Residential Underground Utilities
Water, gas, electric, and sewer trenchless — bored into your yard without destroying your yard.
Sloan Underground Construction has been serving Carolina homeowners with trenchless utility installation since 1965. Water, gas, electric, sewer, and service extensions to detached garages, workshops, and ADUs — all bored underground without destroying your lawn, flower beds, driveway, or hardscape. Most residential jobs finish in a single day. Residential water line: $1,800–$4,500. Gas: $1,500–$4,000. Electric: $2,000–$6,000.
Will underground utility work damage my yard?
No. That's the whole reason to go trenchless. Your lawn, flower beds, mature trees, driveway, sidewalks, and patio stay intact. We create one small entry pit and one small exit pit, bore between them underground, then restore the pits when we're done.
The Family-Run Crew Homeowners Call First
The owner is on every single residential job site. We treat a single-family home the same way we'd treat our own — which is why we've been the Upstate's go-to family-owned underground utility crew for four generations. No subcontractors, no middlemen, no "we'll send a crew." The boss runs the drill.
We work through Upstate clay, Piedmont rock, and mixed foothill soil. Under driveways, under slabs, under crawl spaces, under mature oaks and azaleas — your landscape stays where you planted it.
Your Residential Job, Step by Step
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Free On-Site Estimate
We come out, walk the property, identify the connection points, and write you a quote — usually within 24 hours.
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Schedule & 811
We schedule the work, pull necessary permits, and call Before You Dig so existing utilities are located.
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Bore & Install
The JT-series rig shows up, we bore the path underground, and pull the new line or pipe through to the exit pit.
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Test, Restore, Walk It
Connect, pressure-test or inspect, restore both pits, and walk the site with you before we leave.
The Jobs We See Every Week
- New water service line — tap to main, bored under the driveway approach.
- Water line replacement — swapping corroded galvanized, polybutylene, or copper.
- Gas line to outdoor kitchen — or pool heater, fire pit, backup generator.
- Overhead-to-underground electric — clean up the property and eliminate tree/storm risk.
- Service to detached garage or workshop — electric, water, gas as needed.
- Sewer lateral replacement — replacing failing clay, cast iron, or Orangeburg pipe.
- Irrigation line runs — out to back pastures, garden beds, pool houses.
- EV charger & solar conduit — dedicated circuits to the garage or ground-mount array.
Residential Service Across the Carolinas
Serving homeowners across 15 Carolina cities including Greenville, Spartanburg, Anderson, Pickens, Oconee, Laurens, Newberry, Lexington, Aiken, and Asheville, NC.
View All Service Areas →What Homeowners Want to Know
Do you work on homes or only large commercial jobs?
We do both. Residential work is a major part of what we do — single-family water, gas, and electric service lines; sewer laterals; irrigation; and service to detached garages, workshops, and ADUs. Single-family jobs get the same precision as commercial.
Will this damage my yard or landscaping?
No — that's the whole reason to go trenchless. Your lawn, flower beds, mature trees, driveway, sidewalks, and patio stay intact. A small entry pit and small exit pit are all that's disturbed, and both are restored.
How much does a typical residential utility job cost?
Water lines $1,800–$4,500. Gas $1,500–$4,000. Electric $2,000–$6,000. Sewer laterals $2,000–$7,000. Every job is quoted free and in writing, usually within 24 hours.
How long does residential utility work take?
Most single-family jobs finish in a single day — 4 to 8 hours setup through cleanup. Multi-run or long-bore jobs take 1 to 2 days.
Last Updated: April 2026