Septic System Video Inspection in the Denver Metro
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A septic video inspection puts a camera into the building sewer and the tank access so the condition of the line, the baffles, and the liquid level can be seen rather than guessed at. It is the step that decides whether a property needs a cleaning, a component repair, or a system replacement, and it is the step most often skipped.
- Camera run from the building to the tank.
- Tank interior, baffle, and outlet assessment.
- Liquid level read against the outlet invert.
- Locating and surface marking included.
- Findings explained, not just recorded.
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What Can a Septic Video Inspection Actually Tell You?
It tells you the material of the line and whether that material is still doing its job. Vitrified clay opens at the joints. Cast iron corrodes from the inside. Orangeburg deforms into an oval and eventually closes. PVC generally fails from installation faults and settlement rather than from age. Each of those shows on camera and each points at a different repair.
It also tells you where the problem is, in feet from the access point and in depth below grade. That number is what turns an open-ended excavation quote into a defined one, because it defines how much ground has to be opened.
(720) 935-6221What the inspection documents
- Pipe material and remaining condition.
- Root intrusion, grease, and scale.
- Bellies, offsets, cracks, and separations.
- Distance and depth to each defect.
- Tank inlet and outlet baffle condition.
- Liquid level relative to the outlet invert.
How We Diagnose It
How Inspection Findings Change the Recommendation
A clear line and a normal liquid level means the complaint is not in the system path we just examined, and the search moves to fixtures or venting inside the building. A blocked line with a normal liquid level means clean or repair the line and the tank is fine. A clear line with a level above the outlet invert means the tank is not discharging, and the investigation moves to the outlet and the field.
Those three outcomes carry very different price tags, and there is no way to tell them apart from the surface. That is the entire argument for inspecting first.
Three findings, three different jobs
- Line blocked, level normal: clean or repair the line.
- Line clear, level normal: look inside the building.
- Line clear, level above invert: outlet or drainfield.
How a Septic Inspection Runs
- 1
Find the access
Cleanout where one exists. Where none does, we locate the line from the building and establish access.
- 2
Run the camera
Full run out to the tank inlet, recording material, defects, distance, and depth as we go.
- 3
Open and read the tank
Baffle condition, scum and sludge depth, and liquid level against the outlet invert.
- 4
Mark and explain
Defect positions marked on the surface, findings explained in plain terms with the repair options that follow from them.
What Denver Customers Say About Working With Us
“They cleared our drain where Roto Rooter couldn't and quoted us to replace the line under our concrete.”
“Prompt service and worked well into the night to restore service due to hard soil. And did their best to prevent large scars to the yard”
“Denver Water And Sewer did an excellent job replacing my sewer lines. Trevor and his crew are extremely competent, honest, professional and prompt.”
What a Septic Inspection Involves Cost-Wise
Access drives it. A property with a cleanout and a lid at grade is a straightforward visit. A property where the tank lid is buried and the line has no access point adds locating and digging before the camera can start.
It remains cheaper than the alternative in every case we have seen. The cost of an inspection is a rounding error against the cost of excavating in the wrong place.
Call (720) 935-6221 to book one.
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