Westin’s La Cantera Resort –San Antonio, TX

Built in 1999 – Failing Copper pipes by 2002

The Problem:

Westin’s La Cantera Resort in San Antonio was built in 1999 and ranked #2 on the “Top 30 Resorts in North America” and is also rated among the “Top 50 Golf Resorts in the U.S.” by Conde Nast Traveler. But somewhere lurking behind all this grandeur was a problem. The problem showed up in a 1¼” copper supply line in the Clubhouse area, as a pinhole leak. A pinhole leak? After just 2 years of service???

A complete repipe would have meant tearing apart walls and ceilings and canceling events in the Clubhouse. Repiping was not an acceptable alternative; the developer and the owner’s of the property went looking for a solution. They did not have to look far as E.L. Smith Plumbing had the answer, in-place pipe restoration using the ePIPE® system.

The Solution:

It was concluded that the culprit causing the problem of the deteriorating copper pipe was the local water and its corrosive chemistry. The solution was to protect the copper pipes by using the ePIPE system of in-place pipe restoration. After conventional repairs were carried out the restoration of the 120 foot corroded copper line was completed. The epoxy coating of the system was then completed without tearing up walls or ceilings and the Clubhouse area was not shut down. The pipe was protected from further damage and water was restored thanks to E.L. Smith and the ePIPE® system.

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