Sewer & Drain · Nashville, TN
Trenchless Sewer Replacement in Nashville
The whole lateral from the house to the main renewed without a trench, by lining or bursting depending on what the camera found.
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Trenchless Sewer Replacement in Nashville, Tennessee
The whole lateral from the house to the main renewed without a trench, by lining or bursting depending on what the camera found.
For trenchless sewer replacement, Nashville's Sewer and Drain works across Middle Tennessee — licensed, insured, with the price in writing before the work starts. Drain and sewer crews who clear the stoppage first, then put a camera down the line and show you what caused it.
Why homeowners call
Signs that bring people to us for this
- Sewage coming up a floor drain
- Every drain in the house slow at once
- Gurgling toilet when the washer drains
- Sewer smell in the yard or basement
- A soggy, sunken strip over the sewer line
- Roots back in the line every year
- Sump pump running and running
What is included
What our trenchless sewer replacement work includes
- Full-length camera survey from the house to the main
- Lateral traced and its depth marked on the ground
- Lining or bursting chosen from what the video shows
- Access planned at the foundation and near the main
- Cleanout added at the house if there isn’t one
- Connection at the main inspected and rebuilt if needed
- Permit and inspection handled where the work requires them
- Before and after video kept with the job record
How Trenchless Sewer Replacement goes, from cleanout to final pass
Replacing the whole lateral makes sense once the defects are spread from one end to the other. Root entries at most joints, cracks along the top of the pipe, or two failures within a few years all say the same thing: the pipe has reached the end of its life, and fixing it one spot at a time will cost more over the next decade than renewing it.
In Metro Nashville the owner’s service line runs from the building all the way to the public sewer main, which is often out in the street. That far end shapes the plan. A replacement has to reach the main or a sound connection near it, and how we get to it decides whether lining or bursting is the practical choice.
For a whole run we line when the old pipe is round and the main connection is sound, and burst when the pipe has deformed or the house needs a larger line. Bursting leaves brand-new pipe with fused joints. Lining keeps the old pipe as a host and can sometimes be done entirely from the house end.
The first few feet outside the foundation are the weak point of many old laterals, where cast iron coming out of the house meets clay or Orangeburg in the yard. We look hard at that transition, and if the drain under the slab or in the crawl space is failing too, you hear about it before any work in the yard starts.
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Other sewer, drain and septic work
Trenchless Sewer Repair
Lining or bursting a failed sewer lateral through a cleanout or a pair of small access pits, so the lawn, driveway and trees above it stay where they are.
Learn moreCIPP Pipe Lining
A resin-soaked liner pulled into the old pipe and cured hard in place, leaving a jointless pipe inside the cracked one.
Learn morePipe Bursting
A bursting head pulled through the old line splits it outward while new HDPE pipe follows it in, full size or larger.
Learn moreSectional and Spot Repair
One cracked joint or one root entry sealed with a short liner, when the camera shows the rest of the line is sound.
Learn moreService area
Sewer and drain calls we take across Middle Tennessee
Our trucks reach Nashville and 100 more towns in 12 counties, and we take sewer and septic calls anywhere within about an hour of the city.
FAQ
Trenchless Sewer Replacement: what people ask first
How do I know if my whole sewer line needs replacing instead of a repair?
When the camera finds trouble along most of the run. Repeated root entries, cracks every few joints, a long stretch of flattened pipe, or a second failure soon after the first all mean the pipe has worn out. One clean defect in sound pipe is a repair, while a pattern of them along the length is a replacement.
Can a sewer line be replaced under a driveway without breaking the concrete?
In most cases, yes. Lining works through an existing cleanout or a pit off to one side, and bursting pulls new pipe from a pit on one side of the drive to a pit on the other. The concrete only comes up if the camera finds a collapse or a deep sag directly beneath it that no trenchless method can correct.
How long does trenchless sewer replacement take?
The work on site for a house lateral is usually a day or two. Before that come the camera inspection, Tennessee 811 locates, which need at least three working days’ notice, and any permit the city or county requires. Bursting tends to run longer than lining because of the two pits and the backfill, and rock in a pit can add time.
What happens to the old pipe in a trenchless sewer replacement?
It stays in the ground either way. With lining, the old pipe becomes the outer shell around the new one and is left exactly where it was. With bursting, it is broken into fragments that are pressed into the surrounding soil as the new pipe follows the head through, so there is nothing to haul away except what comes out of the pits.
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Book trenchless sewer replacement with our crew
Call or write to Nashville's Sewer and Drain with what the drains are doing; we clear the line first and price any repair from the camera footage.