Is Trenchless Sewer Repair Right for Your Pennsylvania Home?

What Does Trenchless Sewer Repair Actually Do?

When a sewer pipe is damaged, traditional replacement requires excavation to expose the line.

Trenchless repair uses specialized methods to work with the pipe underground.

There are two common approaches: pipe lining and pipe bursting.

Pipe Lining

Pipe lining rehabilitates the existing sewer line by installing a resin-based liner inside the damaged pipe.

After the liner is installed and cured, it forms a new pipe within the existing pipe.

This approach can be suitable for certain types of cracks, leaks, root intrusion, and deterioration.

Pipe Bursting

Pipe bursting is a replacement method rather than simply a rehabilitation technique.

Specialized equipment breaks apart the old pipe while a new pipe is pulled into the same general pathway.

For appropriate projects, this can replace a severely damaged sewer line without requiring a continuous excavation trench.