Pipe Patch Repairs

If you have a section of broken pipe in an inaccessible area, inserting a patch repair can permanently fix the problem with minimal disruption to your home. In fact, in most cases, a patch repair is carried out within 2 hours. 

What is patch repair

In pipe relining, a patch repair will repair a small section of a damaged pipe by inserting a short piece of resin-impregnated liner into the affected area.

Where inversion pipe relining will repair longer lengths, patch repair will repair smaller sections. For this reason, patch repair is a very popular method as it’s quite common to come across small areas of a drain that need a small repair. 

How does a pipe patch repair work?

• We locate the damaged section of the drain using our CCTV drain camera(s).
• We cut a section of liner to the required size and then place it over a ‘rubber packer’.
• The packer is inserted into the drain and manoeuvred into position, often with the aid of a CCTV drain camera.
• Once in position, the packer is inflated with compressed air, which forces the resin-impregnated liner towards the internal wall of the drain.
• Once the resin has set, the air is let out of the rubber packer and removed from the drain with the new liner left in place.