Any way to see down a drain to find a broken or fractured pipe?

Sue Zooki · 2005-08-06T09:49:29+00:00

I have a leak from the main drain from the house, which unfortunatelyruns under my garage base. I have a pit, 5'6" deep, in the garage, andthe water is seeping into the pit. Getting the job done is no problem,but I want, if possible, to find exactly where the break or fracture isto cut down on guesswork, and the amount of digging of course.I toyed with the idea of using a webcam on the end of drain rods to takea look for the break, but as it's at least 20 feet from the manhole, andthe maximum length for a USB 1.1 cable is only around 10 feet, that ideawas kicked into touch. Getting someone in with specialist camera gear isout of the question due to cost.Anyone have any other suggestions other than, "Get digging matey"?

Aug 06, 2005 20 Replies

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Sue Zooki 21 years ago

That did the job. My pals security camera was from Aldi, not Maplins, and I had to tie a small torch to it as it wasn't the IR one. It will have saved a lot of work as the fracture in the pipe is a good 8 feet from where it appeared to be, and is in the street, not under the garage base.

Thanks again to everyone who replied.

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