Okay, if your pipe is ancient crumbling clay, rusted steel, or those nasty orangeburg tubes from the 70s, patching is like putting a band-aid on a zombie. You need a full rip-and-replace.
This sounds terrifying, but there’s a trick called pipe bursting. You pull a new, durable HDPE pipe through the old one, shattering the old pipe outward. It’s like a snake eating another snake from the inside out.
You’re left with a fresh, leak-proof line that could last 50 to 100 years. That’s a little bit of chaos for a lot of peace of mind.
Water Main Leak Repair - Broken Water Line Replacement [The Original
