Sewer & Drain · Nashville, TN
Sewer Camera Inspection in Nashville
A camera run the length of the lateral, recorded, with the distance to every defect read off the cable counter.
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Sewer Camera Inspection in Nashville, Tennessee
A camera run the length of the lateral, recorded, with the distance to every defect read off the cable counter.
For sewer camera inspection, Nashville's Sewer and Drain works across Middle Tennessee — licensed, insured, with the price in writing before the work starts. Drain and sewer crews who clear the stoppage first, then put a camera down the line and show you what caused it.
Why homeowners call
Signs that bring people to us for this
- Sewage coming up a floor drain
- Every drain in the house slow at once
- Gurgling toilet when the washer drains
- Sewer smell in the yard or basement
- A soggy, sunken strip over the sewer line
- Roots back in the line every year
- Sump pump running and running
What is included
What our sewer camera inspection work includes
- Camera fed in at a cleanout, toilet or roof vent
- Self-leveling color head kept upright through the line
- Footage counter read at every joint and defect
- Water run behind the camera to show low spots
- Roots, offsets, cracks and bellies logged by distance
- Problem spots marked on the ground above
- Recorded video yours to keep
- Written finding with the repair it points to
How Sewer Camera Inspection goes, from cleanout to final pass
Which camera service a house needs depends on the question. A buyer who wants to know the condition of the line before closing gets the scope. Someone about to dig, fence or build over it needs the line located and marked. A sewer smell or a damp crawl with no obvious source calls for leak detection, which adds dye and smoke to the camera run.
The cable counter is what makes a camera run worth paying for. Every defect gets a distance from the entry point, so a cracked joint at 38 feet can be found from the yard without trenching the whole run to look at it. A recording with no distances on it leaves the next contractor guessing.
Standing water hides things. Where the line has sagged, the camera head goes under and the picture turns brown, so we note where the lens submerges and where it comes back up. That stretch is the belly, and its length tells us more than anything visible inside it.
A line packed with roots has to be opened before it can be inspected, because the camera head can’t push through a root mass. In those cases we cable or jet a path first and run the camera right after, while the cut ends of the roots still show exactly which joints they came in through.
Sewer Camera Inspection
The sewer camera inspection we do, one page each
Sewer Scope Inspection
A pre-purchase scope of the house you are buying, with the video and a plain written finding in hand before closing.
Learn moreSewer Line Locating
A transmitter on the camera head traced from the surface, so the line and its depth are marked on the ground before anyone digs.
Learn moreDrain and Sewer Leak Detection
Leaks in drain and sewer lines found with camera, dye and smoke testing, before they rot a subfloor or wash out the soil under a slab.
Learn moreAlso available
Other sewer, drain and septic work
Trenchless Sewer Repair
Lining or bursting a failed sewer lateral through a cleanout or a pair of small access pits, so the lawn, driveway and trees above it stay where they are.
Learn moreDrain Cleaning
Kitchen, bath, laundry and main line stoppages cleared at the cause, with the camera brought in when the same drain keeps coming back.
Learn moreSewer Line Repair
Bellies, offset joints, root intrusion and collapsed sections repaired after the camera has shown where and how deep they are.
Learn moreEmergency Sewer and Drain
Sewage coming up a floor drain or a tub, or no drain in the house that will take water, answered day or night.
Learn moreSeptic Services
Tanks, fields and grinder pumps for homes off the city sewer or sitting below it, from the first inspection to a new system.
Learn moreSump Pump Services
Sump pits, pumps, check valves and discharge lines for basements and crawl spaces that take water in a hard rain.
Learn moreService area
Sewer and drain calls we take across Middle Tennessee
Our trucks reach Nashville and 100 more towns in 12 counties, and we take sewer and septic calls anywhere within about an hour of the city.
FAQ
Sewer Camera Inspection: what people ask first
How much of my sewer line can a camera actually see?
All of it that is open, usually from the cleanout to the city connection. A push camera on a long reel covers the length of a typical residential lateral, and a self-leveling head keeps the picture upright the whole way. What it can’t see is anything under standing water in a sagging stretch or past a blockage, so a packed line gets cleared first and a belly is measured by where the lens goes under.
Do I need a sewer camera inspection if my drains seem fine?
Usually not, unless you are buying the house, the line is old clay tile, cast iron or Orangeburg, or you are about to build or plant over it. Drains working normally is good evidence the line is open. It says much less about cracks and roots that haven’t closed it yet, which is why a camera run before a big decision is worth having.
Can a camera show tree roots inside a sewer pipe?
Yes, and it shows exactly which joints they come through. Roots look like hair or a fibrous mat at a pipe joint, and the distance on the counter tells us which tree is the likely source. In Middle Tennessee, silver maples, willows and sweetgums are common culprits, and their roots find the joints of old clay pipe before anything else.
Will I get a copy of the sewer camera video?
Yes, you keep the recording. It shows the footage counter on screen, so any plumber or contractor you ask for a second opinion can see the same defect at the same distance. We add a written summary of what the camera found and where, in feet from the entry point, so the video makes sense to someone who wasn’t there.
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Book sewer camera inspection with our crew
Call or write to Nashville's Sewer and Drain with what the drains are doing; we clear the line first and price any repair from the camera footage.