Nu Flows unique and innovative pipe lining solutions prevent the need to shut down busy buildings in order

to repair
aging or failing pipes. This protects our customers and their tenants from lost revenue, operations disruptions and
time-consuming, yet short-term solutions, like traditional repipes, which can cost up to four times more.
Project: Use the Nu Main system to rehabilitate a 10" diameter drain line without causing business disruption.
Customer: Unilev is a privately-held property management and investment organization, founded in 1992.
Site: The Neiman Marcus store within The
Galleria Mall, located in Houston, Texas.
The one-story building is next to a 25-story
commercial skyscraper. Neiman Marcus
has been selling designer apparel and other
items for more than 100 years. This particular
store was built in 1973.
System: A 10" diameter cast iron sanitary
drain line for the commercial skyscraper. This
horizontal pipe is located within the ceiling of
the Neiman Marcus buildings basement (not
exposed), stretching across the employee
area, through a concrete foundation wall and
outside to the city main.
Problem: The pipe line had cracks
throughout it, a very common sign of aging
cast iron pipes. Both the Neiman Marcus and
the commercial high-rise would have been
severely inconvenienced if the customer
chose a repipe.
Circumvention: If the property management company had chosen a repipe instead of Nu Flows in-place pipe
lining solution, both buildings would have suffered tremendous disruptions and the customer would have been
burdened with many expenses (the repipe would have cost three or four times Nu Flows cost). In order for a
repipe to commence, the commercial skyscrapers plumbing fxtures would not be operational. The Neiman Marcus
basements ceiling would be torn open and the pipe line would be excavated. Both buildings would have to be closed
for at least one week, resulting in a huge fnancial loss for all companies involved. Also, the concrete foundation
would be damaged during the repipe, jeopardizing the foun! dations integrity.
Solution: Nu Flow technicians rehabilitated the horizontal 10" diameter pipe line during the weekend while the
commercial building was not used. After the pipe line was cleaned, the Nu Main system was installed using patented
Pull-in-Place technology. This process was completed using two access points, which prevented demolition to the
building. The cured epoxy created a strong structural liner that covers all cracks in the pipe and will prevent future
cracks from forming. The property manager made the best economical decision by choosing the nondestructive Nu
Main system over an expensive and disruptive repipe.
The high-end department store and neighboring
commercial skyscraper would have had to close
their doors for at least a week if Nu Flow had not
been chosen to rehabilitate the leaking pipe line.
Department Store & Commercial Skyscraper Shut Down Prevented
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