In today's world where the changing climate is affecting most areas of our lives, saving our water supplies is a prime concern. Leaking pipes can lose many many thousands of litres on a daily basis.

Along with leaking water, chemicals and solvents that escape from damaged pipe work can also cause great concern if allowed to escape into the environment. Either as fugitive emissions into the atmosphere or as liquid leaking into the ground and subsequently into the water table and the possibility of contaminating our drinking water supply.

Replacing leaking and damaged pipe work can be an expensive and time consuming exercise. Sometimes it can also involve major undertakings to structures as the pipe work has been enclosed into buildings and structures.

Thistlebond can repair pipe sizes ranging from nb 20mm up to nb 800mm with their THISTLEWRAP product. It can carry out effective repairs under the following conditions:

Maximum Heat Resistance - 270^oC

* Maximum Service Pressure - (Thick Repair refers to the number of wraps around the pipe and resulting cross section of the repair tape)

* 12mm Thick Repair - 10 bar
* 25mm Thick Repair - 27.5 bar

See the detailed instruction sheet and chemical resistance listing.

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Thistlebond can also offer a pipe repair system for larger pipe sizes - 800mm upwards to any size.

To enable this Thistlebond have developed a easy to use and apply two stage system using the following products:

Thistlebond TRK19000 Resin and Hardener
Thistlebond TRK19009 Glass Tape

This system can operate successfully under the following conditions:

Maximum Heat Resistance - 170^oC

* Maximum Service Pressure - (Low Pressure Repair) - 33 bar

* Maximum Service Pressure - (High Pressure Repair) - 108 bar

See the detailed instruction sheet and chemical resistance listing.

All the above systems are easy to use, quick and effective repairs can be achieved in short periods of time and are EXTREMELY cost effective.

So, if leaking pipe work is a problem area to your plant - consider using the Thistlebond extensive range of Pipe Repair Polymers before you consider embarking on the high cost and timely replacement programme.

For further information please contact us direct or your local Thistlebond Distributor.

* Successful applications are subject to the correct surface preparation and application being carried out according to the manufactures instructions.