What Homeowners Should Know About Trenchless Sewer Repair

Trenchless sewer repair methods — such as pipe lining or pipe bursting — allow a damaged sewer line to be repaired or replaced with a fraction of the excavation traditional methods require.

How it works

Pipe lining inserts a resin-coated liner into the existing pipe that hardens into a new pipe-within-a-pipe. Pipe bursting pulls a new pipe through the old one's path, breaking the old pipe outward as it goes. Both typically require only small access points rather than a full trench.

When it's a good fit

Trenchless methods work well for cracked, root-infiltrated, or offset-joint pipe where the overall pipe route is still sound. They're especially valuable when the line runs under a driveway, mature landscaping, or hardscaping that would be costly to restore after excavation.

When it's not the right fit

Severely collapsed sections, major grade (slope) problems, or pipe that has shifted significantly out of alignment usually still require traditional excavation to correct properly.

A camera inspection is always the starting point — it tells us definitively whether your situation is a trenchless candidate before any method is proposed.