| Trenchless sewer repairs are the latest technology | | | | while inserting a new one, all done simultaneously. |
| from the world of plumbing. I can remember many | | | | First the plumbers dig what is referred to as an |
| years ago having a burst pipe at my house. When | | | | insertion and retrieval pit. Then the trenchless bursting |
| the plumbers arrived they told my parents that they | | | | head is inserted into the old sewer pipe. A heavy |
| would have to tear up the entire front yard, as well | | | | cable is now pushed through the pipe from the |
| as our driveway. I was in high school then, and I will | | | | retrieval pit. At the exact same time, new |
| never forget the look on my mother's face as she | | | | polyethylene pipe is pulled along with the bursting |
| looked over to her rose garden. She had spent so | | | | head. Approximately every twenty feet the plumbers |
| much time getting it just the way she wanted it, and | | | | fuse the pipe together. This new pipe is highly |
| now it was all going to be destroyed. I was in college | | | | resistant to leaks and root intrusion, so it has a long |
| by the time working in her garden made her happy | | | | life expectancy. |
| again. | | | | This is am amazing new technology that is now |
| Things are very different now. If you have a burst | | | | available. When you are faced with a broken or burst |
| pipe, or if your pipes are leaking, you now can | | | | pipe, you will probably want to learn more about |
| choose to have a trenchless sewer system installed | | | | trenchless sewer replacement. |
| instead. This process involves splitting the old pipe | | | | |