Maine Pipe Lining (Trenchless CIPP Pipe Relining) Company Stops Leaks And Backups Permanently Without Excavation

You've Got Problems

Backups From Roots

Root infiltration catching on waste causing sewage backups

Rusted or Broken Pipes

Rough edges from corroded cast iron pipe or broken edges catching waste causing blocked drains

Leaking Sewer Pipes and Roof Drain In High-Rise Apartments

Corroded cast iron pipes in walls causing water damage and foul odors

Dislocated Joints

Offset joints or separated pipe connections causing backups or sand infiltration

We've Got Solutions

Pipe Lining

Cured-In-Place pipe lining takes only 3 hours to install, has a 50-year warranty, avoids excavation mess, no need to relocate residents or business tenants

Pipe Within A Pipe

The new �inner� pipe is as strong as PVC, reduces inner diameter by only 5%, is extremely smooth, permanently stops backups and leaks

�Must-See� 3 Minute Video!

A crash-course about pipe re-lining from the owner

Hot or Cold Water Leaks

Pinhole leaks in corroded copper pipes causing slab leaks, discolored water, lead contamination and low flow

Epoxy Pipe Lining

The inner pipe is scoured and then coated with patented food grade epoxy which seals leaks and stops corrosion

Manhole Rehabilitation

Water infiltration and exfiltration problems or physical disintegration of manholes

Epoxytec

Application of tough epoxy coatings to permanently protect manholes from chemical and physical deterioration

SEWER DRAIN PIPE LINING

Are your sewer pipes backing up from root infestation, or from missing pipe floors or broken sewer pipes? Are your apartment roof rain leader drains leaking into walls of condominiums? Modern structural pipe replacement installs a new pipe inside of the old pipe. It only takes 3 hours, has a 50 year warranty and is as strong as repiping with new pipe. The internal diameter is only reduced by 5%. We only need one entry point to install the new pipe liner, usually from a rooftop or a small access hole dug outside the building. Compared to old-fashioned excavation, this new inner pipe is cheaper, faster and cleaner. Click Pipe Liningto learn more.

EPOXY PIPE LINING

Maine, due to it’s thousands of miles of deteriorating water pipe infrastructure, is especially prone to pinhole leaks in corroded or damaged pipes creating slab leaks and it’s leaking galvanized pipes cause water damage and lead leaching into drinking water. Large and small diameter epoxy pipe rehabilitation coats the inside of any pipes with EPA approved food-grade epoxy which permanently seals all leaks. The epoxy coating is applied in varying thicknesses, depending on if it is used in oil refineries, hospitals, hotels, home, factories, aircraft carriers, water pipelines and apartment high-rises. Click Epoxy Pipe Lining to learn more.

PIPE BURSTING & SLIP LINING

In some circumstances, pipes cannot be lined so “pipe bursting” is used, which involves the physical destruction and outward displacement of the old pipe followed simultaneously by the installation of a new pipe with the same or wider diameter inside the newly created void. In other cases, a new pipe can simply be pulled into the old pipe (“slip lining”), thereby reducing the internal diameter somewhat. Click Pipe Bursting / Slip Lining to learn more.

LOW COST PIPE LINING EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES & LEADS

Interested in becoming a pipe lining installer at the lowest possible cost and with real-world training from a cutting edge installer? Click Trenchless Pipe Lining Equipment to learn more.

Welcome

Our Maine-based trenchless pipe lining company is the only pipe replacement contractor in the North East that offers a complete array of pipe rehabilitation techniques for residential, commercial, city and industrial applications. Hospitals for example will use Cured-In-Place pipe (CIPP) to rehabilitate their vertical leaking rain drain stacks and leaking sewage pipes, and high-rise apartments would use our epoxy pipe lining process to stop pinhole leaks and slab leaks in their copper water pipes. Cities use our sectional repairs to stop root infiltration at separated clay pipe joints and they use our manhole rehabilitation techniques to stop water infiltration and water exfiltration.

