60 ft root-cracked terra cotta sewer replaced by pipe bursting in Santa Monica

CIPP Sewer Lining in Santa Monica, California — completed by Verified Installer TSR Trenchless

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Service
Pipe bursting
Pipe material
Terra cotta / clay
Diameter
4"
Footage lined
60 ft
Property
Residential

Frequent backups in a tree-lined Santa Monica neighborhood with small children at home. TSR burst out 60 feet of cracked clay and pulled in new HDPE in a day.

The situation

A busy mother with young children was dealing with increasingly frequent backups. Her street is heavily treed, and the camera showed why: terra cotta pipe full of roots, with cracks throughout where the roots were stressing the joints.

The fix

With that much cracking, TSR recommended replacing the line by pipe bursting rather than lining it. The run was only about 60 feet and the work took a day. Several neighbors came over to watch the new pipe go in, and a few asked about having their own lines done.

Need the same result at your property in Santa Monica? Call TSR Trenchless at (310) 340-2515 or the form to request a free estimate. See more work on the TSR Trenchless verified installer profile, or compare all CIPP contractors serving Santa Monica.

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What Santa Monica customers say
“We engaged Bob and his team at TSR for work in Santa Monica to evaluate a roughly 120-foot sewer lateral installed around 1925. The line had multiple structural issues consistent with aging infrastructure, and there was an immediate problem at the city connection that, at first glance, appeared to require excavation into city property just…”
Ryan K. · Santa Monica · Feb 2026
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