Sewer Line Replacement in Walkertown, NC

When replacement comes up

• Backups that return a short time after the line is cleared
• Slow drains throughout the house rather than at one fixture
• Bubbling in a toilet when the tub or washer empties
• A damp, sunken or smelly spot along the pipe's route
• Camera footage of roots, offsets or cracks at several joints

Walkertown's sewer and homes

According to the 2006 Walkertown Area Plan, public sewer here is a gravity system in the Lowery Mill Creek basin that serves shopping centers, schools, churches and homes near downtown, and it opened about 2,600 acres to development. The plan doesn't name the operator and we couldn't confirm it, so check your bill to see who charges you for sewer. Some sites, including a proposed business park on Reidsville Road, had no public sewer, and the rural parts of the area use private onsite wastewater systems. For those homes, the work is on the building drain and the pipe out to the tank.

Walkertown keeps a small-town, low-density feel. The median home was built in 1995 and about 41% predate 1980, per ACS 2019-2023 estimates, so the town has both older laterals and newer plastic ones. Older homes may have clay or cast iron that cracks and admits roots along its whole length. Newer lines more often fail from a sag in settled backfill or a joint that pulled apart. A camera run tells the two apart and shows whether one section or the whole lateral needs to go, which is the main thing that sets the size of the job.

What affects the cost

• Run length and depth between the foundation and the public connection
• Method: trenching for a sagged line, bursting or lining for one that still holds its grade
• Surface: drives, walks, fences and trees over the route
• Extras: a new cleanout or work at the foundation

What happens when you call

You'll be connected with an independent local plumber who serves Walkertown. Expect questions about your symptoms and whether you're on public sewer, then a camera inspection before any full replacement quote. Plumbing permits for Walkertown go through the joint Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Inspections Division, and the plumber normally files the permit and schedules the inspection before the new pipe is buried.