FAQ: Can Water from an Upper Apartment Backup into Lower Floor Apartment Drain?

FAQ: Can Water from an Upper Apartment Backup into Lower Floor Apartment Drain?

Have you ever wondered if wastewater in your condo or apartment building can backup from an upper apartment to a lower-level apartment drain? While this may sound impossible, it’s not unheard of. Let’s take a look at how and why this occurs. 1. Can Black and Greywater...

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3 Major Consequences of a Plumbing Pipe Leak in Your Multi-Unit Building

3 Major Consequences of a Plumbing Pipe Leak in Your Multi-Unit Building

When it comes to plumbing pipe leaks, a slow drip may not seem like a big deal, but according to USGS, a faucet that drips once per minute drips 1,440 times per day. That amounts to nearly 35 gallons per year. Now, if that slow drip were inside your walls, that’s 34...

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Common Plumbing Issues Your Building May Have During Summer

Common Plumbing Issues Your Building May Have During Summer

Is your Chicago building’s plumbing system ready for summer? Summertime means the kids are out of school and more people have backyard cookouts and barbecues, which means more occupants in your large residential building. With increased traffic in your building,...

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Is Epoxy Pipe Lining Safe?

Is Epoxy Pipe Lining Safe?

When your Chicago building has plumbing issues, such as water lines that are aging rapidly and headed towards corrosion and failure, you want a solution that is safe, inexpensive, and effective. For that reason, many building owners consider the benefits of epoxy pipe...

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Fall Plumbing Maintenance Checklist for Chicago Property Managers

Fall Plumbing Maintenance Checklist for Chicago Property Managers

While the temperatures may still be hot, it’s time to start thinking about preparing your Chicago plumbing system for winter with fall plumbing maintenance. By making sure your system is in good repair, you’ll be avoiding leaks and sewer and drain blockages that could...

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How to Keep Your Building Drains Blockage Free

How to Keep Your Building Drains Blockage Free

How often do you think about your building’s plumbing system? If it is working as expected, you probably haven’t thought about it. If more than one of your residents has complained about a clogged shower, overflowing toilet, or slow-moving sink, you might be wondering...

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Need New Plumbing Pipes? If You’re Considering Traditional Pipe Replacement, You May Be Surprised at the Amount of Demolition That’s Required

Need New Plumbing Pipes? If You’re Considering Traditional Pipe Replacement, You May Be Surprised at the Amount of Demolition That’s Required

Are you thinking about a traditional plumbing pipe replacement for your Chicago building? If your pipes are between the ages of 20 and 50 years old, a pipe replacement may seem like the ideal solution. After all, once they’re replaced, you’ll receive the maximum...

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Sewer Gas Smells in Your Building? Get a Camera Inspection and Pipelining Before Your Chicago Tenants Start to Get Sick

Sewer Gas Smells in Your Building? Get a Camera Inspection and Pipelining Before Your Chicago Tenants Start to Get Sick

Are you experiencing sewer gas smells in your Chicago building? Sewer gas often smells like rotten eggs and/or sulfur. It’s primarily comprised of hydrogen sulfide, methane, and ammonia, but it can contain other chemicals. It’s important to note that sewer gas isn’t...

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Why Camera Inspections for Waste and Stack Vents in Chicago Are Vitally Important

Why Camera Inspections for Waste and Stack Vents in Chicago Are Vitally Important

Are you concerned about the condition of your plumbing pipes, including your vent stacks, waste stacks, and sewer line? If you are, a camera inspection can quickly and affordably tell you if your pipes need repairs or replacement, and when Nu Flow performs your camera...

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5 Common Plumbing Problems Your Building May Have This Spring and How to Prevent Them

5 Common Plumbing Problems Your Building May Have This Spring and How to Prevent Them

With Spring rapidly approaching, it’s time to start thinking about your plumbing system. Heavy winter use, especially during these trying times can lead to clogs, low water pressure, and leaking plumbing pipes. Here at NuFlow, serving Chicago, we can rehabilitate your...

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Repair Your Parking Garage Sewer, Water or Drain Pipe without Digging Up Concrete!

Repair Your Parking Garage Sewer, Water or Drain Pipe without Digging Up Concrete!

With winter well on its way, it’s time to start thinking about your parking lot drains. Snow, ice, road salt and debris will make its way into your drains, resulting in clogs and corrosion that could flood your parking lot. The good news is that being proactive about...

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How Do I know if Trenchless Pipe Lining is Right for my Facility?

