The Infrastructurethe Whole Community Shares.

Florida condominium and HOA communities built between the 1950s and the 1980s were plumbed in cast iron and clay, and both materials are now well past the service life they were designed for. Scale builds on the pipe wall, the invert corrodes, and the first symptoms a board hears about are slow drains and recurring stoppages in the same stack. By the time a unit owner reports a backup, the condition is usually building wide rather than isolated to that riser.

The board question is almost never lining versus repipe on engineering grounds alone. It is disruption and money. A repipe opens walls, displaces residents, and runs on a construction calendar. Cured-in-place pipe (CIPP) lining installs a resin-saturated liner inside the host pipe through existing access points, which keeps most units occupied and compresses the schedule. Both belong in the conversation, and the honest comparison depends on what the camera actually shows, which is why we lead with condition assessment before anyone opens a wall.

Florida Statutes 718.112 requires a Structural Integrity Reserve Study, and plumbing is a named component. That gives boards a reason to fund assessment now and a place to put the findings. Our Rehabilitation Readiness Report (R3) is written for that use. It pairs coded pipe condition with scope, sequencing, and cost ranges for trenchless rehabilitation, so a board can carry one document from the reserve line item to the vote.