Pipe Bursting in Bridgeport

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) 880-8125.

Pipe Bursting by city in Fairfield County

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

• Pipe Bursting Bridgeport
• Pipe Bursting Berkshire
• Pipe Bursting Bethel
• Pipe Bursting Branchville
• Pipe Bursting Brookfield
• Pipe Bursting Byram
• Pipe Bursting Cos Cob
• Pipe Bursting Cranbury
• Pipe Bursting Danbury
• Pipe Bursting Darien
• Pipe Bursting Easton
• Pipe Bursting Fairfield
• Pipe Bursting Georgetown
• Pipe Bursting Glenville
• Pipe Bursting Greenfield Hill
• Pipe Bursting Greenwich
• Pipe Bursting Hawleyville
• Pipe Bursting Huntington
• Pipe Bursting Long Hill
• Pipe Bursting Lyons Plain
• Pipe Bursting Mill Plain
• Pipe Bursting Monroe
• Pipe Bursting New Canaan
• Pipe Bursting New Fairfield
• Pipe Bursting Newtown
• Pipe Bursting Nichols
• Pipe Bursting Noroton
• Pipe Bursting Noroton Heights
• Pipe Bursting Norwalk
• Pipe Bursting Redding
• Pipe Bursting Redding Ridge
• Pipe Bursting Ridgefield
• Pipe Bursting Riverside
• Pipe Bursting Round Hill
• Pipe Bursting Sandy Hook
• Pipe Bursting Saugatuck
• Pipe Bursting Shelton
• Pipe Bursting Sherman
• Pipe Bursting Southport
• Pipe Bursting Stafford
• Pipe Bursting Stamford
• Pipe Bursting Stepney
• Pipe Bursting Stratford
• Pipe Bursting Weston
• Pipe Bursting Westport