Underground Utility Installation in Laurens, SC
Trenchless horizontal directional drilling, water, gas, electric, fiber, and conduit — bored cleanly under Laurens driveways, roads, and landscapes since 1965.
Sloan Underground Construction provides trenchless underground utility installation in Laurens, SC — horizontal directional drilling, water, gas, electric, fiber, and conduit. If you've searched for underground boring near me in Laurens, you've probably already found us. Family-owned since 1965, four generations deep, licensed, insured, and bonded across the Carolinas.
Laurens County is the Upstate's quiet middle — small downtowns in Laurens and Clinton, long stretches of rural road, and a growing industrial footprint along I-26 and Highway 76. Sloan Underground has been running utility bores across Laurens County since the first generation of the family. Most jobs here are water service replacements, long rural line extensions, and commercial conduit along the interstate corridor.
What does underground utility boring cost in Laurens?
Residential HDD bores in Laurens typically start around $1,500–$3,500 for a short driveway crossing. Longer bores, commercial runs, or bores through rockier terrain scale to $4,000–$20,000+. Every Laurens job gets a free written estimate, usually within 24 hours.
How Laurens Boring Is Different
Laurens is about distance and old infrastructure. Downtown Laurens and Clinton still have water mains and sewer laterals from the mid-20th century, and a lot of county residents need galvanized or polybutylene service lines replaced — HDD does it without tearing up the yard or the driveway. The soil is standard Piedmont clay in most of the county, with occasional rock shelf on the north side toward Gray Court and Fountain Inn. Presbyterian College in Clinton and the surrounding residential core generate steady residential demand, and the I-26 corridor — especially around the Clinton and Laurens interchanges — has a growing industrial park footprint that needs commercial HDD for conduit and utility infeeds. Out toward Gray Court, Ware Shoals, and Waterloo, lots are big, driveways are long, and rural water-line bores are the norm.
Why Choose Sloan in Laurens
Laurens is halfway between Greenville and Columbia, and both metro contractors tend to price Laurens jobs like travel jobs. We don't. Laurens is on our regular route, day-rate pricing applies, and we know the county's water/gas utility contacts by name.
60+ years. 4 generations. Licensed, insured, bonded. One family, one crew, one shop — boring underground across the Carolinas since 1965.
What We Bore in Laurens
Horizontal Directional Drilling
Trenchless pilot bores, reaming, and pullback with our Ditch Witch fleet.
Water Line Installation
New service lines, replacements, extensions — without trenching the yard.
Gas Line Installation
Natural gas service and main bores meeting utility and safety specs.
Electric Line Installation
Underground electric service — residential, commercial, and solar infeed.
Fiber Optic Installation
ISP and telecom fiber bores, including tight urban and rural runs.
Conduit Placement
Empty conduit for power, telecom, and future utility pulls.
Trenchless Pipe Installation
Sewer, drainage, and irrigation pipe without surface disruption.
Residential Utilities
New homes, additions, replacements — all residential underground work.
Commercial Utilities
Site development, retail, multifamily, industrial — full commercial scope.
Common Questions About Laurens Work
Can you replace old galvanized water service lines in Laurens?
Yes — and it's one of the most common jobs we run in Laurens County. Downtown Laurens and Clinton still have plenty of mid-20th-century galvanized service lines that lose pressure and leak. We bore a new copper or PEX line alongside the old one, then cut over the meter without tearing up the yard.
Do you serve rural Laurens County properties with long driveways?
All the time. Waterloo, Gray Court, Ware Shoals, and the rural parts of Laurens County often have 200 to 400-foot driveways. We bore the full length in a single day for water, gas, electric, or fiber service without trenching the drive.
Do you handle commercial work along the I-26 corridor?
Yes. The I-26 corridor through Laurens County has growing industrial and distribution activity, and we bore conduit, water, and gas service lines for commercial builds near the Clinton and Laurens interchanges regularly.
Last Updated: April 2026