If your building was built before 1985, you plumbing pipes are in excess of 30 years old and may be suffering from corrosion, undetected pinhole leaks and longitudinal cracks that have yet to be discovered. Needless to say, when your pipes start aging and leaking, even if it’s just a drip or two every few seconds, it can lead to expensive mold and water damage. As a Chicago property manager, you may think that a facilities assessment would also include your plumbing pipes, but they often do not.
Are you worried about the structural integrity and age of your sanitary piping? Drainage systems from certain water using appliances, sinks, toilets and showers take a beating each and every day. Your residents flush human waste down the toilets along with toilet paper. They may accidentally pour grease down their kitchen drains, and certain food items, like chicken skin, small bones and fruit and vegetable peels may find their way into your drain system. All of these things plus daily usage can cause problems with your system, including slow drains and clogs. Thankfully, there are things you can do to restore the integrity and durability of your sanitary piping, having them cleaned and lined.
When it comes to restoring plumbing pipes and drain lines, sometimes versatility and creativity are needed in order to develop a solution. Recently, we were asked by US Cellular if we could line their p – traps as well as their floor drains. The answer was complex. We can line p - traps, but the pipe liners we use do not bend well, and they don’t adhere well to tight bends in plumbing pipes. However, since they asked, we decided to develop an innovative epoxy liner solution.
If you’ve been watching the news coverage of Flint, Michigan’s water crisis, you probably have heard that the corrosion in the city’s water pipes is leading to an increase in the number of individuals contracting Legionnaires’ disease. As a property manager or facility manager in Chicago, it is up to you to prevent severely corroded pipes through regular maintenance of your plumbing system.
When you think about the Chicago White Sox and seeing a home game at US Cellular Field, you probably dream about eating hotdogs, giant pretzels and French fries while drinking massive glasses of soda pop and beer. Unfortunately, all that soda and grease has taken a toll on US Cellular Field’s drain pipes, leading to severe corrosion, and we have recently been commissioned to reline 100 feet of their stadium floor drain pipes.
Are you looking for a no dig solution to your building's plumbing problems? Trenchless pipe restoration is often called the “no dig” solution when it comes to repairing and restoring plumbing pipes in large, multi-story residential buildings, stadiums, parking garages, colleges and various other public venues. It’s also cost effective and can be accomplished faster than traditional pipe replacement.