Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Plumber Tool Review - Trenchless Sewer Technology

Trenchless sewer repairs are the newest technology from the arena of plumbing. I can remember many years ago having a burst pipe at my house. When the plumbers arrived they told my parents that they would need tear up the entire front porch, as well as our drive. I was in high school then, and I can never forget the look on my mummy's face as she looked over to her rose garden. She spent so much time getting it just the way she wanted it, and now it was all going to get destroyed. I was in college by the point working in her garden made her ecstatic again.

Things are completely different now. If you have a burst pipe, or if your pipes are leaking, you now can opt to have a trenchless sewer system installed instead. This process involves splitting the old pipe whilst inserting a new one, all done simultaneously.

First the plumbers job is to dig what is referred to as an insertion and retrieval pit. Then the trenchless bursting head is inserted into the old sewer pipe. A heavy wire is now pushed through the pipe from the retrieval pit. At the same time, new polyethylene pipe is pulled with the bursting head. Approximately each 20 feet the plumbers fuse the pipe together. This new pipe is highly immune to leaks and root intrusion, so it has a long life expectancy.

This is am superb new technology that's now available. When you're faced with a broken or burst pipe, you may possibly wish to learn more about trenchless sewer replacement.

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