Replacing or repairing your sewer pipes is difficult and messy work, especially if the lines are buried deep underground. For years, homeowners have relied on traditional sewer work to complete these projects, only to be shocked and dismayed when the final bill comes in.
Trenchless pipe bursting offers an easy way to replace your old damaged pipes without excavation. Our team is well-versed in this method of sewer line replacement. We proudly provide the best plumbing solutions to our community in Santa Clara and beyond.
Let’s dive deeper into what trenchless pipe bursting is and how does it work.
Trenchless pipe bursting is a method of replacing sewer, gas or water pipes, without having to dig trenches. During the initial stage of a pipe bursting process, a steel cable is used to hydraulically pull a cone-shaped pipe head through your existing sewer line.
This breaks up the old, damaged pipe, making it easier to remove if necessary. While the new head breaks the old pipe apart, a new, seamless high density polyethylene (HDPE) pipe is pulled through your sewer line and into place. The new pipe is configured to fit any size sewer line.
Pipe bursting is an extremely durable solution that can last for over 50 years! This durability prevents future sewer line problems and leakage for decades so you don’t have to worry about your sewer line repair again.
Due to the fracturing and soil-clearing nature of pipe bursting, there is enough space for larger pipes, with increased fill capacity, which permit additional free flow. Therefore, the replacement pipe has a larger diameter than the replaced pipe.
Trenchless pipe bursting allows homeowners to avoid significant damage to landscaping, walkways, driveways, and other structures on the property – with trenching, this is unavoidable and costly.
Pipe bursting is one of the cleanest sewer solutions out there when compared with traditional sewer repair. Pipe bursting is the least disruptive to your surrounding environment since it avoids the need to dig up any roads or landscaping. This also prevents any deadly toxins from leaking into your system as well.
