Sewer camera/video inspection is a tech-oriented plumbing service that is provided by sewer line specialists upon a client's request. Like the name implies, a sewer camera inspection mainly involves the physical assessment of your drainage and sewerage system using hi-tech cameras. The plumbing team inserts a high resolution video camera inside your sewer lines and proceeds to run the camera throughout the sewer line until they reach the main municipal sewer tank. The following article covers everything you need to know about sewer line camera/video inspection.
The main reason why you need to inspect your sewer system with a camera is to identify any faults, blockages, leaks, breakages, clogs, and/or cracks in your drainage and sewerage pipes/lines. Sewer camera/video inspections are requested upon recommendation by your plumbing company or if you are experiencing some persistent sewer system problems in your home or at your place of business. Sewer camera inspections save the plumbing team lots of time and the client lots of money that could be used to excavate the whole underground sewer piping network in search of a plumbing fault.
Sewer camera/video inspections are provided as part of DC sewer repair services by licensed plumbing companies to both residential and commercial clients. These companies maintain a team of sewer line specialists who use their extensive plumbing knowledge and experience in solving sewer line problems. The team is armed with state-of-the-art sewer line inspection equipment including high resolution video cameras to insect the entire sewer system for faults. In order to provide such services in Washington DC, you must apply to the DC Board of Industrial Trades for a practicing license. You must have passed through the apprenticeship and the journeyman training levels to become a master plumber before applying for a practicing license from the DC Board of Industrial Trades.
After contracting a plumbing company for a sewer camera/video inspection, you will set a date when the sewer line technicians will conduct the inspection. The plumbing team arrives at the site with all the necessary equipment including the high resolution inspection video cameras and screens. After conducting a brief site survey and determining the most probable point of concern, the plumbing team will have to identify an access or clean-out point where they will insert their video cameras. The camera will be inserted inside the sewer line through the access or clean-out point and then run throughout the pipe for inspection. If the line is clogged or blocked or if there is backed up water and debris inside the sewer line, the plumbing team will have to clean it out either by drain snaking or using a high-pressure water jet. During the sewer camera/video inspection, the customer will be able to follow the proceedings and view the condition of his sewer lines on a screen. Following the inspection, the plumbing company will recommend viable remedies for all the identified faults or problems in the sewer system. The client should try to implement all the recommended solutions as soon as possible to avoid system deteriorations in future. The cost of the sewer camera inspection varies from one plumbing company to the other but it should be quite reasonable and affordable as a service charge.