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Is it worth it? This is the question that underlies every decision
about rehabilitation and repair. As applied to pipe, the best
answer is supplied by CIPP (cured-in-place pipe), the technology
instituted in the United Kingdom in the early 1970s that accounts
for over 100 million pipe feet installed worldwide.
A company prominent in the multibillion-dollar international
CIPP industry offered some reasons for this wide acceptance.
Among them: CIPP rehabilitates partially as well as fully
deteriorated pipe, and its smooth inner surface increases the
flow capacity of the existing pipe. CIPP eliminates inflow and
infiltration as well as exfiltration. It spans a diameter range
4 to over 120" and has been used on sections of pipe
over 3,000ft in length. CIPP adapts to non-circular pipe
configurations (ovals, boxes, bends and transitional diameters).
Robust to extremes of temperature and pH, it sees service in
gravity, internal pressure and vacuum applications.
The list goes on, but probably the point has been taken. Is the
repair/rehabilitation of pipe “worth it”? It is – very much so.
Pipe
rehabilitation
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