by David Wiley | Dec 19, 2022 | Copper Pipes, Pipe Restoration
Are you concerned about how to repair copper pipes inside a concrete slab? If you have leaking copper pipes in a concrete slab or behind bricks or cinder blocks, you should be concerned. This is because you cannot see pipes that are hidden behind walls, ceilings, and...
by David Wiley | Oct 20, 2022 | Copper Pipes, Corroded Pipes, Lead Leaching
You’ve probably heard that water is the ultimate solvent. Given enough time and enough flow, water has the potential to dissolve anything, including rock. When it comes to the metal plumbing pipes in your building, you should keep watch for corrosive water, which is...
by David Wiley | Jul 23, 2020 | Copper Pipes, Corroded Pipes, potable water pipes, Property Manager
What types of metals are inside your plumbing system? Plumbing pipes can be manufactured out of iron, cast iron, stainless steel, galvanized pipe, brass and copper. The unfortunate truth is that all of these metals don’t work well together, and when they are placed...
by Megan Schneider | Jul 24, 2019 | Copper Pipes, Epoxy Pipe Lining, Facility Manager, Internal Pipe Coating, Leaking Pipes, Pipe Assessment, Pipe Failure, Pipe Lining, Pipe lining restoration, Pipe Restoration, plumbing restoration, Property Management, Property Manager
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...
by David Wiley | Nov 13, 2018 | CIPP, Copper Pipes, Epoxy Pipe Lining, Facility Manager, HDPE Pipes, Leaking Pipes, Pipe Assessment, Pipe Coating, Pipe Failure, Pipe Lining, Pipe lining restoration, PIPP, Plumbing Pipe Inspection, Polybutylene Pipe, Preventative Maintenance, PVC Pipes, Trenchless Technology
Plastic versus metal plumbing pipes is becoming an increasingly hot topic as pipe manufacturer’s try to convince cities and towns that their pipes are the safest and most reliable for their municipal repiping projects – which is estimated to cost 300 billion...
by David Wiley | Sep 26, 2018 | Clogged Plumbing Pipe, Copper Pipes, Epoxy Pipe Lining, Facility Manager, Pipe Assessment, Pipe Coating, Pipe Failure, Pipe lining restoration, plumbing maintenance, Plumbing Pipe Inspection, Property Management, Property Manager
Potable water is the water that flows through your plumbing pipes to your taps, showers, sinks and other water-using appliances. This water has been treated and filtered for harmful contaminants by the city of Chicago’s water treatment plants and has been deemed safe...
