CCTV Drain Inspection Rutherford

A CCTV drain inspection in Rutherford puts a camera down your sewer or stormwater line so we can see the fault before anyone touches a shovel. It tells a cracked clay joint from a root ball or a grease plug. You can book one with a call to (02) 4915 2998.

Guessing is the expensive way to fix a drain. A clear at the wrong spot, for the wrong cause, buys you a week of relief and then the same backup. The camera removes the guesswork: we see the pipe's condition, the exact point of failure and what it will take to fix it, then the agreed figure is the one on the invoice.

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Licensed plumbers and gas fitters · NSW Lic. 359278C

Last updated September 2026

What Does the Camera Actually Show?

More than most people expect. The unit is a waterproof camera on a flexible reel, fed in from an access point, with a locator above ground tracking its position so we can mark the fault on the surface. A single run shows:

The pipe material

Clay, PVC, galvanised or something in between, which decides how it fails and how it gets repaired.

Root intrusion

Fine hair roots at a joint or a mature mass filling the bore, and which joints they entered through.

Cracks, breaks and displaced joints

Where the pipe has shifted on reactive clay or been crushed by ground movement.

Grease, silt and foreign objects

Build-up that jetting handles, at the exact point it sits.

Groundwater inflow

Water trickling in through a joint, common on this low ground where groundwater runs high.

Why Camera First Matters Here

The older core

Streets like Avery Street and Reserve Street were sewered in vitrified clay when the post-war houses went up, and roots from the mature street trees have found the joints. On flat Hunter River alluvial ground, groundwater also works into older pipework, so a line can look blocked when part of the problem is infiltration. The camera tells those causes apart in minutes, and each one has a different fix.

The newer estates

PVC lines out toward McKeachie's Sportsground rarely crack, but the camera still earns its place by showing grease, wipes and silt at the exact spot, and by ruling out a structural fault before anyone promises a simple clear.

Plumber running a drain camera from beside the car

How We Run the Inspection

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Ring or send the form
Call (02) 4915 2998 or use the form to explain the fault. We ask enough to bring the right equipment the first time.
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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.
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The camera goes down the line
The reel goes in at the handiest opening, we watch the footage live and mark any fault on the ground with the locator, so you know exactly where the problem sits.
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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.

What Drives the Price of a Camera Inspection?

We provide up-front, honest quotes that will always match the final price, should you decide to go ahead.

It costs nothing to get us out to your door (excluding after-hours).

Run length and how easily we get into the line set most of it:

Access A line with a clear outside gully or inspection opening is quicker to run than one that needs a floor waste or roof vent.
Depth and run length Deep sewer runs under slab take more cable and more time than a shallow boundary line.
A clear on the spot A diagnosis alone costs less than a run that turns into a drain jetting job on the spot.
Timing After-hours runs fall outside the call-out offer, and you hear those terms before booking.

When We're Not the Right Call

The camera stops at the junction with the street sewer. If the footage shows the choke sits at or past that point, the main is Hunter Water's to clear, and you can pass our recording on when you report it.

Where the Footage Leads

An inspection is the start, not the whole job. Depending on what the camera shows, the next step might be tree root removal, a blocked sewer clear, pipe relining to seal cracked clay without digging, or a stormwater drains repair. Every drain service is grouped on the drains hub, and our leak detection service pairs with the camera when water is escaping rather than draining.

CCTV Drain Inspection Questions

Do you run the camera before and after clearing a drain?

Both. The first run finds the fault and its cause, and the second confirms the line is clear before we pack up. You see the footage either way.

Can a camera find leaks under a slab in Rutherford?

It can show where water is entering or leaving a line, and for leaks in pressurised pipes we pair the camera with acoustic and gas-trace detection gear to pinpoint the spot.

Will the camera work in the clay pipes under the older streets?

Yes. Vitrified clay lines from the post-war years take the camera fine, and that is where it earns its keep, because cracked joints and root entry are invisible from the surface.

Do you give me a copy of the inspection findings?

The plumber talks you through the footage on the spot, and any price for follow-up work is based on what that footage showed.

Need a plumber? Call or send the form

Call (02) 4915 2998 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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