Trenchless methods
Pipe Bursting in Orlando
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: (941) 217-8139.
Pipe Bursting by city in Orange County Florida
Local conditions, the ZIP codes covered and how to reach the contractor for each city.
- Pipe Bursting Orlando
- Pipe Bursting Apopka
- Pipe Bursting Belle Isle
- Pipe Bursting Eatonville
- Pipe Bursting Edgewood
- Pipe Bursting Maitland
- Pipe Bursting Oakland
- Pipe Bursting Ocoee
- Pipe Bursting Windermere
- Pipe Bursting Winter Garden
- Pipe Bursting Winter Park
- Pipe Bursting Bay Lake
- Pipe Bursting Lake Buena Vista
- Pipe Bursting Azalea Park
- Pipe Bursting Bay Hill
- Pipe Bursting Bithlo
- Pipe Bursting Christmas
- Pipe Bursting Conway
- Pipe Bursting Doctor Phillips
- Pipe Bursting Fairview Shores
- Pipe Bursting Goldenrod
- Pipe Bursting Holden Heights
- Pipe Bursting Hunters Creek
- Pipe Bursting Lake Butler
- Pipe Bursting Lockhart
- Pipe Bursting Meadow Woods
- Pipe Bursting Oak Ridge
- Pipe Bursting Orlo Vista
- Pipe Bursting Paradise Heights
- Pipe Bursting Pine Castle
- Pipe Bursting Pine Hills
- Pipe Bursting Sky Lake
- Pipe Bursting South Apopka
- Pipe Bursting Southchase
- Pipe Bursting Taft
- Pipe Bursting Tangelo Park
- Pipe Bursting Tangerine
- Pipe Bursting Union Park
- Pipe Bursting Wedgefield
- Pipe Bursting Williamsburg
- Pipe Bursting Zellwood