CCTV Drain Surveys in Stockport

A survey is worth the money in five situations. Outside these, it usually is not.

• The same drain keeps blocking. The most common reason, and the most justified. Repeat blockages in one place mean a defect.
• You are buying the house. A survey routinely finds problems that cost thousands to put right later, for a fraction of that now. See homebuyer drain surveys for how it works to an exchange deadline.
• There is subsidence, damp, or a sinkhole. Leaking drains wash soil away from under foundations and slabs. Ruling the drainage in or out early is a cheap step in an expensive investigation.
• You are making an insurance claim. Insurers want coded evidence of the defect, not an opinion.
• Before you spend money on a repair. Nobody should quote you for excavation or lining without having looked first.

This is where surveys differ enormously, and where cheap ones disappoint. You get all of the following:

• The full colour footage, as a file you keep — not a glimpse on a screen while we are standing there.
• A written report identifying each defect, where it is, how serious it is, and what it means in practice.
• A drain plan showing the runs, chambers and connections, and which pipes are yours.
• A coded defect list to industry standard where the survey needs it — insurers, solicitors and warranty providers generally do.
• A recommendation, with prices, covering what needs doing now, what can wait, and what needs nothing at all.