Pipe Relining

‘Trenchless’ means there is no reason to excavate, dig or destroy the land around the pipes.

Your piping infrastructure is probably one of the most dreaded parts of your home. Even worse is the supposed nightmare of having to replace pipes which ‘give in’ due to use over time. However, there is an easier way out, even if the internal damage to your pipes seems substantial.

In this method, the resin is the key to curing the pipe. A resin-saturated felt tube made out of a suitable material (generally polyester or fiberglass) for resin impregnation, is inserted into a damaged pipe. This resin then hardens and forms another pipe within the damaged pipe.The insertion takes place from an access point in the line.

Pipe relining is considered a trench-less technology, since minimal to none digging is involved in this trench-less process. This makes relining a more cost-effective and less intensive method than traditional “dig and replace” pipe repair methods.

Smart Lock is an expandable and self-locking, smooth bore, stainless steel sleeve available in sizes DN90 to 750mm. When combined with an application specific resin impregnated fibreglass mat, it provides a leak tight and root resistant repair system that is fast and simple to install. Refer to smartlockgroup.com/australia

What can we reline?

1. Sewer lines
2. Stormwater lines
3. Bends, junctions and traps
4. Earthenware pipes
5. PVC
6. Cast iron
7. Asbestos
8. HDPE
9. Steel Reinforced Concrete
10. Composite Piping

What are the benefits of pipe relining?

There a number of benefits attached to going in for pipe relining, rather than going for the whole “digging-a-trench and replacing the pipe” process. These include, but are definitely not limited to the following.

Limited landscaping problems

Digging up drains to repair affected pipe sections leads to major upheavals of the landscape.

Further, a lot of the flora, which binds the ground and takes years to grow is destroyed. Ground covering materials need to be removed permanently. These must be replaced after repairs are completed. The replacement process might take months or even years. All the work above adds substantial peripheral costs.

Going in for relining implies minimal disruption occurs to the surface. Your home remains mostly untouched while you get pipes which are as good as new, sometimes even better than a set of new pipes.

Cost effectiveness and value addition

A well designed drainage system is a definite plus in adding resale value to your home. Since a new plumbing system working equally as well is going to cost you a lot more, this automatically makes relining the better choice.

It involves much lesser labor costs as well as peripheral costs in rebuilding the green cover, the ground trenches, etc.

Durability

The addition of the resin pipe into the old pipe reinforces the piping system.
Hence, you effectively end up with two pipes within one plumbing unit. The weaker points and joints of the system are also eliminated.

Faster to repair

Compared to digging trenches and laying new pipes, relining is a much faster process. Relining is also able to deal with harder-to-access areas in a much easier and faster manner. Your living environment also becomes more normal much faster.

Another advantage of relining is that the installation time associated with relining is a fraction of the time required to lay new pipes.

• Fix leaks and prevent tree roots from entering the pipe
• Prevent blocked drains in the future
• Eliminate the need for digging, excavation and destruction
• Increase the effectiveness and flowrate of the pipe
• Prevent contaminants from entering the water
• Give structural repairs to sections without existing pipes
• Work well in pipes with junctions, bends and changes in diameter
• Result in a stronger pipe than the original or a replacement
• Result in simpler and more cost-effective repairs

At the end of the works, you get supplied with a full report of before and after photos.