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Why choose this plan:
- Unlimited annual benefit amount
- Exterior Sewer/Septic Line: Unlimited service calls ($5,000 per call)
- Sewer/Septic Line Restoration: Unlimited service calls ($1,000 per call)
- 30-day wait period with a money-back guarantee
- One-year guarantee on all covered repairs
What's covered
- Pipe cutting
- Backfilling of areas disturbed by repairs
- Welding
- Restoration of your pavement, yard, or landscaping disturbed or excavated as part of a covered repair on your property
- Excavation to expose pipe
- Locating the blockage or collapse
- Repair or replacement of seals and joints
- Pipe replacement or repair
- Fitting external valves
- Fusing
- Unblocking
Replacing your sewer/septic line can cost an average of $5,754‡.
If your sewer/septic line fails, it can cause:
- clogged/backed up drains inside your home
- sewage backed up in your yard
- sewage flooding in your basement
As a homeowner, you may be responsible for the sewer/septic line on your property, and you may have to arrange and pay for any necessary repairs. This illustration shows the repairs that are performed on this line and how much licensed and insured plumbers would typically charge. ‡National average repair costs as of January 2023. No charge for covered repairs up to your service call benefit amount.
Overview
Your sewer/septic line may weaken and break over time due to damage caused by normal wear and tear, including aging and ground shifting. Because this line is buried underground on your property and not typically inspected, a failure is almost impossible to predict. Without this optional coverage you may be faced with thousands of dollars in out-of-pocket expenses if a breakdown occurs and replacement is needed.
Price includes a 50% off instant rebate per month for your first year. With an affordable plan from HomeServe, eligible homeowners can avoid paying for the costs of covered repairs to the line that takes wastewater away from their home. Help get protection from time-consuming and expensive repair costs with Exterior Sewer/Septic Line Plus, which includes up to $5,000 in coverage per service call within property boundary and $5,000 in coverage per service call beyond property boundary for covered repairs. This protection covers all types of pipe material regardless of how old it is. This plan also provides additional landscape restoration up to $1,000 per covered repair.
Important coverage information
Eligible
- An owner of both a residential single structure permanently secured to the ground and the land it is located on
Not Eligible
- If your property is used for commercial purposes; you know of any current problems with your exterior sewer/septic line before enrollment; your entire exterior sewer/septic line is shared with a 3rd party or covered by a homeowners’ association or the like; your exterior sewer/septic line previously had roots removed or failed a smoke or dye test, camera inspection or any other proactive test without resolution.
Exclusions
- Septic/collection tanks; leaching fields; grinder pumps; non-conforming drain lines; branch lines; replacement of any artificial grass or plants; restoration to water structures, pastures or wooded areas; and damage from accidents, negligence or otherwise caused by you, others or unusual circumstances. Additional exclusions apply.
Benefit Details: Coverage provides, up to the applicable benefit limit, to repair or replace a sewer line that has experienced an operational failure, for which you have sole responsibility, from the external wall of your home up to your utility’s responsibility, or septic line from the external wall of your home up to the point of connection to the septic tank on your property, including branch drains from the point they exit the home to the point they re-enter the home, that is damaged due to normal wear and tear, not accident or negligence. Repair or replacement of non-functioning backflow prevention devices is also included. Restoration to your pavement, yard or landscaping disturbed as part of a covered repair is included, up to the benefit limit.
Not covered: Septic/collection tanks; leaching fields; grinder pumps; non-conforming drain lines; branch lines; replacement of any artificial grass or plants; restoration to water structures, pastures or wooded areas; and damage from accidents, negligence or otherwise caused by you, others or unusual circumstances. Additional exclusions apply. Disputes resolved by arbitration, without class action or jury trial, unless otherwise stated in your full Terms and Conditions.
Making a Service Call: Your plan starts the day your enrollment is processed. There is an initial 30-day waiting period before you can make a service call, providing 11 months of coverage during the first year. Upon renewal/reactivation (if applicable), there is no waiting period.
Cancellation: Cancel any time by calling HomeServe or visiting www.homeserve.com. If you cancel within 30 days of your start date, you will get a full refund (less claims paid, where applicable). Cancellations after the first 30 days will result in a refund of 90% of the unearned pro rata price (less claims paid, where applicable).
Renewal: The plan is annual. Unless you cancel, your plan automatically renews annually at the then-current renewal price and is billed monthly through your utility bill, described as Water Protection Plan.
Frequently asked questions
, with corporate offices located at , is an independent company separate from FPL Home. FPL Home is not responsible for the service plans offered by HomeServe and its affiliates. HomeServe offers this optional service plan as an authorized representative of the service contract provider, Northcoast Warranty Services, 800 Superior Avenue E, 21st Floor, Cleveland, OH 44114. Your choice of whether to participate in this service plan will not affect the price, availability or terms of service from FPL Home.
Exterior Sewer/Septic Line Plus for only $4.99/mo.