Maine-Cottage-Owner
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Does anyone have any experience with using trenchless techniques such as pipe bursting or pulling a line to replace a failing/leaking water line?
Our seasonal cottage in Maine has municipal water, but the line runs almost 400 feet across the front our property, through a wooded area, before it connects with the water main near our neighbor's house (That's where the water municipal water ends, unfortunately).
I am told that the line is 3/4" plastic/ or maybe pvc and is failing. It may not have been the correct type of line in the first place.
We have repaired several leaks as water streams up from our gravel drive, but 4-6 months later inevitably new leaks keep coming up further down the line. We have been dealing with this for 2 years now.
Excavating and replacing would be extremely expensive and impractical because of the woodland. So I have been wondering about trenchless replacment, where they either use the old line to pull a new on through, or use a "burst head" to expand the old line and push a new one through.
400' is a long way. I am even considering drilling a well instead, but that will create other problems in our seasonal cottage.
Thoughts? Anyone know contractors in Maine/northern New England who do this kind of work?
Our seasonal cottage in Maine has municipal water, but the line runs almost 400 feet across the front our property, through a wooded area, before it connects with the water main near our neighbor's house (That's where the water municipal water ends, unfortunately).
I am told that the line is 3/4" plastic/ or maybe pvc and is failing. It may not have been the correct type of line in the first place.
We have repaired several leaks as water streams up from our gravel drive, but 4-6 months later inevitably new leaks keep coming up further down the line. We have been dealing with this for 2 years now.
Excavating and replacing would be extremely expensive and impractical because of the woodland. So I have been wondering about trenchless replacment, where they either use the old line to pull a new on through, or use a "burst head" to expand the old line and push a new one through.
400' is a long way. I am even considering drilling a well instead, but that will create other problems in our seasonal cottage.
Thoughts? Anyone know contractors in Maine/northern New England who do this kind of work?
