Method of locating liner within sewer pipe

1. A method of making a cured-in-place pipe repair to a pipe having an area needing repair, with an access bore in communication with the pipe, the method comprising:

taking an elongated bladder tube having a first bladder end and a second bladder end;

placing an elongated liner tube within the bladder tube, the liner tube having first and second liner tube ends;

removably attaching the liner tube;

impregnating the liner tube with an uncured resin;

inverting the bladder tube into the access bore with the liner tube remaining there and into the pipe to a position wherein the liner tube is on the outside of the bladder tube and is positioned adjacent the area of the pipe needing repair and does not block the pipe;

permitting the uncured resin to cure and harden; and

removing the bladder tube from the liner tube and the access bore to leave the liner tube cured in place within the pipe in a position which does not block the pipe.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the liner tube includes a polymer coating.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of inverting the bladder tube is accomplished by an inversion machine that is located at least partially outside the access bore.

4. The method of claim 3 further comprising inserting a camera cable having a lens thereon through a camera port in the inversion machine, and viewing the liner tube with the lens during the inversion step.

5. The method of claim 3 further comprising inserting a camera cable having a lens thereon through a camera port in the inversion machine, and viewing the liner tube with the lens after the inversion step.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the liner tube is registered with the area of the pipe to be repaired.

7. A method of making a cured-in-place pipe repair to a pipe having an area needing repair containing a first margin and a second margin, an access bore having a lower access bore end in communication with the pipe and having an upper access bore end in communication with the atmosphere; the method comprising:

taking an elongated bladder tube having a first bladder end and a second bladder end;

placing an elongated liner tube within the bladder tube, the liner tube having first and second liner tube ends;

impregnating the liner tube with an uncured resin;

inserting a guide tool into the access bore and positioning the guide tool near the lower access bore end and at least partially in the pipe;

inverting the bladder tube into the access bore with the liner tube remaining therein and about the guide tool and into the pipe to a position wherein the liner tube is on the outside of the bladder tube and is positioned adjacent the area of the pipe needing repair and does not block the pipe;

permitting the uncured resin to cure and harden;

removing the bladder tube from the liner tube and the access bore to leave the liner tube cured in place within the pipe in a position which does not block the pipe; and

removing the guide tool from the access bore.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein the guide tool includes a cylindrical portion and the bladder tube is inverted through the cylindrical portion.

9. The method of claim 7 wherein the guide tool includes an arcuate portion and the bladder tube is guided along the pipe by the arcuate portion of the guide tool.

10. The method of claim 7 wherein the guide tool includes a cylindrical portion and an arcuate portion extending therefrom and the bladder tube is inverted through the cylindrical portion and is guided along the pipe by the arcuate portion of the guide tool.

11. A new bladder/liner assembly for use in making a cured-in-place pipe repair to an underground sewer pipe being accessible from an access point and having a repair area needing repair that is remote from the access point, the assembly comprising:

an elongated bladder tube having a first end and a second end;

an elongated liner tube disposed within the bladder tube and frangibly attached to the bladder tube with the liner tube spaced apart from the first end of the bladder tube by approximately the distance between the access point and the repair area of the sewer pipe.

12. The bladder/liner assembly of claim 11 wherein the liner tube is frangibly attached to the bladder tube with tetrahydrofuran.

13. A method of making a cured-in-place pipe repair to a pipe having an area needing repair with an access bore having a lower access bore end in communication with the pipe and having an upper access bore end in communication with the atmosphere, the method comprising:

taking an elongated positioning tube having a first end and a second end;

taking an elongated liner tube having first and second liner tube ends;

removably attaching the liner tube to the positioning tube near one of the first and second ends of the positioning tube;

impregnating the liner tube with an uncured resin;

inverting the positioning tube through the access bore and into the pipe to a position wherein the liner tube is adjacent the area of the pipe needing repair and does not block the pipe;

permitting the uncured resin to cure and harden; and

removing the positioning tube from the liner tube to leave the liner tube cured in place within the pipe in a position which does not block the pipe.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein at least one of the first and second ends of the positioning tube is closed.

15. The method of claim 14 wherein the positioning tube presses the liner tube against the area of pipe needing repair.

16. The method of claim 13 wherein an inflatable bladder presses the liner tube against the area of the pipe needing repair.

17. The method of claim 16 wherein the inflatable bladder is the positioning tube.

18. A method of making a cured-in-place sewer pipe repair to a sewer pipe being accessible from an access point and having a repair area needing repair that is remote from the access point, the method comprising:

measuring a distance between the access point and the repair area of the sewer pipe;

taking an elongated positioning tube having a first end and a second end;

positioning a liner tube at least partially within the positioning tube with the liner tube spaced apart from the first end of the positioning tube by approximately the distance between the access point and the repair area of the sewer pipe;

frangibly attaching the liner tube to the bladder tube;

impregnating the liner tube with a resin in an uncured state capable of curing and hardening;

positioning the first end of the positioning tube near the access point;

inverting the positioning tube from the access point and into the sewer pipe to an inverted position with the liner tube adjacent the repair area of the sewer pipe;

permitting the uncured resin to cure and harden; and

removing the positioning tube from the liner tube to leave the liner tube cured in place within the sewer pipe.