Trenchless methods
Pipe Bursting in Ventura
A bursting head splits the old pipe while pulling new HDPE pipe in behind it, through two small pits.
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) 759-5082.
Pipe Bursting by city in Ventura County
Local conditions, the ZIP codes covered and how to reach the contractor for each city.
- Pipe Bursting Ventura
- Pipe Bursting Arbolada
- Pipe Bursting Bardsdale
- Pipe Bursting Buckhorn
- Pipe Bursting Camarillo
- Pipe Bursting Camp Bartlett
- Pipe Bursting Camulos
- Pipe Bursting Casa Conejo
- Pipe Bursting Casitas Springs
- Pipe Bursting Cavin
- Pipe Bursting Channel Islands Beach
- Pipe Bursting Chatsworth Lake Manor
- Pipe Bursting Chrisman
- Pipe Bursting Community Center
- Pipe Bursting Dulah
- Pipe Bursting El Rio
- Pipe Bursting Epworth
- Pipe Bursting Fairview
- Pipe Bursting Fillmore
- Pipe Bursting Greenwich Village
- Pipe Bursting Haines
- Pipe Bursting Hollywood Beach
- Pipe Bursting Keith
- Pipe Bursting Kevet
- Pipe Bursting Kimball
- Pipe Bursting La Conchita
- Pipe Bursting Lagol
- Pipe Bursting Leesdale
- Pipe Bursting Limon
- Pipe Bursting Limoneira
- Pipe Bursting Live Oak Acres
- Pipe Bursting Matilija Springs
- Pipe Bursting Meiners Oaks
- Pipe Bursting Mira Monte
- Pipe Bursting Montalvo
- Pipe Bursting Moorpark
- Pipe Bursting Moorpark Home Acres
- Pipe Bursting Mountclef Village
- Pipe Bursting Newbury Park
- Pipe Bursting Nyland
- Pipe Bursting Oak Park
- Pipe Bursting Oak View
- Pipe Bursting Oak Village
- Pipe Bursting Ojai
- Pipe Bursting Ojala
- Pipe Bursting Ortonville
- Pipe Bursting Oxnard
- Pipe Bursting Oxnard Beach
- Pipe Bursting Pierpont Bay
- Pipe Bursting Piru
- Pipe Bursting Port Hueneme
- Pipe Bursting Santa Paula
- Pipe Bursting Santa Susana
- Pipe Bursting Saticoy
- Pipe Bursting Sea Cliff
- Pipe Bursting Sespe
- Pipe Bursting Silver Strand
- Pipe Bursting Simi Valley
- Pipe Bursting Solromar
- Pipe Bursting Somis
- Pipe Bursting Springville
- Pipe Bursting Strathearn
- Pipe Bursting Sulphur Springs
- Pipe Bursting Thousand Oaks
- Pipe Bursting Virginia Colony
- Pipe Bursting Wadstrom
- Pipe Bursting Weldons
- Pipe Bursting Wheeler Springs