Trenchless methods
Trenchless Sewer Repair in Boston
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.
New England Pipe Restoration, Inc. handles trenchless sewer repair throughout Suffolk County. See sewer pipe lining for Suffolk County homes for the full service area and the other trenchless methods on offer.
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Trenchless Sewer Repair by city in Suffolk County
Local conditions, the ZIP codes covered and how to reach the contractor for each city.
- Trenchless Sewer Repair Boston
- Trenchless Sewer Repair Aberdeen
- Trenchless Sewer Repair Allston
- Trenchless Sewer Repair Ashmont
- Trenchless Sewer Repair Beachmont
- Trenchless Sewer Repair Bellevue
- Trenchless Sewer Repair Brighton
- Trenchless Sewer Repair Charlestown
- Trenchless Sewer Repair Chelsea
- Trenchless Sewer Repair City Point
- Trenchless Sewer Repair Crescent Beach
- Trenchless Sewer Repair Dorchester
- Trenchless Sewer Repair Dorchester Center
- Trenchless Sewer Repair East Boston
- Trenchless Sewer Repair Fairmount
- Trenchless Sewer Repair Fields Corner
- Trenchless Sewer Repair Forest Hills
- Trenchless Sewer Repair Franklin Park
- Trenchless Sewer Repair Grove Hall
- Trenchless Sewer Repair Highland
- Trenchless Sewer Repair Hyde Park
- Trenchless Sewer Repair Jamaica Plain
- Trenchless Sewer Repair Jeffries Point
- Trenchless Sewer Repair Lower Mills
- Trenchless Sewer Repair Meeting House Hill
- Trenchless Sewer Repair Mount Bowdoin
- Trenchless Sewer Repair Mount Hope
- Trenchless Sewer Repair Neponset
- Trenchless Sewer Repair North Brighton
- Trenchless Sewer Repair Oak Island
- Trenchless Sewer Repair Orient Heights
- Trenchless Sewer Repair Point of Pines
- Trenchless Sewer Repair Readville
- Trenchless Sewer Repair Revere
- Trenchless Sewer Repair Roslindale
- Trenchless Sewer Repair Roxbury
- Trenchless Sewer Repair Roxbury Crossing
- Trenchless Sewer Repair Savin Hill
- Trenchless Sewer Repair South Boston
- Trenchless Sewer Repair Stonybrook Village
- Trenchless Sewer Repair Uphams Corner
- Trenchless Sewer Repair West Roxbury
- Trenchless Sewer Repair Winthrop