Pipe Inspection Camera, What A Breakthrough
The pipe inspection camera has been a huge break through in construction and repair. The camera system saves time, money, and effort in locating problems and is a must-have tool for any professional that uses hp pipes.
The pipe inspection camera is an optic borescope often times called a seesnake or a ridgid seesnake thought the flexible version is even more valuable. It works on the simplest principle of fiber optics. This just means that light travels through a fiber optic cable. In the case of the flexible pipe inspection cameras this means it can see around corners. At the one end is the camera or monitor and at the other is a sealed housing. That is a must when it is being used to look for leaks in a used septic line.
The advantages of using this type of system are numerous. The most obvious one is that they can see what the eye can't. One cannot stick their head into a one inch pipe to find a problem. The borescopes can go even smaller if need be. Also, even if you where to get your head into the pipe you lack the ability to see around corners.
This ability greatly speeds up the repair of leaks should they occur as well as makes the job less disruptive and expensive. By being able to isolate the area of the leak all attention can be focused on the right spot. This is opposed to have to go through the time and expense of having to repair a much greater section of piping. The saving there can be substantial when the problem is in a commercial or multi level office building. The plumbers can now get in and out quickly greatly reducing the cost of repairs.. This is even more important when dealing with sewer lines. Weather the problem is commercial or residential now one wants that problem to go on longer than it need too.
The pipe inspection camera can also help an owner to be pro-active rather than just re-active. Undoubtedly the age of the structure is known so it is not to hard to have a pretty good guess about what type of shapes the pipes will be in. This can help the owner decide if it is time to replace the pipes before a larger problem occurs.
The use of pipe inspection cameras and fiber optic scopes are not limited to the indoors, the have a place outside as well. Not only can they be used to isolate leaks but also for signs of corrosion. Outside leaks pose a significant problem that indoor leaks do not and that is that many times the smaller leaks go undetected, sometimes for years. Not only does this create a bio-hazzard if it is an outgoing pipe but weather it is outgoing or incoming the small leaks cane create the largest danger. We have all seen that happens to city streets when there is a small leak beneath them. Slowly, the soil will erode away until there is a collapse. With pipe inspection cameras pipe under the streets can be monitored for leaks as well. The pipe inspection camera make this possible.
