Pipe Bursting in Baltimore

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 Baltimore

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

• Pipe Bursting Baltimore
• Pipe Bursting Arbutus
• Pipe Bursting Baltimore Highlands
• Pipe Bursting Bowleys Quarters
• Pipe Bursting Carney
• Pipe Bursting Catonsville
• Pipe Bursting Cockeysville
• Pipe Bursting Dundalk
• Pipe Bursting Edgemere
• Pipe Bursting Essex
• Pipe Bursting Garrison
• Pipe Bursting Hampton
• Pipe Bursting Kingsville
• Pipe Bursting Lansdowne
• Pipe Bursting Lochearn
• Pipe Bursting Lutherville
• Pipe Bursting Mays Chapel
• Pipe Bursting Middle River
• Pipe Bursting Milford Mill
• Pipe Bursting Overlea
• Pipe Bursting Owings Mills
• Pipe Bursting Parkville
• Pipe Bursting Perry Hall
• Pipe Bursting Pikesville
• Pipe Bursting Randallstown
• Pipe Bursting Reisterstown
• Pipe Bursting Rosedale
• Pipe Bursting Rossville
• Pipe Bursting Timonium
• Pipe Bursting Towson
• Pipe Bursting White Marsh
• Pipe Bursting Woodlawn