With this much sixty and seventy year old pipe under West Ashley gardens, looking inside your sewer line is the cheapest way to avoid a nasty surprise.
Before you buy a home here
A standard home inspection does not include the sewer line. On a West Ashley house from the fifties or sixties, that line may be original clay, and it is the most expensive surprise you can inherit after closing. An hour with a camera beforehand tells you exactly what you are taking on.
Before you agree to a sewer repair
If someone has quoted you for sewer work without showing you footage, ask to see it. Roots growing in, a sagging section, a crack and a collapsed pipe look nothing alike and cost very different amounts to fix. You should be able to see the problem you are paying to solve.
What we will show you
- What the pipe is made of and roughly how old it is
- Whether roots have found their way in, and where
- Any low spots holding water
- Cracks, breaks and joints that have come apart
- Whether it can be lined or genuinely needs replacing
- Exactly where the line runs, marked at the surface