by Megan Schneider | Jan 17, 2025 | Copper Pipes, Epoxy Pipe Lining, Leaking Pipes, Pipe Lining
Does your Chicago building have copper pipes that are embedded in concrete? Copper pipes are often embedded into concrete slabs, walls, and floors because the concrete helps provide stability and durability while helping improve the building’s aesthetics....
by Megan Schneider | Sep 16, 2024 | CIPP, Copper Pipes, Epoxy Pipe Lining, Pipe Lining, Plumbing Pipes, potable water pipes, PVC Pipes, Trenchless Technology
If you had to rate the reliability of your potable water pipes on a scale from 1 to 10, where would they fall? This assumes that 10 is the most reliable and 1 is the least reliable. If you rated your pipes a 10, there’s a good chance that you haven’t experienced any...
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...
