We've come up against an obstruction in a soil pipe that runs under a house extension. Has anyone any helpful advice on sourcing/hiring an affordable inspection camera system to see what is the problem?
Cheers,
SWe've come up against an obstruction in a soil pipe that runs under a house extension. Has anyone any helpful advice on sourcing/hiring an affordable inspection camera system to see what is the problem?
Cheers,
S
You can hire them from the likes of HSS -
It's probably cheaper to pay a specialist company to actually do the survey for you - which shouldn't cost much more than a couple of hundred quid.
If you fancy a DIY solution, you could attach one of Mr Maplin's cheap [1] cameras such as
Or better,
as
Google this group for this subject - it has been covered in detail a couple of times previously. My dad built a lego vehicle and attached a Maplin camera. Ended up with a really good system. All good fun! Jon.
Thanks for the tips Jon and Roger,
We hired this 'SeeSnake' from HSS for half a day in the end:
Before realising we could pull the rubber pusher through - by making a couple of holes in it to take a piece of coathanger wire to make an eye for the rope - we had made a wooden shuttle, from a piece of round fence post with floorboard nails hammered in as scrapers, and holes for rope attachment at each end. This we pulled back and forth to loosen any detritus - but it turned out there wasn't much to move in the end. The SeeSnake proved an excellent device for putting one's mind at rest (Note that it can be confusing working out which way up it is, but you soon get used to it.) and might even be worth having one's own...
Roger, that link about the cameras, reminds me I have been meaning to look into DIY home security, but, as there seems to be a very confusing amount of kit out there - some of it hugely expensive - I had not got very far with deciding what we needed and what to buy. I would imagine this is another FAQ...
Ta very much to all,
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