Nobody wakes up thinking it's a good day to line a pipe.
"They wait until the road caves in," says Fred Tingberg Jr.,...
Entries Tagged Pipeline Rehabilitation/Lining
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How To Hire the Right Jetter Operator
Whether your current combination unit or jetter operator quits, is reassigned or is out for an extended period of time, finding a...
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Flown-in Lining
During normal water-quality testing, officials at the U.S. Navy Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center (AUTEC) on Andros Island, the Bahamas, discovered...
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On Target
Accurate Leak and Line has built a reputation that matches its name, accurately detecting the source of customer drain and waterline problems....
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Holding the Fort
The V-roof on the barracks of Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park in Key West, Fla., directed rain into seven deteriorated cast-iron...
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The Light Fantastic
During inspection of the Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati (Ohio) combined sewers, workers discovered two sections of 12-inch vitrified clay pipe...
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Game Day Decisions
Stormwater running down the hills of Boston College Chestnut Hill campus in Newton, Mass., surcharged the brick storm sewer, flooding the entrance...
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Forward Laterals
Pouring concrete and excavating building sites may seem like a far cry from lining sewer laterals, but for Musson Bros. Inc., the...
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Healing Hands
Two or three times per week, sewage backed up into the emergency room, radiology department, and cafeteria of the Martin Memorial Hospital...
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No Dig: Plumber Learns the Power of Trenchless Technology
For 20 years, replacing sewer lines was an important business sector for Michael McVay, owner of McVay Plumbing Company Inc. in Penn...
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Holding Water
The municipal swimming pool in Tracy, Minn., was losing hundreds of gallons of water per day. When a local contractor televised the...
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Redneck Success
Charlie Hall may call his sewer and drain-cleaning operation a “redneck enterprise,” but there is no smirking about the way he has...
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Just Like a Limo
When John Perry struck out on his own 12 years ago, he saw that he could differentiate his business by providing “limousine...
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Green Up
With apologies to Kermit the Frog, it’s not easy turning a company green. But at the B. Frank Joy Co. in Hyattsville,...
















