pipe coating

Tip: Pipe Diameter

Pipe diameters on laterals usually make a transition in sizes somewhere between the building and the sewer main. For CIPP projects, you can select one of two methods from a variety of liners. You can buy pre-made transition bags sewed to transition from one diameter to another in various lengths, or you can buy liner […]

Coating Do’s and Don’ts

“I bought your Quik-Coating equipment a year ago and everything was working great until this past week. I applied 6 layers of resin and 2 days later I got a call that the sewer line was plugged. I returned to the job and stuck my camera into the pipe. What looked perfect when I left […]

Change – Accepting or Rejecting the Forces Of Change

We in the trades tend to resist change. We see it but don’t necessarily rush to embrace it unless there is some motivation to embrace it. Some motivations to look toward new technologies or vendors is an unresolved dispute with a vendor. Most of us continue to deal with our regular vendors unless they let […]

VMI – Vendor Managed Inventory – Is It Right For Your Business?

“A supplier approached me to sign up for their vendor managed inventory control program. They are telling me it will save me a lot of money by letting them determine the quantities I need from month to month. I won’t have a lot of money tied up in inventory as I pay for it when […]

Prospecting for Work

“I think lining and coating are two of the most exciting technologies I’ve ever run across. Being able to rehab pipe without using invasive methods like digging up the ground to replace the pipe or ripping out sheetrock to replace the DWV pipe. I’m really good at operating both units and all the customers I’ve […]

Apples to Apples

“I am interested in a coating machine and am interested in both your unit and a competitor who uses epoxy instead of the resin you use. Can you give me an apple to apple quote for your system so I can choose which one to get? I will be buying a unit based on cost […]

Standards & Qualifying For Them

“I love your coating machine for rehabilitating drain, waste and vent piping and usually apply it as a repair. I have never pulled permits or requested an inspection from the local sewer agency, but I was working on a condo unit when an inspector showed up and asked what I was doing. After I explained […]

Confused Between Lining & Coating?

“We lined several vent stacks and have had a few of them leak. We used the CIPP method sold to us using a “gapping method” that they told me would work well for fixing in plumbing stacks. We thought that the lining process would seal the old pipe and prevent leaking. Now I read that […]

Ripping Out A CIPP Liner

“I installed a CIPP liner and followed the ASTM’s I read about in your earlier blogs. I used your resin but a sales guy sold me some liner he sold was as good as yours but cheaper. After completing the job the inspector asked me for my documentation and I showed him the resin buckets […]

Function vs. Features

“I bought one of your competitors’ coating machines after looking at both units. Your competitors machine was $50,000 more money than yours and they told me I needed all of the bells and whistles they featured such as automatic retrieval of the spray head, a computer to tell me how many grams per cm of […]