Serving Boston and all of Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Trenchless sewer repair in Boston
A failing sewer line under a Boston home can be rebuilt from the inside, or replaced through two small pits, usually in a day. Here is how pipe lining and pipe bursting work, when each is the right call, and what to expect from a camera inspection before anyone quotes a repair.
Sewer Pipe Lining (CIPP)
A resin-saturated liner cured in place forms a new, jointless pipe inside the old one.
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Pipe Bursting
A bursting head splits the old pipe while pulling new HDPE pipe in behind it, through two small pits.
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Sewer Camera Inspection
See what is actually wrong before anyone quotes a fix.
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Two ways to fix a sewer line in Boston without a trench
Cured-in-place pipe lining pulls or inverts a resin-saturated liner into the cleaned host pipe and cures it into a new, jointless pipe inside the old one. It works from an existing cleanout, takes about a day, and is the answer for cracked, root-intruded or corroded lines that still hold their shape.
Pipe bursting pulls a bursting head through the old pipe from a pit at each end, splitting it outward while new HDPE pipe follows behind. It is the answer for collapsed, bellied or undersized lines that cannot be lined.
Which one a Boston line needs is decided by a camera inspection, not by a sales pitch. A contractor who quotes a method before running the camera is guessing with your money.
Method 1 – Trenchless sewer pipe lining
Method 2 – Trenchless sewer pipe bursting
What fails under Suffolk County homes
The Northeast has the widest mix of old pipe anywhere: cast iron and clay from the early 1900s, Orangeburg from the 1940s through the 60s, and some transite and even wood-stave pipe in the oldest towns. Laterals are long and deep and typically cross a sidewalk and a street to reach a main that may be a century old.
Freeze-thaw cycles, dense clay and rocky glacial soils, big street trees, and tight urban lots leave little room for an excavator even when the ground allows one. Cities and towns tightly control any cut in the sidewalk or roadway.
Who is on this site
New England Pipe Restoration, Inc. is the CIPP Verified installer for Boston and Suffolk County. Verification means license, equipment and completed lining work have been checked through curedinplacepipe.net. Use the form on any page or call (877) 627-4401. Estimates are free. Call now.
Cities served in Suffolk County
Pick your city for local pipe and soil conditions, the methods that fit them, and the ZIP codes covered.
- Boston
- Aberdeen
- Allston
- Ashmont
- Beachmont
- Bellevue
- Brighton
- Charlestown
- Chelsea
- City Point
- Crescent Beach
- Dorchester
- Dorchester Center
- East Boston
- Fairmount
- Fields Corner
- Forest Hills
- Franklin Park
- Grove Hall
- Highland
- Hyde Park
- Jamaica Plain
- Jeffries Point
- Lower Mills
- Meeting House Hill
- Mount Bowdoin
- Mount Hope
- Neponset
- North Brighton
- Oak Island
- Orient Heights
- Point of Pines
- Readville
- Revere
- Roslindale
- Roxbury
- Roxbury Crossing
- Savin Hill
- South Boston
- Stonybrook Village
- Uphams Corner
- West Roxbury
- Winthrop