Sewer Camera Inspections — The Camera Never Lies

Stop Guessing About What's Under Your Yard

Everything downstream of your fixtures is invisible, and that's exactly why sewer repair has a reputation for surprise bills. A contractor who can't see inside your pipe is working from assumptions — and assumptions get paid for with excavation. A sewer camera inspection removes the guesswork entirely. We push a high-resolution, self-leveling camera head down your line and watch the interior of the pipe on a monitor in real time, foot by foot, all the way to the city main.

You watch it with us. When we find something, you see it: the root mass at the 38-foot joint, the standing water sitting in a belly, the hairline fracture at the transition from cast iron to clay. Then you make a decision based on evidence instead of a sales pitch.

What a Camera Inspection Finds

• Root intrusion — how much, at which joints, and whether the pipe around the roots is still intact.
• Bellies and sags — low sections where the pipe has settled and water stands, collecting solids and causing chronic clogs no cleaning will permanently fix.
• Cracks, fractures, and collapses — the difference between a line you can clean and a line you have to replace.
• Offset joints — sections that have shifted out of alignment, leaving a lip that catches debris every time.
• Grease, scale, and buildup — how much of your pipe's diameter you've actually lost, which tells us whether hydro jetting is warranted.
• Foreign objects — wipes, toys, construction debris, and the occasional item nobody will admit to flushing.
• Pipe material and age — clay, cast iron, Orangeburg, ABS, or PVC. Each has a different life expectancy and failure pattern.
• Illegal or improper connections — downspouts and sump pumps tied into the sanitary sewer, which overload the line during storms.

Pre-Purchase Sewer Scopes: The Best Money You'll Spend on a Home

A standard home inspection does not include the sewer lateral. That means the single most expensive component on the property — a pipe that can cost many thousands of dollars to replace — is typically the one nobody looks at before closing.

In Colorado Springs, that's a real risk. Large portions of the city were built when clay and cast iron were standard, and decades of tree growth and soil movement have taken their toll. A sewer scope before closing tells you whether you're buying a line with twenty good years left or a replacement you'll be funding within your first winter. If we find a problem, the footage becomes negotiating leverage — sellers routinely credit or repair when a defect is documented on video.

Locating: Knowing Exactly Where to Dig

Finding a defect is only half the value. Our camera head carries a transmitting sonde, and we track it from the surface with a locator to pinpoint the position and depth of the problem — under the driveway, three feet off the north fence, eleven feet down, whatever the case may be. We mark it on the ground.

That precision is what makes targeted repair possible. Instead of trenching the length of a yard hoping to find the break, we open one section, fix it, and put the ground back. Less digging, less restoration, lower cost. See excavation drain repair for how that work is done.

When You Should Schedule an Inspection

• Before buying any home, especially one built before 1990
• After a second backup in the same line within a year
• Before agreeing to any quoted sewer repair or replacement — get proof first
• When you smell sewer gas indoors or in the yard
• When there are soggy or unusually green patches in the lawn over the sewer run
• After a major landscaping project or new tree planting near the line
• Before finishing a basement, so you're not opening new concrete later
• Whenever a contractor recommends excavation without having shown you video

What Happens After the Inspection

We give you the findings in plain English and, where a fix is needed, both options in writing: what cleaning can accomplish and what repair would involve. Plenty of inspections end with good news — the pipe is sound, the clog was a one-off, and no further work is needed. We're happy to deliver that outcome, and we'll tell you so rather than manufacturing a project.

When the line does need attention, you'll know whether it's main line cleaning, jetting, or excavation — and precisely why.

Why Drain Plumber Pro

• High-resolution, self-leveling camera equipment with surface locating
• You watch the inspection live and receive the footage
• No-pressure findings — we tell you when nothing is wrong
• Free estimates and upfront pricing on any recommended work
• Locally owned, 4.9-star rated, 24/7 emergency availability

Serving Colorado Springs and the Front Range

We perform sewer camera inspections and pre-purchase sewer scopes in Colorado Springs, Monument, Larkspur, Castle Rock, Castle Pines, Peyton, and Woodland Park. Call (719) 639-4137 to schedule — and find out what's actually going on down there.