Sewer camera inspection and trenchless repair

The job

The basement floor drain had backed up three times in a year. Each time, a rental machine cleared it for a few weeks. The owner wanted to know what was in the line before paying for another visit.

What we did

A technician ran a camera from the outside access point to the street and found roots growing through two cracked clay joints about 11 m out. The roots were cut out with a rotating cutter head and the line was flushed with a high-pressure jet. The team then pulled in a resin-soaked liner, inflated it, and let it cure in place, forming a new pipe inside the old one. The branch from the kitchen was reopened from inside with a robotic cutter.

The result

The final camera run showed a smooth, joint-free line from the house to the street. The garden and driveway were not dug up, and the owner kept the before and after recordings for the house file.