CCTV Drain Surveys Birmingham — no call-out fee

Why you might need a survey: build-over agreements, S104, and property purchases

The most common reason Birmingham homeowners book a CCTV survey is a build-over agreement. If you are extending over or close to a public sewer, Severn Trent Water — which adopted most of the region's lateral drains and sewers under the 2011 private-drain transfer — will want a survey confirming the pipe's condition and exact position before it grants approval, and the same footage supports a Section 104 sewer-adoption agreement on a new-build development. A survey answers the question no rod or plunger can: what the pipe is actually doing underground. We grade every defect we find to the WRc Manual of Sewer Condition Classification (MSCC5) — the standard adopters and insurers recognise — so a hairline fracture, a root mass, and a collapsed section are each scored on the same objective scale rather than described loosely. You receive two deliverables: a written report setting out the findings and recommended repairs, and a drain map showing where your pipes run and where the problems sit. The process is deliberately form-first: request a survey online, we book a slot and attend with the camera rig, then the report and map come back to you by email — no waiting on a call-back, no pressure on the doorstep. Buying a period property is the other strong reason to survey before you commit. Moseley's large Victorian houses and Edgbaston's Calthorpe Estate villas often combine original clay drainage, decades of alterations from flat and HMO conversions, and mature garden trees sitting directly over the runs — exactly the conditions that hide expensive faults from a standard homebuyer report. A pre-purchase CCTV survey turns "the drains looked fine" into documented evidence while you still have room to renegotiate.