How much is a CCTV drain survey in Teesside?

£100 to £250 in 2026 depending on the size of the property and how much pipework is inspected. Pre-purchase surveys with a formal report sit at the upper end of that range.

How long does a survey take?

Most domestic surveys take one to two hours on site, with the written report and footage following within a day or two.

Do I get the footage or just a report?

You should get both. Ask before booking, because a report without the video leaves you unable to get a second opinion on the recommended work.

Is a drain survey worth it before buying a house?

On older property, yes. Drainage is excluded from standard homebuyer surveys, and a £150 survey that finds a collapsed run has just told you about a four-figure liability before you own it.

CCTV drain surveys in Teesside

A CCTV drain survey in Teesside costs £100 to £250 in 2026: a camera run through the pipework, footage of any defect, and a written report giving the fault, its depth and its distance along the run so nobody has to guess before digging.

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Seeing the pipe instead of guessing

A drainage camera turns an argument into a fact. Pushed or crawled through the run from an open chamber, it shows the fracture, the displaced joint, the root mass, the standing water in a sagged section, and it records the distance so the fault can be found from the surface with a locator rather than a series of hopeful holes. On a Teesside house with clay pipework laid before the war, that is the difference between a £400 patch repair and a £3,000 dig.

What the price covers

The camera run itself: the accessible run inspected from the chambers, with commentary on what is on screen as it goes.
Footage you keep: a video file, usually sent by email or supplied on a drive, rather than a verbal description of something you never saw.
A written report: the defect described in standard terms, with depth, distance and a photograph or still of each fault.
A recommendation with prices: what should be done, what can wait, and what the realistic cost of each option looks like.

When a survey earns its money

Four situations justify it. A drain that has blocked more than once in the same place, where the cause is structural rather than what went down the sink. Any quote involving excavation, since nobody should open a lawn or a drive on a hunch. A house purchase, particularly on the Victorian stock in central Middlesbrough, Stockton or Hartlepool where the drainage is original and the survey often pays for itself at the negotiating table. And a subsidence or damp claim, where insurers routinely want drainage evidence before they will accept a cause.

Pre-purchase surveys on older TS housing

A homebuyer's survey stops at the surface. Drainage is specifically excluded from most valuation reports, which is why a separate camera survey is worth commissioning on anything pre-1960. It is a routine request for solicitors and sellers on Teesside, it usually takes under two hours, and the report is the document that either buys you a price reduction or lets you proceed knowing the pipework is sound. Where the survey does find damage, the repair page covers the no-dig options and the collapsed drain guide explains how serious each defect type really is.