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Side A · 01 Video pipe inspection

Sewer camera inspection in New Orleans.

We push a waterproof camera through your sewer line, from the cleanout to the city main, and show you everything on the way: roots, cracks, sags, grease and old repairs. You watch it live and keep the recording.

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Sample camera view: looking down a cast iron sewer line from the cleanout
Sample camera view

What it is

A sewer camera inspection (some people call it a sewer scope) is the only way to see inside a buried line without digging. A camera head on a flexible push cable goes in through your cleanout. LEDs light the pipe, a footage counter tracks how far in we are, and a transmitter in the head lets us find the exact spot from above ground.

Signs it's time

  1. 01Drains that gurgle or empty slowly
  2. 02Backups in the lowest drain in the house, often a tub or floor drain
  3. 03Sewer smell in the yard or under the house
  4. 04A soggy patch or a dip in the ground along the line
  5. 05You've had the main snaked more than once this year
  6. 06You're about to buy, sell or renovate

What you get

  • A live view on our monitor, start to finish
  • The full recording, with time and distance on every frame
  • Stills of every problem, with distance and depth
  • A plain-English write-up: fix now, keep an eye on, or leave alone

Why lines fail here

New Orleans is rough on sewer lines. Live oak roots follow moisture into old joints, soft ground lets pipes settle into bellies, and a lot of houses still sit on cast iron or clay from the early 1900s. A camera tells you which of those you're dealing with, so the fix fits the problem.

Questions we get a lot.

How long does it take?

For most houses, about an hour on site, including going over what we found.

Do you need to dig?

No. We go in through an existing cleanout. If there isn't one, we can usually go in through a toilet.

What if the line is blocked?

If the camera can't get past a clog, we clear it first and then finish the inspection, so you see the cause and not just the symptom.

Side A Video pipe inspection

  1. Buying an older house? See the line before you own it. The report is written so your realtor and the seller's side can read it too.

  2. Live oaks are beautiful. Their roots in your joints are not. We find where they're getting in before they close the line.

  3. If the same drain keeps backing up, snaking it again won't tell you why. The camera will.

  4. A transmitter in the camera head tells us where a problem is and how deep, and we mark it on the ground so any repair digs once, in the right spot.

  5. A second run after the work is done: proof the repair held, for you, your buyer or your insurer.

Side B Emergency plumbing

  1. Water coming up the tub or out of a cleanout. We clear it, then put the camera in so it doesn't happen again next week.

  2. Under the house, in the wall, out in the yard. Shut the water off and call; we'll talk you through it while we drive.

  3. Lost pressure or water bubbling up in the yard. We'll find out whether it's your side or the city's.

  4. Leaking tank, no hot water, a relief valve that won't stop. Fixed or replaced.

  5. When every drain in the house is slow at once, it's the main. We open it up and show you what was in it.

Want to see inside your line?

Book a camera inspection or give us a call. We'll give you a time window, not a guess.

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