CCTV Drain Surveys
At Grey-Water Drainage Solutions, our CCTV drain surveys provide a precise and reliable assessment of your drainage system. Using advanced camera technology, we inspect and map your drains, giving you a detailed record of their layout, condition, and direction. A CCTV survey is invaluable for identifying blockages, assessing damage, and ensuring preventative maintenance. It plays a crucial role in verifying repairs, supporting construction projects, and meeting insurance requirements. If you're diagnosing an issue or planning for the future, we ensure you have the insight you need to maintain your property.
- Current response time as of
- 1 to 3 hours
- Every survey includes
- A drainage survey report
Why Do We Believe Our Engineers Are the Best?
You can call us now if you need immediate support, otherwise read on for tips on how to try and unblock your drain first. Don't risk using an uninsured or inexperienced drainage company, you can use our services with complete peace of mind. Guaranteed to solve your problem, at an affordable price, with an amazing friendly team. What more could you want?
See Our Team in Action! Watch as Chris uses CCTV technology to identify a problem within a drain.
Fully Qualified Engineers
If you live in the South East of England, we carry out our CCTV drain surveys near you, daily.
Total Peace of Mind
Identifying problems, providing solutions, saving you time and money.
Total Drainage Solutions
We carry out full drainage services, meaning when we conduct our drain maintenance visit, we can survey, log, unblock, clean, repair and report on our findings.
Full Drain Survey, Mapping and Reporting
If you require pre-purchase reports for your insurance, a survey for an investment, identification of blockages or leaks, or drainage mapping for renovations, you can count on us.
Why Have a CCTV Drain Survey?
Identifying Blockages
CCTV drain surveys are effective in locating blockages within your drainage systems, so by sending a camera down the drain, you can pinpoint the exact location and nature of the obstruction, whether it's caused by debris, roots, or other materials.
For external blockages such as manholes, we employ a variety of equipment including drain rods, high pressure water jetting, chain cleaners and gully grabs.
Assessing Damage
Surveys help in assessing the condition of your pipes. The camera can detect cracks, fractures, or other forms of damage to the pipes, which may lead to leaks or structural issues if left unattended.
Preventative Maintenance
Regular drain surveys can be part of a proactive maintenance plan to keep you on top of the goings-on in your property. By identifying potential issues early, you can take corrective action before they escalate into costly problems, such as collapsed pipes or extensive blockages.
Verification of Repairs
After conducting repairs or maintenance work on drainage systems, surveys can be used to verify the effectiveness of the repairs. This ensures that the problem has been adequately addressed and affords peace of mind to property owners or managers.
Planning and Construction
Before embarking on construction or renovation projects, it is essential to have a clear understanding of the existing drainage infrastructure. A CCTV survey can provide valuable insight into the layout and condition of the underground pipes, helping to avoid unexpected complications during construction.
Insurance Purposes
In some cases, insurance companies may require drain surveyors as part of property assessments or claims processes. This helps to accurately assess the condition of your drainage system and determine insurance coverage.
Services Included in Drain Mapping
We support domestic households in providing drainage solutions, and often it can be tricky to ascertain whether a drain is blocked. Here are some ways to tell:
Thorough CCTV Survey Drain Mapping
You will receive a survey with detailed results on our findings within your drainage system. This will address issues we come across and advice will be given to remedy them.
Comprehensive Site Diagrams
We will provide in-depth diagrams of your drainage system that you can keep as a reference point in the years to come if problems arise in future.
DVD of All Drain Mapping Footage
As we navigate your drains, we record every twist and turn to give you insight into the workings and issues of your system, providing you with a DVD you can keep.
Estimates on Repairs or Other Works
We provide estimates on remedial works and various repairs that may need to be carried out after undertaking CCTV drain surveys.
Risk and Method Statements
Risk assessments and method statements show how we tackle surveys, and hazards we may find, along with how to address them.
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Commercial or residential, our team are fully equipped to resolve your issue today.
Are You a Commercial Enterprise, Public Highway or Council?
Our options satisfy the most demanding requirements in addition to resolving the most immediate problems.
Full reporting
Thorough inspection with a full written report of findings.
Flood prevention
Flood prevention and management strategies for your infrastructure.
Emergency response
Fast response that keeps disruption to a minimum.
Consultation & planning
Long-term drainage strategies, upgrades and recommendations.
Simple estimates
Clear estimates so you know how cost links to the work.
Vulnerable residents
Patience, clear explanation and priority for elderly or frail clients.
High-risk areas
Security-vetted teams, including airport airside facilities.
Standard payment terms
Invoice billing and payment schedules as jobs complete.
Who we work with
Households
Fast help with blocked toilets, sinks and outside drains, day or night. Our engineers explain what they find, work clean and tidy, and give you an estimate before any repair.
Local councils
Reactive call-outs and planned work across council buildings, housing and public spaces, with full written reports for your records and priority care for elderly or vulnerable residents.
Public highways
We clear blocked road gullies and storm drains to reduce surface flooding, using jetting and tanker units. See our gully cleaning service.
