Sewer Inspections Should Be A Part of Your Maintenance Schedule

A serious sewer problem can wreak untold havoc on a home. As with most plumbing problems, prevention is your best bet for avoiding disaster. You should schedule a full drain and sewer inspection every year as part of your home's preventive maintenance schedule. Summertime is usually the best time to accomplish this, as water tends to freeze here in Toronto in our harsh winters.

Schedule a summer sewer inspection, to make sure no problems creep up on you in the winter, when the ground is hard and it may become nearly impossible to carry out any repairs on your sewer lines, septic tank, or other drainage apparatus.

Plumbers now have specialized CCTV cameras for carrying out drain and sewer inspections, and these tools can really lower the cost and time involved in a full inspection, as well as pinpoint any potential problem areas. These computerized “eyes” can look into the deep, dark, recesses of your sewer and identify any problems. The most commonly seen problem in sewer lines is tree root intrusion. Large, powerful tree roots can enter into the pipe and causes breakages.

Another problem is old, faulty sewer lines. This is most commonly seen in houses built before 1960, when tarpaper, or Orangeburg pipe lines were used. If a house relies on these types of lines, the entire system will need to be replaced.

If you're thinking about buying a property with a pre-existing plumbing system, a sewer inspection is paramount. This inspection will let you know if there are any problems lurking around the corner, waiting to get you when you least inspect it.

So call up a plumber and schedule a sewer inspection as soon as possible before buying any property. Sewer problems are not to be taken lightly, and can cause catastrophic damage to a property if not nipped in the bud quickly.

CCTV Drain Inspection, Providing Plumbers HD Vision

When it comes to drain and sewer inspection there is no other device more suited for the task than a CCTV plumbing camera. This is a device that plumbers can use to see your pipes from the inside out, a picture truly worth a thousand words. With the unprecedented clarity of HD technology your plumbing contractor can now peer into the exact problems inside of your pipes and get to the root of the issue; whether it is roots, bellies, broken or cracked pipes, collapsed pipes, or simply debris blockage. Remember, not all Toronto plumbers possess high technology so you should ensure that your drain is in fact going to be inspected using a CCTV camera if you are hiring someone for this task - if you get a drain inspection by ADP Toronto Plumbing you can be sure you're going to get the job done right.

Drain inspection cameras use a very special type of camera that is built to exacting specifications including a water tight compartment for the camera system in addition to an array of lights to truly put the interior of your pipes on display. The camera is small enough to pass clear through drainage pipes and also durable enough to withstand these harsh conditions while providing a clear HD resolution image of your sewer and drain pipes.

Usually the drain camera is inserted into the sewer clean-out and is attached to a spool of cable that is unwound to feed the camera into the pipe further. The camera will relay back to the plumber the exact distance into the pipe which makes it simple to pinpoint the exact location of any problems that are found within. The video can also be recorded for your records.

Typically a drain is inspected with a CCTV plumbing camera to detect problems and diagnose issues, but it is also employed to inspect repairs and ensure that any operations have been conducted successfully. This is the case for instance after a drain liner has been installed; the drain camera is inserted to ensure that the process has been completed and the appropriate sections of the pipe have been repaired properly.