Sewer Inspection In Tampa Using An EasyCAM Sewer Camera
This is an actual video that was taken by Olin Plumbing at a customer's house in South Tampa that shows the inside view of the customer’s Cast Iron sewer pipe.
This same video on this page can be found on our YouTube channel as 3 separate videos with the following titles:
- Sewer Line Inspection - EasyCAM Sewer Camera - South Tampa – Part 1
- Sewer Line Inspection - EasyCAM Sewer Camera - South Tampa – Part 2
- Sewer Line Inspection - EasyCAM Sewer Camera - South Tampa – Part 3
In Part 1 a plumber with Olin Plumbing takes us on a tour of the inside of the pipes entering in through the cleanout at the front of the customer’s house using the EasyCAM sewer camera and monitor. He explains to the viewer what they are seeing each step of the way which includes everything from cracks in the Cast Iron pipe to how much the piping has degraded over time.
In Part 2 and Part 3 a plumber with Olin Plumbing is on the roof of the customer's house in South Tampa. He has just dropped the camera down the vent stack which is for one of the bathrooms in the house. He discovers that the vent stack is plastic at first and it then changes to Cast Iron as he continues down the vent stack indicating that there must have been some kind of repair that was previously made. As he continues further down the vent stack he discovers that there is standing water. He then continues down till he reaches the main sewer pipe shown in Part 1 of this video. He shows where the pipe is cracked going towards the street from the roof cleanout and how large the hole is enabling sewer gases to seep out of the pipe into the house.
If you would like to learn more about sewer and drain inspection please visit our Sewer and Drain Inspection in Tampa web page.
If you reside within the Greater Tampa Bay Area of Florida and are experiencing issues with your sewer line or any other plumbing problems be sure to give Olin Plumbing a call at (813) 443-5820 or (727) 443-2174.
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June 9th at approximately 1:10 p.m.
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Entering in through the cleanout from the front of the house.
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And we are going in.
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As you can see the cast iron looks pretty rough as we're going in.
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If you look right there
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as I'm just entering in you can see the crack
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in the system in the pipe right there as I’m going up into the pipe.
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The whole thing is cracked.
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It looks like there's a chunk or a piece missing right there.
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As we go in and the cast iron is quite old and degenerating.
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There's a little bit of standing water right there.
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There's another big break right there in the pipe
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where there appears to be some seepage
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and a piece of the cast is laying there on the side.
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If you look on the bottom there you can see it as well.
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So I continue to move forward.
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We see some more.
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Cockroaches running in and out.
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Of course you see a little water right there.
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There is something like the toilet paper of some object inside.
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Let's see if I can just
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get to the other side of that without blocking up the lens.
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It is toilet paper.
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I'm just
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trying to get in and get past it right now
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or push it all the way up.
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Okay, right here is a Y and I would have to assume
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that this Y is what
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goes over to the kitchen line.
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And then it goes up
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right here where the toilet paper is lodged.
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And now I will back back out
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and see.
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It appears that they had tied in that Y right there.
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And it also appears that there's another fitting
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right here.
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Which could be the connection for the tub.
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So I'm going to back out
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and you see the standing water right there
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on the
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bottom
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of the sewer pipe.
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So I'm going to pull back
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and you can see that standing water
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all right there.
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And how rough the inside of that cast iron is all the way through.
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Backing out.
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And how it's all cracked
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right through there as I showed you as I went in.
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And I'm coming back and you can see how busted it is right there.
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All the way coming back.
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Going underneath the house up to this point.
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At this time I'm
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going to turn the camera going into the opposite direction
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and go back towards the street.
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And see what we're looking like on
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that side as well.
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As you can see just entering the cast iron
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just past the cleanout
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the cast is pretty well rotted
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and appears to be broke up pretty good.
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I do not see
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there's a break right there
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where you just seen the cockroach run into the pipe
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where it's all cracked right there.
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And you can see it's cracked
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all over there in the pipe as well.
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As I'm going through the cast iron
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you can see how deteriorated it is
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and in need of replacement.
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There is standing water
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in the bottom of the pipe.
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As I move along
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heading towards the street.
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It looks like there are roots
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right there
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that have entered into the pipe.
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As we continue to go down.
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And what appears to be
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the city tap right here.
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Going down
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into the tap and into the main city sewer.
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I will back out.
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And this is where the cast iron continues and the roots.
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As I continue to back out.
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Coming away from the street now.
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As you can see the cast is cracked up there on top.
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In very bad shape.
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All cracked up right there.
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As you look at this part you can see it all cracked
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and cockroaches coming in and out of that crack in the pipe.
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This time I'm exiting the cleanout.
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And back outside.
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I am now on the roof
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dropping the camera down the vent stack
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for that same bathroom group that we were just in.
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It appears that the vent stack going down for this bathroom
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is plastic.
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You can see where there’s a connection right there.
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There’s a joint.
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Could be the lavatory.
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As we continue down it changes to cast iron right here.
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So there must have been some type of repair made
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because now we're going into the cast
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and as we can see
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there appears to be
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no cracks.
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Well, right there.
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If you look right there,
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there's a crack there.
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Cast iron continues down
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wise
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or there’s a fitting right there
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and then I'm in standing water.
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Which I do not understand why
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there’s any standing water there.
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Through the pipe
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into the main sewer
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where we ran into that toilet paper earlier.
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And we already have this on footage.
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And you can see right there
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where the pipe is cracked.
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Going towards the street from the roof cleanout
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and how big of a gap there is right there.
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That's a pretty big hole for sewer smell
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and gases to seep out of to go into that bedroom.
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That pipe is pretty well broken out right there
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and there's no question in my mind that the sewer gases
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are seeping in through there and getting into this house.
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As you can see it's cracked all the way on down
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and it continues to go.
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As we move down further.
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That is the cleanout right there in front of the house
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with the plug in it.
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Stop recording.
