Trenchless Pipe Repair Fixes Broken Pipes Underground For 50 Years
Any type of pipe can be permanently restored through a process called “Trenchless Pipe Lining” or “Cured-In-Place Pipe Lining” (CIPP). There is no need to dig up floors or walls, and the pipe lining installation takes about 1 day and costs about half as much as excavation, and comes with a 50 year warranty.
Benefits Of Trenchless Pipe Lining
- No digging through your floors
- Much less expensive – pipe relining costs about 50% less than excavation
- Save your tile, wood or marble – it’s usually impossible to find matching floor surfaces that were installed decades ago
- Stay in your home not a hotel – pipe relining is done from outside, so you can stay in your residence
- Speed – pipe lining takes 1 day, not months as for pipe replacement by excavation
- The plumbing can be used during installation except for 3-4 hours a day
How Is It Installed, And What’s The cost?
From outside your property we open the pipe, clean out the rust, scale and roots, and then install a new “pipe liner” or sleeve which has been saturated with a self-hardening epoxy resin. The liner contains a balloon which is inflated for 3 hours while the resin becomes rock-hard. Then the balloon is removed and a video inspection is performed to ensure correct installation. The pipe is put back into use immediately. Learn more pipe lining installation details here.
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How Strong Is The Pipe Lining?
The pipe liner is a fabric tube made of polyester which is then “wet out” with a 2-part epoxy resin which is mixed together in a certain proportion. In about 30 minutes resin heats up by itself to 180 degrees Fahrenheit due to an exothermic chemical reaction and becomes rock hard.
The resulting new inner pipe liner is so strong that it is a stand-alone pipe, not needing the old exterior pipe for structural integrity. The liner is designed to go under load bearing footers, roads, driveways etc.
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