Cast Iron Pipe Integrity

Cast Iron Sewer Pipe Replacement – Cast Iron Pipe Integrity
Hello We are inhouse plumbing company where serving you is our business. We service the following areas of Texas Plano, Richardson, Garland, Dallas & Surrounding Cities. We Specialize in Cast Iron Sewer Pipe Replacement. Today I want to talk about determining the integrity or condition of the cast iron sewer pipe currently under your home’s foundation. We get calls all the time, can you run a sewer camera and determine the integrity of that cast iron, the short answer is no we cannot, it’s a horrible idea and we are going to show you why here in this video. The truth of the matter is, cast iron pipe was designed to last 50 years, the overwhelming majority of the cast iron still present in homes today have already reached, or are coming real close to reaching that lifespan. The last cast iron installed in DFW was about 1986. Most cities had already previously done away with allowing new cast iron pipe to be installed back to as early as 1975. We have seen 20 year old pipe that the bottom was completely rotted and rusted away, rendering that pipe no good at all, and we will show you a picture of that in a minute. Although we have also seen pipe that was 50 years old and okay, the truth is it is going bad and there is no doubt it will have to be replaced at some point. With that in mind, we made a decision in 2019 or so that we were no longer going to spot repair, just fix one or more leaks in cast iron anymore. Since that decision, our company will only replace under slab cast iron sewer pipe. When we would go in and try to repair cast iron pipe we were finding the pipe would be brittle and many times would crumble with just the touch of someone’s hand. After spending the time and money to try to repair the pipe, we ended up having to replace the pipe anyway on many occasions, costing the homeowner more money than if they just would have replaced it in the first place. In the situation where we got out with just a repair, many times it took more to repair the pipe than we thought before the job was started and the bottom line is whatever you repair today on a spot repair, your going to replace later, making it a total waste of time and money. It just does not make sense to repair cast iron pipe in DFW today. Let’s take a second to make sure you understand the difference between repair and replacement. Lets say you have 60 feet of pipe under your home’s foundation, a repair would be to fix 1 or more spots by replacing 1 to 3 feet of pipe at each spot that is a problem. A replacement would be to replace all 60 feet of pipe. You should also know that many times there are multiple options as to how the pipe can be replaced, we prefer to reroute the sewer pipes if possible when replacing them, which in a normal situation saves tunneling, which is the most expensive part of cast iron sewer pipe replacement under slab foundations and trades that tunneling for trench in the yard. Rerouting could save you a significant amount of money and is always the best option if possible, however, remember not all houses can be rerouted. Make sure to ask if rerouting is an option and hire someone who has your best interest at heart not theirs when having your cast iron pipes replaced. With all of that in mind what I want to show you is this.

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Feel free to contact us today at 972-366-6597 should you have any questions or to schedule a free estimate and consultation for replacing your cast iron sewer pipe, also remember financing is available and we look forward to serving you soon.