Trenchless sewer repair in Pittsburgh

Two ways to fix a sewer line in Pittsburgh without a trench

Cured-in-place pipe lining pulls or inverts a resin-saturated liner into the cleaned host pipe and cures it into a new, jointless pipe inside the old one. It works from an existing cleanout, takes about a day, and is the answer for cracked, root-intruded or corroded lines that still hold their shape.

Pipe bursting pulls a bursting head through the old pipe from a pit at each end, splitting it outward while new HDPE pipe follows behind. It is the answer for collapsed, bellied or undersized lines that cannot be lined.

Which one a Pittsburgh line needs is decided by a camera inspection, not by a sales pitch. A contractor who quotes a method before running the camera is guessing with your money.

Method 1 – Trenchless sewer pipe lining

Method 2 – Trenchless sewer pipe bursting

What fails under Allegheny County homes

The Northeast has the widest mix of old pipe anywhere: cast iron and clay from the early 1900s, Orangeburg from the 1940s through the 60s, and some transite and even wood-stave pipe in the oldest towns. Laterals are long and deep and typically cross a sidewalk and a street to reach a main that may be a century old.

Freeze-thaw cycles, dense clay and rocky glacial soils, big street trees, and tight urban lots leave little room for an excavator even when the ground allows one. Cities and towns tightly control any cut in the sidewalk or roadway.

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