| Plumbing repair is a lot like surgery; the less invasive, | | | | After the cutter is removed, a liner is then inserted to |
| the better. As the cost of building material rise, the cost | | | | the point of damage. The liner then seals against the |
| of every home repair and plumbing repair has also | | | | damaged pipe. Most plumbing repair services focus |
| increased. There really is not an inexpensive method to | | | | strictly on smaller jobs. Larger specialized jobs such as |
| making plumbing repairs, especially if the damage is | | | | this require specialized tools that smaller plumbing |
| inside the walls, foundation, or buried at basement level. | | | | companies do not have. |
| Fortunately for the homeowner, there are newer | | | | With regards to copper pipes, pinhole leaks may be a |
| non-invasive methods to detecting leaks and pipe | | | | problem. Over years of use, copper pipes can develop |
| damage that before required busting through walls and | | | | copper etching, lead deposits, and algae which pose |
| demolition of the foundation in extreme cases. Many | | | | serious leaks and health risks. One method, other than |
| water and sewer line repair professionals utilize high | | | | having a plumbing company perform an expensive |
| tech cameras that can be slid along pipes to view | | | | piping refit, is to make use of a new epoxy liner. A |
| potential problems, while others can "see" through | | | | specialized epoxy is placed inside the water pipes |
| walls. This use of technology does cost the customer | | | | which then travels throughout. As the epoxy travels |
| some, however, when examining the cost savings of | | | | along the pipe, it deposits itself against the inside wall of |
| not needing to reconstruct plaster walls, sheet rock, | | | | the piping and then hardens to form a smooth |
| painting, and labor, it is a much more beneficial method | | | | unobstructed pipe within a pipe. |
| of repair. | | | | This revolutionary method to pipe repair allows the |
| Many of the new methods of repairing underground | | | | homeowner the convenience of never having to leave |
| sewer pipes can actually make use of the existing | | | | the comfort of the home as opposed to traditional pipe |
| pipe without unearthing fences, flower gardens, trees, | | | | replacement. Major benefits of these newer methods |
| etc. The technique makes use of a narrow cutter | | | | are time savings, as well as the savings to the |
| designed to be inserted into the underground pipe | | | | pocketbook. |
| which then cuts away any debris found within the pipe. | | | | |