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Watch the video of a typical day of pre-chlorinated pipe bursting
View what a ‘typical’ day of pre-chlorinated pipe bursting looks like when replacing water main in a residential neighborhood. This pipe burst entails replacing 650 feet of 10-inch cast iron water main with new 10-inch HDPE pipe.
It’s generally stated that static pipe bursting uses 85% less excavation than open cut when replacing water main. But what are the real numbers on an actual project?
Static pipe bursting uses 11 times less excavation:
Looking at the math of how we get to 11 times less excavation using static pipe bursting to replace water main.
