SylWrap Pipe Repair Kits enable the water industry to make rapid live leak repairs to leaking pipes and burst water mains as soon as problems are identified on supply networks.
Permanent repairs which are pressure resistant up to 30bar can be made to pipes of any diameter or type inside 30 minutes without the need for formal training. Water flow does not need to be turned off to carry out a repair, avoiding costly and disruptive interruptions to supplies.
The ease of application and flexibility of SylWrap makes a Pipe Repair Kit a lightweight alternative to heavy, bulky pipe repair clamps. The speed at which SylWrap is effective means pipes can be repaired quickly, reducing the amount of precious water lost.
With the UK water industry having been told they must half leakage levels by 2050, utilities companies including Southern Water, Affinity Water and Anglian Water have approved SylWrap Contractor Cases to be carried on their vans, enabling contractors to make rapid live leak repairs when leaks are logged.
Each Contractor Kit contains enough products to carry out up to six pipe repairs and the robust red case is designed for easy storage. Whenever a contractor is required to carry out a repair, they simply reach for their Case and 30 minutes later the leaking pipe will have been permanently repaired. SylWrap Contractor Cases are also used by the national supplier in Malaysia for use on Kuala Lumpur’s vast pipe network.
All the products in the Contractor Case have WRAS Approval, meaning they are certified to British standards as safe to use on pipes carrying drinking water.
Water Industry Leak Repairs made using SylWrap Pipe Repair Kits
Leaks at both ends of a saddle joint welded onto a 150mm steel pipe are sealed at a pumping house in Malaysia despite a 20mm step between the line and the joint
A cement coated steel pipe on a water network in Mexico undergoes a live leak repair after removal of the outer coating revealed a 80mm long split in the line
A 18000mm underground pipe at a wastewater treatment plant is sealed and protected against tree root ingress after the line was penetrated between flange plates
A dilapidated, corrosion-covered 20-metre long steel pipe bridge crossing the Rhonda River is repaired and refurbished to save a water company the expense of replacement
Above and underground water supply pipes servicing a town in Libya required live leak repair to seal cracks with minimal disruption to homes and businesses
The repair of a 90-year-old malleable iron pipe for which replacement fittings were no longer made avoided digging out and replacing an entire water supply line
An engineering team in Malaysia repair a 900mm steel water main leaking from a cracked flange in a flooded underground chamber previously thought to be unfixable
A water company in Malaysia repair a 150mm steel elbow at a pumping station after corrosion caused a pinhole, through which water was jetting at 6 bar pressure
A water company repair two faulty couplings connecting a section of 650mm pipe to a mains water line discovered to be leaking within a disused inspection pit
After a 22 degree elbow blew out in a valve chamber due to being below spec, a water company reinforced all remaining joints to prevent similar incidents occurring
A utilities company repair and reinforce two 20 metre pipe bridges leaking sewage from corroded joints into a stream below, extending the lifespans of the structures
A contractor repairs a ruptured section of 70mm cast iron water supply pipe before reconnecting it to the network, keeping water running for a block of flats in Essex
