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Hydrosion drilling. Had two done that way and only digging was at the curb stop.
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My sister had a leak between the meter and the house a few years ago, it was cheaper to pull a new line than find the leak in the old one, especially since she did all the digging and just had the plumber do the install of the new line.
A friend had a leak 'twixt his well and his house. the plumber replaced the line there too rather than try to find the leak in the old one.
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(09-28-2017, 12:04 PM)Rick_B Wrote: The other option was a new technique (new to him) that involved essentially running a cutter head through the existing pipe that, when pulled back, cut the existing line and pulled a new line through it. That would likely be $1000 cheaper. He was upfront saying that he had never done it and that there were some variables involved like bends and couplings. I chose to go with the conventional method.
Rick
New to him maybe but not new. 30 years or more