Trenchless Sewer Repair – Arlington Heights
Trenchless Sewer Repair is a process Arlington Heights homeowners should become familiar with. With many homes older than a century and lots of old pipes, most residents will at some point experience a problem with their sewer.
Trenchless Sewer Repair Saves Your Lawn
Sewer repair done using conventional methods can be quite messy. It often involves excavation which means either digging in the yard or breaking up the floor. Sometimes the sewer is buried under a deck or stoop, driveway, flower bed or bush – and all of these things have to be removed in order for the repair to proceed.
This is especially painful in a town like Arlington Heights where homeowners take a lot of pride in their outdoor landscapes. What’s worse, after the sewer has been repaired, the homeowner then has to deal with restoration. That’s where the Trenchless method comes in and saves the day.
Conventional sewer repair often requires excavation as you can see in the photo above. Restoring the lawn after the repair can be quite costly and time-consuming.
How Does Trenchless Sewer Repair Work?
There are two types of Trenchless Sewer Repair Arlington Heights customers can take advantage of:
- Sewer Liner (also known as Trenchless Sewer Relining or Sewer Lining) – typically used to repair longer sections of pipe – usually 20 feet or longer. It can also be used in place of conventional sewer replacement.
- Pipe Stent Trenchless Sewer Repair – typically used to repair shorter sections of pipe and for spot repairs.
With the Trenchless method, we’re able to install a new pipe inside of the damaged pipe using woven fiberglass, resins, and hardeners. This new pipe is not only stronger than any existing pipe (see video at bottom of page), but it is smooth and seamless to ensure proper flow.
Clay pipe, which is very common in old Arlington Heights sewer construction, is notorious for allowing roots to penetrate through the pipe connections, called joints. Trenchless Sewer Repair completely seals off any joints over which it’s installed and it is completely resistant to roots.
Watch the Pipe Stent Trenchless Repair process in this short video:
Trenchless Sewer Repair Saves You Money
Trenchless Sewer Repair is less expensive than conventional repair and that’s before you even take the costs of landscape restoration, stoop replacement, or deck repair into account. It also comes with a 50-year warranty, which is significantly longer than the typical warranty on conventional sewer repair or replacement.
The Scottish Plumber has some of the most experienced staff in the industry when it comes to Trenchless. We have done hundreds of such installations all over Chicagoland, many of them in Arlington Heights, so homeowners can rest easy that the job will be done quickly and properly by a trained and experienced professional.
In this short video, we test the strength of the Pipe Stent using a sledgehammer and some elbow grease.
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