Anyone have any experiences with having an under slab sewer line relined (CIPP (cured in place pipe))? Did it work? Were laterals relined? Biggie - cost?

What kind of pipe is it? PVC or cast.

Only way I have seen my customers to do it tunnel under the house and use a special cable and pull the new pipe through the old one which breaks the old one out and the new one takes its place.

Walter

Years ago I worked with a guy who quit to start his own business doing this. Something about pulling/unrolling a plastic pipe through the old collapsed one...???

Lost track of the guy so I don't know how it worked out for him.

commonly called pipe bursting. Many companies out there. Wokrs well.

I'm talking about the same thing as Tbar. It is some kind of fabric soaked in epoxy, forced into the old (cast) pipe by turning itself inside out, then an air bladder is sent down and filled which makes it expand to the old pipe size and cure. My question was if someone had it done, how are the laterals tied back in, and cost.

The guys that I know that do it use a hard plastic pipe and weld it to a cone. Use that cone to bust the old pipe while they are pulling it through. Then dig in and make the connections. If you want shoot me a txt on tuesday and I will get you the number from a few plumbers that I know do this.

Walter