When a camera inspection pays for itself
- Before buying an older house, especially one with mature trees out front
- After the second main line backup in a year
- When roots or broken pipe pieces came back on the cable
- Before finishing a basement over the existing drain
- To check whether a problem is on your side of the property line
What the inspection covers
We enter through the main cleanout or a removed toilet and push the camera slowly toward the city connection. The screen shows the pipe material, joints, any sags where water sits, cracks, offset joints and root intrusions. A transmitter in the camera head is traced from above, so we can spray-paint the location and depth of each fault on your grass.
- Access the line and flush it so the lens can see.
- Record the run with a footage counter.
- Locate and mark any defects from above ground.
- Talk you through the footage and send you the recording.
What we usually find under Brampton homes
Post-war and 1970s houses usually connect to the street through clay or cast iron, and those clay joints invite roots. Homes from the 1980s onward mostly have PVC laterals, where problems are more often sags from settling soil, poorly made joints or debris from construction.
Tools, access and testing
| Tools we bring | Drum auger, closet auger, 4,000 psi jetter, push camera |
|---|---|
| What we open | Cleanout caps, P-traps, tub shoes, the main stack |
| What we test | Flow with full basins, camera footage on the run |
Where in Brampton we do this
We take sewer camera inspection calls right across the city, including Castlemore, Snelgrove, Heart Lake, Fletcher's Creek South and the streets around them.
Questions we get
Can the camera go through a full blockage?
Not usefully, so a cable opens a path first. Pushing a camera into standing sewage shows nothing useful.
Do I keep the footage?
Absolutely. Ask for it, and keep it with your house papers. It is useful for insurance and for the next owner.