Charlie:
Jeff in Deer Park says he’s remodeled a home, and the old existing cast iron sewer pipe has cratered. He says do you recommend digging and tunneling in to replace it, or should he look at going with that trenchless method with the liner?
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Tom:
Well, if you can do the liner, I’d do it. Sometimes you can’t. It’s always, it’s one of those things we talked about her earlier, Charlie, where ask the question first before you jump into something because my advice to you is call a really good company Texas Drain Technology to go look at it, and say can they fix it or not? If they can do that, it’s a lot less invasive, and it’s going to be probably a lot cheaper and quicker.
Charlie:
Yeah, because what Tom’s talking about is the liner system where they take a bladder, run it into the pipe and inflate it, and it creates a lining, an epoxy lining inside the pipe to restore your pipe. They will tell you though before they do it if it is a pipe that they can repair or not.
Tom:
That’s right, and not only this though, remember that any time you have a plumber, an electrician, a professional dig a hole.
Charlie:
Oh yeah.
Tom:
Okay, you know where I’m going. I just want to get that real clear.
Charlie:
Yeah, that’s it.
Tom:
That is expensive, but back to the caller. Try to do the in place system before you have to start digging and doing a tunneling, but sometimes you do. I will say this, too. If you have to tunnel under a slab, make sure you use someone really good who not only can do the tunneling, but take care of the slab also.
Charlie:
It’s important that you go with a home show pro because they’ll make sure that they take good care of you.
Tom:
You’ve got other things.
Charlie:
Start with Texas Drain Technologies.
Tom:
Absolutely.
Charlie:
They will do it for you.