The sonde rides in the camera head. The receiver paints the place and the depth on the lawn before anyone prices a trench.
Open the locating page ↗01 / The yard lineUsually yours to the city connection
The expensive
part is unseen.
In much of Los Angeles the pipe under the house and through the yard belongs to the owner, up to the city main. A rainy block is a different problem from a dry Tuesday backup. We separate them before we sell a replacement.
How locating works02 / FeaturedCamera, then the mark
Find it.
Then decide.
The recording stays with you. A still of the worst joint is not a substitute for the video.
Camera / 01
Look
Inspection
Look
first.
Distance, material, and whether one joint failed or the whole run did.
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03 / The workRepair, replace, trenchless
The whole
line, named.
A cable clears a soft stop. It does not heal a broken clay joint. The scope should say which one you have.
A new pipe is pulled through small pits when the camera shows a path that can take it. A collapse is not that path.
Open trenchless ↗One joint is a spot repair. A belly, orangeburg, or a run of offsets is a replacement. The recording decides, not the size of the truck.
Open the scope ↗04 / The ruleBefore the bid
Do not buy a trench you have not seen on a recording.
05 / What changes the priceOpen a chapter
Four facts,
then a scope.
Material, distance from the entry, and whether the bad joint is one spot or the habit of the whole pipe. Clay, cast iron, and a patched plastic section are different futures.
A sonde in the camera head sends a signal the receiver can walk. The mark on the ground is the defect’s place and a depth, not a guess from the nearest tree.
Grease and paper clear. Roots that return in six weeks, mud on the cable, or a second backup do not. That is a picture, not another afternoon of the same work.
An offset, a collapse, or a belly that holds water will not stay clear because a nozzle was brave. Trenchless when the path is sound enough to pull through. Open ground when it is not.