Our modern pipe lining techniques allow the trenchless pipe restoration of broken pipes or cracked sewer pipes without excavating floors, walls, driveways, foundations, basements and concrete slabs. This no-dig method of pipe repair is cleaner, cheaper and faster than excavation and repiping of damaged plumbing in Maine.

Our Permaliner brand pipe liners have a 100-year life expectancy and come with a 50-year warranty. The pipe liners are installed from one access point, like a rooftop or from an outside cleanout so that there is no invasion of living space or workspace. Although underground pipe lining has been around for over 35 years, small diameter CIPP pipe lining was pioneered by Perma-Liner manufacturing. We are an experienced certified Maine Perma-Liner installer and contractor with extensive experience in high-rise apartment CIPP trenchless pipe replacement, sewer main line lining, industrial pipelining, manhole liners and manhole epoxy lining and residential sewer lateral lining in Maine.

The Pipe Lining Installation Process

1. The pipe lining contractor uses a water jetter or mechanical pipe cleaning brushes to remove all scale and corrosion deposits causing drain pipe backups in your broken vertical or underground sewer pipes
2. Then the pipe lining company uses a video camera to inspect the sewer plumbing pipes and gets a distance measurement for the trenchless pipelining
3. The pipe liner is cut to length and 100% epoxy resin is mixed and used to saturate the pipe sleeve thoroughly
4. The new liner is installed and the epoxy resin saturated pipe liner is allowed to harden under air pressure against the walls of the broken leaking pipe that needs replacement
5. After 3 hours the new pipe liner has formed a new inner pipe inside the old pipe and the trenchless pipelining process is complete

FEATURED PROJECT IN MAINE:

Relining of poorly fused HDPE sewer pipe under laboratory floors

Problem: HDPE Sewer pipes backing up

Diagnosis: Open pipe joints catching debris

In January 2008 we were contacted by a distraught pharmaceuticals manufacturer in Maine. Their $150MM manufacturing facility was shut down as the underground H.D.P.E sewer pipes had separated at the poorly fused joints, and the open pipeline joints were trapping debris and causing drain backups.

Excavation to replace these drain pipe lines was not an option since they were directly beneath rooms that were under the highest levels of bio-containment, which would cost millions to restore after such invasive repairs. The customer needed a way to repair these 110’ lines with the least amount of disruption. To make matters worse, pharmaceutical equipment had somehow fallen into these lines and had become trapped in the cracks of the broken joints. The equipment would have to be removed without excavation. Furthermore, if anything went wrong with the pipe liners during installation, trenching would not be an option.

Some of the trenchless pipelining companies were using technology that required two access points for their pull-in-place method, but since Perma-Liner’s technology required only one pipelinine entry point, they were the chosen technology. Craftsman was the chosen installer for such a risky and complicated job.

Camera inspection indicated that four lines needed rehabilitation, so four access points were carefully selected and a containment room was built over each one to minimize debris dispersal. Furthermore, air conditioning was turned off to minimize airborne contamination and the United States Food and Drug Administration inspected sites to ensure compliance with regulations. Once the holes were dug, the water was turned off to the whole facility.

Within six hours each pipe liner was shot, cured and access points opened with reinstatement cutters. The most important main 110’ line was the most difficult as the reinstatements could not be found easily. So the Craftsman crew improvised by using a laser attached to a drain snake to run the laser through the lateral p-traps down to the main line from where the beam of light could clearly be seen by the reinstatement cutter operator.

The job was completed ahead of schedule thanks to single entry Perma-Liner technology and skilled Permaliner installers that could improvise at moment’s notice.

Advantages of Trenchless Pipe Rehabilitation

1. Speed: cured in place pipe lining takes hours not weeks
2. Cost: since no walls, basements, floors, driveways and landscaping is destroyed, trenchless pipe repair is cheaper than digging and replacing pipe
3. Cleanliness: No pipe repair excavation mess inside apartments, factories, hospitals and commercial buildings
4. No downtime costs: restaurant pipe rehab and CIPP in other commercial facilities allows the continued operation and no economic loss

Do We Offer Pipe Lining Services Throughout Maine?

Yes, we offer trenchless pipe lining in Biddeford, Portland, Brunswick, Lewiston, Bangor and even Seal Island.