by David Wiley | Apr 19, 2021 | Lead Leaching, Preventive Maintenance, Property Management
Have you ever wondered about the safety of the drinking water in your building? During the course of operating a multi-family, residential building in Chicago as a property manager, you may be faced with the question of who is responsible for ensuring the water you...
by David Wiley | Dec 17, 2020 | Corroded Pipes, Lead Leaching, Pipe Lining, Plumbing Pipes
Have you heard of the Lead and Copper Rule (LCR)? The LCR was published by the EPA in 1991 in an effort to reduce the amount of lead and copper in drinking water. This is because these two metals primarily enter the water supply system through the pipes. In...
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 | Jun 28, 2017 | Epoxy Pipe Lining, Pipe Restoration
In order to line plumbing pipes with a flexible pipe liner and have it adhere and harden correctly the Cured-in-Place (CIPP) liner must be fully soaked with epoxy resin, but how do pipe lining companies, like Nu Flow of Chicago, ensure that the pipe liner epoxy...
by David Wiley | May 31, 2017 | Copper Pipes, Corroded Pipes, Facility Manager, Property Manager
If you’ve noticed your copper pipes changing color, it could indicate that your pipes are corroding and reaching the end of their useful lives. Signs of copper pipe corrosion often include a change in color of the pipes and/or a change in watercolor. If these signs...
