Sewer Camera Inspections That Show What's Wrong

DIAGNOSIS FIRST

Why we run a camera before recommending any repair.

A camera inspection turns a guess into a diagnosis. We feed a waterproof, high-resolution camera through your cleanout and walk it the full length of the line, from the house to the city tap, while the picture plays on a monitor right beside you.

You will not hear us describe a problem you cannot see. Every crack, root mass, low spot, or corroded section shows up on the screen as we go, and we call out the distance from the cleanout in feet.

Every camera inspection is logged and recorded from the first foot to the last. You leave with the video and a written summary of exactly what the camera found, so you are choosing a repair, not guessing at one.

If the camera shows a sound line, that is what we tell you. We do not recommend digging, lining, or patching anything until we have actually seen what is happening underground.

WHAT THE CAMERA FINDS

Four defects a camera inspection catches that a plunger never will.

These four defects cause most of the sewer repair calls we get across Charlotte, Greensboro, and Winston-Salem. A camera inspection catches every one of them. A slow drain or a backup on its own will not tell you which one you have.

• Root intrusion at pipe joints

  Tree roots work into hairline cracks at pipe joints and grow into a full blockage over time. A camera inspection catches them while the fix is still simple.
• Bellied or sagging sections

  A low spot in the line holds water and waste, which leads to repeat backups. The camera measures exactly where the sag starts and how far it runs.
• Cracked or offset joints

  Common in older clay-tile lines around Winston-Salem and Greensboro. A camera inspection shows the crack plainly. From the surface, it looks like nothing more than a stubborn clog.
• Corroded cast-iron pipe walls

  Cast-iron pipe from the 1950s through the 1980s corrodes from the inside out. The outside gives no warning. A camera inspection shows the wall thinning before it fails.

SEE THE RESULT

The Camera Found the Problem and Confirmed the Repair

This Plaza Midwood home was built in 1924 with cast-iron pipe running under the slab. Our first camera inspection turned up two cracked sections and a root mass right where the line meets the city tap. After we lined the full run, a follow-up camera inspection confirmed every joint was sealed.