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For sewer line repair in Woodbridge, 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 Woodbridge 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 Woodbridge, Lake Ridge and Dale City: the Prince William Water permit, the state road, the association, and the dig planned first. 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 Woodbridge
Prince William Water serves Woodbridge, and its rule is short. Lines and connections on private property belong to the owner, and the meter is the utility’s. Replacing a sewer lateral outside the house takes its Lateral Repair or Replacement Permit, and the utility inspects the work. The capped cleanout near your property line is the natural place to find where your part starts. Where its part ends under the street, ask the utility, since that answer is its to give.
The road is the second signature. Residential streets in Prince William County are generally state-maintained, so a trench that crosses Dale Boulevard, Minnieville Road, Route 1 or a neighborhood street often means a VDOT permit alongside the utility’s. A line that reaches the street from a cul-de-sac house is a different job, and a longer wait, than one that stops at the sidewalk.
Lake Ridge is the third. Inside the association, a change to the exterior of a lot, landscaping included, goes to the Architectural Committee, and a trench that takes the front lawn, a bed or a tree counts. Ask that approval to be listed in the quote, with the sod, before the work date is set. Lake Ridge’s townhouses, more than four in ten homes there, usually share walls and may share a line to the street, so the association is your first call there.
Across the six communities the median owner home dates to 1976, which puts a typical water line near fifty years old. Near Route 1 it may be galvanized, which closes up from the inside and leaves second-floor taps weak. In Dale City it’s more likely copper, and copper that old is where a pinhole opens under the yard. The newest streets in Leesylvania and County Center, built since 2000, seldom need a whole-line replacement; one failed joint more often does.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dale City | 1983 | single-family houses, about 7 in 10 | gas, about 7 in 10 | PVC sewer; a sag or a shifted joint. |
| Lake Ridge | 1985 | townhouses, about 4 in 10 | electricity, about 5 in 10 | PVC sewer; a sag or a shifted joint. |
| Woodbridge | 1976 | single-family houses, about 4 in 10 | gas, about 5 in 10 | Clay or cast iron sewer, copper water line. |
| Leesylvania | 2006 | single-family houses, about 4 in 10 | gas, about 6 in 10 | Young PVC; usually a blockage, not the pipe. |
| Potomac Mills | 1988 | single-family houses, about 6 in 10 | electricity, about 7 in 10 | PVC sewer; a sag or a shifted joint. |
| County Center | 2006 | townhouses, about 4 in 10 | gas, about 6 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
When the water barely climbs to the second floor and the basement tap is fine, an old galvanized service line, not the fixtures, is often the reason. A pressure reading at the hose bib tells us before anyone digs.
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.
A dig under a state-maintained street takes a VDOT permit, and that can add days. Ask whether the line crosses one and who files. A plumber who only mentions the Prince William Water permit hasn’t walked your lot.
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
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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 Woodbridge: Burke, Springfield, Manassas, Annandale and Fairfax.
Questions
It owns the meter. Lines and connections on private property are yours, so the pipe from the meter to the house is the owner’s to replace. Whether anything between the main and the meter counts as yours, ask the utility at 703-335-7950. A new water service line runs $3,500 to $8,000.
Yes. Townhouses often share a line before the street, and in Lake Ridge any change to a lot’s exterior needs the Architectural Committee first. Get both answers before the trench is marked. A dug-up sewer line is $7,500 to $9,000.
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 Woodbridge 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.