beach homes are held for seasonal use. Every sink, tub and floor drain has a trap holding a little water, and in a closed unit that water evaporates over the summer. Once dry, the trap opens the rooms to the damp air of the drain and vent stack. Pouring water into each drain on return, or a little mineral oil before leaving, keeps them sealed.
How can a leak in one Pompano Beach unit show up in another?
Through the shared parts of the building. Risers carrying water and drains pass through every floor, and walls and slabs are common to neighbors. A seeping joint in a riser, or a pan overflowing above, can travel inside the wall or along the slab before it shows in a unit that has no leak of its own. Telling building management where the damp appears helps trace it.
The page these come from: Pompano Beach water damage.