Open 24/7 for emergencies
A plumbing diagnosis visit is $49, or $250 after hours, and a new sewage ejector pump runs $2,350 to $2,750 installed in the basin you have. That’s the pump, a new check valve and the lid sealed back down.
Price range
$2,350-$2,750
8yrs @ 7.99%
$33/mo
15yrs @ 9.99%
$25/mo
Monthly figures on the starting price, the whole price financed, on approved credit. The lender sets the final terms. How financing works
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Ejector pump alarm going off? Stop using every sink, toilet, shower and washer that drains to the basement until it’s fixed. The pump can’t keep up, and the next flush comes back up downstairs.
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Ejector pump trouble
A sewage ejector pump sits in a sealed basin under a basement bathroom or laundry, below the level of the sewer line, and lifts everything up to it. These are the calls we get about them, and what they usually turn out to be.
The water in the basin rose past where the pump should have kicked on: the pump stopped, the float is stuck, or more is coming in than it can move.
Stop using the basement fixtures, check the pump’s breaker and any GFCI outlet it plugs into, then call. Silencing the alarm doesn’t lower the water.
The basin lid or its vent isn’t sealing, or a floor drain nobody uses has dried out and lets sewer gas through.
Pour a bucket of water down the floor drains. If the smell stays, the basin seal or the vent needs a look.
A check valve letting water fall back into the basin, a float stuck up, or a worn pump that can’t lift what it used to.
A pump that never rests burns itself out. Call before it quits.
The motor has power but the impeller is jammed, often with wipes, or the pump has failed.
Turn it off at the breaker so it doesn’t burn out, stop using the fixtures, and call.
The basin is full and has nowhere to go: the pump, the check valve or the line it pumps into.
Stop running water downstairs. This one gets worse every time someone flushes.
An ejector pump runs on house power, so when the power goes out it stops, and the basin keeps filling with whatever drains into it.
Hold off on basement showers, laundry and flushing until the power’s back. If the alarm keeps going after that, or the pump shorted in the storm, call.
Ejector or sump pump?
They look alike in a basement and get mixed up on the phone all the time.
| Sewage ejector pump | Sump pump | |
|---|---|---|
| What it pumps | Sewage and wastewater from a basement toilet, shower, sink or washer | Groundwater that seeps in around the foundation |
| Where it sends it | Up to the house’s main sewer line | Outside, away from the house |
| The basin | Sealed, with a gas-tight lid and a vent pipe | Usually an open pit or a loose lid |
| When it fails | The basement fixtures back up | The basement can take water in heavy rain |
| Our price to replace it | $2,350 to $2,750 | $697, the sump pump offer |
Sump pump instead? See sump pump repair.
What it costs
Our own prices in Northern Virginia. Yours is written down before any work starts.
Plumbing diagnosis visit
$49
A plumber opens the basin and finds whether it’s the pump, the float, the check valve or the line, and prices the fix. $250 after hours.
Sewage ejector pump replaced
$2,350 to $2,750
or $39/mo at 0% APR for 60 months
A new Zoeller pump and check valve in the basin you have, the lid sealed back down and the alarm tested.
New basin, or a grinder pump
Priced at your house
A cracked basin, one that’s too small, or a grinder pump pushing up a long run is a bigger job, so a plumber looks first.
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
Repairs: a stuck float, a failed check valve or a clog in the pump is priced at the visit once the plumber has the lid off. When the pump itself is worn out, a new one usually beats paying to repair it.
Storms and outages
Storms are when ejector pumps get noticed: the power flickers, a pump shorts, and the basement shower fills back up.
Two of our plumbers running new PVC drain pipe through an opened basement ceiling in Northern Virginia.
How the call goes
Often same-day, and we will tell you honestly when we can get there. We run 24/7 emergency service.
A person answers, day or night, and gives you a real arrival window and a call when the plumber is on the way.
The plumber opens the basin and checks the pump, the float, the check valve and the alarm, and finds which one failed.
Before anything is cut, opened up or ordered. Approve it or don’t, and nobody makes a no awkward.
The pump run through a few cycles, the lid sealed and the alarm tested before we leave.
Who turns up at the door
SwiftPro is family owned and based on Lafayette Center Drive in Chantilly, and every plumber who comes to your house works for us.
The SwiftPro plumbing team in front of our wrapped vans, with the drain machine, sewer camera and water jetter they bring to the job.
Where we work
Out of Chantilly and Ashburn, across Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William, Arlington, Fauquier and Stafford. Pick your town for its plumbing page.
Other plumbing jobs
Every one of these has its own page with our prices, what usually causes it and what to do first.
Asked on the phone
Our sewage ejector pump replacements run $2,350 to $2,750 installed, in the basin you have, with a new check valve and the lid sealed back down. A new basin or a grinder pump is a bigger job and is priced at the house. From about $39 a month at 0% APR for 60 months, the whole price financed, on approved credit. How financing works
An ejector pump lifts sewage and wastewater from a basement bathroom or laundry up to the sewer line, out of a sealed basin. A sump pump moves groundwater out of a pit and away from the house.
The water in the basin is higher than it should be: the pump stopped, the float stuck, or more is draining in than it can move. Stop using the basement fixtures, check its breaker, and call.
Not anything that drains to the ejector pump. It runs on house power, so in an outage the basin fills and has nowhere to go.
No. An ejector pump moves wastewater and solids as they are. A grinder pump chops them up first so it can push them farther or uphill through a smaller pipe. A basement bathroom usually has an ejector pump.
Both. A stuck float, a bad check valve or a clog in the pump is a repair, priced at the visit once the lid is off. A pump that’s worn out gets replaced.
Zoeller, with a quiet check valve on the line out of the basin.
Basement backing up?
If the alarm’s going or the basement is backing up, call. Not urgent? Send the form at the top and the office calls or texts you back.
SwiftPro Heating, Cooling & Plumbing
4230 Lafayette Center Dr N, Chantilly, VA 20151
44679 Endicott Dr, Suite 211, Ashburn, VA 20147
Virginia Class A contractor license #2705192276
Prices are SwiftPro’s own in Northern Virginia; yours is written down at the house before any work starts, and the diagnosis visit is separate from the repair. Zoeller is a trademark of its owner.