Don't Replace! Renew with NuFlow/NuDrain for Trenchless Sewer Lining

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As buildings age, pipe deterioration becomes more likely. Corrosion, repeated sewer backups, roots, and cracks are all common pipe problems across Kansas, including Manhattan, Topeka, Wichita, Salina & Lawrence.

What is Trenchless Sewer (Epoxy) Pipe Lining?

Pipe lining restores damaged or corroded pipes to a "like new" condition without removal or replacement. We offer NuFlow's patented Cured-in-Place-Pipe (CIPP) process, which involves installing a thin resin liner inside the pipes to seal and protect them, significantly extending their lifespan.

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How Does Pipe Lining Work?

Step 1: Inspection and Diagnosis

As a certified NuFlow contractor, we'll inspect your pipes for corrosion, roots, or cracks with a drain camera and recommend cleaning and lining if needed.

Inspection and Diagnosis

Step 2: Cleaning

Debris, roots, and corrosion are removed from the pipes using specialized tools, restoring the pipe to its original diameter.

Pipe Cleaning

Step 3: Pipe Lining

A resin-saturated liner with an internal bladder is inserted through existing access points in the plumbing. The bladder is then inflated to press the resin against the pipe wall.

Pipe Lining

Step 4: Curing and Evaluation

The resin cures as the bladder is removed, resulting in a seamless "pipe within a pipe." A final quality inspection follows.

Curing and Evaluation

Epoxy Pipe Lining vs Pipe Replacement

Traditional pipe replacement has several disadvantages compared to pipe lining, including a messy construction site, prolonged production times, and significant disruption to residents or tenants.

Pipe Replacement

  • Involves demolition to enable access to pipes
  • Highly disruptive to tenants/owners
  • Requires repair/reconstruction to return the property to its original condition
  • Not feasible for inaccessible pipes

Epoxy Pipe Lining

  • Uses existing access points, trenchless, no-dig solution
  • Less disruptive and faster than traditional pipe replacement
  • Avoids structural destruction of buildings, hardscape, landscapes, and associated reconstruction costs
  • Suited to the most challenging pipe situations
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Frequently Asked Questions

Pipe replacement involves removing a failing pipe and installing a new one, which can create a messy site, require a significant amount of time, and be more costly. In contrast, NuFlow's cured-in-place pipe (CIPP) lining solutions are non-destructive, eco-friendly, and cost-effective, with much quicker installation times.

NuDrain is a lining technology that rehabilitates pipework, such as drains, using a 'Cured In Place' liner. This felt-based liner, saturated with epoxy resin and formed over an inflatable bladder, is pulled into the existing pipe and inflated. After the epoxy cures, the bladder is removed, leaving a new pipe inside the old one and creating a strong structural barrier.

The technology can be applied to any section of drain, sewer, rainwater, or utility pipework, in either a vertical, horizontal, or mixed orientation. The liners can be installed within any type of host pipe, including metal, plastic, ceramic, and organic materials.

NuDrain can be used on pipework with diameters ranging from 2" to 12" inches or more, depending on various factors. Any length of pipe is manageable, but typically, the lengths of pipe that can be lined at once vary depending on the diameter. A length of approximately 150 feet can be done at one time for a 4-inch diameter host pipe.

NuDrain is designed with a flexible and contouring rubber bladder. Once installed, the bladder within the liner is inflated, pushing the epoxy-saturated felt around the contours of the host pipe, making a mechanical bond with its host. NuFlow also offers specific liners for Y and T connections.

The access points, cleanouts, and manholes we utilize are typically already present.

Typically, the lining process takes between 2 and 8 hours, depending on the section of pipe being lined.

Once the bladder is removed, the cured liner is inspected as part of the quality assurance process. The section of pipe can be brought back into service within 10 minutes of completing this process.

With some drain applications, the pipe systems don't even need to be turned off. If necessary, the pipe system can be worked on and non-functional during the least inconvenient hours for your home, building, or facility.

NuDrain can be applied with varying resins to mate with the pipe's discharge temperature and chemicals being transported. Special resins can tolerate temperatures above 212°F.

NuDrain can compensate for deviation in diameter or alignment of the existing host pipe, should it be affected by collapse, degradation, or cracking. In the case of protrusion or debris in the pipes, the host pipe needs to be thoroughly cleaned initially, and any debris removed before lining can commence.

Throughout the process, compliance with key steps is recorded, even using a web-based application. Upon completion, a visual inspection using a camera is conducted immediately after the material has cured.

The warranty is 5 years, but the anticipated life expectancy is 50 years.

Contact Kansas Nudrain, a NuFlow Certified Contractor

The NuFlow Certified Contractor logo isn't just a logo — it signifies an investment in continuing education, training, customer satisfaction, and a long-term commitment to being the best possible pipe lining installers. NuFlow has been a leader in pipe lining solutions for over 25 years. Kansas NuDrain (a division of Smith Plumbing) is a NuFlow Certified Contractor that is independently owned and operated. We are highly trained professionals, equipped to address the most challenging piping situations imaginable.

Contact us today for more information or an estimate.

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