How would I go about cleaning up a sewage mess in basement by myself, that is not real bad but stinky?

Question

It backed up into the basement and landlords won't come to see the problem. I am a single parent of two children. Need to know how to get it cleaned up and also how to get rid of the smell.

Answer 1

my parents had this problem a few years back. use rubber gloves, (of course) clean up all water, sewage etc. then scrub everything down with hot water and bleach, equal parts. make sure you have a lot of ventilation, open all windows, use fans etc. as far as the odor, the bleach and water will take care of most of that problem. after everything is dried out, place pure vanilla extract in open containers. place the containers all around. vanilla is a natural odor absorber.
make sure you throw away all rags, buckets, and what ever else you use to clean up the mess.
Best of luck! hope this helps.

Answer 2

Its really the landlords problem. Keep calling him/her. Sewage can be a health issue. If you must do it yourself. Get rubber gloves. Get a plastic suit, the kind you see on TV at hazard clean up. Get lots of bleach to kill the germs that are living in the sewage. Remember sewage came from someones toilet. As you clean you will need to clean yourself up. Put up some kind of outside shower to wash off the sewage. Use the germ hand cleaner all over your body and hair. I don't like the idea of this germ infected sewage being cleaned up yourself -- its the landlords problem. Its may be covered by his or your insurance.
Its different if its you own home, your homeowners insurance covers this kind of health clean up problem. GOOD LUCK.

Answer 3

hello :)
the usual cleaning supplies are needed, soap, bleach and lots of rags and bags to throw it away in but the smell is another thing. eucalyptus, get as much as you can hold in two hands, go to the florist and buy all the dried flower arrangement eucalyptus they have and put it on the affected area. put half on then when the smell comes back use the other half of the dried flowers, keep rotating till there is no more smell good luck. (: