Sewer drain pipe video inspecting and locating cameras

About Sewer Drain Video Inspecting Cameras

Plumbing and pipes for transporting waste water away from homes and buildings has been around for hundreds of years, and for as long as there have been sewer pipes, there have been clogs, blockages, breaks and leaks that cause big headaches for those involved.  In previous years, sewer drain pipe clogs or breaks were hard to diagnose, since discovering the exact cause of the problem usually meant excavating the entire length of the pipe and trying to ferret out where the repair needed to be made.

Thanks to today’s technology, however, plumbers and drain cleaning professionals have a much easier time figuring out exactly what the problem is with clogged and blocked sewer drains.  New high-tech sewer drain video inspecting cameras allow us to look far into a drain and identify a problem without doing any digging, prodding or probing at all.  Compact drain video cameras at the end of a long cord allow us to snake many yards into your pipe and find the exact location of a break or clog, see what the clog consists of, and make a determination of what method of drain cleaning will be the least expensive and intrusive.

How Sewer Pipe Video Cameras Work

So, how exactly does our sewer drain video inspecting camera allow us to see inside of your dark pipes?  Well, the camera at the end of the line also comes equipped with a built-in light that illuminates the inside of your sewer drains.  The compact camera broadcasts a live action video back to a small television monitor that allows our technicians (and the home or business owner) to view exactly what the inside of the pipes look like down to the smallest detail.

Many home and business owners who have never actually seen the inside of their sewer drain pipes are very interested and surprised at what they look like when viewed with our drain video camera.  Most people think that the inside of their drain pipes is clear of obstructions, and it can be a surprise to see the amount of buildup and blockages that accumulate over the years.

The sewer drain video inspecting cameras can help us identify clogs and blockages that include grease, oil, tree roots, dirt, bows in the sewer line, cracks, breakages, rust scaling and buildup, and can even let us identify the material makeup of a pipe all the way out to the street where it connects with your city sewer main line.  The number of things our video inspecting camera allows us to discern about your sewer pipes can be truly amazing!

Why Sewer Drain Video Inspecting Cameras Save Money

But aside from how interesting it can be to look at the inside of you home or business’s sewer pipes are, the real benefit that comes from the drain video camera inspection is the fact that it can save you serious money from not having to excavate or dig up your pipes.  Since we are able to locate exactly where the problem is with our drain video camera system, we won’t have to dig up or damage any more of your basement floor or yard than is necessary to take care of the problem.

So, once we locate a blockage, break or clog with our internal video camera, how exactly do we tell where in the yard this spot is located and where to start digging?  Well, the video camera is also equipped with a locating device, and by using another specially designed piece of equipment, we can literally pinpoint exactly where the end of the video camera is located in your yard.  Then, by simply marking that spot, our trained technicians can tell how long your sewer drain main line is, what direction it travels in, and where the clog or break is located.

Oftentimes, though, a drain clog or blockage that we’ve identified with our video camera can be taken care of without any excavation at all, and simply snaking or high power water pressure jetting your line will solve the problem.  Many of the sewer main line clogs we see in residential properties are due to tree roots clogging up the drain, and our industrial strength rodding auger snake can make quick work of this problem and get things running smoothly again.