- Blue Works Company FL State Lic. CFC1433187 | CGC1536940 | CMC1251435
Many older Florida homes still drain through cast iron under the slab, and that pipe scales, cracks and backs up as it ages. We show you on camera what is failing, then line your pipe from inside where it is suitable, so less of your floor has to be broken out. When a section cannot be lined, we replace it.
Estimates are free. Camera inspections may carry a charge.
Customer-reported result from a May 2015 reference letter. Timing on your job depends on your pipe’s condition and access.
Cast-iron drains corrode from within. Scale builds up inside your pipe, toilets and tubs drain slowly, and the line backs up into the lowest drain in the house, often a shower or floor drain. Over time the wall thins and cracks along its length.
The line from your house to the street runs under your yard, and roots find every open joint in it. They catch paper and debris until the line stops. We cut the roots out, inspect the line and, where your pipe is suitable, line it so its joints sit inside a continuous liner.
A broken line under your slab leaks into the soil beneath your floor. Signs include sewer odors, damp flooring and repeated backups that cleaning does not fix. Our camera locates the break, so the repair goes to the right spot.
We run a camera through your line from a cleanout or a fixture and record what we see. You receive the footage, a written findings summary and a proposed repair scope.
If you are buying an older home, a camera inspection of the sewer before closing shows you what you are taking on, while you can still negotiate.
Where your layout allows, we line through existing cleanouts. When there is no usable access, we open a small, defined area instead of breaking out the floor along the whole run.
Cleaning removes scale and roots, so the liner fits a sound wall. We choose cutters, rodding or hydro-jetting for the condition of your pipe.
The liner is pulled or inverted into your pipe and cured there, forming a new jointless pipe inside the old one. We reopen the branch connections from your fixtures.
When one crack or joint has failed in an otherwise sound line, we repair that length only.
You see the restored pipe on video before we close out.
Collapsed pipe, a line that has lost its slope and fittings a liner cannot pass through are replaced. We tell you in the scope which sections need replacement and what has to be opened to reach them.
The drain inside your walls may belong to you, to the association or to both, depending on your condominium documents. Ask your manager before work starts. We can share our findings with both of you, and our condominium page explains building-wide stack repairs.
For questions about coverage, read our article on insurance and cast-iron pipe repair in Florida.
The age of your home is the first clue. A cast-iron cleanout or a section of dark, heavy pipe visible in your garage or laundry area is another. A camera inspection tells you for certain.
Not when we can line through an existing cleanout. Some homes need one small opening for access. Replacement of a collapsed section does require opening the floor or yard over that section.
It depends on the length and condition of your line and the access we have. In a May 2015 reference letter, the Riva Del Lago customer reported a two-hour slab leak repair. Your estimate includes the schedule for your job.
A camera inspection may carry a charge, because it is field work with equipment and a written deliverable, separate from the free estimate. We tell you the price before we schedule it.
