Author Archives: Emery Bear
Sewage on Concrete Slab vs Subfloor: Why One Gets Cleaned and One Gets Cut Out
Concrete can be decontaminated in place. Wood subfloor usually cannot. The porosity science behind sewage [...]
Jul
Sewage Smell Coming Back After Cleanup: The Biofilm Your Mop Never Touched
Sewage smell coming back after cleanup means biofilm is regenerating hydrogen sulfide. The drain line [...]
Jul
How Far Does Sewage Contamination Spread in Drywall? The Wicking Science
Sewage wicks 12 to 24 inches above the waterline in drywall. See the capillary science [...]
Jul
Best Disinfectant for Sewage Cleanup: Why Bleach Fails Where Chemistry Wins
Bleach, quats, or peroxide? Why the best disinfectant for sewage cleanup depends on organic load. [...]
Jul
E. coli Growth in Sewage Backup: What Multiplies Hour by Hour in a Louisville Home
E. coli doubles every 20 minutes in a sewage backup. See the hour-by-hour contamination curve [...]
Jul
Pathogen Load, and OSHA Bloodborne Pathogen Rules on Louisville Residential Jobs
Sewage Cleanup PPE for Louisville jobs: protect health, claims, and ROI fast.
How Much Toilet Tissue To Flood A Bathroom
How Much Toilet Paper Does It Take to Flood a Bathroom? We Ran the Numbers [...]
Jul
Why Old Louisville Foundations Fail After Days of Rain
Hydrostatic Pressure Failure in Old Louisville rubble-stone foundations after multi-day rain explained.
Jul
Why Louisville’s July Humidity Slows Structural Drying
Psychrometric Limits of Structural Drying at Louisville’s July and August Dew Points explained fast.
Jul