How Do I know if Trenchless Pipe Lining is Right for my Facility?

Are you wondering if your facility is a good candidate for trenchless pipe lining? The truth is that most commercial, municipal, industrial and multi-unit residential buildings are great candidates for trenchless pipe lining in Chicago. The goal of pipelining is to...

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Epoxy Pipe Lining for Section 179 Tax Code Savings

Epoxy Pipe Lining for Section 179 Tax Code Savings

Did you know that there’s only a month left to take advantage of the Section 179 tax savings for qualifying building upgrades? One of those qualifying building upgrades can be installing epoxy pipe lining in order to extend the life of your existing plumbing pipes and...

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When Your Building Plumbing Issues are Not Related to Poor Piping

When Your Building Plumbing Issues are Not Related to Poor Piping

When you hear or read about plumbing problems, the information most often refers to plumbing leaks from corroded, rusted, cracked and broken plumbing pipes. However, plumbing systems, especially in large buildings have more components than just the actual plumbing...

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10 Things Every Building Manager Should Know about High-Rise Plumbing

10 Things Every Building Manager Should Know about High-Rise Plumbing

High-rise plumbing systems are often more complex and undergo more wear and tear than standard household plumbing pipes. For this reason, they can often develop clogs and leaks when they are least expected. Here at NuFlow in Chicago, we want you to be aware of some of...

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Rehabilitating Building Plumbing Risers with Pipe Lining

Rehabilitating Building Plumbing Risers with Pipe Lining

When is the last time you thought about the plumbing risers in your building? When we talk about plumbing risers, we are talking about the metal or plastic pipes that carry water between the floors of your Chicago high-rise building. When these pipes are in disrepair,...

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Why Nu Flow Epoxy Pipe Liners Stay in Place and Don’t Slip

Why Nu Flow Epoxy Pipe Liners Stay in Place and Don’t Slip

Are you wondering about the durability and reliability of epoxy pipe lining? Here at Nu Flow, we’ve heard all the horror stories you’ve heard, including that pipe liners can slip out of place, wrinkle, bunch-up and block connecting pipes and water shutoff valves. The...

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Why Piping Systems Experience Corrosion

Why Piping Systems Experience Corrosion

As a facility manager, you’re responsible for the smooth operations of all the systems within your Chicago building, and this includes all the plumbing and piping systems. Over time, these systems can corrode, leaving you with leaking pipes and potential water and...

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Why Fall is the Perfect Time to Hydro Jet Plumbing Pipes

Why Fall is the Perfect Time to Hydro Jet Plumbing Pipes

As the temperatures start to cool, it’s time to start thinking about fall maintenance in preparation for the winter. At Nu Flow Midwest we recommend making drain and sewer pipe cleaning via hydro jet part of your fall maintenance routine so that your plumbing pipes...

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How Hard Water Affects Your Building Plumbing System

How Hard Water Affects Your Building Plumbing System

Does your Chicago building have hard water? While hard water isn’t a health risk, it can be annoying. This is because hard water has a lot of dissolved minerals in it, like calcium, lime and magnesium, which can all find their way onto your faucets, showerheads and...

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How Soft Water Affects Your Building Plumbing System

How Soft Water Affects Your Building Plumbing System

When you think about how water affects the plumbing system in your Chicago building, you probably think about hard water. However, soft water can also negatively affect your plumbing system. Here at NuFlow Midwest, we want you to be able to make the best decisions...

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2 Reasons Why Copper Pipes Might Need to Be Epoxy Lined

2 Reasons Why Copper Pipes Might Need to Be Epoxy Lined

Copper is the go-to choice when it comes to commercial building plumbing systems. It’s durable, doesn’t run and is antimicrobial, but it is susceptible to corrosion. Thankfully, epoxy pipe lining can extend the useful like of your copper plumbing pipes by as much...

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Should I Replace or Epoxy Coat a Galvanized Plumbing Pipe?

Should I Replace or Epoxy Coat a Galvanized Plumbing Pipe?

Does your Chicago building still have galvanized plumbing pipes? Galvanized plumbing pipes were extremely popular prior up until the 1960s, and it was still used for water supply pipes until the 1970s. These plumbing pipes are comprised of steel with a zinc coating....

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What Type of Building is a Good Candidate for Pipelining?

What Type of Building is a Good Candidate for Pipelining?

Is your building in Chicago a good candidate for epoxy pipelining? The truth is that most buildings are good candidates for epoxy pipelining from condos and apartments that have plumbing pipes that are nearing the ends of their useful lives to historic buildings that...

