Line Stop

When deciding what types of maintenance or repairs you should do for a piping system, line stopping is an option that usually comes to mind, as it proves to be a reliable and cost-effective solution to minimize downtime. Before considering it as an option, though, you must first understand which pipe materials are compatible with [...]

Line stopping is already a difficult process, but it gets even more complicated in urban areas. While the base concept may seem straightforward since all you have to do is temporarily divert the flow within a pipeline to perform maintenance or modifications, the intricacies involved require careful planning and execution. For municipality pipelines in [...]

In the industrial world, pipelines are an integral component of various processes, often transporting vital fluids and materials where they need to go. For businesses relying on pipelines, it is crucial to understand the mechanisms that ensure uninterrupted flow and maintain system efficiency. However, there will be times when a pipe springs a leak [...]

Beneath our very feet is a web of pipelines that carry important resources such as energy and water to every home, business, and building around us. It’s thanks to these pipelines that we are able to have a constant and safe supply of resources that we can access at our leisure. However, the extent [...]

Maintaining pipelines in service can get complicated – especially when their daily operations must not get interrupted. Luckily, a few different solutions allow those providing pipeline services to work on pipes while being as unobtrusive as possible. That begs the question, however, what’s the difference between line stopping and line freezing? Here's what you should [...]

Here Rangeline performs a Double 36" Line Stop on ductile iron pipe.  These Line Stops were needed to install a new isolation valve at a water treatment facility while the system stayed up and operational.  The Line Stoppers held 100% allowing the maintenance crew to stay nice and dry while the new valve was [...]

When it comes to Emergency Service Rangeline covers far and wide even Hawaii. Rangeline receives a call for a Emergency Single 16" Line Stop at the Honolulu Airport on a Friday afternoon.  Rangeline's Emergency Response Team jumps into action.  After loading and shipping the material and equipment Rangeline was on the jobsite Monday delivery [...]

Here is a Emergency Single 48" Line Stop on Pre-Stressed Concrete Cylinder Pipe "PCCP" watermain in Mobile, Alabama. Once again Rangeline's Emergency Responds Team was called for a 48" PCCP watermain which failed.  Rangeline works closely with JCM Industries, Inc. to manufacture emergency Line Stop fittings for Concrete Pressure pipe.  This fitting was fabricated [...]