CCTV Drain Inspection for Lane Cove Homes
1000+ five-star reviews
A drain that flows again after a clear isn't the same as a drain that's actually fixed.
Only a camera down the line tells you which one you're dealing with, and that difference matters most once a blockage has already come back once.
Call (02) 9134 9059 for an answer backed by footage, not an educated guess.
- Lic #275278C
- Fully Insured ($20M)
- $0 Call-Out
- Lifetime Labour Warranty
- On-Site in 30 Minutes Guaranteed
- 1000+ Five-Star Reviews
- 11+ Years Family Business
- 35+ Years Combined Experience
- Trusted by 15,000 Sydney Families
- Lic #275278C
- Fully Insured ($20M)
- $0 Call-Out
- Lifetime Labour Warranty
- On-Site in 30 Minutes Guaranteed
- 1000+ Five-Star Reviews
- 11+ Years Family Business
- 35+ Years Combined Experience
- Trusted by 15,000 Sydney Families
Camera and Locator, Together
/ "One shows the fault, the other pins its exact spot from the surface."
Free to Have Us Look
/ "$0 call-out fee, and the on-site quote costs nothing at all."
Master Plumber Accredited
/ "Every survey held to the same accredited trade standard."
Award-Recognised Team
/ "Best & Brightest winner and a 2026 Australian Business Awards finalist."
CCTV Drain Inspection: What We Actually Do
A camera survey has one job: showing us what's really happening inside a pipe most people never see.
- End-to-end line surveys – the full run checked, not just the section nearest the access point
- Ground-tracing the exact fault – marking depth and position from above before any digging is discussed
- Chasing down repeat blockages – finding the root, crack or shifted joint behind a problem that keeps returning
- Proof once work is done – footage showing a clear or repair genuinely holds
- Pre-purchase property checks – giving a buyer a straight answer on drain condition before contracts are signed
- A written record with the footage – something to keep, hand to a strata manager, or pass to a buyer's solicitor
Six Signs Your Drains Are Asking for CCTV Drain Inspection
A handful of situations call for a look inside rather than another attempt at clearing blind.
- The same stretch blocking again not long after a clear
- Draining that stays sluggish with no obvious cause in sight
- Buying or selling a property and wanting the drains checked first
- A strata block with a documented history of repeat blockages
- Tree roots suspected, with nobody yet confirming where or how deep
- A previous plumber cleared it once but never explained why it happened
Sewage actively backing up right now is a different, more urgent problem, covered on our blocked sewer page; a camera survey is what makes sense once things have calmed down.
Why Lane Cove Properties Call For This
Few suburbs mix housing stock quite like Lane Cove does within a few streets of each other.
Interwar and post-war houses sit alongside a substantial run of mid-century and modern apartment blocks, the first towers going up in 1962 and close to two hundred more following through the 1970s.
Near Mowbray Road especially, a free-standing house and a strata block can share a footpath while running on drainage laid decades apart.
A camera tells us which era of pipe is actually underground before anyone quotes a clear or a repair, rather than assuming from the street frontage.
What Affects the Cost of CCTV Drain Inspection
What a survey costs tracks how much pipe the camera has to cover.
- One line versus scoping the whole property's drainage
- How long and how deep the run being checked actually is
- Whether a ground-locator trace is needed alongside the footage
- A written report for a property purchase, where documentation is required
- How easily we can reach the access points, including strata common areas
$0 call-out fee, a free on-site quote, and a fixed price locked in before the camera goes anywhere near the drain.
How the Job Runs and How Long It Takes
1. Reach the access point. Usually a boundary shaft or the nearest gully gets us into the line.
2. Send the camera through. The full run gets recorded, not just the stretch closest to the entry point.
3. Trace it from above. A ground locator confirms exactly how deep and where the fault sits.
4. Walk you through it. Plain-English findings plus the footage, and a fixed price for anything that follows.
A single line on a typical property is usually wrapped inside the hour. Scoping a whole property, or preparing a pre-purchase report across several lines, takes longer, and we'll be upfront about that once we've walked the site.
Standards and Boundaries, Explained Simply
Diagnostic work still sits under NSW's licensed-plumber requirements, the same as clearing or repairing a drain.
Where the footage shows a fault sitting beyond the private property boundary, we'll say so plainly rather than start on work that was never ours to quote.
The Difference on a CCTV Drain Inspection Job
Repeat call-outs for the same blockage usually mean nobody's actually looked, which is the exact waste a proper survey prevents.
Getting us out to look costs nothing upfront, since there's no fee to have us come and no charge for the quote either.
Our Best & Brightest recognition and 2026 Australian Business Awards finalist standing reflect the same thoroughness that goes into every survey we run.
Servicing Nearby Homes Too
Where a survey turns up root damage or a section that's failed structurally, our blocked drain repair page covers what happens from there.
We cover Lane Cove and out to Chatswood, St Leonards and Willoughby.
Book Your CCTV Drain Inspection Today
A drain that keeps blocking deserves an actual answer, not another attempt at clearing it blind.
Call (02) 9134 9059 and get a diagnosis backed by footage.
Common questions
CCTV Drain Inspection FAQs
Straight answers before you book.
What kit do you bring for a camera inspection?
A crawler or push camera goes down the line first, paired with a handheld locator that reads its depth and position back to us from ground level. Between the two, guesswork stops.
How long does cctv drain inspection take?
One drain line on an average property is generally wrapped up inside an hour. A full-property scope, or a report for someone buying, runs longer, and we'll give you a real figure once we've seen the site.
Is the inspection itself covered by a warranty?
The survey is a diagnosis, so it sits outside the labour warranty by itself. Anything we clear or repair as a result of what the camera finds is fully covered.
When does a drain problem actually call for a camera inspection?
The strongest signal is a section that blocks again not long after being cleared, since that usually means the cause was never actually found. Ongoing slow drainage without an obvious reason deserves the same look.
Why do some drains keep blocking no matter how often they're cleared?
Most likely because a clear only shifts what was sitting in the pipe on the day. A crack, an intruding root or a joint that's moved stays put, ready to catch the next thing that goes down the drain.
Who is responsible if the blockage is in the sewer main?
That's exactly what a proper survey establishes instead of a guess. Once the footage shows where the fault actually sits, we can say plainly whether it's our job to fix.