Money Saving Options Concerning Pipe Maintenance And Re-lining

Frightening happenings loom large beneath your home, house, condo or business that can shut you down and cause you the greatest inconvenience in a snap. Even beyond Halloween season, there are really nightmarish scenes being played out that can cost you loads of money. These goblins that may come to haunt you are not imaginary; they are very real and sometimes can be extremely costly.

How many of us really think of our drain pipes or sewer lines? Have you heard of the saying 'out of sight, out of mind' for most of us, sewer lines are things we think about only when something goes wrong. Really if the tell-tale signs of trouble or not there or if you ignore them "out of sight and out of mind", could also mean "out of tens of thousands of dollars". One of the worst possible situations imaginable is a backed up sewer line. Backed up sewer lines usually happen with age, breakage, fissures or cracks in the pipeline and can cause lots of damage.

The costliest solutions include getting the entire line replaced which may mean breaking up floors, digging up your yard and perhaps even your parts of your sidewalk or street. The worst part about this could be that you may not have access to parts of your home, or may have to stay away entirely for days or even weeks. The problem may not end there because without the proper equipment, or experienced professionals there may be more damage done to your home structurally then initially imagined. Think of it, jarring jackhammers digging through your foundation, the jolts of vibrations, the cracks, the loosened dirt, the mess, the inconvenience, the smell, the hotel stays and 'oh did we mention that it tends to be a costly proposition not just for your wallet but also for your nerves.

Since you want to avoid those pitfalls with your sewer lines we're glad to report that there is an innovative new technology out there that most sewer repairers are just waking up to.

We recommend that you know before you go and look before you leap. There are pipe re-liner professionals out there who could save you even more than just money.

Look at it this way. Let's say you have good tires and one of them leaks from a small puncture, you'll likely notice it after a few hundred miles or so. If the tiny problem stays untreated then you'll have several options for repair:

1) Plug it,

2) patch it,

3) get an inner tube that lines the inside of the tire

4) get a new tire

Why would you want to replace your leaky tire if you can repair it? With our research we have found that using the tire repair scenario above, the 3rd option is the one closest to what pipe re-liners do in a less destructive or less intrusive manner.

If your sewer lines are still viable, then why would you want to rip up your tiles and dig up your yard, street and sidewalk if in most cases it may be totally unnecessary? Pipe liners work to identify the damaged area using a video camera, then they can opt to repair the damage portion pipe or the entire pipe.

To repair the entire pipe or various portions the pipe re-lining experts insert an inflatable rubber tube which is surrounded by a resin coated fiberglass sleeve which when inflated sticks to the walls of the existing pipe and completely hardens in about 3 hours.

The job is done in roughly a day instead of a week, therefore savings can be tremendous. When does trouble usually occur?

Of course when you least expect it tends to happen at the least opportune time, usually when you're entertaining guests.