A Minneapolis sewer contractor that scopes before it quotes

How we work

We scope before we quote. Every price we give is based on a recorded camera inspection with the fault located and depth-marked from the surface. Not a guess from the driveway, and not a guess from a plumber's description of what the snake felt. If a contractor quotes you a sewer line replacement without showing you the video, get another opinion.

We price the options side by side. Where a line can be lined, burst, or dug, you see all three with the permit, street work and restoration itemized. In Minneapolis the answer is often a hybrid — dig the bad section at the house, line the rest to the main — and the quote shows why.

We tell you when you don't need us. If a jetting and a once-a-year maintenance plan will keep a sound clay line going for another decade, that is what we recommend. Roots at one joint do not justify a $12,000 replacement.

We pull the permit. Minneapolis requires a permit and an inspection for sewer work. The inspection is the city checking our work on your behalf. We schedule it, and the open trench does not get backfilled until it is done.

Licensing and insurance

Minnesota requires sewer work to be done by a plumbing contractor licensed through the state Department of Labor and Industry, or by a sewer and water contractor licensed by the city for excavation in the right-of-way. Both come with bonding requirements. We hold what the city requires for the work we do, carry general liability and workers' compensation insurance, and will send the license and insurance certificate before the crew arrives. Ask any sewer contractor in Minneapolis for the same three documents. If one of them is missing, that is your answer.

Where we are

Based in Minneapolis, working across Hennepin and Ramsey counties: the whole city from Camden to Nokomis and Kenwood to Longfellow, St. Paul, and Edina, Richfield, Bloomington, St. Louis Park, Golden Valley, Roseville, Brooklyn Park, Minnetonka and Eden Prairie. Area codes 612, 651, 763 and 952. If you searched for sewer line repair near me from anywhere inside the 494/694 loop, you are in our area.

Emergency calls

A sewer backup in Minneapolis does not care that it is 11 pm in January. We answer, we clear the line so the house drains, and we scope and quote the permanent fix in daylight. Frozen ground adds a day to a dig, not a month.

What we don't do

We don't quote from the driveway, we don't sell a replacement when a spot repair will hold, and we don't take a deposit on a job the camera hasn't justified. If you have been told your line needs replacing and nobody showed you a video, a $250–$500 second-opinion scope is the cheapest insurance you can buy on a five-figure job.

Call, text or request an estimate. Camera inspections are $250–$500 and credited toward any repair.