Camera inspection, trenchless repair and full replacement — both sides of the state line.
Sewer Repair KC handles sewer line repair in Kansas City and across the metro: Overland Park, Olathe, Independence, Lee's Summit and Kansas City, Kansas. Every job starts with a camera inspection. You watch the footage, we mark the problem in the yard, and you get a written price by the foot before anyone digs. Trenchless lining and pipe bursting when the pipe allows it, open-cut sewer line replacement when it doesn't — and we tell you which one you need and why.
Most of Kansas City still drains through clay pipe laid before your grandparents were born. Roots find every joint. Cast iron rusts from the inside. We don't sell you a replacement you don't need — we put a camera in first, show you the footage, and give you a price by the foot before anyone touches a shovel.
What we do
How we fix it
A self-leveling camera goes in through the cleanout and records the whole run to the main. You see roots, cracks, offsets and bellies on the screen, with the distance marked in feet. We locate the problem from the surface and mark it.
From $249 · credited toward repair
About camera inspection
A resin-saturated felt liner is inverted through the old pipe and cured in place. The result is a jointless pipe inside the pipe, roots locked out, no trench across the lawn. Done in a day when the host pipe is sound.
$80–$200 per foot
About trenchless lining
A bursting head is pulled through the old line, splitting it outward while a new HDPE pipe follows behind. Two small pits instead of a forty-foot ditch. The right call when clay or cast iron has collapsed but the route is straight.
$90–$220 per foot
About pipe bursting
A belly holding water, a crushed section under the slab, a line that has separated: some problems cannot be lined or burst. We dig a neat trench, replace with SDR-35 PVC, compact in lifts and put the yard back. You will know beforehand why this was the only right way.
$50–$250 per foot
About open excavationPricing
Ranges from jobs across the metro. The camera inspection turns the range into one written number.
| Method | Per foot | Typical job | When it is the right call |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trenchless lining (CIPP) | $80–$200 | $4,000–$12,000 | Cracks, roots, leaking joints. Pipe still round, no belly. |
| Pipe bursting | $90–$220 | $6,000–$15,000 | Collapsed or undersized pipe, straight run. |
| Spot repair | — | $1,200–$3,500 | One bad joint or crack, accessible from the yard. |
| Open excavation | $50–$250 | $5,000–$20,000 | Bellies, offsets, collapse under slab, sidewalk or street. |
Kansas City sewer problems
Most homes built before 1975 in Kansas City drain through vitrified clay laid in 3-foot sections. Every joint is a door for roots. The pipe stays sound for a century, the joints do not.
Read about clay pipe and tree rootsUnder the slab and inside the house, cast iron rusts from the inside out. Scale builds up, the bottom channel thins, and one day the drain is half its original diameter.
Read about cast iron from the 50s–70sWhen the main surcharges in a storm, the lowest drain in the house is the relief valve. A backwater valve and a clean lateral keep it from being yours.
Read about backups after heavy rainProcess
Talk to a person, not a menu. Tell us what is backing up and where.
We scope the line from cleanout to main and record it.
We point at the problem on the screen and mark its depth and distance in the yard.
Lining, bursting or excavation. What it costs, what it includes, in writing.
Most jobs finish in a day. We put the yard back and hand you the warranty.
Areas we serve
Also serving Shawnee, Lenexa, Blue Springs, Raytown, Gladstone and Kansas City, MO. Average response across the metro: 60 minutes.
Guarantees & credentials
Questions
Each service page has its own FAQ: trenchless, camera inspection, cost, insurance.
A spot repair typically runs $1,200–$3,500. Trenchless lining runs $80–$200 per foot ($4,000–$12,000 for a typical house line). Full replacement by open excavation runs $50–$250 per foot depending on depth and what is on top of the pipe. Every job starts with a camera inspection so the number you get is written and by the foot. See the full cost breakdown and calculator.
Yes. Crews run across the metro every day and an inspection takes about an hour. Call before noon and we are usually in the line the same afternoon; emergencies get priority around the clock.
Often. If the pipe is still round and holds its shape, cured-in-place lining fixes cracks, root intrusion and leaking joints through the existing cleanout. If the pipe has collapsed or has a belly, lining is not the honest answer and we will tell you. Read more on trenchless sewer repair.
In Kansas City, MO and in KCK the homeowner owns the lateral from the house to the connection at the public main, including the part under the sidewalk and street in most cases. The city maintains the main. Details by jurisdiction are on our responsibility page.
Both sides of the state line: Kansas City, MO and KS, Overland Park, Olathe, Independence, Lee's Summit, Shawnee, Lenexa, Blue Springs, Raytown and Gladstone.
