Sewer Line Inspection in Tucson, AZ

No. A standard home inspection runs water and confirms fixtures drain, which does not reveal the condition of the buried line. Roots, a sagging section holding water, or a collapse forty feet down the yard all pass that test. The sewer is one of the more expensive things a property can hide, and it needs its own camera inspection.

Root intrusion at joints, grease and scale build-up, corrosion in cast iron, cracks and breaks, misalignment where sections have shifted, bellied pipe that sags and holds water, and full collapses. It also confirms the pipe material and gives a fair sense of how much service life is left, which is often the more useful answer.

Yes. The camera head carries a transmitter and a locator above ground follows it, so we mark the position and depth of the fault on the surface. That turns a repair into one excavation in one place instead of an exploratory trench across the yard.

Clay and cast iron were standard here for decades and both fail predictably. Clay cracks at the joints, which is where roots get in, and cast iron corrodes from the inside until the bore narrows. Ground movement through wet and dry seasons works on the joints of both. A line of that age is worth looking at even with no symptoms.

It depends on the length and condition of the line, how easy the cleanout is to reach, and whether entry has to be made from inside or outside the property. Soil conditions, tree cover and the age of the home all affect the time it takes. You get the price before we start.

Most take under an hour once we have access. A line with heavy build-up can take longer, because the camera has to be worked through rather than pushed, and occasionally a line needs clearing before it can be seen properly. We will tell you if that is the case rather than charging for a view of the blockage.