AZ ROC 354554 · Phoenix metro
Sewer line repair & replacement in Phoenix
Clearing a line and repairing a line are two different jobs. If the main backs up every few months no matter who snakes it, the pipe itself is the problem — and $99 of camera work tells you that before you spend anything on digging.
You’re here because…
- The main line backs up every few months no matter who clears it
- Every drain in the house is slow at the same time
- A sewage smell in the yard, or one patch of grass greener than the rest
- A camera found roots, a crack, or a low spot holding water
- Cast iron pipe, standard in Phoenix houses built before the 1970s
- Mature trees between the house and the street
- You’re buying, and the inspection flagged the sewer line
Included in the price
- Camera inspection and a locate, so the dig lands on the problem
- The footage — you see exactly what we saw
- A written scope naming the section, the depth and the method
- The line tested under real flow after the repair
- 1-year warranty on parts and workmanship
Not included
- Landscaping, hardscape and concrete over the dig, put back
- Permits and city right-of-way work, which vary by scope
- Anything past the point where the line stops being yours
Naming these up front is the point. They’re the most common surprise on a final invoice in this trade.
How the job goes
- 01
Clear it and see if it holds
Always the first move, because sometimes it’s the last one. Clearing the main drain is $189. If it stays clear, there was nothing here to repair.
- 02
Camera it and mark it
$99 puts a camera down the line and shows you what’s actually there — roots at a joint, a cracked section, a belly holding water. We locate it too, so we know where it is and how deep before anyone quotes a dig.
- 03
Jet it, if the pipe is sound
Hydro-jetting is $489 and scours the pipe wall back to bare. When the pipe is fine and the problem is what’s grown inside it, this is the whole fix and there is nothing to replace.
- 04
Repair or replace the section
Quoted once we’ve seen the footage and know the depth — not before. You get the scope in writing, and it names the section rather than the whole run unless the whole run is genuinely the answer.
Questions we get
Do I need the camera before you’ll quote a repair?
Yes, and it’s in your interest. Quoting a sewer repair without seeing the line is guessing, and a guess is always priced high enough to cover being wrong. Seeing it first is what lets us quote a section instead of a whole line.
The camera found roots. Do I need a new line?
Not necessarily. Roots get in through a joint or a hairline crack looking for water; if the pipe around them is sound, jetting clears them out and buys you years. If the pipe is broken enough that roots are growing through the wall of it, clearing becomes a subscription — that’s the point where replacing the section is the cheaper answer.
What’s a belly, and why can’t you just snake it?
A belly is a low spot where the line has sagged, so waste sits in it instead of running through. Nothing you push down the pipe fixes a shape problem — snaking clears it for a while and it fills again. The section has to be dug up and re-laid to grade. It’s one of the few things a camera finds where the honest answer really is a repair.
Do you have to dig up my whole yard?
That’s what the locate is for. Knowing where the bad section is and how deep it sits means digging over the problem rather than along the run. How much comes up depends on depth, length, and what’s on top — all three are on the written scope before anything starts.
Is a camera inspection worth it if I’m buying?
On an older house with cast iron, or mature trees between the house and the street, yes. $99 to find out before you own it is cheap against inheriting a repair nobody disclosed — and the footage is yours to take to the negotiation.
Why isn’t there a price on this page?
Because depth is most of the cost, and depth isn’t knowable from a website. Three feet under a lawn and nine feet under a driveway are the same repair and completely different jobs. The clearing, the camera and the jetting are all published above, flat — it’s the digging that has to be quoted once we know where and how deep.
Ready when you are.
Pick a two-hour arrival window. We confirm within the hour during business hours.
No trip fee · No after-hours charge · Free estimates on work we can see · $129 to find what we can’t, waived when you approve the repair