Texas Drain Technologies is born Gary joined Patrick Lucia to form Texas Drain Technologies. Investigative plumbing has always been the company’s core business. Back in 1998, it was a competency in high demand. Homeowners and businesses alike needed help finding and repairing an increasing number of under slab leaks. The company quickly grew from seven employees to 80—most of whom were digging holes and tunneling. During the go-go 90’s and 2000’s, that wasn’t a big concern. However, as the eco...

Texas Drain Technologies is born Gary joined Patrick Lucia to form Texas Drain Technologies. Investigative plumbing has always been the company’s core business. Back in 1998, it was a competency in high demand. Homeowners and businesses alike needed help finding and repairing an increasing number of under slab leaks. The company quickly grew from seven employees to 80—most of whom were digging holes and tunneling. During the go-go 90’s and 2000’s, that wasn’t a big concern. However, as the economy slowed and insurance coverages changed, the cost of tunneling became more prohibitive. Texas Drain Technologies needed another solution. Texas Drain Technologies becomes TDT Given his background in polymers, Gary was excited to discover ACE Dura-Flo’s in-place pipe repair system. Using proprietary technology, their ePIPE system cleaned clogged and rusting pipes from the inside before adding an epoxy inner-coating. The system not only sealed leaks and extended the useful life of plumbing by 75+ years, it did so without cutting into walls. Using this technology, TDT pioneered Cured In Place Pipe repair, also known as CIPP, for drain lines. TDT plumbers access pipes from either end, clear them out, then insert a felt liner impregnated with an epoxy resin, a bladder is inserted inside the felt liner. The liner is position inside the drain pipe and the bladder inflated, and pressers the felt liner against the walls of the pipe. Once the epoxy cures in place, the bladder is removed and the pipes are better than new—without the need for extensive digging.