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For sewer line repair in Sterling, 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 Sterling 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 Sterling, Cascades and Countryside: where Loudoun Water’s pipe ends at the meter box, and the inspection before backfill. 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 Sterling
Start at the little lid in the front yard or by the sidewalk. Loudoun Water’s rules say everything from its main through that meter box, meter included, is the utility’s, kept up on its dime. The pipe that leaves the box and runs to the inside face of your foundation is the building service pipe, and that one is yours. A soft patch between the box and the house, or a bill that keeps creeping, is usually that run. With the meter inside the house, the utility’s part stops at the property line.
The sewer works on the same idea. You own the building sewer. If the break is out in the public right of way, Loudoun Water fixes its piece at no extra charge, but it wants camera footage with distances on it showing exactly where the defect sits. So we run the camera before anybody prices a trench, and hand you a file you can send in. Loudoun Water won’t pay you back for work already done.
Then the paperwork: a VA811 ticket and its wait, a Loudoun County plumbing permit, a Lateral Inspection Request, pipe from Loudoun Water’s approved list, and its inspector looking at the open trench before we backfill. Plan on the hole sitting open until then. VDOT keeps most public streets out here, so a line under the road can add a state permit.
Half of Sterling went up between 1980 and 1999, with Sterling Park and Sugarland Run older still. More than a third of homes are townhouses, in Cascades, Countryside and along Algonkian Parkway, and many sit on a private association street where sewers may share a line before the public one. Check the plat and the association’s rules before we mark the yard.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sterling | 1979 | single-family houses, about 5 in 10 | electricity, about 5 in 10 | Clay or cast iron sewer, copper water line. |
| Lowes Island | 1996 | single-family houses, about 6 in 10 | gas, about 7 in 10 | PVC sewer; a sag or a shifted joint. |
| Cascades | 1996 | townhouses, about 4 in 10 | gas, about 8 in 10 | PVC sewer; a sag or a shifted joint. |
| Sugarland Run | 1983 | single-family houses, about 6 in 10 | gas, about 5 in 10 | PVC sewer; a sag or a shifted joint. |
| Dulles Town Center | 1998 | condo and apartment buildings, about 5 in 10 | gas, about 9 in 10 | PVC sewer; a sag or a shifted joint. |
| Arcola | 2017 | townhouses, about 5 in 10 | gas, about 8 in 10 | Young PVC; usually a blockage, not the pipe. |
| Oak Grove | 2005 | townhouses, about 8 in 10 | gas, about 9 in 10 | Young PVC; usually a blockage, not the pipe. |
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
Water around the meter lid can be either side’s problem. Call Loudoun Water first if it’s at the meter. If the box is dry and the yard toward the house is soft, it’s your service pipe, and a new one is $3,500 to $8,000.
If the main line has been cleared twice in a year and backs up again, the pipe itself is usually the trouble: a sag, a break or roots coming through a joint. Clearing it again buys time, not a fix.
A soft, green strip between the house and the street in dry weather, or a water bill that jumps with no leak inside, often means the water service line is leaking underground.
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Choosing who replaces it
Questions to ask anybody who quotes you a line replacement, us included.
The inspection request and the measured footage are your plumber’s job here. A bid that skips both stalls with an open hole in your yard.
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.
We had Tyson out for our main line leaking underground, he explained the scope of work for replacement and set great expectations. They had the job done in a very timely manner and I couldn’t ask for more professionalism than he provided!
Questions
Its part, in the public right of way, yes, once it sees measured camera footage of the spot. The stretch from your house to the right of way is yours, and digging and replacing it is $7,500 to $9,000. A camera look alone is $500 to $1,700.
Yes. Added to a repair visit the camera is $89, and here the footage is what Loudoun Water asks for anyway. If it shows the old pipe can take a liner, we’ll talk about lining instead of digging.
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
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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 Sterling 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.