Sewer Camera Inspection: What to Expect Step by Step

A sewer camera inspection is the single most useful diagnostic in plumbing — and most homeowners have never seen one done. Here is exactly what to expect.

Before the technician arrives

Clear access to your main cleanout (usually a capped pipe near the foundation or in the yard). If you do not know where it is, we will locate it — many Southaven homes have cleanouts buried under landscaping.

Step 1: Accessing the line

We open the cleanout and feed the flexible camera cable into the lateral. No cleanout? We can usually enter through a removed toilet or roof vent.

Step 2: The journey to the main

The self-leveling HD camera travels the full lateral to the city main while you watch live on the monitor. The technician narrates: pipe material, joints, and anything abnormal.

Step 3: Locating and measuring

A transmitter in the camera head lets us pinpoint the exact surface location and depth of any defect — critical for targeted repairs.

Step 4: Your findings walkthrough

Afterward we review every finding in plain language: what is urgent, what can wait, and what is fine. You receive the recorded video and a written summary.

What the footage can reveal

Root intrusion, cracks, offsets, bellies, scale, grease, collapsed sections, pipe material transitions, and lost or buried cleanouts — the complete health record of your line.

Book with confidence

Inspections typically take under 90 minutes and cost $150–$400 — the cheapest certainty in homeownership. Call (833) 713-2101 to schedule.

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