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Dan Lanciani

In article , (trekee) writes:

| I am sorry to say that I was all over the technicians while they were
| doing the job, and they were always polite and answered all of my
| questions. They also showed me around their trucks and explained how they
| controlled the air flow and performed the process. I watched them perform
| a very extensive before and after flow test, and they even cut out two
| sections of pipe they had coated for me to inspect. The finished product
| looked almost exactly like Joshs sales samples, although there was a very
| slightly thicker coating on the bottom of the pipe (1/16th of an inch) but
| the 90* in the wall they cut out was perfect. I understand the dynamics
| of how it worked, but I was still amazed with the end result. It actually
| looked like a pipe inside a pipe. All in all, I am very happy, and the
| water flow is the same as it was before in most of the house and MUCH
| faster at the roman tub and hose connections, it was not reduced anywhere.

Do they have to remove and re-install all shutoff valves and such?

After the pipe is coated can you still solder it?

Dan Lanciani
ddl@danlan.*com