TL;DR
Pipe bursting is a trenchless replacement method in which a cone-shaped bursting head is pulled through a failed sewer or water line, fracturing the old pipe outward while towing new HDPE pipe into the same path. The technique needs only entry and exit pits, sparing driveways, mature trees, and landscaping that open-cut excavation would destroy.
What it means
Pipe bursting is a trenchless replacement method in which a cone-shaped bursting head is pulled through a failed sewer or water line, fracturing the old pipe outward while towing new HDPE pipe into the same path. The technique needs only entry and exit pits, sparing driveways, mature trees, and landscaping that open-cut excavation would destroy. It can even upsize the line by one diameter, but it is unsuitable where the host pipe has collapsed flat.
Where it sits in the glossary
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