Find out what's actually wrong with the drain instead of clearing it again and hoping. Camera survey, written report and footage supplied — for repeat blockages, house purchases and insurance claims.
If a drain keeps blocking, clearing it again only buys time. A camera survey puts a lens inside the pipe and shows you what's actually there — a cracked joint, a root mass, a displaced section, a bad fall, or simply years of grease.
That matters for two reasons. You stop paying to clear the same drain repeatedly, and when a repair is needed you're quoting from evidence rather than guesswork. It also gives you something to hand an insurer, a solicitor or a landlord.
A standard homebuyer's survey doesn't look inside the drains. A collapsed run under a driveway is an expensive thing to discover after completion — and a known defect is something you can negotiate on before it.
Third call-out on the same drain? Something structural is causing it. The survey tells you what, so the next spend actually fixes it.
Insurers generally want evidence of damage, not a description of it. Footage plus a written report is what a claim gets assessed on.
Extensions, driveways and landscaping over an unknown drain run cause problems later. Knowing where the pipes are and what condition they're in is cheaper before the concrete goes down.
A survey isn't much use if all you get is "it looked alright to me".
Where needed we jet the run before surveying. A camera in a dirty pipe gives you a survey of the dirt.
The full accessible run recorded, with the position of any defect noted so it can be found again from the surface.
What was found, where it is, how serious it is, and what — if anything — needs doing about it. In plain English.
The recording is yours, to keep, forward to an insurer or hand to a solicitor.
It depends on the length of the run, how many chambers need accessing and whether the drain needs cleaning first. We confirm a fixed price before starting. For pre-purchase surveys we can usually quote from the address and a description of the property.
Yes. The recording is yours to keep, forward to an insurer or pass to a solicitor, along with a written report explaining what was found.
It is worth considering, particularly on older properties or where there are mature trees near the drain run. A standard homebuyer's survey does not inspect inside the drains, and drainage defects are expensive to put right after completion.
A typical domestic survey takes one to two hours on site, longer if the drain needs jetting first. The written report follows afterwards.
It will show where the defect sits in relation to your boundary, which is usually the deciding factor. Shared drains and sewers beyond the boundary are generally the water company's responsibility and we will tell you when that applies.
Call any hour and you'll speak to someone who can book an engineer — no call-out fee, fixed price agreed before we start.