Sewer pipe line repair in Virginia

Virginia's clay soils in the Piedmont, sandy ground in Tidewater and older housing throughout mean a wide range of lateral failures, from root intrusion to corroded cast iron. Trenchless lining and bursting handle both without opening the yard or the street.

What fails under Virginia homes

Southeastern homes built through the 1970s commonly have cast iron drain lines under slab foundations and clay or Orangeburg laterals to the street. Cast iron in this region corrodes quickly; it is not unusual for a camera to find the bottom of the pipe completely gone under a slab.

High water tables, sandy or heavy-clay soils depending on the area, hurricane and storm saturation, and year-round root growth from live oaks and other fast-growing trees all shorten the life of a jointed lateral. Open trenches fill with groundwater on many lots.

Trenchless work sidesteps the water table and the slab. Lining rebuilds corroded cast iron in place; bursting replaces a collapsed run with jointless HDPE that roots cannot enter.

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