How often do you think about your building’s plumbing system? If it is working as expected, you probably haven’t thought about it. If more than one of your residents have complained about a clogged shower, overflowing toilet or slow moving sink, you might be wondering about the state of your multi-unit residential building’s plumbing system.
As the holidays approach and your residents start inviting family members and friends over for the holidays, it’s important to reiterate plumbing safety to prevent major catastrophes over the holidays, like clogged drains and backed-up toilets that could cause flooding in the unit and in adjacent units.
When is the last time you had your drain lines cleaned? Most business owners, condo HOAs and municipal building superintendents don’t think about their drain lines until there’s a problem, and that can be a bad thing when it comes to making your drain lines last. Over time, small amounts of grease, soda, food particles and other items can get stuck in along the walls of your drain lines, and this can lead to slow drain or a complete blockage. Scheduling regular hydro-jet cleaning services can prevent these small build-ups from becoming costly and disgusting drain clogs.
When it comes to custom pipe lining project, our professional pipe lining technicians can develop the right solution for you, even if your plumbing pipe problems reside underground. Here at NuFlow of Chicago, we recently completed a custom lining project at Guaranteed Rate Field, formerly known as US Cellular Field and home of the White Sox.
The convenience of modern plumbing is often taken for granted until something goes wrong. For the property managers, owners, board members and residents of condos, it can be difficult to determine what went wrong with the condo plumbing system and how best to fix the problems before they become major plumbing issues.
Did you know that entire plumbing pipe runs do not need to be replaced if there is a crack, root infiltration or severe clog? Instead of replacing the entire pipe, a sectional point repair can be performed to remedy the problem. During a sectional point repair, the section of damaged pipe is identified and either removed or cleaned and lined with an epoxy liner. Here at Nu Flow in Chicago, we line damaged plumbing pipes to prevent future corrosion and to extend the pipe’s useful life.
A clog in one of your commercial or residential drain lines is cause for immediate concern. With little to no water flow, the drains connected to that line will start to back-up potentially sending gray and black water across your floors, rugs and carpets, but how should you deal with the problem? One way to deal with a clogged drain is to pour a chemical drain cleaner down the drain, but they may damage your plumbing pipes.