What Exactly is Pipe Relining?
Pipe relining removes the hazards of traditional pipe replacements. It involves running a specially designed tube within your existing pipes. These then expand to the circumference of the inside of the pipe. As a result, this establishes an extremely durable new layer within the walls of the current pipe. In other words, trenchless pipe relining restores the damage within the pipes to its original state. More importantly, it completely ignores the hazardous digging process of traditional pipe replacement methods. It is a recently new procedure and hardly any plumbers will perform the task as they do not have the qualification and needed skills to do so.
Benefits Of Pipe Relining
Relining solutions have multiple advantages when compared to the more common/ traditional processes of replacing damaged pipes.
Less Expensive
As replacing underground sewage pipes is a hassle, this method extremely reduces the cost of repairing pipes. Traditional methods have multiple processes and steps which add to your total cost. For example, the digging of trenches, the removal and replacement of old pipes and overall labour cost adds up quickly. Sewer pipe relining removes a lot of the costs to the subject of restoring broken pipes. To explain, this is because only a maximum of a metre square is dug up and the equipment involved is minimal. Additionally, the removal and replacement of old pipes is not present with plumbing relining which ultimately removes the costs of new, expensive pipes.
Less Damage & Time:
Landscaping can completely destroy the environment when traditional pipe replacement methods occur. As well as, the time taken to do the process is exceptionally long and labour intensive. On the other hand, pipe relining allows for your gardens, walkways and other areas to be hardly scared. Only a maximum of one meter square of ground would need to be removed. Moreover, the time and amount of labour needed is drastically less with pipe relining. This helps your pipes to be restored quicker, and also, the amount of hard labour work to decrease.
When Can I Hire a Plumber To Perform Pipe Relining?
The only disadvantage of pipe relining is that if your pipe has experienced tree root damage or or has really large hoe resent, it cannot be done. The reason for this, however, is because the pipe relining solution will have no wall to cling onto. Unfortunately if this is the case, pipe relining is not applicable and normal methods of replacing pipes is the only option.
Usually, there are two main times when pipe relining is used:
- To prevent damage from occurring – uncommonly, though, homeowners or business owners may want their pipes relined for the prevention of future damage. This is totally fine and actually smart because it will save you from worrying about damage costs and procedures when the chance that you need restoration of your pipes. We recommend that you reline the pipes which are made from old clay, often included in older homes. This is because one they are older and two that there are more prone to damage. Pipe lining will ensure that tree roots will not break in the pipe. Similarly, it will prevent the blocking of pipes and holes to form too.
- Emergency – when smells begin to arise or blocked drains occur, pipe lining is usually done. When leaking, clogging or smelling of pipes are present in your location, this when we are usually called. This is because we restore the pipe and prevent these negative conditions from occurring.
