American Leak Detection and ePIPE Announce New Pipe Restoration Service

American Leak Detection® (ALD) and ACE DuraFlo® Systems (ACE) jointly announce they have entered into an agreement allowing ALD franchisees to add ACE DuraFlo’s ePIPE®, epoxy pipe restoration technology to their menu of service offerings.

The system, known as ePIPE, applies a proprietary epoxy barrier coating within an existing plumbing system and is designed to prevent pinhole leaks, increase water flow and prevent the leaching of heavy metals, such as lead, into the water supply. The patented ePIPE system can be applied to both metallic and non-metallic pipes.

“Historically, property owners make repeated individual repairs to their plumbing systems until they are forced to repipe,” Al Dee, President of ACE, said. “Our ePIPE system provides a cost effective, proven alternative to a repipe, by restoring pipes ‘in-place’ there is no need to tear up walls.”

The industry leader in small diameter in-place pipe restoration, ACE recently reached a milestone of restoring the plumbing in more than 10,000 homes in the United States. The agreement with American Leak Detection will broaden the availability of this proven relining system.

“Adding ePIPE will greatly benefit our customers,” says Stan Berenbaum, President and CEO of American Leak Detection. “In addition to having American Leak Detection locate leaks non-invasively, we will, with ePIPE, be able to add a new level of protection for our customers by being able to restore pipes in-place, using this non-invasive technology.”

About American Leak Detection

Headquartered in Palm Springs, California, American Leak Detection is the world leader in the accurate, non-destructive detection of all types of leaks including hidden water and sewer leaks. Founded in 1974, it now operates a network of highly trained Original Leak Specialists on six continents. For the last seven years, American Leak Detection has been ranked #1 in its category by Entrepreneur® magazine and in February 2008 it was ranked as one of the top 25 performing franchise systems by The Wall Street Journal. For more information on American Leak Detection, call 800.755.6697 or visit www.americanleakdetection.com.

About ACE DuraFlo and ePIPE

ACE DuraFlo Systems, LLC, provides “in-place” epoxy pipe lining products and authorized ePIPE plumbing services in the US, Canada, Europe, Mexico and Latin America under the brand names ACE DuraFlo, ePIPE, eLINER and miniE. Since 1998, ACE has pioneered and patented epoxy pipe lining methods that restore and protect piping systems “in-place.” The result is an epoxy lined pipe called ePIPE(R). ePIPE, a “green product,” is a proven alternative to a conventional plumbing repipe. Information on ACE DuraFlo and ePIPE may be obtained by calling 888-775-0220 or by visiting www.aceduraflo.com.