One of the most costly repairs that your home may ever require is the repair or replacement of your sewer line. Damage to or blockage of your home's sewer line can cause flooding of your home or possibly sinkholes on and around your property.

 That is precisely why most municipal wastewater management divisions recommend that all homes have their sewer pipes inspected. Whether your home is a new purchase, a turn of the century home, or a home that is having minor sewer problems, having your sewer pipe inspected is a simple process that will give you piece of mind and can potentially save you hundreds or even thousands of dollars.

Video Sewer Scope Inspections

If you have pipes that drain slowly or find that you continuously have clogs, you may have problems deep within your sewer pipe that can only be found through sewer scope technology or costly digging once a major problem occurs. Video inspection can accurately diagnose trouble spots within your pipe and assist by visually confirming the cause of a problem. A video inspection can reveal possible root intrusions, crushed, cracked or misaligned pipes, or other obstructions. Video inspection service is the most effective method available to find problems within your sewer lines.

Video inspection:

  • Provides detailed condition of a home's sewer lines
  • Pinpoints location of any problems
  • Safe for all types of pipe
  • Verifies the condition of pipes - even recommended for newer purchase homes


Below are some of the most common problems located when performing video inspections.


Could any of these problems be lurking beneath the surface of your yard?

Roots Infiltrations

Roots make their way into a home's sewer pipes seeking water and nutrients. These root infiltrations begin by working their way in between pipe joints until they are able to grow inside the pipe. As roots continue to grow, the infiltrated joint expands and can cause the pipe to separate at the joint. This situation can create two different problems: 1) Root balls may develop and cause sewage to collect in the sewer pipe. This can cause ongoing backup. 2)over the course of time raw sewage may leak from the joint separation or separations and can cause the ground underneath them to erode and shift. A shift of the ground can cause pipes to crack, and joints to separate and offset. As the pipes shift, they lose their required grade toward the main sewer line of the city.

Pipe Separation

Pipe separation can be caused by poor pipe connections, shifts in the ground, and roots. It is also common to see pipe separation problems after extreme weather changes such as long droughts, heavy precipitation, or a succession of the two.

Fractured Pipe

Pipes can crack and form holes when the ground shifts and causes the pipe to move. It can also be caused by roots forcing their way into pipes to find water and nutrients.

Obstructions/Blockage

An obstruction or blockage could be the result of any number of things. Any items preventing flow can cause the collection of sewage and could result in a backup into your home. Just some of the culprits are: toys, construction debris (screws, brick, tools, etc) and grease build-up (shown in photo).

We offer sewer line cleaning for convenience of our clients who are having their sewer line inspected:

For one simple reason: Stopping the inspection process to wait for a drain cleaning company to come out and clean the line so that the camera will go all the way out to the city main is time consuming,frustrating and unnecessary.....

Here what happens when the service tech does not have the ability to clean tree roots and complete the inspection:

First, the job at hand is left uncompleted causing delays sometimes for days which cause the buyer and seller unnecessary frustration and the issue of not knowing whether or not you have good sewer line is still looming.

Then, unnecessary extensions of contracts and frustration can be avoided by cleaning and scoping the line in one stop!
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