Pipe Bursting in New Brunswick

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) 739-3789.

Pipe Bursting by city in Middlesex County NJ

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

• Pipe Bursting New Brunswick
• Pipe Bursting Perth Amboy
• Pipe Bursting South Amboy
• Pipe Bursting Carteret
• Pipe Bursting Dunellen
• Pipe Bursting Helmetta
• Pipe Bursting Highland Park
• Pipe Bursting Jamesburg
• Pipe Bursting Metuchen
• Pipe Bursting Middlesex
• Pipe Bursting Milltown
• Pipe Bursting Sayreville
• Pipe Bursting South Plainfield
• Pipe Bursting South River
• Pipe Bursting Spotswood
• Pipe Bursting Cranbury
• Pipe Bursting East Brunswick
• Pipe Bursting Edison
• Pipe Bursting Monroe
• Pipe Bursting North Brunswick
• Pipe Bursting Old Bridge
• Pipe Bursting Piscataway
• Pipe Bursting Plainsboro
• Pipe Bursting South Brunswick
• Pipe Bursting Woodbridge
• Pipe Bursting Avenel
• Pipe Bursting Brownville
• Pipe Bursting Clearbrook Park
• Pipe Bursting Colonia
• Pipe Bursting Concordia
• Pipe Bursting Dayton
• Pipe Bursting Fords
• Pipe Bursting Heathcote
• Pipe Bursting Iselin
• Pipe Bursting Kendall Park
• Pipe Bursting Kingston
• Pipe Bursting Laurence Harbor
• Pipe Bursting Madison Park
• Pipe Bursting Monmouth Junction
• Pipe Bursting Plainsboro Center
• Pipe Bursting Port Reading
• Pipe Bursting Princeton Meadows
• Pipe Bursting Rossmoor
• Pipe Bursting Sewaren
• Pipe Bursting Society Hill
• Pipe Bursting Whittingham