Pipe Bursting in Worcester

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) 627-4401.

Pipe Bursting by city in Worcester

Local conditions, the ZIP codes covered and how to reach the contractor for each city.

• Pipe Bursting Worcester
• Pipe Bursting Ashburnham
• Pipe Bursting Athol
• Pipe Bursting Auburn
• Pipe Bursting Baldwinville
• Pipe Bursting Barre
• Pipe Bursting Berlin
• Pipe Bursting Blackstone
• Pipe Bursting Bolton
• Pipe Bursting Boylston
• Pipe Bursting Brookfield
• Pipe Bursting Charlton
• Pipe Bursting Clinton
• Pipe Bursting Cordaville
• Pipe Bursting Devens
• Pipe Bursting Douglas
• Pipe Bursting Dudley
• Pipe Bursting East Brookfield
• Pipe Bursting East Douglas
• Pipe Bursting Fiskdale
• Pipe Bursting Fitchburg
• Pipe Bursting Gardner
• Pipe Bursting Grafton
• Pipe Bursting Hardwick
• Pipe Bursting Harvard
• Pipe Bursting Holden
• Pipe Bursting Hopedale
• Pipe Bursting Hubbardston
• Pipe Bursting Lancaster
• Pipe Bursting Leicester
• Pipe Bursting Leominster
• Pipe Bursting Lunenburg
• Pipe Bursting Mendon
• Pipe Bursting Milford
• Pipe Bursting Millbury
• Pipe Bursting Millville
• Pipe Bursting New Braintree
• Pipe Bursting North Brookfield
• Pipe Bursting Northborough
• Pipe Bursting Northbridge
• Pipe Bursting Oakham
• Pipe Bursting Oxford
• Pipe Bursting Paxton
• Pipe Bursting Petersham
• Pipe Bursting Phillipston
• Pipe Bursting Princeton
• Pipe Bursting Royalston
• Pipe Bursting Rutland
• Pipe Bursting Shrewsbury
• Pipe Bursting South Ashburnham
• Pipe Bursting South Lancaster
• Pipe Bursting Southborough
• Pipe Bursting Southbridge
• Pipe Bursting Spencer
• Pipe Bursting Sterling
• Pipe Bursting Sturbridge
• Pipe Bursting Sutton
• Pipe Bursting Templeton
• Pipe Bursting Upton
• Pipe Bursting Uxbridge
• Pipe Bursting Warren
• Pipe Bursting Webster
• Pipe Bursting West Boylston
• Pipe Bursting West Brookfield
• Pipe Bursting Westborough
• Pipe Bursting Westminster
• Pipe Bursting Whitinsville
• Pipe Bursting Winchendon