Directional boring
We pull pipe up to 5 inches in diameter & 300 feet in length under streets, driveways, sidewalks, trees & finished yards. Sewer force mains, water services, electrical conduit. No open trench, no road cut, no re-sodding half the lawn.
- KCMO Master Plumber #014780
- MO Advanced OSWTS Installer #30617
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- Serving Kansas City since 2008
Under the street, not through it
A directional bore starts in a small pit on one side, steers a drill head under whatever is in the way, surfaces in a pit on the other side & pulls the pipe back through the hole. The street stays open. The driveway stays whole. The oak tree keeps its roots.
Sewer
Grinder pump discharge lines to the main, low-pressure sewer mains between manholes & across roads, force mains from lift stations. See low-pressure sewer mains.
Water
New & replacement water services from the meter to the house, water mains for small developments, lines to barns & shops.
Conduit
Electrical conduit for pump panels, pedestals, transformers & outbuildings. See electrical conduit & transformer setting.
A typical residential bore
- Utility locates & a walk of the route
- Entry & exit pits, usually 2 ft by 3 ft
- Pothole crossings with the hydro-vac
- Pilot bore, ream if needed, pull the pipe
- Connect, test, backfill, grade
Most house-length bores are done in a day.
Three jobs that should never be trenched
Tapping a main across the road
A road cut means a permit, traffic control, a patch that fails in two winters & a city that remembers your name. A bore means two pits in the right-of-way.
Replacing a service under landscaping
Irrigation, sod, a patio, a retaining wall & the tree the house was bought for. One pit at the meter, one at the wall.
Mains under new pavement
When the streets went in before the sewer did, we bore the mains & services under them instead of cutting a brand new road.
No mystery math
Three prices are public. Everything else is quoted on site, in writing, before we start.
- Service call
- $195
- Plumbing labor
- $180/hr
- Annual or pre-purchase grinder pump inspection
- $375
After-hours rates apply. Parts & bigger jobs are quoted on site.
What usually goes in the bore
Water service lines
Water service installation, main taps, meter pits, frost-proof hydrants & custom designs for pressure & volume.
See the serviceLow-pressure sewer mains
Design review, installation, service & maintenance of low-pressure sewer systems for developments & districts.
See the serviceElectrical conduit & transformers
Underground conduit runs, pedestals & transformer setting for subdivisions, pump stations & new builds.
See the serviceDirectional boring questions
How big a pipe can you bore?
Up to 5 inches in diameter, in shots up to about 300 feet. That covers low-pressure sewer mains, grinder pump discharge lines, water services, water mains for small developments & electrical conduit.
What can you bore under?
Streets, driveways, sidewalks, patios, retaining walls, mature trees & anything else you don't want dug up. We need a pit at each end & a path clear of other utilities, which is what the locates & the hydro-vac are for.
Is boring more expensive than trenching?
Per foot, usually. Per job, often not, once you count the concrete, asphalt, sod & landscaping a trench destroys. Across a street or a finished yard it's not close.
Do you bore for other contractors?
Yes. Plumbers, electricians, builders & utility contractors hire us for the bore & do their own connections. Send us the route & the pipe spec.
How do you know what's already in the ground?
Utility locates first, every time. Where lines cross the bore path we pothole with the hydro-vac to see them before the drill head gets there.
What's going on?
Tell us what you're smelling, hearing, seeing. Your request goes straight to our scheduling board.
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