Trenchless methods
Pipe Bursting in Cincinnati
A bursting head splits the old pipe while pulling new HDPE pipe in behind it, through two small pits.
How pipe bursting works
A steel cable is threaded through the old sewer line from a pit at one end to a pit at the other. A cone-shaped bursting head, with new high-density polyethylene pipe fused to it, is pulled through by a hydraulic unit. The head splits the old clay or cast iron outward into the soil and the new pipe follows in the same alignment at the same depth. The result is a single fused length of pipe with no joints for roots to find.
When bursting is the right call
- Collapsed sections — a liner needs a host pipe to hold its shape; a collapsed run has none.
- Bellies — a low spot that holds water stays a low spot after lining. Bursting lays new pipe on a fresh bed.
- Undersized lines — bursting can upsize a 3-inch lateral to 4 inches; lining slightly reduces diameter.
- Badly deformed pipe — Orangeburg that has flattened, or cast iron with most of its bottom gone.
What the job looks like
One pit at the house or cleanout, one at the property line or the street connection, each a few feet square. Utilities that cross within a foot or two of the sewer path are located and potholed first. The pull takes an hour or two; the whole job, including fusing, connections, inspection and backfill, is usually one day.
Permits and the street
If the downstream pit is in the sidewalk, parkway or street, a right-of-way permit and restoration to city standards are required in addition to the plumbing permit. If the connection at the main is replaced, the city inspects it before the pit closes. Confirm who is handling this before work starts.
Estimates are free. Call now: (877) 880-8125.
Pipe Bursting by city in Hamilton County
Local conditions, the ZIP codes covered and how to reach the contractor for each city.
- Pipe Bursting Cincinnati
- Pipe Bursting Blue Ash
- Pipe Bursting Cheviot
- Pipe Bursting Deer Park
- Pipe Bursting Fairfield
- Pipe Bursting Forest Park
- Pipe Bursting Harrison
- Pipe Bursting Loveland
- Pipe Bursting Madeira
- Pipe Bursting Milford
- Pipe Bursting Montgomery
- Pipe Bursting Mount Healthy
- Pipe Bursting North College Hill
- Pipe Bursting Norwood
- Pipe Bursting Reading
- Pipe Bursting Sharonville
- Pipe Bursting Springdale
- Pipe Bursting St. Bernard
- Pipe Bursting Wyoming
- Pipe Bursting Addyston
- Pipe Bursting Amberley Village
- Pipe Bursting Arlington Heights
- Pipe Bursting Cleves
- Pipe Bursting Elmwood Place
- Pipe Bursting Evendale
- Pipe Bursting Fairfax
- Pipe Bursting Glendale
- Pipe Bursting Golf Manor
- Pipe Bursting Greenhills
- Pipe Bursting Lincoln Heights
- Pipe Bursting Lockland
- Pipe Bursting Mariemont
- Pipe Bursting Newtown
- Pipe Bursting North Bend
- Pipe Bursting Terrace Park
- Pipe Bursting Anderson
- Pipe Bursting Colerain
- Pipe Bursting Columbia
- Pipe Bursting Crosby
- Pipe Bursting Delhi
- Pipe Bursting Green
- Pipe Bursting Miami
- Pipe Bursting Springfield
- Pipe Bursting Sycamore
- Pipe Bursting Symmes
- Pipe Bursting Whitewater
- Pipe Bursting Bridgetown
- Pipe Bursting Cherry Grove
- Pipe Bursting Covedale
- Pipe Bursting Dent
- Pipe Bursting Dillonvale
- Pipe Bursting Dry Run
- Pipe Bursting Finneytown
- Pipe Bursting Forestville
- Pipe Bursting Fruit Hill
- Pipe Bursting Grandview
- Pipe Bursting Groesbeck
- Pipe Bursting Kenwood
- Pipe Bursting Loveland Park
- Pipe Bursting Mack
- Pipe Bursting Monfort Heights
- Pipe Bursting Northbrook
- Pipe Bursting Northgate
- Pipe Bursting Pleasant Run
- Pipe Bursting Sherwood
- Pipe Bursting Turpin Hills
- Pipe Bursting White Oak