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Does Epoxy Pipe Lining Work?

Does Epoxy Pipe Lining Work?

When you think about pipe repairs and choosing the most durable, longest-lasting option, you probably think about traditional pipe replacement. However, epoxy pipe lining is just as durable and long-lasting as traditional pipelining indegenerique.be. Lined pipes are...

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How Does Internal Pipe Coating Work?

How Does Internal Pipe Coating Work?

Are you thinking about rehabilitating your plumbing pipes with an epoxy pipe coating but aren’t sure how it works? Internal pipe coatings are touted as being able to fill and seal small cracks and pinhole leaks, but if you aren’t familiar with the technology, this may...

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When is Plumbing Pipe Restoration Required?

When is Plumbing Pipe Restoration Required?

Do your Chicago building plumbing pipes need restored? Since the vast majority of pipes are located behind walls and in other hard to access places, it can be difficult to determine if you need to repair your pipes with epoxy pipelining, which works well for both...

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10 Tips to Increase Water Pressure in Your Chicago Apartment Building

10 Tips to Increase Water Pressure in Your Chicago Apartment Building

One of the biggest problems with high-rise buildings is decreasing water pressure as you move higher up the building with the penthouse or top floor having the lowest water pressure. Thankfully, there are some things you can do to increase water pressure throughout...

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Why You Need to Restore Your Galvanized Steel Plumping Pipes

Why You Need to Restore Your Galvanized Steel Plumping Pipes

Galvanized steel plumbing pipe was used extensively in homes and businesses until the 1960s. While it was an economical choice at the time, galvanized steel pipe tends to corrode, causing widespread leaks and low water pressure. In some instances, the pipes can...

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Should I Reline or Replace My Galvanized Steel Plumbing Pipes?

Should I Reline or Replace My Galvanized Steel Plumbing Pipes?

Galvanized steel was first developed in the early 1800s, but it didn’t become popular until the 1850s and 1860s. It’s manufactured by coating steel with liquid zinc, which provides a barrier against corrosion and extends the useful life of the pipes. Because of its...

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Spray-in-Place Pipeline (SIPP) vs. Cured-in-Place Pipeline (CIPP) for Plumbing Leaks

Spray-in-Place Pipeline (SIPP) vs. Cured-in-Place Pipeline (CIPP) for Plumbing Leaks

When it comes to rehabilitating the plumbing leaks in your Chicago building, you can choose Sprayed-in-Place Piping (SIPP) or Cured-in-Place Piping (CIPP). While both of these options extend the useful life of your plumbing pipes and seals current leaks while...

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Does Your Commercial Plumbing Pipe Need DeScaling, Pipelining or Replacement?

Does Your Commercial Plumbing Pipe Need DeScaling, Pipelining or Replacement?

Are you wondering if the plumbing pipes in your facility need to be descaled, replaced or lined with epoxy? The repair choice will depend on the type of pipe material and the degree of corrosion. For example, a corroded cast iron pipe that has had its internal...

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Why Epoxy Is the Resin of Choice for Nu Flow Plumbing Pipe Restoration

Why Epoxy Is the Resin of Choice for Nu Flow Plumbing Pipe Restoration

There are four primary types of resins used for pipelining applications, including epoxy, polyester, silica and vinyl, and they each have their own distinct benefits and drawbacks. Here at NuFlow in Chicago, we offer epoxy resin due to its durability, low shrink rate...

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11 FAQs About The Final Results of an Epoxy Lined Pipe for Your Chicago Building

11 FAQs About The Final Results of an Epoxy Lined Pipe for Your Chicago Building

Once the plumbing pipes in your Chicago building are lined, you can expect them to perform just as well as a new plumbing pipe. However, you may also have some questions when it comes to common problems experienced with epoxy lined pipes and how to perform maintenance...

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7 Epoxy Pipelining Steps for Your Building Drains and Vents

7 Epoxy Pipelining Steps for Your Building Drains and Vents

Did you know that epoxy pipe liners can be used to line vent and drain stacks? The process of installing new pipe liners in drain and vent stacks is very similar to how we install epoxy coatings into potable water pipes. We still have to isolate, clean and inspect the...

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Why Your Chicago Building Pipe Lining Process Could Be a Multi-Year Process

Why Your Chicago Building Pipe Lining Process Could Be a Multi-Year Process

When we perform a large pipelining project, we often get asked about the length of time from the start date to the end date. Large pipelining project for multiple multi-story buildings can take as long as three years. However, this does not mean that we will be inside...

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