As your home gets older, so does the exterior water service line that brings fresh water to your house. Leaks and breaks are usually caused by aging of the pipe, corrosion, extreme temperatures, settling or shifting of the ground. Most, although not all,
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Exterior Sewer/Septic Line Coverage

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Exterior Sewer/Septic Line Coverage Rail

$5.58/mo.

30 Day Money Back Guarantee

Why choose this plan:

  • Unlimited annual benefit amount
  • Unlimited service calls (Unlimited per call)
  • 30-day wait period with a money-back guarantee
  • One-year guarantee on all covered repairs

What's covered

  • Locating the blockage or collapse
  • Excavation to expose pipe
  • Pipe replacement or repair
  • Repair or replacement of seals and joints
  • Unblocking
  • Fitting external valves
  • Fusing
  • Welding
  • Pipe cutting
  • Backfilling of areas disturbed by repairs

The price tag for replacing a sewer/septic line averages $5,054.*

If your sewer/septic line fails, it can cause: clogged/backed up drains inside your home, sewage flooding in your basement or sewage backed up in your yard.

*National average repair costs as of March 2018.

Overview

Let Exterior Sewer/Septic Line Coverage help protect you from expensive repairs to the line that carries waste away from your home.

With a repair plan from SLWA, you can get protection from time-consuming and expensive repairs. Exterior Sewer/Septic Line Coverage includes cost to repair or replace a leaking or permanently blocked sewer line that takes wastewater away from the external wall of your home up to your property boundary, or septic line that takes wastewater away from the external wall of your home up to your property boundary or up to the point of connection to the septic tank on your property, that is damaged due to normal wear and tear, not accident or negligence.

Important coverage information

Eligible

  • An owner of both a residential home permanently secured to the ground and the land it is located on
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Not Eligible

  • Recreational vehicles or homes on wheels and properties used for commercial purposes
  • In GA, residential properties containing more than two dwelling units
  • In IA, residential properties containing more than four dwelling units are not eligible
  • If you are aware of any pre-existing conditions, defects or deficiencies with your exterior sewer/septic line, or have had any roots removed from your exterior sewer/septic line prior to enrollment
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Exclusions

  • Septic tanks; leach fields; grinder pumps; lift stations, or any non-conforming drain line, such as a basement or storm drain; repairs to any line that branches off the main line; lines that provide service to multiple properties or secondary buildings; and damage from accidents, negligence or otherwise caused by you, others or unusual circumstances. Additional exclusions apply.
Additional limitations apply. See more. See less
Eligibility: An owner of both a residential home permanently secured to the ground and the land it is located on may be eligible for coverage. Recreational vehicles or homes on wheels and properties used for commercial purposes are not eligible for coverage. In IA, residential properties containing more than four dwelling units are not eligible. Your property is not eligible if you are aware of any pre-existing conditions, defects or deficiencies with your exterior sewer/septic line, or have had any roots removed from your exterior sewer/septic line prior to enrollment. If you live in a development community with a condominium, co-op or homeowners association, your exterior sewer/septic line may not be an individual homeowner’s responsibility, so please check with your association before accepting this coverage. If you live in a multi-family structure and do not own the entire structure, it will be your responsibility to provide Service Line Warranties of America (SLWA) with a signed release from all other homeowners for any work which may affect their portion of the structure.
Benefit Details: Coverage provides as many service calls as you need for the covered cost to repair or replace a leaking or permanently blocked sewer line, for which you have sole responsibility, that takes wastewater away from the exit point within your home up to your utility’s responsibility, or septic line that takes wastewater away from the exit point within your home up to the point of connection to the septic tank on your property, that is damaged due to normal wear and tear, not accident or negligence
Not covered: Septic tanks; leach fields; grinder pumps; lift stations, or any non-conforming drain line, such as a basement or storm drain; repairs to any line that branches off the main line; lines that provide service to multiple properties or secondary buildings; and damage from accidents, negligence or otherwise caused by you, others or unusual circumstances. Additional exclusions apply.
Making a Service Call: Your plan starts the day your order is processed, and there is an initial 30-day waiting period before you can make a service call, giving you 11 months of coverage during the first year. Upon renewal/reactivation (if applicable), you will not be subject to a waiting period.
Cancellation: You may cancel within 30 days of your start date for a full refund (less any claims paid, where applicable). Cancellations after the first 30 days will be effective at the end of the then-current billing month, and you will be entitled to a pro-rata refund less any claims paid (where applicable). You may also contact SLWA to cancel if you find your utility or municipality provides similar coverage to you at no charge, and you will receive a refund less any claims paid (where applicable).
Renewal: Your coverage is based on an annual contract. For E-Z Pay/Direct Pay, credit card or debit card customers: regardless of the payment frequency you select, your service agreement will be automatically renewed annually on the same payment terms you selected at the then-current renewal price. SLWA is an independent company, separate from your city, local utility or municipality, providing emergency home repair services and protection solutions to homeowners across the U.S. If you would prefer not to receive solicitations from SLWA, please call 1-844-870-9818.

Frequently asked questions

When can I make a service call?
Your plan starts 30 days after your order is processed. You can make a service call immediately after your plan starts.
What should I know about this plan?
What's Covered: Coverage provides as many service calls as you need for the covered cost to repair or replace a leaking or permanently blocked sewer line, for which you have sole responsibility, that takes wastewater away from the exit point within your home up to your utility’s responsibility, or septic line that takes wastewater away from the exit point within your home up to the point of connection to the septic tank on your property, that is damaged due to normal wear and tear, not accident or negligence. Not covered: Septic tanks; leach fields; grinder pumps; lift stations, or any non-conforming drain line, such as a basement or storm drain; repairs to any line that branches off the main line; lines that provide service to multiple properties or secondary buildings; and damage from accidents, negligence or otherwise caused by you, others or unusual circumstances. Additional exclusions apply.

Utility Service Partners Private Label, Inc., known as Service Line Warranties of America (“SLWA”), with corporate offices located at 4000 Town Center Boulevard, Suite 400, Canonsburg, PA 15317, is an independent company separate from your local utility or community and offers this optional service plan as an authorized representative of the service contract provider, North American Warranty, Inc., 175 West Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL 60604. Your choice of whether to purchase this plan will not affect any service you have with your local utility or community. Your local utility or community and SLWA entered into an agreement to introduce these plans.

Exterior Sewer/Septic Line Coverage for only $5.58/mo.

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