Invest in an affordable sewer camera inspection with E.W. Tompkins Plumbing Heating Cooling 

  Before  you are poised to sign papers on a real estate transaction in Albany, Troy or Schenectady, ask yourself if you should ask the seller for a sewer line inspection.  Call E.W. Tompkins at 518-462-6577   Purchasing a home is stressful and expensive.  Talk to your home inspector about contacting a experienced plumbing company to secure a sewer camera inspection of your septic line or sewer line. Many homes in the Capital Region have very old pipes located between the house and the septic field or road sewer.  Many times its old clay pipe.  Pipes can be broken, crushed or full of roots and other debris.  We have seen plastic bags in them! A sewer camera is a long, strong cable with a aluminum or stainless steel head on it.  The thin head has numerous LED lights on it and a camera lens.  The camera head is connected to a video screen and the technician advances a long 100-150′ cable from a house clean out through the line.  Utilizing different controls on the box, the technician can determine if a line is clean or if there is a broken pipe.  A recording of the inspection can be made and given to the customer on a DVD or thumbdrive.  Some insurance companies request this. Our sewer cameras at E.W. Tompkins Plumbing Heating Cooling  sport a 512 hz Sonde transmitter in the head.  This allows for a Sonde Locator to pick up the signal.  Most can transmit from 10-15 feet below the ground.  The technician can locate the area of pipe with the problem pretty quickly.  Digging to make repairs can start after the camera is removed upon location.  

Sewer camera   Inspections save a lot of time, pinpoint the issue and save money for the customer.

At E.W. Tompkins Plumbing, we aim to assist you in diagnoising your plumbing problem.  

Call us at 518-462-6577 to schedule your appointment.