Macomb sits on dense clay soil that swells when wet and shrinks during dry spells and deep winter frost. That constant movement puts stress on buried pipe. Joints shift out of alignment, belly sections form where the soil settles, and small gaps open up. Tree roots find those gaps fast.
The pipe material under your yard depends on when your home was built. Older homes near the original township core and along the Clinton River corridor are more likely to have clay tile or cast iron laterals. Clay joints crack and let roots in, and cast iron rusts and scales from the inside. Trenchless repair fits most of these problems. Traditional excavation means cutting a trench from your foundation to the street connection.
With a trenchless approach, we work from a cleanout and one or two small pits, so a mature tree line or a finished basement floor stays mostly untouched. Trenchless isn't the answer for every line. A fully collapsed section deep under a slab, or a pipe pitched wrong for its whole length, sometimes needs a targeted dig. If you're dealing with a line that needs traditional work, our sewer line repair and replacement team handles that too.
