San Francisco sewer line repair & replacement
If you're typing 'best sewer line repair & replacement in San Francisco' into Google at 11pm, you probably want fast more than fancy. We can do fast. We work clean, leave the area better than we found it, and stick around to test the repair before we drive off.
What we cover
Sewer lateral problems hit older homes hardest. Anything pre-1970 in most U.S. cities still has either clay-tile or Orangeburg laterals from the original build. Both fail. Tile cracks at the joints; Orangeburg collapses under load.
Diagnosis order: cable first, then camera. Cable clears most active blockages. The camera shows you what's actually happening down there — joint offsets, root invasion, bellies, broken sections.
Repair options depend on the lateral. Spot repair on a single broken section: $3,200–$6,500. Trenchless pipe burst on the full lateral (replaces clay or cast iron with new HDPE): $6,500–$14,000. Open-trench replacement: rare anymore, only when trenchless isn't feasible.
Permit is almost always required. Municipal sewer authorities want to inspect lateral work before backfill. We pull the permit and coordinate the inspection.
Local context for San Francisco
Older San Francisco neighborhoods often have galvanized service lines or clay sewer laterals from the original build. Different prep, different tools.
That said, newer construction in San Francisco has its own set of typical issues. We see both.
Fair pricing for this work
For sewer line repair & replacement jobs in the San Francisco area:
- Sewer main unclog (cable): $300 – $675
- Hydro-jet + camera: $600 – $1,190
- Spot dig repair (5–8 ft section): $4,000 – $8,125
- Trenchless pipe burst (full lateral): $8,125 – $17,500
- Main water service line replacement: $3,500 – $9,375