Commercial enterprise
Blockages cleared with minimal disruption to trading, including out-of-hours visits, with clear estimates and invoice billing when the job is complete.
Commercial property
For managing agents and landlords across multiple sites: reactive unblocking, CCTV evidence to share with tenants and owners, and scheduled maintenance to stop repeat call-outs.
Investment companies
A clear picture of drainage condition across your assets, from CCTV inspections and written reports to long-term upgrade recommendations.
Estate agents
Quick fixes that keep a sale moving, and pre-purchase drain surveys that flag problems before completion.
Government & quango
Security-vetted teams, documented work and standard payment terms that fit the way public bodies operate.
NHS & private
Fast response to keep wards, clinics and healthcare sites running, with engineers who work considerately around patients and staff.
Airports
Security-vetted teams cleared to work in high-risk areas, including airside facilities, with work planned around operational demands.
Distribution
Yards, loading bays and site drainage kept flowing, with tanker and jetting units for large-volume work and visits planned around your operations.
Manufacturers
Reactive and planned drain maintenance for production sites, flood prevention planning and full reports for your health and safety records.
Some of our commercial clients
Frequently Asked Questions
When Should I Have a Survey Carried Out?
A drain inspection is usually carried out prior to a property renovation, acquisition, or in the event of selling. This is done to ensure everything is in proper working order so that no new tenants or owners come across problems with the drainage, or to provide total peace of mind for anyone working, leasing, or living in the property.
You may also need CCTV drain surveys undertaken if you're experiencing blocked drains and want to know the exact location of the blockage, or if you need a pipe relining and need the dimensions.
How Long Does a CCTV Drain Survey Take?
Depending on the size of your property, a survey can vary when it comes to how long it will take to complete. We have been known to complete surveys in as little as an hour, but equally, a vast drainage system will need more time to assess, sometimes requiring more than one session. Small residential properties are often less time consuming than large office complexes, though there can be extenuating circumstances, such as blocked or broken drains that can require investigation. After this is completed, the client will always be provided with a drainage survey report detailing our findings and any measures to take going forward.
How Much Does a CCTV Drain Survey Cost?
The sum total of our surveys is dependent on the length of a session and the size of a property. It can also depend on the complexity of a drainage system, the accessibility of the drains, and where the property is situated logistically. Our surveys are generally provided from £75, with extra services being available to undertake, such as ground excavation and the inspection of large properties.
Do I Have to Pay in Advance for a Survey?
Due to previous experiences, we ask for payment in advance of a drain inspection report being provided.
Do I Need a Drain Survey?
It may be pertinent to have a drain survey undertaken if you have moved into an old property or have been living in the same place for a few years without anything being done to your drains. Our experts are on call to help out and assess your drain system at a time that suits you. Give us a call to arrange an inspection by one of our local operatives.
Will a Survey Damage My Drains?
Our CCTV drain surveys will never damage your drains. We use state-of-the-art drain survey equipment, handled by fully-trained professionals to assess the state and quality of your drainage system.
Are There Local Drain Surveyors Near Me?
If you live in the Kent or London area, we have local operatives in your area. We are available to carry out commercial and residential drain surveys, depending on what you require. Give us a call and we will provide you with our next available visit date.
Can I Carry Out a CCTV Drain Survey Myself?
Due to the specialist training and equipment needed in order to carry out a drain survey, only experts are qualified to undertake them. Talk to us today and find out how we can save you stress and money with our experienced staff.
Further Information
What's Included in Our Drain Mapping Services?
When we provide our comprehensive site maps and diagrams, they will detail every part of your property alongside DVD footage if you require it. This includes all inspection chambers, drain runs, lateral drains and invert levels. We will also be able to provide you with a condition report, and inform you of any damage that will need repairing.
If you would like this service carried out on your drain lines whether to discover a damaged pipe's location causing a reoccurring issue or just to have a complete set of the drainage plans for your house or commercial property, get in touch with the Grey-Water team.
The Grey-Water Drain Mapping Process
When the Grey-Water team carry out a drain survey and mapping, we will use our flexible, state-of-the-art CCTV camera systems that fit perfectly down your pipes to take clear and accurate footage of your drain lines.
This footage and any pictures taken are then recorded and will be available to you, before we provide advice on what to do to keep your drains running as they should and suggesting any repairs that may need to be undertaken.
Commercial Drain Mapping
If you own a business, there may be a time when your property is having building works carried out or you are building a new property, meaning you will benefit from having a map of the current drain lines and sewer connections, as these will have to be connected to any new or improved parts of your building. You may also have a new maintenance contract, or be experiencing problems such as continuing flooding on your industrial estate.
Whatever the reason for your survey, we know that we can help carry it out quickly and smoothly, with little to no disruption to your daily routine. All Grey-Water engineers are fully qualified, CSCS certified, trained regularly in health and safety and well versed when it comes to site security, signing in and adhering to site rules.
We understand your property is a professional environment with its own set of specific requirements, so we will do everything we can to keep to the standards you set. Reach out to us or call the Grey-Water team today on 0800 141 3599 and we can discuss what you need done on your property before you book your survey.
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