Surfer Scopes

Sewer Scoping & Backflow Testing

Residential & Commercial Sites

Surfer Scopes LLC is licensed, bonded, and insured, and provides services throughout the greater Portland metro area.

CCB # 258156

Services

Sewer Inspections

Surfer Scopes provides high quality video inspections of residential and commercial sewer drain lines. A comprehensive written report and video of each inspection is sent directly to every client.

Residential

Single Family Homes
Multi-family
Pre-Construction
Obstructions, clogs

Commercial

Line length up to 200 ft

Backflow Testing

Surfer Scopes is an Oregon state certified backflow tester.

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Residential

Single Family Homes
Multi-family buildings

Specialist in residential backflow testing

Commercial

Office / industrial
Retail / restaurants
Government / municipal
Healthcare / labs

Why get a sewer line scoped?

A sewer line is arguably the most important utility in a home or business, and if it fails or is compromised the effects can be devastating. A sewer scope examines and documents the conditions found in a sewer line, and can find issues that can lead to a line failure. Some common issues include tree roots, blockages, cracks, separations, and insufficient drainage. A scoping can also tell you what material your pipe is made out of so that you can monitor for future issues.

What does a sewer scope look like?

Preconstruction Pipe Examples

Testing a sewer line before it is covered with dirt. This inspection is required by the city to verify that the pipe can hold water without leaking at any of its glued joints. A rubber test ball is inflated into the line to perform this test and on rare occasions this test ball is not removed when the dirt is backfilled. This is easily identified with a video inspection.

There are a lot of utilities underground in new home construction! Shown here are the sewer pipes, stormwater pipes, underground power lines, low voltage conduit, and Cable TV / internet line. Movement in the sewer line can occur when all of the dirt is put back into place. Improper compaction and support of this pipe when backfilling can result in failures that can only be observed with a video line inspection.

The sanitary sewer line is the black ABS pipe. The stormwater pipes are the white PVC. Checking to make sure these lines are not cross connected into the main lines is easily done with a video inspection.

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