Sewer camera scopes
A camera down the sewer line, a written report with stills and video, and a scope date set around the days your contract gives you. For buyers, inspectors and agents in Lincoln and Lancaster County.
Scope and report
Every scope is one camera run, a written report with stills, and a video link. The price follows how we get into the pipe.
A cleanout we can reach without moving anything heavy. Camera run to the street or the tank.
We pull one toilet, run the camera through the closet bend, and reset the toilet with a new wax ring.
A second sewer line, or a run past 100 feet to the main or a septic tank.
We text the written price before the van leaves, and the invoice matches it.
Your inspection window
A purchase contract gives a buyer a short window to inspect and ask for repairs. The scope has to fit inside it, so we start from your deadline.
Your inspector books the house. If a sewer scope is on the list, call or text us that day with the address and the date your window closes.
We offer the first opening that lands inside your window. If we can't fit it, we say so on the call, while you still have time to book another scoper.
One technician and one van. We run the camera from the cleanout, or a pulled toilet, to the street or the tank, and mark what we see.
The written report, the stills and the video link go to you, your inspector and your agent by the close of that business day.
The report says what the camera saw. It doesn't tell you to buy or walk. You still have days to ask for a repair, a credit or a second look.
Sample report
Plain findings, each with what it means for the sale. This is sample wording; your report is written for your house.
| What it means for you | What the camera shows | |
|---|---|---|
| Pipe and size | What it means for youCommon in older Lincoln neighborhoods. Nothing to act on. | What the camera showsClay tile, 4 in., cleanout to the street. Joints tight. |
| Roots | What it means for youRoots find joints before they find cracks. Ask the seller to clear the line, then re-scope. | What the camera showsFine roots at two joints, about 60 ft from the cleanout. |
| Offset joint | What it means for youA ledge catches paper and grease. Get a repair price before your window closes. | What the camera showsOne joint shifted by about half the pipe's width, with a ledge on the bottom. |
| Low spot | What it means for youA belly holds waste. It may clear with cleaning or need a section dug; a locate shows where. | What the camera showsStanding water for about 6 ft, the camera partly under. |
| Cracks and breaks | What it means for youA clean result is a finding too. It goes in the report in writing. | What the camera showsNone seen in the run. |
| Where the camera stopped | What it means for youIf it stops short, the report says where, why, and what we'd try next. | What the camera showsAt the city tap. The run to the street was complete. |
For inspectors and agents
We take the booking from you or from your client. The report, the stills and the video link reach you when they reach the buyer, if the buyer says yes.
Book by phone or text, or send the form
Give us the deadline and where the cleanout is
Occupied home: we set an arrival time with the seller's agent
One technician and one van, so the scope is never handed to a stranger
Clients
“Our inspector flagged a slow floor drain on a Tuesday. The scope was booked for Wednesday morning and the report was in my inbox before lunch. The photo of the offset joint made the repair conversation short.”
“I send clients here when the window is tight. The report names the footage and what the camera couldn't pass, and the video link opens without an account.”
“I ask for the scope the day we go under contract. The report reads the same to a buyer and to a seller's agent, so nobody argues about what was seen.”
“I scoped before listing so a buyer's scope held no surprises. The roots line told me what to do before the first showing.”
Sample reviews.
Service area
Lincoln and the towns around it. If the house isn't on the list, call before you assume.
We don't scope in Omaha, Grand Island or Kearney. For a house there, ask your inspector for a scoper near the address.
ZIP codes: 68502, 68503, 68504, 68505, 68506, 68507, 68508, 68510, 68512, 68516, 68517, 68520, 68521, 68522, 68523, 68524, 68526, 68528
Questions
A small camera on a flexible rod goes down the pipe that carries waste from the house to the city main or the septic tank. We record the run, mark what we see, and write it up. It shows roots, breaks, shifted joints and low spots that no one can see from the yard.
The line from the house to the city main belongs to the owner, not the city. A scope is how a buyer finds out what that line looks like before the closing, while there is still time to ask for a repair or a credit.
Most scopes take about an hour at the house, longer for a long run or a second line. The written report, stills and video link go out by the close of that business day.
Someone needs to let us in and show us the cleanout, or the toilet we will pull. For an occupied home we agree an arrival time with the seller's agent. We don't need to be let into the rest of the house.
The price depends on how we get into the pipe, and each one includes the visit, the camera run and the written report. A repair, cleaning or digging is not part of a scope visit and gets its own written price. We text the price before the van leaves.
Book a scope
We book around the days your contract allows. Send the address, the deadline and who needs the report. We text you an opening and the written price.