Underground Utility Contractor in Port Orange, FL

Port Orange is a city in Volusia County, with an estimated 66,556 residents (2024 Census estimate) on about 27 square miles of land.

Replacing a service line or lateral

Sometimes a repair is not enough. A water service that has leaked in several places, or a sewer lateral with repeated root intrusion or a long sag, may be better replaced than patched again. Replacement is a bigger job, and it is worth understanding what it involves.

The new line follows either the old route or a better one. On the old route, the old pipe is exposed and removed or abandoned as the owner and the utility require, and the new pipe is laid in its place. On a new route, the line may be trenched across open ground or carried beneath a driveway, walkway or garden by directional drilling.

At each end, the new line is connected: to the meter or the main, to the public sewer, and to the building's own plumbing. Water lines are tested; sewer lines are laid to a continuous grade and inspected as required.

Around the work, other utilities are located through the one-call process and exposed with hydro excavation where the new line crosses them. Finally the surface is restored.

We work for homeowners, associations, businesses and public owners.

One-call notice in Florida

Sunshine 811 receives locate requests before excavation under Chapter 556, Florida Statutes. The law (section 556.105) sets the notice at no less than two full business days, weekends and holidays excluded, and keeps a ticket valid for 30 calendar days.

Port Orange and nearby cities

South Daytona, Daytona Beach Shores, Ponce Inlet, New Smyrna Beach, Daytona Beach and Holly Hill are close to Port Orange. We work in those cities too.

When you are weighing repair against replacement, include the history of the line: earlier repairs, inspection videos and how often the problem has come back.

That history often decides the question, and we will ask for it if it is missing.