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For sewer line repair in Burke, a sewer line dug up and replaced is $7,500 to $9,000. Call SwiftPro, rated 5.0 stars across 1,130 reviews, at (703) 997-9757, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Price range
$7,500-$9,000
8yrs @ 7.99%
$106/mo
15yrs @ 9.99%
$81/mo
Monthly figures on the starting price, the whole price financed, on approved credit. The lender sets the final terms. How financing works
We install in Burke under Virginia Class A contractor license 2705192276, and SwiftPro is rated 5.0 stars across 1,130 reviews. Sewer and water line replacement in Burke and Burke Centre, for 1970s and 80s houses and townhouse clusters, with the approvals sorted before we dig. A water service line from the meter to the house is $3,500 to $8,000. A camera down the line, added to a visit we’re already on, is $89; on its own it’s $500 to $1,700.
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An excavated trench in a Northern Virginia yard, the buried service pipes open for the repair.
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What it costs
From the same price book as our plumbing price list: the dig, the new pipe, the connections at both ends, the permit and putting the yard back.
Sewer line replacement, dug up
$7,500 to $9,000
or $125/mo at 0% APR for 60 months
Water service line replacement
$3,500 to $8,000
or $58/mo at 0% APR for 60 months
Sewer camera inspection, added to a visit
$89
Sewer camera inspection on its own
$500 to $1,700
Monthly figures: 60mo @ 0% APR on each starting price, the whole price financed, on approved credit. Longer plans lower the payment and cost more in total. The lender sets the final terms. How financing works
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Where you land in the range is mostly depth and length: how far the house sits from the main, how deep the line runs, and whether it crosses a driveway, a walk or a big tree’s roots.
Lining the old pipe instead of digging is quoted off the footage once the camera has been through it, so there’s no lining number on this page. When a line can be lined, we price both and you pick.
What’s different in Burke
The typical Burke owner’s home was built around 1979, a decade or two newer than Annandale or Alexandria, and plenty of lines here are likely plastic or copper with years left. So a replacement in Burke is less often a worn-out pipe than a specific failure: a joint that pulled apart, a belly that settled, a copper line that pinholed. That’s good news, because a shorter section may fix it, and the camera shows how much.
Sewer and water both come from Fairfax County and Fairfax Water, and both put the pipe on your side on you. The county owns the lateral from the house to the main, under the street too. Fairfax Water’s rules make repair or replacement of the service pipe on the customer’s side the customer’s, and its leak adjustment is worth a call for a buried leak you couldn’t see.
About 4 in 10 homes are townhouses, mostly the clusters of Burke Centre, and the order of operations there is approvals first. The Conservancy’s covenants require written Architectural Review Board approval for excavation and changes in grade, and a drainage change on a lot needs its own application. A trench across a cluster lawn is both, so we sort out the approval and where the dirt and the sod go, before the permit goes in.
With so many townhouse lots, a line to the street is often a short run that crosses a walk or a driveway apron. Where it meets a VDOT street, the state permit rides on top of the county’s. A new water line from the meter is $3,500 to $8,000; a dug sewer replacement is $7,500 to $9,000, and neither number includes waiting on an association.
Neighborhood by neighborhood
Census figures for the owner-occupied homes in each place, and what the buried pipe usually is in houses like them.
| Place | Median home built | Most homes are | Heated with | What’s usually in the ground |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burke | 1979 | single-family houses, about 6 in 10 | gas, about 6 in 10 | Clay or cast iron sewer, copper water line. |
| Burke Centre | 1982 | townhouses, about 5 in 10 | electricity, about 7 in 10 | PVC sewer; a sag or a shifted joint. |
By the numbers
From the Census Bureau’s 2020 to 2024 survey. Median year built and heat count owner-occupied homes only.
When it’s time
A line from the late 1970s that keeps backing up usually has one bad spot, not a bad run. A cable can clear it and still leave a low section. The camera finds that spot, and it can turn a full dig into a repair of one stretch.
Lines laid before 1980 were often clay, cast iron or galvanized steel. Each of those wears out on its own clock, and by now many of them have been in the ground fifty years or more.
A maple planted when the house was new is now big enough to send roots after the water in a sewer line. Roots get in at the joints and keep coming back after every cleaning.
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Choosing who replaces it
Questions to ask anybody who quotes you a line replacement, us included.
If they didn’t, they haven’t thought about the approval. In Burke Centre the written OK comes before the shovel, and a bid that skips it can stall the job after you’ve paid a deposit.
A line replacement quoted without a camera is a guess at what’s down there. Ask to see the break, the sag or the roots, and where on the line they sit.
Some lines can be lined in place, some can’t. The installer who quotes only one way, without saying why the other won’t work, is the one to question.
Two of our crew going over a work order before the day's calls.
From our Google reviews
5.0 stars across 1,130 reviews. Read them on our reviews page.
Plumbing system test and maintenance, including snaking the sewer line As a follow up, Tyson came out to check the system and gave us some good preventive maintenance tips.
Where we work
Next door to Burke: Springfield, Annandale, Fairfax, Vienna and Falls Church.
Questions
Their covenants list excavation and changes in grade as work that needs the Architectural Review Board’s written approval first. A buried line replacement is excavation, so plan on applying. We can give you the dig plan and the restoration details to attach.
Not usually. If it’s copper and the pressure is steady, leave it. We’d replace it when it leaks, or when you’re already opening the yard for the sewer and it’s close to the same trench.
Dug up and replaced, $7,500 to $9,000, with the permit and putting the yard back in that number. A water service line from the meter to the house is $3,500 to $8,000. Where you land depends on depth, length and what sits on top of the line.
Yes. The camera shows whether it’s one bad joint we can repair, a run we can line, or a pipe that has to come out. Added to a visit we’re already on it’s $89.
Ready when you are
Call, or send the form at the top. We run a camera, show you the footage and where the trouble is, and you get the price in writing before anyone digs.
SwiftPro Heating, Cooling & Plumbing
4230 Lafayette Center Dr N, Chantilly, VA 20151
44679 Endicott Dr, Suite 211, Ashburn, VA 20147
SwiftPro Plumber & Water Heaters
4200 Lafayette Center Dr, Suite N, Chantilly, VA 20151
Virginia Class A contractor license #2705192276
SwiftPro Heating, Cooling & Plumbing is a licensed, BBB Accredited (A rating), independently owned heating, cooling and plumbing company in Chantilly, serving Burke and the rest of Northern Virginia. Virginia contractor license #2705192276. 5.0 stars across 1,130 reviews on Google, Angi, Yelp, the BBB and Facebook. SwiftPro maintains a dedicated HVAC team and a dedicated plumbing team.
From SwiftPro Heating, Cooling & Plumbing in Chantilly. Housing figures are the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, 2020 to 2024, for each place named; permit, water and sewer facts link to each office’s own page and were checked in September and October 2026.