When Do You Need a Camera Inspection for Exterior Drain Lines?
Exterior drainage failures can be deceptive—water often shows up far from the actual problem. Camera inspection helps document what’s happening underground so you can avoid unnecessary digging.
What a camera inspection can document
- Root intrusion and snag points
- Cracks, separations, or offsets
- Blockages and trapped debris
- Standing water / low spots that don’t drain
- Collapse or severe restriction
Access matters—if there’s a cleanout or entry point, inspection is often straightforward.
When camera inspection is most useful
- Pooling water that persists long after rain
- Wet basements/crawlspaces with unclear cause
- Suspected clogged or damaged buried downspout drains
- Large trees near drain paths (root risk)
- Before landscaping, hardscapes, or foundation work
Inspection-only, independent reporting
GroundTruth is inspection-only. We don’t sell repairs. You get documentation you can take to the contractor of your choice.
Start with Exterior Drainage Inspections. If your next step involves excavation and you need to know where private utilities run, see Foundation Pipe Mapping.
Ready to stop guessing?
Book a drainage inspection and get clear documentation of what’s happening underground.
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GroundTruth uses documented inspection visuals and field-based findings to explain what may be happening and what to inspect next.
