If you are buying, selling or fixing a property in Glasgow, a drain survey can show the pipe's condition. The camera can find cracks, roots and moved joints without digging. Say why you want a survey in your request.
Use the request form to explain your reason. Mention if you are buying, selling or chasing repeat blockages. Make sure the engineer can reach your gully or chamber, because the camera needs a way in.
The survey covers your private pipes. Once a drain leaves your boundary, it becomes a public sewer, which Scottish Water runs.
Ask for a written report and a copy of the footage, since you may need them later. The report should describe what the engineer found and what they suggest next.
Some drains need cleaning before the camera can see clearly. The engineer may therefore jet the pipe first. Ask whether that cost sits in the quote.
Scottish building standards say people should enter drains only where there is no alternative. A camera is the safe way to look inside. So in Glasgow, ask how the surveyor will reach your drain.
A few good questions can save money later, because they show how the engineer works. Put them in your request, or ask when the engineer replies.
Shared drains inside one boundary, such as a block of flats, stay private. So a survey of your building looks at private pipes. Once a drain leaves the boundary, it becomes a public sewer.
Yes, the camera can show where your pipe meets another one. In Scotland, a drain becomes a public sewer when it leaves your boundary, or joins drains from another property's separate curtilage (its own grounds). Ask the surveyor to mark that point in the report.
Prices vary with the drain length, the access and the detail in the report. UK cost guides differ, and none is specific to Glasgow, so ask for a written quote.
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