Trenchless methods
Trenchless Sewer Repair in Allentown
Repair or replace a failed sewer line with little or no excavation.
What "trenchless" actually covers
Trenchless sewer repair is not one method. It is a family of ways to fix or replace a buried sewer line from inside the pipe or through one or two small access pits, instead of opening a trench along its whole length. The two that do most of the work on residential lines are cured-in-place pipe lining, which rebuilds the pipe from inside, and pipe bursting, which replaces it along the same path. Sectional point repair handles a single bad spot, and spray-applied lining handles cast iron with too many bends for a felt liner.
How the method gets chosen
Every one of them starts the same way: a camera inspection that shows what the pipe is made of, where it fails, how deep it is, and whether it still holds its shape and slope. A line that is round and holding grade can be lined. A collapsed or bellied line cannot; it gets burst or replaced. One crushed joint on an otherwise sound line gets a point repair. The footage decides, and you should be shown it before anyone quotes a price.
When trenchless is the wrong answer
A lateral that has been undersized from the start, a run that crosses a foundation footing within inches, or a line with a long stretch that has lost all grade may be better served by spot excavation or a new route by directional bore. An honest contractor says so. The point of trenchless is not to avoid digging at any cost; it is to avoid digging that does not need to happen.
What to expect on the day
Cleaning with a hydro jetter, a camera pass, the repair itself, a post-repair camera pass, and, where the work touched the right-of-way, a city inspection. Most residential jobs are done in one day with water off for a few hours. The permit is the contractor's job; ask who is pulling it.
The Trenchless Team handles trenchless sewer repair throughout Lehigh County. See sewer pipe lining for Lehigh County homes for the full service area and the other trenchless methods on offer.
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Trenchless Sewer Repair by city in Lehigh County
Local conditions, the ZIP codes covered and how to reach the contractor for each city.
- Trenchless Sewer Repair Allentown
- Trenchless Sewer Repair Bethlehem
- Trenchless Sewer Repair Alburtis
- Trenchless Sewer Repair Catasauqua
- Trenchless Sewer Repair Coopersburg
- Trenchless Sewer Repair Coplay
- Trenchless Sewer Repair Emmaus
- Trenchless Sewer Repair Fountain Hill
- Trenchless Sewer Repair Macungie
- Trenchless Sewer Repair Slatington
- Trenchless Sewer Repair Hanover Township
- Trenchless Sewer Repair Heidelberg Township
- Trenchless Sewer Repair Lower Macungie Township
- Trenchless Sewer Repair Lower Milford Township
- Trenchless Sewer Repair Lowhill Township
- Trenchless Sewer Repair Lynn Township
- Trenchless Sewer Repair North Whitehall Township
- Trenchless Sewer Repair Salisbury Township
- Trenchless Sewer Repair South Whitehall Township
- Trenchless Sewer Repair Upper Macungie Township
- Trenchless Sewer Repair Upper Milford Township
- Trenchless Sewer Repair Upper Saucon Township
- Trenchless Sewer Repair Washington Township
- Trenchless Sewer Repair Weisenberg Township
- Trenchless Sewer Repair Whitehall Township
- Trenchless Sewer Repair Ancient Oaks
- Trenchless Sewer Repair Fullerton
- Trenchless Sewer Repair Hokendauqua
- Trenchless Sewer Repair Schnecksville