There are new methods that can be used for replacing or repairing sewer and water pipes that are underground. Instead of tearing up your yard, these new techniques can use the old pipes or lines without having to pull them up. This can save your landscaping, sidewalks and driveways from being ruined; making it more cost efficient in the long run and less disruptive.
Pipe Relining
One option is relining the old pipes, either through a pull-in-place method or an inversion method. Both insert new lining into the old broken pipes, either by pulling it through and filling it with epoxy or rolled out and inflated with water, air or steam until cured. Either way, this means the broken pipes do not need to be removed, so no digging. The liner dries inside the old pipes, basically creating a new pipe inside the old one.
Pipe Replacement
Another way to replace old or broken pipes underground without tearing up the lawn or driveway is to use the existing lines to install the new pipes. This method pulls the new pipes through the old pipes from the house to the main, using the existing path to install the new pipe. These systems basically break up the old pipe as they go, so even if a larger pipe is installed then the old one, this method still can be used.
These new trenchless sewer line replacement techniques are not only easier on your yard and property; they also are less expensive and take less time to complete. There is less mess and these methods save your root system that is in your yard. Many repairs or installations can be done in as little as one day.
