Looking for Sewer Scope guy in Northern Colorado

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Any recommendations for a good sewer scope company in Northern Colorado Boulder to Ft. Collins? Denver metro area?

Thanks for any help you can provide here.

Rick Moore
Sherlock Homes Inspection & Appraisal, LLC
Mead, CO

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In my area most all Licensed Plumbers perform Lateral Line scoping, so if you know a good plumber, you maybe found someone that does a fair job scoping!

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Should be pretty easy to find a licencee plumber that has a scope, especially those that do sewer and drain repair work. (I say that because not all plumbers do repair work, just new installs). If you are needing someone to scope a line on a home you are inspecting, you may find another inspector that would have a scope but make sure there is readily available clean-out. We as inspectors that do sewer scopes are sometimes limited because there are times we just can not find a good place to enter the drain line (especially in older homes). Sometimes removal of a toilet is the best and easiest place to enter and that would require a plumber and special permission from the seller.

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And not all persons (Plumbers, Inspectors, Other…) do quality work/scoping.
Just because one owns a tool, does not mean they can utilize it properly!!

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Jim Krumm at Colorado’s Best Home Inspections performs them and also teaches sewer scope inspection for InterNACHI at the House of Horrors in Boulder.

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Thank you gentlemen, not what I am looking for. I am well aware that many plumbers perform the service, at a premium. But I have also run into independents that only do sewer scopes, and they are very reasonable in their pricing. I have a good guy for the Denver Metro area now, but was looking for that type of relationship in Northern Colorado. And thank you Kenton, I took Jim Krumm’s sewer scope training class at the InterNACHI headquarters in boulder, he is a good guy. However; again not what I am looking for. Appreciate the input, however, thanks again.

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Im my area, Licensed Plumbers charge the same or less than inspectors, on average, $125-$150 up to 100ft.

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Thanks Jeff, I haven’t seen that yet. But I will definitely call around some more now and see.

Thanks again all,

Rick

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I didn’t have to bother calling. I see local contractors all the time while getting fuel, coffee, etc. I just walk over to them, exchange biz cards, and chat a bit. Good way to build resources and be able to discuss with your clients ‘real world’ approximations on basic services.

It also doesn’t hurt buying their coffee every now and than. :wink: