Sewer Line Camera Inspection

See exactly what's in your line.

A sewer camera inspection ends the guesswork. Instead of paying for repair after repair on the same backup, you see, on video, exactly what's going on inside your sewer line. Root intrusion, pipe belly, broken joints, scale buildup, foreign objects, collapse, illegal connections. We find it and document it.

When you need a camera inspection

• Recurring backups in the same drain or main line. The clog keeps coming back because the underlying condition wasn't actually fixed.
• Prepurchase real estate due diligence, older homes especially. A sewer scope can identify, of pending sewer issues before closing, which becomes negotiating leverage or grounds to walk away.
• Before a major home renovation, confirm your sewer infrastructure can support what you're about to build over it.
• After a property addition or major plumbing change, verify the new sewer connection was installed correctly.
• Insurance claim documentation. Many homeowner's policies cover sewer line damage caused by specific events. Video documentation makes the claim.
• Locating cleanouts and access points, for older homes where the cleanouts are buried or unknown.

How our camera scope works

1. We access the sewer line through an existing cleanout, or if necessary pull a toilet to access the line.
2. A high resolution self leveling camera head is fed down the line, sending live video to a monitor.
3. The tech narrates findings as the camera travels, distance, condition, observed defects.
4. The entire scope is recorded. You receive the video and a written summary report.
5. If we find defects, we recommend the right next step, cleaning, spot repair, lining, or replacement.

What we find

• Root intrusion, hair thin roots through joint gaskets to thick mats consuming the pipe.
• Pipe belly / sag, sections of pipe where settling has created a low spot that collects waste.
• Cracks, breaks, and collapses, structural failures that cause backups and ground contamination.
• Scale and mineral buildup, common in cast iron and old galvanized lines.
• Misalignment at joints, particularly in old clay or Orangeburg lines that have shifted with soil settlement.
• Grease accumulation, in lines without proper kitchen waste handling.
• Foreign objects, flushed items, debris from construction, even tools left in the line by previous contractors.
• Illegal connections, rare, but we sometimes find storm drains illegally tied into sanitary lines, or vice versa.

Real estate camera scopes

For real estate transactions, we offer a sewer camera scope as a stand alone service or as part of our full 27 point septic and sewer inspection. A scope matters most on a home over 30 years old. The original clay, Orangeburg or cast iron pipe may be near the end of its life. The cost of the inspection is trivial compared to the cost of inheriting a failing sewer line at closing.

Pricing

Book a camera scope on its own and you get the video, a written summary, and what we suggest doing next. Real estate inspections bundle the camera scope with a full septic system inspection. Pricing is provided when you call or request a quote. Schedule an inspection or call dispatch.