Serving Tacoma and all of Pierce County, WA, Washington
Trenchless sewer repair in Tacoma
A failing sewer line under a Tacoma 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.
Sewer Pipe Lining (CIPP) in Tacoma →
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 Tacoma 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 Tacoma 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 Pierce County, WA homes
Older Pacific Northwest neighborhoods were built with concrete and clay side sewers, sometimes with sections of Orangeburg (tar-impregnated fiber) pipe from the 1950s and 60s that has since deformed. Cast iron runs under the house; the side sewer to the street is often long and deep on hillside lots.
Wet ground for much of the year, big root systems from firs, cedars, and maples, and hillside soils that creep downslope all work on sewer joints. Groundwater makes open trenches slow and messy, and many side sewers run under sidewalks and streets that the city requires be restored to standard.
Who is on this site
Tacoma does not have a CIPP Verified installer assigned yet. The form on every page and (877) 880-8125 both reach our network directly; we match the request with a qualified contractor covering Pierce County, WA. Estimates are free. Call now.
Cities served in Pierce County, WA
Pick your city for local pipe and soil conditions, the methods that fit them, and the ZIP codes covered.
- Tacoma
- Artondale
- Ashford
- Buckley
- Carbonado
- DuPont
- Eatonville
- Edgewood
- Elbe
- Elk Plain
- Fife
- Fircrest
- Fort Lewis
- Fox Island
- Frederickson
- Gig Harbor
- Graham
- Greenwater
- McChord AFB
- Midland
- Orting
- Parkland
- Prairie Ridge
- Puyallup
- Roy
- Ruston
- South Hill
- South Prairie
- Spanaway
- Steilacoom
- Summit
- Sumner
- University Place
- Waller
- Wilkeson
- Alder
- Alderton
- American Lake
- Anderson Island
- Arletta
- Bethel
- Browns Point
- Burnett
- Cascadia
- Cedarview
- Crescent Valley
- Crocker
- Cromwell
- Dash Point
- Dieringer
- Electron
- Elgin
- Firwood
- Glencove
- Harbor Heights
- Herron Island
- Home
- Kapowsin
- Ketron Island
- Key Center
- La Grande
- Lakebay
- Longbranch
- Loveland
- Maplewood
- McKenna
- McNeil Island
- Meeker
- National
- Oakbrook
- Ohop
- Paradise
- Point Fosdick
- Ponderosa Estates
- Raft Island
- Rhododendron Park
- Rosedale
- Shore Acres
- Shorewood Beach
- Sunny Bay
- Sunrise Beach
- Sylvan
- Thrift
- Tillicum
- Vaughn
- Victor
- Villa Beach
- Warren
- Wauna
- Wollochet