A Do you make recommendations based upon your findings? Yes.  In most investigations where service life still remains, we will identify and itemize the various deficiencies.  That may be the need to install water filtration or change its location to a more effective location, to replace insulation, add new pipe supports, or to replace various areas of pipe – such as all threaded fittings, for example.  In the event we identify a weld seam issue, the dezincification of some old brass pipe, or pinholes at copper domestic water lines, we will then recommend follow-up submission of specific samples of pipe for a metallurgical lab analysis.  A remote visual inspection may also be advised where the condition of the inside pipe wall is a concern – such as at a heavily deteriorated fire sprinkler system. Although our primary focus is to ultrasonically test the pipe for remaining wall thickness, 35 years of experience in all types of mechanical room environments has provided us with an excellent understanding of some of the underlying causes to the problems we document.

Yes.  In most investigations where service life still remains, we will identify and itemize the various deficiencies.  That may be the need to install water filtration or change its location to a more effective location, to replace insulation, add new pipe supports, or to replace various areas of pipe – such as all threaded fittings, for example.  In the event we identify a weld seam issue, the dezincification of some old brass pipe, or pinholes at copper domestic water lines, we will then recommend follow-up submission of specific samples of pipe for a metallurgical lab analysis.  A remote visual inspection may also be advised where the condition of the inside pipe wall is a concern – such as at a heavily deteriorated fire sprinkler system. Although our primary focus is to ultrasonically test the pipe for remaining wall thickness, 35 years of experience in all types of mechanical room environments has provided us with an excellent understanding of some of the underlying causes to the problems we document.