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For sewer line repair in Springfield, 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 Springfield under Virginia Class A contractor license 2705192276, and SwiftPro is rated 5.0 stars across 1,130 reviews. We cover sewer and water line replacement in Springfield, from North Springfield ramblers to Newington Forest townhouse courts, planned around the yard and the street. 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
Prices checked .
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 Springfield
Springfield is mostly detached houses, with townhouses close to a third of the homes, and the two get dug very differently. A North Springfield rambler from the 1950s has a lawn between the house and the street, so the trench runs through grass and we plan around the shrubs and the walk. A Newington Forest townhouse is a short run to a court that an association owns, and the hard part is who has to say yes.
Fairfax County puts the whole sewer lateral on the owner, out to the main and under the street. Fairfax Water says the same about the service pipe on your side of the meter: repair or replacement is yours, at your cost. In practice that means two bills from one yard. If the sewer is coming up, ask about the water line while the equipment is on site, because the second trench in the same lawn is the expensive part.
The water side tends to show first in the oldest streets. North Springfield houses went up with steel supply pipe that closes down over decades, and a service line from the same years is a fair suspect when pressure drops all through the house. A new line from the meter is $3,500 to $8,000, and the county’s leak adjustment can soften a bill from a break you couldn’t see.
Most roads in the county are VDOT’s, so a lateral under Old Keene Mill Road or Backlick Road takes a state permit as well as the county’s. The courts in the townhouse communities are different: many are private streets, and the association usually wants notice, a flagger and the asphalt patched back to match before anyone cuts it.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Springfield | 1968 | single-family houses, about 6 in 10 | gas, about 6 in 10 | Clay or cast iron sewer, galvanized water line. |
| West Springfield | 1972 | single-family houses, about 5 in 10 | gas, about 7 in 10 | Clay or cast iron sewer, copper water line. |
| Newington | 1981 | townhouses, about 6 in 10 | electricity, about 6 in 10 | PVC sewer; a sag or a shifted joint. |
| Newington Forest | 1984 | townhouses, about 5 in 10 | electricity, about 7 in 10 | PVC sewer; a sag or a shifted joint. |
| North Springfield | 1957 | single-family houses, about 9 in 10 | gas, about 9 in 10 | Clay or cast iron sewer, galvanized water line. |
| Kings Park | 1966 | single-family houses, about 8 in 10 | gas, about 9 in 10 | Clay or cast iron sewer, galvanized water line. |
| Ravensworth | 1964 | single-family houses, nearly all | gas, nearly all | Clay or cast iron sewer, galvanized water line. |
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 meter that keeps turning with every tap shut points at a leak outside the house. In Springfield that is often a water line from the 1960s, and it’s cheaper to find it with a locator than with a shovel.
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.
Under VDOT pavement or a private court the patch isn’t optional, and it isn’t always in the number. Get the paving, the permit and the cleanup in writing.
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 Springfield: Burke, Annandale, Alexandria, Falls Church and Fairfax.
Questions
The part on your side of the meter is. Fairfax Water’s rules put repair and replacement of that pipe on the customer. The meter and the main are theirs. If you have an unknown leak on your line, ask them about the leak adjustment after it’s fixed.
Sometimes, when the two lines leave the house on the same side and the water line is old steel or leaking. Often they come in at opposite corners, and then it’s two shorter digs. We mark both before you decide.
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 Springfield 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.