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Are you looking for an environmentally friendly way to rehabilitate your pipes and prevent wasteful and expensive water leaks? Here at Nu Flow, we offer trenchless pipe rehabilitation, which is an eco-friendly way to rehabilitate your Chicago plumbing system.

Are you having trouble with your indoor plumbing pipes? If you’ve noticed the need for increased plumbing pipe repairs and emergency plumbing services, your pipes may be nearing the end of their useful lives. Thankfully, plumbing rehabilitation via CIPPand PIPP liners can restore your plumbing pipes and provide you with years of reliable service.

When it comes to deciding whether to line your pipes or install new pipes for your plumbing system, you may be wondering whether pipe lining or coating reduces the internal diameter of your plumbing pipes. Here at NuFlow in Chicago, we are dedicated to answering all of your questions honestly and accurately, which is why we want to explain to you the process of pipe lining and whether or not it affects the internal diameter of your pipes.

When it comes to hiring an experienced, professional and knowledgeable plumbing contractor for your Chicago high-rise residential building, you should always make sure they are licensed. Licensed plumbers and plumber’s apprentices are required to uphold certain standards, including taking required tests and having a certain number of years’ experience.

CIPP liners are constantly improving and undergoing technological changes that make them increasingly durable and strong. Most CIPP liners are warrantied for at least 10 years, and they can last as long and 30 years. Recent advancements in the technology have also made it possible to line load bearing pipes with CIPP liners, which is less expensive than completely replacing the pipes.

Have you completed fall building maintenance for your plumbing system?  When it comes to keeping your Chicago building potable water pipes and drain lines running reliably and efficiently all winter, you can’t go wrong with a comprehensive plumbing maintenance checklist.

World Trenchless Day is taking place September 28.  Here at Nu Flow, we will be celebrating World Trenchless Day and Nu Flow trenchless technology that allow homeowners, municipal buildings and industrial buildings the opportunity to line their pipes without destroying expensive drywall, concrete and landscaping as well as other building and property features.

Many residential homes are built on concrete slab foundations, and the plumbing for those homes often resides under the concrete slab.  As long as the pipes function well and do not have any leaks, this plumbing installation method works great.  Unfortunately, once those pipes start leaking, it often involves digging through the floor of the home and the concrete slab in order to remove the damaged pipe section and replace it.  This can be extremely costly for the homeowner. If you know the causes and signs of a pipe leak, you can contact a pipe lining professional to make the repairs before major damage occurs.

Many homes today or in the past have been built on concrete slabs with the plumbing pipes running under and through the slab.  This can make repairing plumbing slab leaks extremely difficult because the floor and concrete slab often need to be torn up to reach the leaking plumbing pipes.

When pipe liners are installed, they are first soaked in a pipe lining resin to ensure they adhere to the host pipe while they are curing. At the end of the curing process, the pipe liner is as hard and durable as a new pipe. In general, there are three different types of resins available for CIPP lining, including polyester, vinyl and epoxy.