- Address
- Sample house, Mid-City
- Line
- 4" cast iron, 21 ft to the main
- Access
- Front cleanout
- 016.4 ftRoots at joint, about 30% of the pipeFix
- 0212.9 ftBelly, standing water about 3 ft longWatch
- 0319.6 ftTie-in to city main, clearOK
See what's under New Orleans.
PipeCheck runs a camera through your sewer and drain lines and shows you exactly what's down there (roots, cracks, sags) before anybody picks up a shovel. And when a line gives out at 2 a.m., we pick up the phone.
Pop the lid to look inside
- 0.0 ftIn at the cleanout. Most homes here have one by the foundation or near the sidewalk. The camera goes in there. No digging.
- 6.4 ftLive oak roots at a joint. Roots find the seams in old cast iron and clay. On video we see which joint, how bad, and how deep it sits.
- 12.9 ftA belly: the pipe sank. Soft ground lets lines sag. Water sits in the low spot and everything else piles up behind it.
- 19.6 ftTie-in to the city main. Past here it's the city's line. Everything before it, we just showed you.
Found on camera.
Fixed where it's broken.
Every inspection comes with the recording, so you only pay to fix what's actually wrong.
Two things, done properly.
Camera inspections are most of what we do. Emergency plumbing is what we do when the camera has to wait.
Side A Video pipe inspection
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The full run, from your cleanout to the city main, recorded and talked through as we go. You watch it live on our monitor and leave with the footage.
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Buying an older house? See the line before you own it. The report is written so your realtor and the seller's side can read it too.
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Live oaks are beautiful. Their roots in your joints are not. We find where they're getting in before they close the line.
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If the same drain keeps backing up, snaking it again won't tell you why. The camera will.
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A transmitter in the camera head tells us where a problem is and how deep, and we mark it on the ground so any repair digs once, in the right spot.
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A second run after the work is done: proof the repair held, for you, your buyer or your insurer.
Side B Emergency plumbing
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Water coming up the tub or out of a cleanout. We clear it, then put the camera in so it doesn't happen again next week.
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Under the house, in the wall, out in the yard. Shut the water off and call; we'll talk you through it while we drive.
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Lost pressure or water bubbling up in the yard. We'll find out whether it's your side or the city's.
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Leaking tank, no hot water, a relief valve that won't stop. Fixed or replaced.
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When every drain in the house is slow at once, it's the main. We open it up and show you what was in it.
You keep the recording.
Every inspection is recorded start to finish. You get the video, stills of anything we flagged, the distance to each problem, and a plain-English write-up you can hand to a buyer, a seller, an insurer or another plumber.
- Full recording, with a timestamp and footage counter on every frame
- Distance and depth for each finding
- What we'd fix now, what can wait, and what to leave alone
- A link you can share, and a file you can keep
New Orleans is hard on pipes.
Big trees, soft ground, old pipe and a lot of rain. Here's what we find most often, and why it pays to look before you dig.
01 Live oaks
Their roots run well past the canopy and go straight for the water in old joints. A hairline gap is all they need.
02 Soft ground
The city sits on soft, settling soil. Lines sag into bellies, water sits in the low spot, and everything else piles up behind it.
03 Old pipe
Cast iron from the early 1900s, clay tile, and fiber pipe from mid-century. Each one fails its own way: scaling, cracked joints, flattening.
04 Big rain
When the city's system is full, water has nowhere to go but back up your line. A backflow check and a clear line make the difference.
How a camera inspection goes.
About an hour for most houses. You can watch the whole thing.
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Call or book
Tell us what's going on. We'll give you a time window, not a guess.
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Find the cleanout
Usually by the house or near the sidewalk. No cleanout? We can go in through a toilet.
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Camera goes in
You watch it live on the monitor, right next to the tech, and ask anything.
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Locate & mark
We mark where each problem is on the ground, and how deep.
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Footage & write-up
The recording and a plain-English report, with prices for anything worth fixing.
Water where it shouldn't be? Call now.
24 hours, 7 days, holidays and hurricane season included. A plumber answers, not a call center.
Emergency line (504) 555-0142While we're on the way
- Shut the water off. At the main valve by the house, or at the meter box by the sidewalk. Yes, under a lid like the one up top.
- Stop using drains. If sewage is coming up, every flush and faucet makes it worse.
- Keep kids and pets away from any sewage water.
- Take a few photos for your insurance before cleanup starts.
From the Bywater to Bucktown.
We cover Orleans, Jefferson and St. Bernard parishes. Don't see your neighborhood? Call anyway; if we can get there, we'll come.
Orleans Parish
- French Quarter
- Marigny
- Bywater
- Tremé
- Mid-City
- Uptown
- Garden District
- Irish Channel
- Carrollton
- Broadmoor
- Lakeview
- Gentilly
- Holy Cross
- New Orleans East
- Algiers
Jefferson Parish
- Metairie
- Bucktown
- Old Jefferson
- River Ridge
- Harahan
- Kenner
- Gretna
St. Bernard Parish
- Arabi
- Chalmette
Questions we get a lot.
What does a camera inspection cost?
It depends on how we get in and how long the line is. Call and we'll give you the price on the phone before anyone drives out.
Should I scope the sewer before buying a house?
In this city, yes, especially with an older house. A lot of homes here still have cast iron, clay or fiber pipe under them, and a general home inspection doesn't look inside the line.
Do I get to keep the video?
Always. You get a link you can share and a file you can keep, along with the written report.
Can you fix what you find?
Yes. Small things like a clog we can often handle on the same visit. Bigger repairs get a written quote, with the footage to show why.
Do you really answer at 3 a.m.?
Yes. The emergency line rings a person, any hour, any day.
I don't know where my cleanout is.
That's normal. Look near the foundation on the side where your bathroom is, or near the sidewalk for a short pipe with a cap. If there isn't one, we can still get in.
Book a camera inspection.
Leave your details and we'll call you back to set a time. In a hurry? Just call.
- Call
- (504) 555-0142
- Inspections
- Mon–Sat, 7 a.m.–6 p.m.
- Emergency
- 24/7, every day
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