Traditional sewer replacement excavates a 4-foot-wide trench from your basement to the city tap — sod, sidewalk, mature trees, and driveway gone for a week. Trenchless repair fits the new pipe inside the old one through two small access pits. Same warranty. Half the cost. A fraction of the disruption.
Trenchless wins on cost, time, and yard preservation in 80% of Detroit jobs. The 20% where excavation still makes sense: completely collapsed lines, severe offsets, or city-side connection rebuilds.
Open a 4-foot-wide trench from basement exit to city tap. Replace the entire lateral. Re-grade soil, restore sod, repour sidewalk and driveway sections.
Two small access pits — one at the basement exit, one near the city tap. New resin-saturated liner pulled through the old pipe, cured in place. Lawn, sidewalk, and driveway untouched.
"Trenchless" actually covers two different techniques. CIPP works when the host pipe still holds shape. Pipe bursting works when the host pipe is too damaged to line.
Cured-in-place pipe lining. A felt liner saturated with epoxy resin is inverted through the host pipe, then cured with steam or UV light. The result: a new seamless pipe inside the old one.
A bursting head is pulled through the old pipe, fracturing it outward into the soil while pulling a new HDPE pipe behind it. Same trench size as lining, but full pipe replacement.
HD scope + sonde locator. We measure the exact length, slope, and any offsets that disqualify lining.
Lining quote includes permits, restoration of pit areas, and 50-year warranty. Apples-to-apples.
One at basement exit, one near city tap. Each ~24" wide. Lawn restored same week.
Resin cured with steam, then HD camera confirms the finish. 50-year warranty documented.
Same trenchless sewer repair workflow in every city we cover. Live phone dispatch, flat-rate pricing, and licensed Michigan plumbers under one operator.
Same crew, same dispatch number, same flat-rate pricing. One call covers any drain or sewer issue across the Detroit metro metro.
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If you've been quoted $18,000 to trench your Detroit yard, ask us about trenchless first. In 80% of Metro Detroit jobs, a $7,500 CIPP liner does the same thing in 2 days instead of 7.