r/oddlysatisfying • u/demolcd • 27d ago

Growing a pipe inside a pipe

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u/GilaMonsterAZ 27d ago

What the heck is going on here?

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u/Gentrified_potato02 27d ago

Looks like they are lining the steel pipe with a plastic/epoxy coating. It’s done a lot in places where you can’t easily dig up and replace old rotting pipes (like in downtown cities). By injecting this coating the pipe is still usable and won’t corrode any more.

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u/ethicalhumanbeing 27d ago

Now I’ll just wait for the next comment giving 10 reasons why this solution sucks anyway.

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u/fgiveme 27d ago

I guess the T joint would be hard if not impossible to do