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: Well, I know this thread is quite old, but I read it before I made a decision on epoxy lining, and figured other people might run across it as well. I am grateful for all of the opinions expressed, but was disappointed that the original poster never did get an actual response from someone who had experienced epoxy lining first hand.
In my case, I didn't want to tear up my home, and being a scientist and an engineer, I was intrigued by the concept of pipe lining. I then got online, and started 2 months of research. After all, I didn?t have an extra 10k lying around to make a wrong decision. I found a lot of technical information at the NSF. UL, and IAPMO websites, but no testimonials.
It wasn?t until I found out that a co-worker had had it done that I was able to get an opinion. She had done her research as well, and had used Curaflo, (She called them Brinks). She had her home epoxy lined 4 years ago. She said that she didn?t have any problems. I still had all three companies in San Diego come out to my home and talk to me, Ace Duraflo, Curaflo, and NuFlow. The NuFlow salesman Andrew came out, and was every bit the high pressure salesman! I told him that I wanted to talk to my wife before making a decision, and he actually told I should sign now to lock in the ?Good Deal? and that I could cancel later if I wanted. What a Joke!
In the end I went with Curaflo, Ace Duraflo didn?t seem to have a lot of experience (I guess they are a brand new franchise) and Josh the Curaflo sales rep spoke my language, he really knew the technical side of the process and actually suggested I sleep on it before making a decision! This went a long way with me.
I am sorry to say that I was all over the technicians while they were doing the job, and they were always polite and answered all of my questions. They also showed me around their trucks and explained how they controlled the air flow and performed the process. I watched them perform a very extensive before and after flow test, and they even cut out two sections of pipe they had coated for me to inspect. The finished product looked almost exactly like Josh?s sales samples, although there was a very slightly thicker coating on the bottom of the pipe (1/16th of an inch) but the 90* in the wall they cut out was perfect. I understand the dynamics of how it worked, but I was still amazed with the end result. It actually looked like a pipe inside a pipe. All in all, I am very happy, and the water flow is the same as it was before in most of the house and MUCH faster at the roman tub and hose connections, it was not reduced anywhere.
So I figure I would post here to answer the original question. I have had the epoxy lining done, and I am very happy with the outcome! We will just have to see if it lasts as long as the lifetime warranty.
-Mike
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