A camera in the pipe and a written report, from a local firm based along the A264.
A drain survey sends a small camera through the pipe, so we can see what condition it is in without any digging. In East Grinstead it is booked when a drain keeps blocking, before a house purchase, or to find out where a pipe runs.
The town sits on sandstone and clay on hilly ground, and many properties depend on pumped drainage. Pumps, sloping pipes and older runs all add places where a drain can go wrong, and the camera shows which of them is causing trouble.
In the villages, from Ashurst Wood and Forest Row to Sharpthorne and West Hoathly, many homes rely on a septic tank, cesspit or treatment plant. We can survey the pipes leading to the tank as well as the tank, and give you the footage and a written report.
What’s included
Footage, a written report and a plain next step.
We film as the camera travels, so each fault is on record rather than described.
Faults are listed with their positions, in a form you can hand to a solicitor or contractor.
A pipe coated in silt or fat is cleaned by jetting before filming, where it is needed.
Not sure where a drain runs? We can trace and map it.
A home buyers’ survey checks the drains before you exchange.
We can follow pipes to a pump station or a tank, and a septic tank survey covers the tank itself.
If a drain has blocked more than once, there is a reason. On sloping ground it might be a dip in the pipe where waste settles, a joint that has dropped or roots.
We can clear it and then film it. Blocked now? Our East Grinstead blocked drains page covers that.
About CCTV drainage surveys
A house in the villages around East Grinstead may well have a tank or treatment plant. A survey shows what the system is and what condition it is in before you commit.
We can survey the pipes and the tank, and our East Grinstead septic tank page covers emptying afterwards.
About septic tank surveysLocal to you
We survey drains in East Grinstead, Imberhorne, Ashplats and Saint Hill, and in the villages from Forest Row and Ashurst Wood to Sharpthorne, West Hoathly and Lingfield. Ring with your postcode to confirm. The full East Grinstead area list has the rest.
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Questions answered
A camera on a flexible rod goes in through a chamber or gully and is pushed along the pipe, recording as it goes. Faults are marked with their position.
Yes, together with the footage. Each fault is listed and described plainly.
It is worth considering, especially with older homes, pumped drainage or a history of blocked drains.
Yes. We can film the pipes that feed it, and we also service pump stations if you have one.
Yes. The survey covers the tank and its pipes, and emptying can often be done at the same visit.
We clean it first so the camera can see the pipe wall, and say so beforehand if we expect to need to.
Yes, for businesses, landlords and managing agents. Mention access arrangements when you book.
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