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Broad Run sewer camera inspections cost $89 with other work or $500 to $1,700 alone. Your county decides who fixes the line.
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Our plumbing team with the SeeSnake sewer camera, the drain machine and the jetter.
Licensed and insuredVirginia Class A contractor #2705192276
24/7 emergency serviceOften same-day, and we will tell you honestly when we can get there.
Our own plumbers, our own trucksNobody here is a subcontractor with a magnet on the door
The price is settled before the workYou see the number in writing before anything is taken apart
What it costs
Why we’re at the house decides which price you pay. On its own, the line often has to be cleared before the camera can see anything, and that’s what moves the number.
Sewer camera inspection, added to a visit
$89
Sewer camera inspection on its own
$500 to $1,700
A locator on the camera head marks the spot and its depth on the ground, so if something needs fixing you know where. If the line is fine, nobody talks about digging.
Comfort+ membership is $199 a year for four visits: a dryer vent cleaning, a water heater flush with a sewer camera inspection, a heating maintenance visit and a cooling maintenance visit.
What’s different in Broad Run
Broad Run is a hamlet that sits right on the county line. The Census counts 660 owner homes in ZIP 20137, and about one in six of them falls under Prince William County while the rest are in Fauquier County. Both sides are detached houses, and the median year built is 1979. That means the pipe under your lawn is likely older than the one in a newer suburb, but the rules for who owns it depend on which side of the line your address is on.
On the Fauquier County side, FCWSA manages the public sewer mains. Their rules state that the service line from the main to your property line, and the lateral from there to your house, are your responsibility to clear. FCWSA clears its own mains and fixes service lines under public streets, but it does not reimburse you for a plumber’s bill. On the Prince William County side, Prince William Water requires a specific Lateral Repair or Replacement Permit and its own inspection before anyone touches the sewer lateral outside the house.
The ground here is rocky and wet. USGS maps the bedrock under the hamlet as Harpers Formation, which is phyllite and metasiltstone. This rock holds water, and FEMA maps a Zone A floodplain within 300 meters of the center of Broad Run. When storms hit, like the January 2024 flood that closed Georgetown Road or the September 2023 flash flood, groundwater can seep into any crack in your lateral. A camera shows if that crack is letting water in, which can cause backups later when the ground dries out.
SwiftPro does not do septic work. If your home is on a septic system, which is common in parts of Fauquier County outside the public sewer districts, we cannot inspect the tank or drainfield. We only inspect the pipe from your house to the public sewer main. If you are unsure whether you are on septic or public sewer, check your bills or ask the county. If you are on septic, you need a septic contractor. If you are on public sewer, the camera tells us exactly where the problem is and who is responsible for fixing it.
By the numbers
From the Census Bureau’s 2020 to 2024 survey, owner-occupied homes unless it says otherwise.
ZIP 20137 as a whole: every Broad Run address. About one home in six of them is on the Prince William County side.
When it’s worth a look
If the county clears its main and the backup continues, the blockage is on your side of the property line. On the Fauquier side, that is your lateral. On the Prince William side, it is also your lateral, but you need their permit to fix it. A camera pinpoints the defect so you know exactly what to repair and who to call.
Some houses from that era drain through Orangeburg, a tar paper pipe that a drain snake tears apart. If nobody knows what your line is made of, the camera goes down before the snake does.
Roots don’t break a sewer line. They find a crack or a loose joint that’s already there and grow into it, which is why a line under old trees is worth a look before it slows down.
Who owns the line
On FCWSA sewer, the service line from the main to the property line and the lateral from there to the house are the customer’s to clear. FCWSA clears its mains and fixes a service line under a public street, and it doesn’t reimburse a plumber. Source.
Prince William Water requires its own Lateral Repair or Replacement Permit, and its inspection, before anyone repairs or replaces a sewer lateral outside the house. Source.
Our Virginia Class A contractor license, 2705192276, is on the side of the van.
Choosing who runs the camera
Questions to ask anybody who offers to put a camera down your line, us included.
Yes. The rules for who owns the pipe and what permits are needed differ between Fauquier County and Prince William County. A good plumber asks this first, because it changes who is responsible for the repair and what paperwork is required before any digging starts.
Ask to see it and to keep a copy. “It’s roots” with nothing to show for it is a guess, and a guess is a bad reason to dig up a yard.
A company that only digs tends to see a dig, and one that only lines tends to see a liner. We do both, so the footage decides, not the truck.
Two of our crew going over a work order before the day's calls.
From our Google reviews
5.0 stars across 1,132 reviews. Read them on our reviews page.
Nii is the best. He’s been to the house twice – once for a galvanized to PVC piping change-out, and another time for a badly clogged kitchen line that wouldn’t budge with my snake and a good bit of effort. Super nice guy, very skilled, fair, calm, etc. Exactly what you want in a plumber.
Where we work
Next door to Broad Run: The Plains, Haymarket, Gainesville, Marshall and Warrenton.
Questions
You do. FCWSA and Prince William Water both state that the lateral from the main to your house is your responsibility. They fix their mains, but they do not reimburse you for repairs on your private line. The camera shows you the damage, and you decide how to fix it.
No. SwiftPro does not perform septic work. If your home is on a septic system, you need a licensed septic contractor to inspect the tank and drainfield. We only inspect the pipe that connects to the public sewer main. If you are unsure, check your utility bills to see if you are billed by FCWSA or Prince William Water.
$89 added to a visit we’re already making, $500 to $1,700 booked on its own. The difference is clearing: a visit just for the camera often has to clear the line first.
If the house is older or has big trees out front, yes. A standard home inspection usually doesn’t include one, and in most of Northern Virginia the line from the house toward the street is the owner’s to fix.
Ready when you are
Call, or send the form at the top. You get the price in writing first, and if the camera says the line is fine, that’s what we’ll tell you.
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
SwiftPro Heating, Cooling & Plumbing is a licensed, BBB Accredited (A rating), independently owned heating, cooling and plumbing company in Chantilly, serving Broad Run and the rest of Northern Virginia. Virginia contractor license #2705192276. 5.0 stars across 1,132 reviews on Google, Angi, Yelp, the BBB and Facebook. SwiftPro maintains a dedicated HVAC team and a dedicated plumbing team.
From SwiftPro Heating, Cooling & Plumbing in Chantilly. Housing figures are the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, 2020 to 2024, for each place named; permit, water and sewer facts link to each office’s own page and were checked in September and October 2026.