CCTV Drain Inspection Hamilton

A CCTV drain inspection in Hamilton sends a waterproof camera down your pipes to show exactly what is blocking, cracking or collapsing them, without digging a single hole. We quote a fixed price before starting, and you can book by calling (02) 4063 1232 or sending the form. It is how a plumber in Hamilton finds the fault before quoting the fix.

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Licensed plumbers and gas fitters · NSW Lic. 359278C

Last updated September 2026

Why put a camera down before you quote?

Guesswork costs money. Without footage, a blocked line gets cleared, the water runs, and nobody knows whether the crack that let the roots in is still there. Three weeks later the same section blocks again.

A camera survey changes that. It shows:

Where roots have entered and how far the mat has spread along the pipe
Cracked or fractured clay and earthenware joints that will keep opening
Grease narrowing the pipe walls, common near the restaurant strip
Sagging sections where the pipe has dropped and silt settles

With the footage on screen, the price covers the actual fault, not the most likely one.

What the survey covers

The camera records the full run of the line from an access point, and the locator marks where any problem sits and how deep it is. That last part matters more than people expect. Knowing a broken junction sits two metres down under the side path, rather than somewhere under the floor, is the difference between a dig and a reline.

So you see the pipe walls, not just the blockage
Depth and position marking for any fault, so repairs get quoted to the exact spot
A written summary of what the footage shows, in plain language

If the survey finds roots or a fracture, tree root removal and pipe relining set out the repair options. If the line is simply choked with grease or debris, drain jetting usually clears it, and we re-run the camera afterwards so you can see the pipe clean.

What pushes the price of a camera inspection?

Access is the main driver. A line with a clear external trap or inspection opening takes minutes to reach; one that only runs through an older cottage's internal plumbing takes longer to set up.

We provide up-front, honest quotes that will always match the final price, should you decide to go ahead. It costs nothing to get us out to your door (excluding after-hours).

Access To the line, through an inspection opening or through internal plumbing
Length Of the run, because a full pass to the sewer main takes longer to film
Locating work If a fault needs its depth and position marked for a repair quote

Why the pipes here need filming, not guessing

The ground is older than most of the housing.

The suburb's first drains went into the ground in the 1870s, and a lot of that glazed clay and earthenware is still carrying the load. Age opens cracks in clay, and every one of them is an open door for tree roots pushing in from the mature gardens near Gregson Park.

The suburb is filling in fast.

Area-level figures show 704 dwellings approved here over the last five years, and new infill units often connect into runs that are older than the building above them. A camera pass tells you which parts of the line are original and which have already been replaced, which is worth knowing before any renovation quote gets written.

The low ground adds its own wear.

On the floodplain streets near the Throsby and Cottage Creek channels, repeated storm surcharge can shift joints and settle lines, so footage after a wet season often explains a slow drain that "was never a problem before". The same applies to the bigger sites: a camera check on a line serving the bus depot or a shopfront near the tennis courts answers from the surface what a shovel would answer in a morning.

When we're not the right call:

if sewage is backing into the house right now, the first job is clearing the line, not filming it. The emergency plumber page covers urgent call-outs, and the camera check happens after the water is moving again. A fault out in the street main also sits with the water authority rather than with us.

What Customers Say

Our blocked toilet morphed into a huge plumbing earthworks project due to extreme pipe damage from tree roots.

Lauren

Drain questions locals ask

Can a camera inspection find a leak as well as a blockage?

Yes. The camera shows cracks, dropped joints and wet patches along the run, which is often how a hidden leak gets found. For faults elsewhere in the supply, the leak detection page covers a dedicated trace.

Do you inspect pipes in the older cottages?

Yes. Much of the drainage here dates to the township era, and the camera shows exactly where the clay and earthenware have cracked or let roots in before anything gets quoted.

Will I get a copy of the footage?

Yes. You see what the camera sees, and the findings come through in writing so you can file them or act on them.

Is it worth doing before buying a house here?

On a pre-war cottage, yes. Census figures count 1,993 dwellings in the suburb, a lot of them still on their first-generation clay drainage, and the footage shows the state of the pipes before you settle.

For the full drainage run, including clearing and stormwater work, start at the blocked drains page.

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