How a sewer repair gets priced
No figures here, because a sewer line has none until the camera has been down it. These are the six things that decide the number, and when you get it.
What decides the price
A sewer line is priced by what it takes to reach it and mend it, not by the foot from a catalog. Five things move the number most.
How deep the line runs, and how far
What is above it: lawn, sidewalk, driveway, a tree's root zone
The pipe's material and condition
Whether there is a working cleanout
Permits and inspections your locality requires
What the estimate includes, and what it doesn't
The written estimate covers the repair, the permit we pull and the cleanup. It does not cover putting back what digging disturbs unless the quote lists it.
Not included unless listed: sod, plantings, a sidewalk panel, a fence
Not included: repairs inside the house
What happens at the visit
The camera visit has a charge. It covers the run, the video and the written note. If you hire us for the repair, the visit charge comes off the repair. We quote the amount when you book, before the truck leaves.
After hours
After 5 p.m. and on weekends the phone goes to the on-call technician. Sewage coming up in the house gets a call back, and if we can come that night we quote the night rate on the phone first. Night and weekend work costs more than daytime. Anything that can wait for morning waits, at the daytime rate.
When you get the number
After the camera visit and before any work, in writing, for the job as written. If you want a second opinion, the video is yours to take to another contractor.
If the job changes
If digging finds a second break, or a different pipe than the camera showed, we stop, show you, and write the change down before we go on.
Hear the visit terms before you book
Call (804) 555-0100 and Marva will tell you the camera visit charge and what is on the note before you decide.