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Most homes in Plainview were built between the 1950s and 1970s. That means mature trees, established landscaping, paved driveways, and concrete walkways you’ve invested in over decades. Traditional excavation tears all of that up just to lay a single pipe.
Horizontal directional drilling changes that. The boring equipment creates a small entry and exit point, then drills underground to install water lines, gas lines, or conduit without touching the surface. Your lawn stays green. Your driveway stays intact. Your landscaping doesn’t get destroyed.
The process is faster, cleaner, and in many cases costs less than open-cut trenching once you factor in restoration work. You’re not paying to repave your driveway or replant shrubs. You’re paying for the installation—and that’s it.
For properties in older Plainview neighborhoods where original service lines are corroding or failing, this method makes even more sense. You can upgrade your infrastructure without turning your front yard into a construction zone for weeks.
We’ve been handling underground utility work in Nassau County since 1983. Allied All City is a family-owned company that’s seen how Plainview’s infrastructure has aged and what it takes to upgrade it without causing unnecessary damage.
Our crews know the soil conditions here. We know where old cast iron lines tend to fail and how tree roots from mature oaks and maples complicate installations. That local knowledge matters when you’re drilling blind underground.
We use directional drilling for water line installations, gas line runs, and utility conduit placement across Plainview, Levittown, Westbury, and surrounding towns. The equipment we run is built for precision—it can navigate around obstacles, adjust depth, and curve when needed. You’re not stuck with a straight shot that forces you to remove a tree or tear up a patio.
The process starts with locating existing utilities. Before any drilling happens, we mark out where your current water, gas, electric, and sewer lines run. That prevents damage and keeps the job on track.
Next, we create a small entry pit—usually just a few feet wide—at the starting point. The boring machine gets positioned and aimed toward the exit point, which could be across your driveway, under a walkway, or beneath a landscaped area. The drill head is equipped with a locating beacon so we can track its position and depth in real time as it moves underground.
As the drill advances, it creates a pilot hole along the planned path. If it hits an obstruction like a rock or an old pipe, the equipment can steer around it. Once the pilot hole reaches the exit point, we attach the new pipe or conduit to the drill head and pull it back through the bore path. The entire installation happens underground.
When the job’s done, you’re left with two small access points that get backfilled and restored. Everything in between—your driveway, lawn, walkway—stays untouched. Most residential installations in Plainview take one to two days depending on distance and soil conditions.
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This method works for water line directional drilling in Plainview, NY when you’re connecting to the municipal supply or replacing a corroded service line. It’s also the go-to option for trenchless gas line installation in Plainview, NY—especially when the gas main is across a paved street or driveway and open trenching isn’t practical.
Beyond residential work, we handle conduit installation for electrical service upgrades, fiber optic lines, and irrigation systems. If you need to run something underground and can’t afford to tear up hardscaping, directional drilling handles it.
In Plainview specifically, we see a lot of requests from homeowners dealing with galvanized steel water lines that are corroding from the inside. These homes were built in the 50s and 60s, and the original service lines are failing. Rather than excavate through a concrete driveway and front walkway, trenchless drilling makes the replacement straightforward.
The same applies to properties near busy roads like Old Country Road or the Southern State Parkway service roads. Trenching across those areas requires lane closures, traffic permits, and restoration work. Directional drilling avoids most of that hassle and gets the line installed with far less disruption to you and your neighbors.
Yes. That’s exactly what trenchless directional drilling is designed to do. If your water service line runs under your driveway and needs replacement, we can bore underneath it without breaking concrete or asphalt.
The boring machine creates a small entry point on one side of the driveway and an exit point on the other. The drill travels underground between those two points and pulls the new water line through. Your driveway stays intact.
This is common in Plainview where many driveways are 30 to 40 feet long and paved. Excavating that much concrete and then repaving it costs more than the trenchless installation itself. You also avoid the downtime of waiting for a contractor to repour and cure new concrete, which can take a week or more depending on weather.
Trenchless drilling typically costs more per linear foot than open trenching—but when you factor in restoration, it often ends up cheaper overall. You’re not paying to replace landscaping, repave driveways, or repair walkways.
For a typical residential water line replacement in Plainview that runs under a driveway and landscaped front yard, traditional excavation might require $3,000 to $5,000 in restoration work after the pipe is installed. Directional drilling eliminates most of that cost because there’s nothing to restore.
The final price depends on distance, soil conditions, and what you’re installing. A 50-foot water line installation is different than a 200-foot gas line run under a road. We provide upfront estimates after evaluating your property and understanding what needs to happen. No surprises, no hidden restoration fees after the fact.
Most residential jobs in Plainview take one to two days. That includes utility locating, setting up equipment, drilling the bore path, pulling the new line through, and cleaning up the small access points.
Longer runs or jobs that involve crossing under roads or dealing with rocky soil can take an additional day. But you’re still looking at a fraction of the time required for traditional excavation, which involves digging trenches, shoring them up for safety, laying pipe, backfilling, compacting, and then scheduling separate contractors for paving or landscaping restoration.
The other advantage is that your property remains accessible during the work. You can still use your driveway, walk through your yard, and go about your day. There’s no massive trench blocking access to your front door for a week.
We install water service lines, natural gas lines, electrical conduit, fiber optic conduit, and irrigation lines using directional drilling. Basically, if it needs to run underground and you want to avoid tearing up your property, this method works.
Water line directional drilling in Plainview, NY is one of the most common applications. Homes with aging galvanized or lead service lines need replacements, and drilling under driveways and landscaping makes the job cleaner and faster.
Trenchless gas line installation in Plainview, NY is another frequent request, especially when connecting to a gas main across a street or paved area. We also run conduit for electric service upgrades when homeowners are adding solar panels, EV chargers, or upgrading to 200-amp service and need new underground feeds from the utility transformer.
Yes, but it requires careful planning. Mature trees in Plainview—especially oaks, maples, and pines—have extensive root systems that spread well beyond the drip line. The boring equipment can navigate around smaller roots, but large structural roots need to be avoided to protect the tree’s stability.
Before drilling, we map out the bore path to minimize root impact. The drill can curve and adjust depth to go under or around root zones. In some cases, we’ll choose an entry and exit point that avoids the heaviest root concentration altogether.
If your property has significant landscaping and you’re concerned about tree health, we can work with you to plan a path that protects your investment. The goal is to get the line installed without killing a 50-year-old tree or destabilizing your yard. That’s a conversation we have during the estimate, not something you find out about after the job starts.
It depends on what you’re installing and where. Water and gas line installations typically require permits from the Town of Oyster Bay and coordination with the local utility companies. We handle that process as part of the job.
Directional drilling often requires fewer permits than traditional excavation because you’re not opening roadways or creating large trenches that impact traffic and drainage. But any work involving connection to municipal water or gas mains still needs proper permitting and inspection.
If the installation crosses under a road or public right-of-way, additional permits and traffic control measures may be required. We manage that coordination so you don’t have to deal with town offices or utility companies directly. The permitting timeline is factored into the project schedule, so you know upfront when work will start and finish.
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