Trenchless methods
Pipe Bursting in West Palm Beach
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.
Superior Plumbing Maintenance LLC handles pipe bursting throughout Palm Beach County. See sewer pipe lining for Palm Beach County homes for the full service area and the other trenchless methods on offer.
Estimates are free. Call now: (941) 404-0811.
Pipe Bursting by city in Palm Beach County Florida
Local conditions, the ZIP codes covered and how to reach the contractor for each city.
- Pipe Bursting West Palm Beach
- Pipe Bursting Atlantis
- Pipe Bursting Belle Glade
- Pipe Bursting Boca Raton
- Pipe Bursting Boynton Beach
- Pipe Bursting Briny Breezes
- Pipe Bursting Canal Point
- Pipe Bursting Cloud Lake
- Pipe Bursting Delray Beach
- Pipe Bursting Glen Ridge
- Pipe Bursting Golf
- Pipe Bursting Greenacres
- Pipe Bursting Gulf Stream
- Pipe Bursting Haverhill
- Pipe Bursting Highland Beach
- Pipe Bursting Hypoluxo
- Pipe Bursting Juno Beach
- Pipe Bursting Jupiter
- Pipe Bursting Jupiter Inlet Colony
- Pipe Bursting Lake Clarke Shores
- Pipe Bursting Lake Park
- Pipe Bursting Lake Worth
- Pipe Bursting Lantana
- Pipe Bursting Loxahatchee
- Pipe Bursting Manalapan
- Pipe Bursting Mangonia Park
- Pipe Bursting North Palm Beach
- Pipe Bursting Ocean Ridge
- Pipe Bursting Pahokee
- Pipe Bursting Palm Beach
- Pipe Bursting Palm Beach Gardens
- Pipe Bursting Palm Beach Shores
- Pipe Bursting Palm Springs
- Pipe Bursting Riviera Beach
- Pipe Bursting Royal Palm Beach
- Pipe Bursting Sandcut
- Pipe Bursting South Bay
- Pipe Bursting South Palm Beach
- Pipe Bursting Tequesta
- Pipe Bursting Wellington