Sewer Line Inspection

Consider having the sewer lines inspected with a video camera as part of your home inspection. In fact, getting a sewer inspection is one of the most important home inspection tips for first-time buyers. Sewer line inspections are cheap-approximately $200. , but sewer repairs can be extremely expensive. Why spend the money on a repair you could have avoided with a simple inspection?

There’s no such thing as a typical cost for repairing your sewer lines. It can start at a few hundred dollars to snake out a blockage. Or, it could be tens of thousands of dollars to excavate your yard & replace the pipes. The repair bills depend on the sewer line condition, the problem’s location & the root cause.

Tree roots are the biggest offender for blocking sewer lines. That's because sewer lines are the perfect environment for tree roots, which love the constant source of water in pipes & the nutrients sewage provides. Tree roots have immense invasive power & will find the smallest crack in a line to force their way through. Tree roots grow quickly, & can soon block a line. Fortunately, roots are easy to find with a closed-circuit television inspection. Unfortunately, they can be very expensive to dig up & clear out. Having the sewer line scoped should be on your house-buying inspection checklist.