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Trenchless vs. Traditional Sewer Repair Cost Comparison (2026)

Trenchless vs. Traditional Sewer Repair Cost Comparison (2026) Trenchless sewer repair runs $60-$250 per foot installed in 2026 (pipe bursting $60-$200/ft, cured-in-place lining $80-$250/ft), while traditional open-trench dig-up runs $50-$125 per foot for the pipe work plus $750-$7,500 in surface restoration. A typical 75-foot home lateral lands at $4,500-$9,000 traditional, $5,500-$13,500 pipe bursting, or $7,000-$16,000 CIPP. The method that wins on total cost depends almost entirely on what sits above the pipe -- plain grass favors digging, while driveways and patios favor trenchless. Price your exact run with the Sewer Line Replacement Cost Calculator(/construction/sewer-line-replacement-cost-calculator) before you collect bids. On a 1968 ranch I scoped last spring, the camera showed a 6-foot collapsed clay section 40 feet out, right under a paver walkway. The dig-up bid came in at $7,800 -- $4,100 to trench and replace 55 feet of clay lateral at about $75 a foot, plus $3,000 to demo and...