Imagine having a broken, leaking, blocked sewer or stormwater drainage pipe to your premises or business that’s buried under gardens or concrete. Getting to this pipe is difficult enough, but now you have to repair or replace it? That’s going to be disruptive.
What if you could completely repair this damage without having to dig up and then reinstall everything? It would save so much time and hassle!
Traditionally, fixing drains that are broken in a hard to get to area would require cutting & digging up the area to remove the broken pipes and renew them. As you can imagine, this is not only costly, but can be time consuming and disruptive. A business that needs to replace a buried pipe may need to close their doors for days or even weeks!
There is a fast, reliable and cost effective alternative.
Pipe relining repairs damaged pipes without the need for extensive excavation. Using this modern technology, broken, cracked and root infected drain pipes can be repaired completely.
How Does Pipe Relining Work?
Sounds too good to be true. But it’s not!
If a break is found in your buried, underground or hard-to-reach drainage pipes, pipe relining can be your knight in shining armour.
Where do we start?
We will always start your relining journey with an inspection of your pipes with CCTV, often followed by water jetting, chain cleaning, sanding or robotic cutting. It’s important to have obstruction and dirt free pipes, as well as removing any misalignments before the relining is commenced.
We use the latest technology in robotic cutting to make this happen. Our range tools are powerful enough to cut through tree roots, bits of broken pipe, foreign debris (like toys, balls and other lost items!) that could be stuck inside your drains. We follow this up with a milling machine to clean and scour the host pipe to prepare the surface ready for relining.
Our Pipe Relining Process in Brisbane
Now that you’ve got your super-clean pipes, you’re ready for relining and rehabilitation.
Basically, pipe relining consists of inserting a flexible, resin-infused liner into the drain, inflated with air and then set and cured using temperature, time, UV light and air pressure.
Once the resin is cured, the tools are removed leaving the liner in-situ. This relines the broken and damaged host pipe, creating a completely new and watertight “pipe”. This new “pipe” is incredibly strong and can last for just as long as a new replacement pipe – 50 years is the standard minimum life expectancy.
Because of its flexibility, the product will seamlessly merge with the existing pipes to create a new and incredibly strong inner pipe.
Insert the flexible epoxy resin infused liner
Set the liner using air and then water temperature & flow
This lines the pipe creating a completely new, watertight pipe within the old one
How Do You Know if You Need Pipe Relining?
To identify a leak or break in your underground pipes, there are a few things that you need to be on the lookout for…
- Gurgling sounds of smells from your toilets, sinks or drains could mean a partically blocked pipe caused by a break that lets tree roots or other kids of obstructions into the pipe.
- An area outside that seems constantly damp or forming sinkholes. This could be a sign of broken or leaking drains in that area.
- Surcharging waste or water out of grates outside (or inside!) means a complete blockage that needs immediate attention.
Not only can a hidden broken pipe be smelly and noisy, it can be a very costly venture in other areas if not taken care of ASAP.
Escaping water can mean structural damage to the foundations of your establishment. With excess water, even a slow leak that’s not causing flooding or visible, can cause major damage that can cause a lot of damage, money and stress.
Additionally, health issues can be caused by leaking pipes. Damage to certain pipes can even mean contamination to your clean drinking water that you serve you and your customers.
If you’re facing damaged plumbing, we won’t jump straight into pipe relining. We’ll investigate whether it’s a job for pipe replacement or pipe relining. There are varying costs and benefits for which option we recommend, so we’ll always give you a clear reason for our recommendations.
How Emu Plumbing do Pipe Relining
At emu, we’re proud to use the most up to date technology for all our relining (both inversion and patching). The suppliers we use design and manufacture liners and resins to suit a very wide range of diameters and materials. So we can reline almost any type of drainage pipe! The methods we use offer many advantages over old relining methods, one of which is the way the resin is utilised and applied – making the pipes we reline last longer.
Pipe relining can save time & money when compared to full pipe excavation and reinstatement in many situations. With the manufacturer’s durability guarantees of 50 years, you can be sure our relining solutions will serve you well into the future.
Pipe Relining Methods
At emu, we have a number or pipe relining solutions at our fingertips. We love to keep exploring and learning the newest relining technologies that are produced so we’re proud to host some of the most advanced relining in Brisbane. Based on your needs, we’ll determine which method is best for you.
Inversion Pipe Relining
This is the way that we reline sewer, stormwater and other types of pipes in long sections over approximately 10m in length – this is a single, seamless liner. These resin infused liners are inserted into the drain using an inversion drum along with air pressure.
Patch Pipe Relining
This is a sectional method of pipe relining – and can be more cost effective when there is only a single or few areas that need to be repaired along a pipe that’s otherwise in good working order. These silicate resin infused patches are installed to fix the affected areas. So if you’ve only got one, two or a few cracks, this could be your best option.
Junction Relining
If your drainage has a junction that needs repair in a hard to access spot, we’ll use our junction relining technology to repair the entire fitting with a one-piece fibreglass liner.
UV Pipe Relining
UV relining technology is a game changer in sewer and stormwater drain rehabilitation and relining. It employs ultraviolet light to cure the specialised resin used in UV pipe relining. This allows us to reline larger, longer pipes without the traditional need to water/steam/heat-cure the resin. Removing the need to heat the resin means we can complete a wider range of jobs in much less time.
We provide a complete pipe rehabilitation & relining service to fellow plumbers
We know that pipe rehabilitation and relining equipment is expensive and training takes time, so we partner with Brisbane plumbers to give them the ability to complete jobs and keep clients happy. When plumbers work with us, they can offer customers complete pipe rehabilitation solutions using our latest technology to repair drainage pipes without needing to excavate.
Learn About Relining 4 PlumbersHow Much Does Pipe Relining Cost?
There are a lot of factors that affect the cost of pipe relining, such as access to the pipe, the material it’s made from, the amount of damage and size of the pipe. There are also different pipe relining methods we offer including inversion pipe relining and patch pipe relining.
All these things will factor into the cost of your pipe relining. Find out more about How Much Pipe Relining Costs.
