Pipe Bursting in Columbus

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 Franklin County

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

• Pipe Bursting Columbus
• Pipe Bursting Bexley
• Pipe Bursting Dublin
• Pipe Bursting Gahanna
• Pipe Bursting Grandview Heights
• Pipe Bursting Grove City
• Pipe Bursting Hilliard
• Pipe Bursting Pickerington
• Pipe Bursting Reynoldsburg
• Pipe Bursting Upper Arlington
• Pipe Bursting Westerville
• Pipe Bursting Whitehall
• Pipe Bursting Worthington
• Pipe Bursting Brice
• Pipe Bursting Canal Winchester
• Pipe Bursting Groveport
• Pipe Bursting Harrisburg
• Pipe Bursting Lockbourne
• Pipe Bursting Marble Cliff
• Pipe Bursting Minerva Park
• Pipe Bursting New Albany
• Pipe Bursting Obetz
• Pipe Bursting Riverlea
• Pipe Bursting Urbancrest
• Pipe Bursting Valleyvie
• Pipe Bursting Blendon
• Pipe Bursting Brown
• Pipe Bursting Clinton
• Pipe Bursting Franklin
• Pipe Bursting Hamilton
• Pipe Bursting Jackson
• Pipe Bursting Jefferson
• Pipe Bursting Madison
• Pipe Bursting Mifflin
• Pipe Bursting Norwich
• Pipe Bursting Perry
• Pipe Bursting Plain
• Pipe Bursting Pleasant
• Pipe Bursting Prairie
• Pipe Bursting Sharon
• Pipe Bursting Truro
• Pipe Bursting Washington
• Pipe Bursting Blacklick Estates
• Pipe Bursting Huber Ridge
• Pipe Bursting Lake Darby
• Pipe Bursting Lincoln Village
• Pipe Bursting Amlin
• Pipe Bursting Blacklick
• Pipe Bursting Darbydale
• Pipe Bursting Flint
• Pipe Bursting Galloway
• Pipe Bursting Georgesville
• Pipe Bursting New Rome