Fault Finding Blocked Drains
888 Plumbing Solutions has the latest technology for inspecting issues with your drains and pipes. If you have issues with a blocked toilet, blocked drains, a slow draining bath tub or shower it is very important that we are able to search and locate issues within your drainage system and then rectify them seamlessly and quickly so that your drain or sewerage system is left fully operational. CCTV (closed circuit television) systems have been used by plumbers in the inner west for around 15 years now. This state of the art technology can save many hours in drainage diagnostic time by allowing us to determine issues within drains and pipes quickly, accurately and efficiently
Plumbing CCTV Cameras – How They Work
You may have heard about a plumber using a camera to find out why their toilet system has been blocking, but how exactly do CCTV cameras work and why is it important to call a plumber (like 888 plumbing Solutions) that has a CCTV camera in their plumbing toolkit? Plumbing CCTV cameras make use of recent advances in electronics minaturisation and fibre optic technology. The camera on a plumbing CCTV inspection unit uses (generally) a ‘CCD’ (charge coupled device) camera head, which is similar to the device used to capture images on a mobile phone. This camera needs illumination in a plumbing camera system as drains and pipes hopefully do not have any daylight getting into them. The illumination is provided by l.e.d. lights which are mounted close to the camera sensor. The images from the camera head are fed, via an electrical cable to a control box which has a television camera mounted in it, where the images captured by the sensor head in the drain have been captured. So the plumber is able to watch the television screen as he feeds the camera head along the drains and pipes in your home and can spot breakages in the drains or blockages in the drains.
Blocked Drains Diagnosed Quickly And Transparently
In the past Plumbers would need to spend hours trying to locate an issue including any blockages, leaks or other problems. Now we can download images directly onto a usb stick (memory device) so that clients can see for themselves what is going on in their drains and why they are experiencing drainage and blockage issues within those systems. Not only does this provide honest transparency in regards to the issue, but it also provides you with peace of mind in regards to quotations to rectify the issue. Not only will the image provide the above but it can also provide important information on how to solve the problem including flushing the pipe work or possibly repairing pipework. This is important as this diagnostic ability saves a huge amount of time and money.
