PIPE REHABILITATION Versus Replacement
Cracked, leaking, or deteriorating sewer and drain pipes don’t always require full excavation.
Pipe rehabilitation allows us to restore the structural integrity of existing pipes—often without digging, demolition, or major disruption.
Not every pipe qualifies. When it does, rehabilitation can save time, cost, and property damage.
When Pipe Rehabilitation Is the Right Solution
You may be a good candidate if you’re experiencing:
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Repeated sewer backups or slow drains
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Cracked or offset underground piping -
Root intrusion in otherwise stable pipes -
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Aging cast iron, clay, or concrete sewer lines
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Sewer issues beneath slabs, landscaping, or pavement
Goal: Extend pipe life without replacing what doesn’t need replacing.
When Pipe Replacement Is the Better Choice
Rehabilitation is not a cure-all. We will recommend replacement when:
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Pipes have collapsed or severe deformation
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Sections are missing or no longer continuous
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Pipe diameter has been compromised beyond limits
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Improper slope or alignment must be corrected
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If replacement is required, we’ll tell you clearly—and explain why.
What CIPP Does Well
Creates a new, joint-free pipe inside the old one
Seals cracks, leaks, and minor offsets
Prevents root intrusion
Minimizes excavation and surface disruption
What CIPP Cannot Do
Fix collapsed or severely misaligned pipes
Correct improper slope or flow direction
Restore pipes that are structurally unsound
CIPP is a rehabilitation tool - not a replacement shortcut.
CIPP (Cured-In-Place Pipe)
What It Is...and What It Isn’t
Who Pipe Rehabilitation Is Best For
We regularly perform rehabilitation for:
Our Approach:
Diagnose First. Recommend Second.
Every project starts with video pipe inspection.
We determine:
Structural condition
Pipe material & diameter
Suitability for rehabilitation vs. replacement
You’ll receive a clear recommendation, supported by inspection footage - not assumptions.
WHAT IS PIPE LINING?
Breakthroughs in the fields of science and engineering over past decades have resulted in innovative and environmentally-friendly pipe repair technologies. Making it possible for broken pipes to be repaired from the inside, without the need to dig at all.
Known as trenchless repairs, old pipes (or their remnants) are usually left in place while a new pipe (often made with tough, durable composite resin materials) is simply formed or situated inside or around them. With no need to excavate, dig or destroy, trenchless repair strategies such as cured-in-place pipe (CIPP) relining usually gives clients more cost-effective and convenient solutions for troublesome pipes, and results in significantly fewer negative environmental impacts.
WHAT IS CIPP PIPE LINING?
One of the most popular ways of repairing or rehabilitating pipes without digging is CIPP (cured-in-place) pipe relining. Put simply, advanced composite resin materials are inserted into failing pipes to repair damage, improve flow and extend the life of the pipe. For pipes needing structural strength (i.e. beneath roads or driveways) a liner impregnated with the resins is pulled into place before being cured rock hard. With non-structural pipes (like water pipes in walls or ceilings) the resin is blown into the pipe to cure, forming a new pipe lining that will keep it operating successfully for years.
These structural and non-structural relining processes are suitable for pipes carrying drinking (potable) water, waste and storm water, chemical (trade) applications and grain, feed or sludge (industrial) applications.
THE BENEFITS OF PIPE RELINING
CIPP relining can:
Fix leaks and prevent tree root intrusion**
Assist with prevention of blocked drains
Eliminate digging, excavation and destruction
Improve the flow rate of your assets
Prevent lead and other contaminates leaching from the pipe into water
Reduce the risk of potential damage to other services caused by excavation
Provide a structural** repair – even to sections where there is no existing pipe
Be used in situations where pipes have junctions, bends and transitions in diameter
Can be used to repair pipes of almost any material (PVC, concrete, clay, copper, steel etc.)
Repair pipes conveying potable water, chemicals, high temperature fluids, compressed air, fire suppressant systems, waste and more
Result in a relined pipe which independent tests have deemed has greater strength than a new pipe**
Usually result in simpler and more cost-effective pipe repair solutions than digging and repairing or replacing the damaged pipes.
CIPP LINING
We offer pipe repair solutions for water, drainage and pressurized pipes in a wide range of diameters, and our innovative pipe relining repair methods provide long-term solutions with warranties of up to 50 years*.
PIPE RELINING METHODS
One of the most popular ways of repairing or rehabilitating pipes without digging is CIPP (cured-in-place) pipe relining. Put simply, advanced composite resin materials are inserted into failing pipes to repair damage, improve flow and extend the life of the pipe. For pipes needing structural strength (i.e. beneath roads or driveways) a liner impregnated with the resins is pulled into place before being cured rock hard. With non-structural pipes (like water pipes in walls or ceilings) the resin is blown into the pipe to cure, forming a new pipe lining that will keep it operating successfully for years.
These structural and non-structural relining processes are suitable for pipes carrying drinking (potable) water, waste and storm water, chemical (trade) applications and grain, feed or sludge (industrial) applications.
Our pipe relining methods are tailored to suit each unique repair, and vary depending upon the type of pipe, the climate, other environmental conditions, the operational needs of the client and the built structures or services in the immediate area.
We use CCTV camera equipment to locate the issue, then use high-pressure water jets to clear the pipes and prepare them for relining.
CIPP, a structural liner melded to the interior pipe wall, effectively creates a seamless "pipe within a pipe"; Epoxy Coating, a mechanically applied barrier coating inside the pipe, effectively creates an impermeable barrier between the metallic pipe and the material flowing through it; and Pipe Bursting, which effectively replacing the existing pipe with a new pipe.
Minimally intrusive, these technologies offer "no dig" approach's to solving and preventing pipe failure problems specifically for Sanitary Sewer and Drain, Waste, Vent, Sewer and Storm (DWV S&S) plumbing as well as other non-pressurized piping systems.
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Pulled in place & Inversion lining
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Brush & Spray coating
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Directional Bore & Pipe Bursting