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monkiesandtool t1_jcdt5xa wrote

Reply to comment by degggendorf in Another Natural Gas Price Hike Despite Falling Gas Prices by DotDotCode

From experience looking at BGE projects as a contractor.

The most typically approach with an older leaky pipe (usually cast iron) is essentially inserting a plastic pipe into it (not sure if it's pipe relining). The older residential stuff usually is 3/4" to 3" inner diameter.

Fun fact, when looking at some information on the BGE system, one of the oldest still in use pipe dates back to the late 1890's.

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alwaysfng t1_jceqczi wrote

Dead insertion is not typically used in our area due to the requirement the system be taken offline. A new system is usually installed and the customers transfered to it so those transfers can be done quickly.

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