Pipes that carry waste fuids, such as oil and grease, become cracked and clogged with time.
When drain pipes
are rehabilitated with the Nu Drain system, the strong structural liner covers all breaches in pipes and separates the waste fuids from the pipes, preventing leaks, blockages and other failures. Nu Flow used this nondestructive technology to complete a sanitary storm drain rehabilitation project for Torontos largest mall. Project: Use the Nu Drain system to rehabilitate failing pipes in-place without causing disruption to a very busy shopping centre. Site: Toronto Eaton Centre is Canadas second largest mall, and is located in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In respect to the number of guests, this shopping mall and offce complex is Torontos biggest tourist destination with about 1 million guests per week. It has more than 300 retailers and restaurants and is comprised of 1.7 million square feet of space, fve stories and three high-rise offce buildings. This shopping mall was built in 1977 and has had additions and renovations several times since construction. System: The sanitary storm drain system, which collects the rain water with oil and grease, runs from the indoor parking garage and routes the water throughout the mall. The overhead pipes are exposed along the ceiling of a tenants offce space and are confgured both vertically and horizontally with several 45 degree bends, 90 degree elbows and Ys. The pipes are cast iron and have 4" diameters. Problem: The system became clogged as a result of the oil and grease from the parking lot. The oil and grease also eventually ate through the pipes, causing leaks that damaged a tenants inventory. Circumvention: Traditional pipe replacement would be very expensive, time-consuming and disruptive for this retail centre. The store with the exposed ceiling pipes would be closed for days or weeks so that the pipes could be torn out and replaced. Solution: Nu Flow technicians used the nondestructive Nu Drain system to rehabilitate the failing drain lines without causing destruction or business disruptions for the popular mall and its tenants. The leaking sanitary storm drain line was almost fully clogged with oil and grease. Using Nu Flows proprietary tools, technicians frst cleaned the drain line and brought it back to its original diameter, improving fow and overall functionality. Our technicians worked with the customers in-house plumbers to remove and replace the pipe fttings. The in-house plumbers also provided multiple access points to the pipes because of the complexity of the confguration. The work was done at night after mall hours and was completed within four days. There was not any destruction or disruption as a result of this project. The customer was so pleased with our work that we were asked to perform other pipe rehabilitation projects for the prestigious property. This is the large amount of sludge that blocked the malls sanitary storm drain lines. Nu Flows cutting tools were used to bring this pipe back to its original diameter before the Nu Drain system was installed. Nu Flow Prevents Disruptions for Torontos Largest Mall Where life interacts with infrastructure. North America: 1-800-834-9597 | International: 1-905-433-5510 info@nufowtech.com | www.nufowtech.com p/n 695 v1