Camera inspection
A flexible cable carries a small camera down the lateral, and the video shows cracks, offset joints, roots and exactly where the pipe is blocked.
Sewer Line Repair in White Plains
Your sewer lateral carries everything that drains from the house out to the public sewer main. If it clogs, cracks or collapses, we run a camera through it and then repair or replace it.
White Plains has a chapter of its code just for sewer laterals. It sets who looks after the pipe and what a sale of the house sets in motion.
Sewer lateral work
Root clearing
Roots find their way into joints and cracks in a lateral. A cutting head clears them out of the pipe, then a camera run confirms the line is open and shows what the roots damaged.
Repairing a section
When only one stretch of the lateral is damaged, that piece can be cut out and replaced on its own, leaving the rest in place.
Replacing the lateral
When the entire lateral has given way, it is replaced end to end with new pipe between the house and the sewer main.
Who looks after the lateral
The sewer lateral chapter in the White Plains code makes the private property owner solely responsible for all required maintenance, repairs and replacements of the lateral.
Selling a home and the sewer camera
Before a renewal event, a property owner has to obtain a plumber’s certification. A renewal event is a sale of the property for value, or building or plumbing permits for work over 50% of its equalized value.
The certification comes from a plumber licensed in Westchester and includes a closed-circuit television (CCTV) video record of the entire lateral. On a sale, the seller and the buyer are both responsible for filing it.
Defects found have to be repaired within 60 days, unless the Commissioner allows more time.
House age and the sewer line
White Plains has half of its homes built in or before 1960. Our sewer line age checker starts from that year and rates the line by age, or you can enter the year your own house went up.
Frequently asked questions
Does selling my house in White Plains require a sewer inspection?
Yes. A sale for value is a renewal event, so the owner needs a plumber’s certification with a CCTV video of the whole lateral, and seller and buyer are both responsible for filing it.
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