CCTV Drain Inspection Edgeworth
CCTV drain inspection in Edgeworth sends a small camera through the pipe and puts the picture on a screen, so the fault gets diagnosed instead of guessed at. We run it when a drain keeps blocking, before a repair, or after a clear to prove the line.
What you get from the visit. You keep the footage, and the price is fixed before any work starts. The camera run sits inside the blocked drain services the plumber in Edgeworth team covers, because a lasting fix starts with seeing the pipe wall for what it is.
Licensed plumbers and gas fitters · NSW Lic. 359278C
Last updated September 2026
Why Send a Camera Down the Line?
A slow drain is a symptom, and the camera is how the cause gets named:
- A drain that chokes, clears and chokes again has a wall problem rather than a waste problem, and the footage puts a name to it.
- Gurgling from more than one fixture points at the main line, and the run confirms it before anyone starts digging.
- The check after a clear proves the blockage is gone and records the condition the line was left in.
- Cracks, root entry, sagging sections and partial collapse each leave their own picture, and each one points to a different fix.
Where the footage points to a bigger repair, the pipe relining page covers the no-dig option for root-damaged runs.
How the Camera Run Works
Every inspection follows the same sequence, clay pipe or PVC:
- 1
Open the line
We get into the pipe at the nearest inspection point, and a fully choked line is cleared first, by hand or with the drain jetting gear, so the camera can travel.
- 2
Run the camera
The CCTV drain camera moves through the pipe recording the wall, the joints and the fall of the line as it goes.
- 3
Mark the fault
The camera head is tracked with the pipe locator from above ground, so the depth and position of any defect is marked before a repair is priced.
- 4
Watch it with us
You see the run live on screen, and you keep the recording along with our notes on what it found.
What Moves the Price of an Inspection?
We provide up-front, honest quotes that will always match the final price, should you decide to go ahead.
The length of the run and the number of lines are what shape the figure. Behind the price:
- How many lines go under the camera: one sewer run is a shorter visit than the sewer and the stormwater together.
- Where the inspection point sits: a paved-over or buried gully takes extra digging before the camera even goes in.
- What the visit is paired with: a run booked with a clear or a tree root removal shares the site time.
- The hour of the visit: a night inspection costs more, and the after-hours rate is in the quote.
What Runs Under the Older Streets
Why the camera earns its keep on these blocks
The cycle the camera breaks
What Customers Say
Root damage found late is what turns a blocked toilet into an earthworks project:
Our blocked toilet morphed into a huge plumbing earthworks project due to extreme pipe damage from tree roots.
When We're Not the Right Call
A camera cannot pass a fully collapsed section, so a badly blocked line is sometimes diagnosed from the far side of the break. And the camera only answers for your side: once the footage reaches the street main, any fault there goes to Hunter Water, with the boundary point marked on the recording.
Getting the Camera Run Booked
Every camera job runs the same four steps from your first call:
- 01
Ring or send the form
Call (02) 4063 3469 or use the form to explain the fault. We ask enough to bring the right equipment the first time.
- 02
A fixed price first
A plumber inspects the job and names a fixed figure up front. Nothing gets started until you give the go-ahead.
- 03
Camera down the line
The drain camera travels the pipe from the nearest opening, recording the wall as it goes, and you watch the run live with us.
- 04
Covered for a year
Every job carries our 365-day warranty on all work. If something we did isn't right, ring the same number.
Drain Camera Questions, Answered
Do you camera-check the older clay lines here after clearing them?
Yes. The after-clear run matters most on the clay and earthenware drainage under the older sections, because a line that flows today can still be cracked along its length. The second run proves the clear worked and shows what state the pipe was left in.
Can the camera get down the old clay lines in Edgeworth?
Usually, yes. The head fits the earthenware and clay runs under the older streets, and where the line has sagged or partly given way, the run stops at the fault and shows it. You watch it happen live on screen.
What happens if the footage finds a cracked or collapsed section?
You get the options in writing before anything is done. A single crack can suit a patch, a root-damaged run suits a reline, and a collapse may need an excavation. Each option carries its own fixed price, and the recording stays with you whichever way you go.
Does a stormwater line near the creek need a camera too?
It can help. Laurel Avenue, Patterson Avenue and the other low streets by Cockle Creek take surcharged stormwater in heavy rain, and the camera tells a choked or crushed line apart from one that is simply overloaded. An overloaded line is a drainage problem, not a digging one.
Need a plumber? Call or send the form
Call (02) 4063 3469 or send the form below. Available 24/7, you see a fixed figure ahead of any work, and every job carries our 365-day warranty on all work.
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