Before we dig, we look. A push camera shows us exactly why your main is backing up — roots, offset joints, bellies, or scale — so you pay for the right fix, not a guess. Serving Broward, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach.
When toilets bubble as the tub drains, or several fixtures back up at once, the problem is downstream in the main — not a single sink trap.
South Florida ficus and oak roots chase moisture into pipe joints and hairline cracks. On camera they look like a wet mop clogging the line — recurring backups are the classic sign.
Shifting sandy soil over slab-on-grade homes pulls old clay and cast iron sections out of alignment, snagging waste and paper at the lip until it dams up.
A low spot in the line holds water and sludge that never fully drains. The camera reveals a pool sitting in the pipe — a slow, repeating clog that snaking never truly fixes.
Decades of coastal humidity and mineral-heavy water leave pre-1975 cast iron flaking and narrowing from the inside, choking flow down to a trickle.
A persistent sewage smell indoors or an unexplained wet, sunken patch in the yard usually means the line is cracked or leaking below grade and needs eyes on it fast.
Not every failing sewer line needs to be torn out end to end. If the video shows a single cracked joint or a localized offset in otherwise sound pipe, we cut in and replace that short section. But when the footage reveals widespread scale, repeated bellies, or a line that has separated in several places, patching one spot only buys weeks. We show you the recording, mark the footage where each problem sits, and lay out the honest trade-off so the choice between a spot repair and a full replacement is yours to make with real evidence in front of you.
We run a self-leveling camera down the cleanout and watch the line on a monitor with you. A sonde transmitter marks the exact depth and location of the fault in your yard so nothing is guessed.
We identify whether you're dealing with roots, an offset, a belly, scale, or a collapse — and how much of the run is affected. That footage is what drives the spot-versus-full recommendation.
You get a clear scope and up-front number. For repairs that require it, we pull the Broward or Miami-Dade permit and coordinate the plumbing inspection — you never chase paperwork.
We tarp the work zone, set sod and soil aside separately, and keep the dig footprint tight. Open repairs are shored safely so we reach the pipe without wrecking the whole landscape.
The damaged section is cut out and rebuilt in new Schedule 40 PVC with proper slope and glued or banded couplings, then we camera the finished run to confirm clean flow before backfilling.
We meet the county inspector, backfill in compacted lifts, and reset the soil and sod. You receive the passed inspection record and a written warranty covering the repaired section.
No two sewer jobs cost the same, and we won't pretend otherwise. Here's what genuinely changes the number once we see the camera footage.
"Two other companies wanted to dig up my whole front yard. These guys ran the camera first, showed me it was one cracked joint by the cleanout, and did a spot repair for a fraction of the price. Honest work."
"Roots had wrecked the old cast iron under my Miami house. They handled the county permit and the inspection so I didn't have to lift a finger. Line drains perfect now and I have the paperwork to prove it."
"What impressed me was how careful they were with the yard. They set the sod aside, kept the dig tight, and you can barely tell they were here after they re-graded. Camera confirmed clean flow before they filled it in."
"My drains kept backing up every few months. Turned out to be a belly holding water in the line — the camera showed the pool sitting there. They replaced that dropped section and the recurring clogs finally stopped."
The camera gives us a live, recorded look at the inside of your sewer line from the cleanout to the city connection. We can see roots feeding through a joint, a section that has dropped into a belly, scale narrowing old cast iron, or a full separation where the pipe has pulled apart. We also mark the exact depth and yard location of the fault with a locator so any digging goes straight to the problem. You watch it with us, and we keep the footage so the diagnosis isn't just our word.
Roots return when they still have a way in. That's why we don't just cut them out and leave — we replace the compromised section with new solid PVC and sealed couplings so there's no open joint or crack for roots to exploit. In South Florida, aggressive ficus and oak roots are relentless, so if a nearby tree sits directly over the line we'll flag it. Once the failed section is replaced with intact pipe, the root pathway at that spot is closed off, and the warranty covers that repaired section.
Yes. Sewer work that opens the ground or replaces a section generally requires a plumbing permit, and requirements differ between Broward and Miami-Dade municipalities. We pull the permit under our license, schedule the inspection, and meet the inspector on site so the work is signed off correctly. You get the passed inspection record for your files. Handling this ourselves protects you at resale and keeps the repair legitimate rather than an off-the-books patch.
A localized spot repair on a shallow line is often a one-day job — excavate, replace the section, camera-verify, and backfill. A full replacement of a long run, or a repair under a slab, driveway, or mature landscaping, can take two to several days depending on depth and restoration. Permit and inspection timing can add scheduling steps in some municipalities. When we give you the scope, we give you a realistic timeline for your specific line rather than a generic promise.
The camera footage makes the call, not a sales pitch. If the pipe is sound except for one cracked joint or a single offset, a spot repair is the right, economical fix and we'll say so. If the video shows scale throughout, several bellies, or old cast iron that's failing along its length, replacing one spot only delays the next backup — a full replacement is the honest recommendation. We show you where each problem sits on the recording and let you decide with the evidence in front of you.
See the real problem on camera, get an honest spot-versus-full recommendation, and let a licensed crew handle the permit, the dig, the yard, and the inspection. Repairs across Broward, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach come backed by a written warranty on the repaired section.
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