Unattended Death Cleanup in Smithville
In Smithville and the rural DeKalb County land around it, a person living alone may not be found for some time. After the medical examiner releases the home, we clean the affected area privately and remove odor at its source.
After a death that went undiscovered, we remove affected materials, clean and disinfect the home and deal with odor at its source, beginning only once authorities have released the property. Belongings are reviewed with the family before anything is discarded.
Local considerations in Smithville
- We inspect subfloor and wall cavities
- Family living elsewhere can arrange details with us by phone
- Where we can, belongings are kept for the family
Planning unattended death cleanup in Smithville
Smithville is the DeKalb County seat, and rural land surrounds the town, where houses can be some distance apart. When a person living alone dies and is not found for several days, the discovery often falls to a neighbor, a church friend or a relative calling from out of town. Law enforcement and the DeKalb County medical examiner come first; Tennessee generally requires the examiner's authorization before your loved one is moved.
Once a funeral home has taken your loved one and the home is released, we begin. In rural and older in-town houses alike, decomposition fluids may reach subfloors, joists and crawl spaces, and odor lingers as long as those materials stay in place. We cut out and bag the affected flooring and framing where needed, scrub and disinfect everything that remains, and treat odor by taking away its cause. See decomposition cleanup and natural death cleanup. Rebuilding afterward is a job for a contractor near Smithville.
For a step-by-step explanation of the process, safety precautions and what we hand to other specialists, see our main unattended death cleanup page.
Specialized unattended death cleanup in Smithville
Specific situations we handle here include decomposition cleanup, natural death cleanup, hospice home death cleanup, apartment death cleanup, and subfloor & structural remediation.
Nearby, we provide the same service in Woodbury, Gordonsville, Baxter, McMinnville, and Sparta, and anywhere else in DeKalb County.