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I clean for a large health center and they had a sewer line bust and poop was every where in the ladies locker room ,water ran into three other rooms (975 S.F.total) .It was not hard to clean but it was VERY nasty.the land lord will be picking up the tab for this bill,I want to be fair but I also want to be more fair to my self and my son (one job he did not like to help me with). There is no pading under carpet,and they have cement walls. We cleaned it twice and left 4 fans for two days. The carpet is dry ,smells good and the customer is very happy!!
What would some of you charge for this????????
I’d start at a minimum of $600.00. Many restoration outfits won’t even touch any sewer work…a lot of liability and follow up. Have you gotten the smell out of your nostrils yet?
Randy,
I hope you used our disinfectant!
I just completed a sewage back-up situation in the basement of a house of one of my customers. They called me with what they thought was a 10 x 10 area. I found moisture in 3/4 of their 2000 sg.ft. basement carpet. I tried my best to get a competitor that does restoration work to come and do the work, but failed. No one wanted the job, including me. They begged me to “Just Do The Best That You Can”. 8 hrs later, 6 qts of disinfectant, 1 qt. of orange deoderizer, $500, and they were very happy. I should have charged $800 but they are very good customers and I had a surplus of time that day.
The for mentioned reply is correct. Liabilities are a concern. Sewage can carry life threatening bacteria and diseases that need to be handled properly. I’m not IIRC( or what ever the abbr. is )certified, therefor, I shouldn’t be doing this kind of work. I did however, explain this to my customer and they wanted me to do the work anyway.
Sorry, I’ll pass on this one.
We have an employee that used to work for a large flood/fire company here in town, and even with his background, we usually don’t touch floods, and we definitely don’t touch sewage. Floods always seem to be a lot bigger than the customer realizes when they call you, like Mr. Sutton mentioned. Also, they don’t happen at noon, but rather 3am, and I don’t want to be 24/7. Need a lot of additional equipment (dehumidifiers, moisture meters, suction of a truckmount, etc.) if you are to do them properly, plus all the certifications for knowledge (and liability). That said, if sewage is involved and you are tackling it, I hope you are replacing all of the pad and not trying to salvage it. Randy, since your situation didn’t have pad, this would not concern you.
For 1,000 sq ft of sewage carpeting, I would think you should charge at least $800-$1,000, if not a lot more. More than likely they are going to turn it over to their insurance anyway, so make sure you get compensated accordingly. How much time did you spend on the job? I don’t know your relationship with the customer, so if you are uncertain and want to make sure you are giving them a fair deal, call around and find out what your competitors would charge for the same job in your area.
Just some rough estimate numbers we use for the small “wet carpet” jobs we tackle:
$50/hr per person working on the job
$35/day per fan
Charge our basic rate for actually cleaning the carpet
$20-$50 for disinfectant depending on size
Additional costs for liquid nails, carpet pad, tack strips, etc that need to be replacedAs I said earlier though, we really don’t do floods so take my numbers with a grain of salt.
This was also a job that I really did not want ,but this customer wanted us to do it .But it turned out great and we have a happy customer! Thanks guys !!!!
Na, I’m an old washed-up hog farmer that was born in a barn. My immune system is second to none. I missed 1 day of work back in the ’80’s.
Just for the record, anyone dealing with human fecal matter better be very, very careful…hogs are a totally different matter. To date, one does not get immunity from HIV, hepatitis or any of a number of other communicable diseases through contact with human blood or feces.
Having my immune system bombarded from chemo for leukemia 11 years ago, I am knowledgeable and very serious. Even with the proper shots, contact with human bodily fluids is very serious and not a laughing matter.
My son and I will refer any such work to Bubba in town and let him have the risk…the rewards are not worth the risk if not trained, protected and insured…no matter who the client happens to be.
Just an FYI, talked to my employee today about this and he said every company he worked for prior would automatically rip out pad/carpet if sewage water was involved, or anything other than “fresh water” for that matter. He couldn’t remember, but he thought that was required by health and industry standards.
I clean for a large health center and they had a sewer line bust and poop was every where in the ladies locker room ,water ran into three other rooms (975 S.F.total) .It was not hard to clean but it was VERY nasty.the land lord will be picking up the tab for this bill,I want to be fair but I also want to be more fair to my self and my son (one job he did not like to help me with). There is no pading under carpet,and they have cement walls. We cleaned it twice and left 4 fans for two days. The carpet is dry ,smells good and the customer is very happy!!
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