At Express Sewer & Drain, we take great pride in more than just our onsite services, but also in keeping our readers informed. Our work doesn’t end when we leave your home or business; responding to our customers and helping our readers implement better plumbing practices is a large part of our services. To directly address our most popular reader questions, we will be kicking off our Reader Response blog series. In this series, we collect and answer several of the most common plumbing questions we hear, and ask for you to speak out with whatever questions you have for later parts of the series.
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As incident-free as pipe lining applications typically go, there is always a slim possibility of error; this is just a universal truth in home and commercial renovation, including plumbing care. Trenchless pipe lining, the application and curing of epoxy resin materials within broken pipe walls, is no exception.
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Pipe lining and repair can be expensive. In Sacramento, given the ongoing drought and recent attempts to lower water consumption, home and city sewer pipes are taking things particularly rough. As we’ve outlined in previous blog features, the drought has pushed many in California to lower their overall consumption by any means necessary; limited lawn water use, water recycling and other such practices.
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If you’re dealing with major sewer line damage beneath your home, residential or commercial property, you’ve likely spent some time already looking into your options. While conventional, dig-and-replace pipe replacement is an effective solution for root intrusion, pipe warping and other serious problems, there may be a much more affordable solution available - namely, trenchless pipe lining.
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Pipe damage and sewer failure in Sacramento can be difficult, and expensive, to deal with. However, it’s not exactly something you can brush off until later, which is true for homeowners, commercial property managers and municipal decision-makers alike.
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There’s no doubt that pipe damage or failure for commercial properties can be a major burden; it’s very rarely something you see coming, and the high repair costs can take a significant toll on your financial security if you’re not careful.
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Of all the factors that come into play when renovating underground water or sewer pipe lines, perhaps the most overlooked is the location of utility lines underneath your property; the closer they are in proximity to damaged pipe lines, the more complex (and expensive) repairs will typically become.
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Underground pipe damage, and the repairs that ensue, are probably not something you would typically plan for. Whether damage is due to aging, corrosion, root intrusion or soil activity, restoring home/property water lines isn’t something people typically relate to affordability.
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Hydro-jetting: just what does it entail, and how effective is it as a professional water line cleaning application? The practice has become the debris-clearing norm throughout the United States, and for good reason.
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It should come as no surprise that dealing with broken, fractured or intruded sewer pipes can put a noticeable dent in your wallet. In these cases, however, you also can’t go on with a broken sewer pipe; you’ve got to get it fixed one way or another. What is the most affordable pipe repair solution for broken sewer lines?
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