A camera in your drain and a written report, from a team based a short drive away.
A drain survey puts a camera inside the pipe so we can see its condition without digging. In Haywards Heath people book one before buying a home, when a drain keeps blocking, or to find out how the drains at an older property are laid out.
Many of the older houses, farms and converted barns around the town have drains that have been altered several times. Often nobody holds a plan, and clay ground that moves with the seasons can add faults that cannot be seen from above. The camera shows what is there.
In Lindfield, Cuckfield, Ardingly and the villages beyond, many homes have private drainage. We can survey the pipes serving a tank and the tank itself, and you receive footage and a written report listing each fault and its position.
What’s included
Footage, a report and a clear next step.
Footage covers the length of pipe the camera reaches, so every fault is visible.
We list each fault and where it is, ready for a solicitor, surveyor or builder.
Silt or fat can hide the pipe wall, so where necessary we clean first.
Where nobody holds a drawing, we can trace the drains and map them.
A home buyers’ survey looks at the drains before you commit.
A septic tank survey shows the tank, its pipes and where it discharges.
When a house has been extended, its drains often have too. A survey shows how the pipes run, where they join and what condition they are in.
If a drain is blocked now, our Haywards Heath blocked drains page covers clearing it first.
About CCTV drainage surveys
Some older systems still drain to a ditch, which no longer meets the Environment Agency’s rules. A survey shows what you have and where it discharges.
See our septic tank surveys and the Haywards Heath septic tank page for what happens next.
About septic tank surveysLocal to you
We survey drains in Haywards Heath, Lindfield, Cuckfield and Wivelsfield, and across Mid Sussex from Ardingly and Balcombe to Scaynes Hill and Horsted Keynes. Ring with your postcode to confirm. The full Haywards Heath area list has the rest.
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Questions answered
We put a small camera into the drain through a chamber or gully and move it along the pipe, recording as it goes. Each fault is noted with its position.
Yes. It sets out what we found and where in plain language, so it can go straight to a solicitor or builder.
Often. Older drains have usually been altered over the years, and a survey shows their condition before a problem develops.
Often. We can trace a pipe from a known point and map it, which helps where there is no plan.
Start by finding out what you have. If it does not meet the current rules, we can go through the options with you, including a treatment plant.
We jet it first, and tell you beforehand if we think that is needed.
Yes, along with other businesses, landlords and managing agents as well as homeowners.
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