100mm SaniTube at Billercay, Essex, UK
20 February, 2023
Sanivar have recently completed a refurbishment of a rising main serving a residential area in Billericay. Working with Public Private Sewrs the job involved relining a 100mm Asbestos Cement main, which ran across private gardens across a housing development. The rising main was corroded and had a history of bursts which had resulted in numerous dig down solutions resulting in disruption for residents. Because of the route of the pipe replacement options involving excavations were untenable bu [...]
New diameter record set by 450mm SaniTube pull through liner
22 February, 2023
Sanivar, working with Colus Specialist Projects and CPC have recently completed the first ever 450mm pull through SaniTube installation, a world first of this diameter, on an abrasive main in Cheslyn Hay, Cannock. The pipe could not be replaced using open cut, as its course ran through an industrial estate and under above ground infrastructure, including aquatic tanks and commercial greenhouses. >>Download Case Study here<< CustomerSevern Trent Water CountryUK Insta [...]
SaniTube refurbishment of 750m 250mm rising main in Derbyshire, UK
22 February, 2023
Sanivar have recently completed a 750m refurbishment of a 250mm rising main in Matlock, Derbyshire. The project was promoted by Severn Trent Water (STW) following a number of asset failures that had resulted in 10 reactive repair interventions in recent years. The project was delivered through STW’s delivery alliance CSP and lining contractor Colus Specialist Projects. The 250mm Cast Iron main was found to be badly corroded over a section that ran along the High Street and into a discharge ch [...]
Sanivar restore 100m rising main at Stansfield, UK
22 February, 2023
Working with Public Sewer Services, Anglian Water's IMR Water Recycling partner, Sanivar UK have recently completed a project to refurbish a pumped effluent pipeline at Stansfield Village in Essex. The project involved the restoration of a 100mm rising main, part of which was installed under a bridge crossing, adjacent to a pumping station. The existing PVC rising main suffered a history of bursts, and a recent leak had caused effluence to leak through the bridge decking and into a nei [...]
SaniTube on relining a 300mm Cast Iron main at Agbrigg Bridge, Calderdale, UK
26 January, 2021
Sanivar have recently completed a challenging refurbishment of a rising main feeding Calder Treatment Works in Wakefield. Working with Peter Duffy Ltd, this job involved relining a 300mm cast iron main, a section of which ran via a pipe bridge under a mainline railway. The high-pressure rising main was badly corroded and previous temporary repairs using clamps had been unsuccessful, necessitating the refurbishment of a 250 metre section. The pipe bridge crossed the River Calder and th [...]
SaniTube on 300mm rising main at Fowey Quay, UK
27 February, 2020
Working with H5O South West Water’s Capital Delivery Alliance, Sanivar UK have recently completed a project to refurbish a pressure pipeline at Fowey Quay in South Cornwall. The project involved the restoration of a 300mm rising main, part of which was installed under the estuary as part of South West Water’s Clean Sweep program some 20 years ago. A ductile iron section of the subsea pipeline had become badly corroded due to the saline environment and needed to be refurbished and reconnected [...]
30 metre SaniTube with 45 degree bend at Colburn STW, UK
27 February, 2020
The project involved the restoration of a 250mm section of rising main which ran under above ground infrastructure and adjacent to high voltage power cables. The ductile iron pipe had become corroded and needed to be replaced as part of a wider refurbishment on site. Without refurbishment the ductile iron pipe posed a pollution threat and MMB were seeking a ‘no dig’ solution to minimize on site disruption and avoid the prohibitive costs and danger of accessing the section of main through tr [...]
Fowey Harbour project
08 July, 2019
Sanivar have recently completed work at Fowey Harbour as part of South West Water’s sewage pipework regeneration project. Town Quay Sewage Pumping Station in Fowey is the terminal sewage pumping station receiving flow from southern and northern collector sewers. As the pumping station and HDPE rising along the foreshore was constructed two decades ago as part of the clean sweep up programme, a short section of the pipework within and adjacent to the sewage pumping station made of ductile [...]
900 meters SaniTube W DN125-150 in Italy
25 June, 2019
Sanivar took over the restoration of the main steel aqueduct that feeds the reservoir of the cities of Serle in Italy, 900 meters SaniTube W DN125-150 were used for this project. CustomerA2A CICLO IDRICO SPA CountryItaly Installation date2014-2015 ProductsSaniTube W DN125-150 Application areaDrinking Water Use caseN/A Pipe materialSteel Number of seals N/A Track length900 Operating pressure16 bar [...]
Advanced Trenchless Pipe Rehabilitation Solution Arrives in the UK
19 March, 2019
For more than 40 years, Sanivar has been focused on developing state of the art, high quality manufactured solutions, designed to restore decaying and ageing pipe infrastructure across the world. Sanivar was founded in the mid-1970s in Switzerland when there was a change in how gas was delivered across Europe. Before the 1970s, gas was delivered as a moist gas, and pipes and fittings were manufactured with this in mind. But, with a change from moist to dry gas, pipes and sealants began to dry [...]