NuFlow Indy received a call from First Merchants Bank to diagnose their pipe problems and provide a commercial sewer repair solution that wouldn’t disrupt their business. Check out our detailed overview on how we approached this commercial sewer line repair in Indianapolis.

The Problem

Customers and employees of First Merchant Bank were complaining of slow draining in the restrooms. As a result, the business had to shut down the restrooms which caused frustration and the displacement of workers during the day. NuFlow Indy first diagnosed the problem using our sewer camera, going as far upstream and downstream as we could in the pipe to make sure every issue was noted. We concluded that the sewer line was an old, 4”, cast-iron pipe that had significant scale buildup, leading to inevitable blockage.

The Solution

Our first step was to clean the pipe thoroughly. To do this, we used a hydro jetter and mechanical chain cleaning tool to thoroughly remove the scale from the pipe. Once the line was cleaned, we used our NuFlow pull-in-place liner to create a seamless, new pipe inside of the old one. We pulled a toilet in the restroom and used that as our push point while using an outside cleanout as our pull point. We were able to place 70’ of liner and restore the pipe to like-new condition.