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Cameras & cleanouts
Sewer camera work, reports and cleanout access. 5 items, each with key facts and sources.
- What a sewer camera inspection shows
A video survey of the house lateral finds roots, open joints, breaks and bad connections. Industry specifications set what a complete recording should include.
- What a sewer camera can miss
A clean-looking video is not a clean bill of health. Standing water, flow, timing and the pipe wall itself all limit what a camera records.
- Reading a sewer inspection report and its defect codes
Coded camera reports sort what the video found into structural damage and maintenance problems, each tied to a distance. A guide to reading one without a decoder ring.
- Where the sewer cleanout is in an older house
Most older basements have their main cleanout near the front foundation wall, often built into a house trap. What the state code requires, and why the cap stays on during a backup.
- A sewer scope before you buy an older house
A camera run through the lateral before closing shows the buyer what they are taking on. In Rye and the Village of Mamaroneck, sale-time video is already the law.