Traditionally this meant excavating down to the defect and cutting out and replacing that section of pipe. Trenchless point repair methods now let a contractor install a short internal patch (a resin-saturated sleeve cured in place, or a mechanical sleeve) through the existing manhole access, without digging.
Point repair sits alongside CIPP, sliplining, and pipe bursting as one of the standard options in a typical pipe rehabilitation matrix. It is usually the lower-cost, faster option when a CCTV inspection shows the pipe is otherwise in good condition with just one or two isolated defects, rather than deterioration along its full length. Because point repair addresses a specific defect rather than the whole pipe, projects frequently bid it as a per-repair or per-location unit price rather than a linear-foot quantity. The actual count of repairs is sometimes left open until the CCTV inspection or field verification confirms how many defects need fixing. Point repair quantities are often not finalized until inspection data confirms how many defects exist, so reading both the design-phase estimate and the underlying CCTV defect log matters for pricing. Nonlinear can cross-reference those documents across a bid package.
