A Calgary based Cured in Place Pipe (CIPP) lining contractor installed a residential liner in an older home’s sewer main. The contractor conducted a camera inspection of the sewer system prior to installing the liner, however they didn’t notice that there was a branch connection in the sewer main. About a day after the liner…
A Calgary lining contractor that uses the inversion method of Cured in Place Pipe (CIPP) lining overshot a residential liner, causing their new liner to partially block of the City of Calgary sewer main in the street. As with most inversion lining contractors, this contractor also cut out the floor and made a pit in…
A lining contractor had a contract with a Western Canadian city to install liners in several residential service laterals. Unfortunately, the contractor couldn’t get a liner to expand properly prior to curing it and the sewage flow from a home was completely blocked off. The lining contractor didn’t have any trenchless means to fix the…
The corporate head office for a utility company experienced a backup of the main sewer from their facility. A video inspection of the pipe revealed that it was caused by a displaced gasket in the PVC plastic sewer pipe. The failed joint was in an area of the campus that was very difficult to access…
One of the tallest Class A office towers in Calgary had a brand new roof installed. After the installation was completed, a couple of roof drains started to leak into the ceiling space of the offices on the top floor. An engineering firm was engaged to present the client with options to repair the leaking…
A plus 15 walkway in downtown Calgary was flooding every time it rained. The cast iron rainwater pipes in the ceiling had cracked in several places, so when the pipes filled with water, it would flow heavily out of the cracks in the pipe. The water was damaging the ceilings and causing a slippery hazard…
A large residential complex was experiencing frequent backups with their sewers. The facility maintenance staff identified the cause of the issue as corrosion buildup in the cast iron pipes inside of the facility and wanted Revive Pipes to install a liner to fix the problem for good. The large facility had a complex sewer configuration…
A building on the University of Calgary campus was having a problem with their ground water sump pump. Every time the sump pump kicked in, a deluge of water would come back into the mechanical room through the discharge pipe penetration in the foundation wall of the building. Upon inspection, it was revealed that the…
A 60 year old, large commercial building experienced a sewer backup due to a blockage in their sewer main. The problem location was identified as being directly below the foundation of the building. At the foundation of the building, the cast iron sewer pipe in the building transitioned to clay tile sewer pipe outside of…