Between your house and the street runs a pipe you have never seen — and if it fails, it fails expensively. A sewer scope puts a camera down that line so you know before you buy.
Call (720) 764-6365A sewer scope runs a camera through the sewer line from the house out to the street. That pipe is underground, which means no regular inspection can evaluate it — a standard home inspection stops where the ground starts. The camera is the only way to see what is actually down there.
Tree roots working their way into joints. Cracks and breaks. Sags where the line has settled and waste collects. And in older neighborhoods, clay pipe — common in houses from past decades, and prone to all of the above as it ages. None of this shows itself above ground until something backs up, and sewer line repairs are among the most expensive surprises a homeowner can get. A scope costs a little and tells you the truth; the alternative is finding out the hard way, after the house is yours.
If the house is older, or the neighborhood is, a sewer scope belongs on your list. It books alongside a buyer inspection or a pre-listing inspection in the same visit — one appointment, and the underground part of the house stops being a mystery.
We scope sewer lines in Centennial, Littleton, Highlands Ranch, Greenwood Village, Englewood, Parker, Lone Tree, and Cherry Hills.