Pipe Bursting in Tampa

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: (941) 217-8139.

Pipe Bursting by city in Hillsborough County Florida

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

• Pipe Bursting Tampa
• Pipe Bursting Apollo Beach
• Pipe Bursting Balm
• Pipe Bursting Bloomingdale
• Pipe Bursting Brandon
• Pipe Bursting Carrollwood
• Pipe Bursting Cheval
• Pipe Bursting Citrus Park
• Pipe Bursting Dover
• Pipe Bursting Fish Hawk
• Pipe Bursting Gibsonton
• Pipe Bursting Keystone
• Pipe Bursting Lake Magdalene
• Pipe Bursting Lutz
• Pipe Bursting Mango
• Pipe Bursting Northdale
• Pipe Bursting Palm River-Clair Mel
• Pipe Bursting Pebble Creek
• Pipe Bursting Plant City
• Pipe Bursting Progress Village
• Pipe Bursting Riverview
• Pipe Bursting Ruskin
• Pipe Bursting Seffner
• Pipe Bursting Sun City Center
• Pipe Bursting Temple Terrace
• Pipe Bursting Thonotosassa
• Pipe Bursting Town 'n' Country
• Pipe Bursting University
• Pipe Bursting Valrico
• Pipe Bursting Westchase
• Pipe Bursting Wimauma
• Pipe Bursting Adamsville
• Pipe Bursting Antioch
• Pipe Bursting Boyette
• Pipe Bursting Carrollwood Village
• Pipe Bursting Del Rio
• Pipe Bursting East Lake
• Pipe Bursting East Tampa
• Pipe Bursting Egypt Lake
• Pipe Bursting Fort Lonesome
• Pipe Bursting Gulf City
• Pipe Bursting Hopewell
• Pipe Bursting Keysville
• Pipe Bursting Knights
• Pipe Bursting Lake Fern
• Pipe Bursting Leto
• Pipe Bursting Lithia
• Pipe Bursting Nowatney
• Pipe Bursting Orient Park
• Pipe Bursting Palm River
• Pipe Bursting Rocky Creek
• Pipe Bursting Seffner Hills
• Pipe Bursting Sun City
• Pipe Bursting Sweetwater Creek
• Pipe Bursting Tampa Bay
• Pipe Bursting Trapnell
• Pipe Bursting Turkey Creek