Pipe Bursting in Minneapolis

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) 880-8125.

Pipe Bursting by city in Hennepin County, MN

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

• Pipe Bursting Minneapolis
• Pipe Bursting Bloomington
• Pipe Bursting Brooklyn Center
• Pipe Bursting Brooklyn Park
• Pipe Bursting Champlin
• Pipe Bursting Chanhassen
• Pipe Bursting Corcoran
• Pipe Bursting Crystal
• Pipe Bursting Dayton
• Pipe Bursting Deephaven
• Pipe Bursting Eden Prairie
• Pipe Bursting Edina
• Pipe Bursting Excelsior
• Pipe Bursting Golden Valley
• Pipe Bursting Greenfield
• Pipe Bursting Greenwood
• Pipe Bursting Hanover
• Pipe Bursting Hopkins
• Pipe Bursting Independence
• Pipe Bursting Long Lake
• Pipe Bursting Loretto
• Pipe Bursting Maple Grove
• Pipe Bursting Maple Plain
• Pipe Bursting Medicine Lake
• Pipe Bursting Medina
• Pipe Bursting Minnetonka
• Pipe Bursting Minnetonka Beach
• Pipe Bursting Minnetrista
• Pipe Bursting Mound
• Pipe Bursting New Hope
• Pipe Bursting Orono
• Pipe Bursting Osseo
• Pipe Bursting Plymouth
• Pipe Bursting Richfield
• Pipe Bursting Robbinsdale
• Pipe Bursting Rockford
• Pipe Bursting Rogers
• Pipe Bursting Shorewood
• Pipe Bursting Spring Park
• Pipe Bursting St Anthony Village
• Pipe Bursting St Bonifacius
• Pipe Bursting St Louis Park
• Pipe Bursting Tonka Bay
• Pipe Bursting Wayzata
• Pipe Bursting Woodland
• Pipe Bursting Hassan Township
• Pipe Bursting Fort Snelling