Trenchless methods
Pipe Bursting in Hackensack
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) 739-3789.
Pipe Bursting by city in Bergen County NJ
Local conditions, the ZIP codes covered and how to reach the contractor for each city.
- Pipe Bursting Hackensack
- Pipe Bursting Allendale
- Pipe Bursting Alpine
- Pipe Bursting Bergenfield
- Pipe Bursting Bogota
- Pipe Bursting Carlstadt
- Pipe Bursting Cliffside Park
- Pipe Bursting Closter
- Pipe Bursting Cresskill
- Pipe Bursting Demarest
- Pipe Bursting Dumont
- Pipe Bursting East Rutherford
- Pipe Bursting Edgewater
- Pipe Bursting Elmwood Park
- Pipe Bursting Emerson
- Pipe Bursting Englewood
- Pipe Bursting Englewood Cliffs
- Pipe Bursting Fair Lawn
- Pipe Bursting Fairview
- Pipe Bursting Fort Lee
- Pipe Bursting Franklin Lakes
- Pipe Bursting Garfield
- Pipe Bursting Glen Rock
- Pipe Bursting Harrington Park
- Pipe Bursting Hasbrouck Heights
- Pipe Bursting Haworth
- Pipe Bursting Hillsdale
- Pipe Bursting Ho-Ho-Kus
- Pipe Bursting Leonia
- Pipe Bursting Little Ferry
- Pipe Bursting Lodi
- Pipe Bursting Lyndhurst
- Pipe Bursting Mahwah
- Pipe Bursting Maywood
- Pipe Bursting Midland Park
- Pipe Bursting Montvale
- Pipe Bursting Moonachie
- Pipe Bursting New Milford
- Pipe Bursting North Arlington
- Pipe Bursting Northvale
- Pipe Bursting Norwood
- Pipe Bursting Oakland
- Pipe Bursting Old Tappan
- Pipe Bursting Oradell
- Pipe Bursting Palisades Park
- Pipe Bursting Paramus
- Pipe Bursting Park Ridge
- Pipe Bursting Ramsey
- Pipe Bursting Ridgefield
- Pipe Bursting Ridgefield Park
- Pipe Bursting Ridgewood
- Pipe Bursting River Edge
- Pipe Bursting River Vale
- Pipe Bursting Rochelle Park
- Pipe Bursting Rockleigh
- Pipe Bursting Rutherford
- Pipe Bursting Saddle Brook
- Pipe Bursting Saddle River
- Pipe Bursting South Hackensack
- Pipe Bursting Teaneck
- Pipe Bursting Tenafly
- Pipe Bursting Teterboro
- Pipe Bursting Upper Saddle River
- Pipe Bursting Waldwick
- Pipe Bursting Wallington
- Pipe Bursting Washington Township
- Pipe Bursting Westwood
- Pipe Bursting Wood-Ridge
- Pipe Bursting Woodcliff Lake
- Pipe Bursting Wyckoff