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In
the past, replacing sewer laterals, and or trunk systems meant
trenching through a considerable section of property. No matter
how much care the plumbing contractor took to prepare Owners/Tenants,
the sight of the disturbance and disruption of business created
by the operation was tremendously upsetting to the owner.
While the owner may understand the necessity of the new sewer
service, he still found it difficult to accept the long period
of disruption, and the effects of open trenching.
Sleuth
Plumbing Technologies' pipe splitting process eliminates
the majority of those concerns. Now the plumbing contractor
is able to promise minimal disruption and destruction. This
clearly benefits not only the property owner and business
operator but also the contractor. This kind of customer satisfaction
has been hard to attain with open trenching.
PROCESS
& EQUIPMENT
An
accurate and complete video inspection is preformed in order
to determine the location and depth of all "wye" connections,
tee’s and access holes. The area between the entry and
exit holes is completely undisturbed except for any laterals
that would need to be reinstated for a complete system. A
Steel cable is pushed through the existing host pipe and is
attached to the splitting head. At the other end of the cable
is the unique pulling device which makes the replacement of
the new line possible without trenching the entire floor.
As
the splitting head is drawn through the existing pipe it fractures
or cuts the old line. This allows the splitting head to bring
in a new sewer line the same size or larger.
MATERIAL
Our
tools are designed to be used with High-Density Polyethylene
Pipe (HDPE). This material is used worldwide for pressure,
water, sewer, and natural gas utilities. HDPE has been proven
in these applications and continues to gain acceptance due
to its many favorable qualities.
- Corrosion
proof and virtually chemically inert International Association
for Plumbing and Mechanical officials
- Long
service life in excess of 100 years
- Heat
fused "zero leak rate" joints
- Smooth
interior high flow factor
- Zero
root intrusion
- Ground
movement resistant
This
SBCCI - Southern Building Code Congress International, IAPMO
(International Association for Plumbing and Mechanical officials),
and UPC (Universal Plumbing Code) approved product has triple
the strength of Cast Iron and is joined together with heat
by a process called butt fusion, so that one continuous piece
can be assembled for the splitting process.
After
the trunk line is in place, we make the necessary tie-ins
with the appropriate fittings, clean outs, and transition
couplings.
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