#1 · SEATTLE
Trenchless methods — pipe bursting and cured-in-place lining — replace or rebuild a sewer line through small access pits instead of an open trench, preserving yards, driveways, and mature landscaping that excavation destroys.
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Pipe bursting installs brand-new HDPE pipe — fully equivalent. Lining (CIPP) creates a new structural pipe inside the old one with a 50-year design life, but needs the host pipe to still hold its shape.
Collapsed or badly back-pitched lines, and Orangeburg pipe with no structure left, usually need excavation. The camera inspection decides.
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