What we scope
Four kinds of scope visit
The camera run is the same. What differs is who it is for and what the report is used for.
Buyer's scope
A camera run from the cleanout to the street or the tank before you close, with a written report for you and your inspector.
Report, stills and a video link
Booked around your inspection deadline
Seller's pre-listing scope
Find what a buyer's scope will find, and deal with it on your schedule instead of theirs.
A report you can show a buyer
Time to clear roots or repair a joint
Re-scope after a repair
The same run after a cleaning, a liner or a dig, so the report shows the repair did what it was meant to.
Same footage marks as the first report
A before and after in one video link
Slow main line
A scope of a main line that backs up or drains slowly, with no sale involved.
Where the trouble starts, by footage
Options written out, no repair on the visit
Scope day
What happens at the house
One technician arrives in the van we texted you about. The visit usually runs about an hour.
We confirm the arrival time by text the day before
We find the cleanout, or pull one toilet if there is none
We run the camera to the street or the tank and record as we go
We mark anything we see, and locate it if you ordered a locate
We reset what we moved and send the report that day
Limits
What a scope doesn't tell you
Inside walls and under slabs
The camera sees the sewer pipe it can reach. It can't see a leak behind a wall or the pipe's path under a slab.
The septic tank
We run the camera to the tank inlet. We don't pump, probe or certify the tank or the field.
The rest of the house
A scope isn't a home inspection or a plumbing inspection of the supply pipes and fixtures.
Book the scope before the window closes
Tell us the address and the deadline, and we'll say what we can fit.