Sewer camera inspection in Fairfax Station.
A sewer camera inspection in Fairfax Station is $89 added to a visit, or $500 to $1,700 on its own. Out here the line may end at a septic tank.
- Camera before any dig
- Priced in writing first
- Dedicated plumbing team
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Half of Fairfax Station drains to septic, half to the county sewer.
First question in Fairfax Station: where does your line end? The county Health Department shows active septic permits on about 3,000 properties with a 22039 address, close to half the houses, and nearly 9 in 10 of them sit west of Ox Road, along Hampton, Clara Barton, Havenner and Yates Ford. There the pipe leaving the house ends at a tank in the yard, not at a main under the street.
We run the camera from the cleanout to the tank’s inlet and stop there. SwiftPro does no septic work; the tank, its baffles and the drainfield go to a septic contractor the county licenses. The county’s septic code counts effluent backing up into the building sewer line as a malfunction, so on a slow septic house the camera tells you whether it’s the pipe or the tank.
Of the active septic permits, 83 percent were issued between 1970 and 1999, so most lines to a tank are plastic. Clay, cast iron and Orangeburg tar paper pipe belong mainly to the roughly 300 houses in 22039 built before 1970. The wooded lots add roots: the county’s septic code has maples, cottonwoods and willows cleared 10 feet back from a new drainfield for their water-loving roots, and those same roots find a pulled joint in the line.
Crosspointe is the sewered side. Its streets barely show up in the septic permits, so those houses drain to Fairfax County’s sewer, and they’re the youngest here: the typical owner’s house dates from 1993. Plastic runs all the way to the street, so a Crosspointe camera hunts for a belly where the trench settled, or a joint by the foundation that slipped apart.
What’s under the yards across Fairfax Station.
Census figures for the owner-occupied homes in each place, and the sewer pipe houses that age usually have.
| Place | Median home built | Most homes are | Heated with | The sewer line you usually find |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfax Station | 1982 | single-family houses, about 9 in 10 | gas, about 5 in 10 | PVC to the street, mostly; a settled trench can leave a sag. |
| South Run | 1988 | single-family houses, nearly all | gas, about 9 in 10 | PVC to the street, mostly; a settled trench can leave a sag. |
| Crosspointe | 1993 | single-family houses, nearly all | gas, about 8 in 10 | PVC to the street, mostly; a settled trench can leave a sag. |
Fairfax Station houses, by the numbers
From the Census Bureau’s 2020 to 2024 survey, owner-occupied homes unless it says otherwise.
Fairfax Station
ZIP 22039 as a whole: every Fairfax Station address. The Fairfax Station Census place in the table also takes in streets with Fairfax mail.
- Median home built1988 Census
- Built before 1980about 1 in 10 Census
- Built since 2000about 1 in 10 Census
- Most homes aresingle-family houses, nearly all Census
- Heated withgas, about 6 in 10 Census
- Rentedhardly any Census
- 1980s and 90s houses mostly run PVC to the street, where a sag in settled backfill is the thing to rule out.
What a sewer camera inspection costs in Fairfax Station.
Why we’re at the house decides which price you pay. On its own, the line often has to be cleared before the camera can see anything, and that’s what moves the number.
- Sewer camera inspection, added to a visit$89
- Sewer camera inspection on its own$500 to $1,700
A locator on the camera head marks the spot and its depth on the ground, so if something needs fixing you know where. If the line is fine, nobody talks about digging.
Comfort+ membership is $199 a year for four visits: a dryer vent cleaning, a water heater flush with a sewer camera inspection, a heating maintenance visit and a cooling maintenance visit.
When to put a camera down the line in Fairfax Station.
Every drain in the house slows down at once
When the tub, the toilets and the basement floor drain slow down together, the trouble is past the last branch: the main line or, on a septic lot, the tank. The county logs each pump-out by address in PLUS. Pumped recently and still slow? Then look at the pipe.
Big trees in the front yard
Roots don’t break a sewer line. They find a crack or a loose joint that’s already there and grow into it, which is why a line under old trees is worth a look before it slows down.
Water comes up the floor drain
When the washer empties and water rises in the basement floor drain, or a toilet gurgles while a sink runs, the main line isn’t carrying it all away. The camera shows why.
How to pick the best plumber for a sewer camera inspection in Fairfax Station.
Questions to ask anybody who offers to put a camera down your line, us included.
Will the report say how far out the problem is?
Ask for the distance from the cleanout to whatever the camera found, and to the tank’s inlet. If the trouble sits at the inlet, your septic contractor needs that footage to dig in the right spot.
Will they show you what the camera finds?
Ask to see it and to keep a copy. “It’s roots” with nothing to show for it is a guess, and a guess is a bad reason to dig up a yard.
Do they line and dig, or only one?
A company that only digs tends to see a dig, and one that only lines tends to see a liner. We do both, so the footage decides, not the truck.
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Sewer camera questions from Fairfax Station.
Who owns the sewer line at a Fairfax Station house?
You do, either way. On a septic lot the pipe, the tank and the field are all yours, and the Health Department wants the tank pumped at least every five years. On the sewer, Fairfax County makes the whole lateral yours out to its main, under the street included; replacing it takes a county plumbing permit, plus VDOT’s under a state road.
Buying west of Ox Road: does the line need a camera?
It’s worth one beside the septic inspection. The septic contractor judges the tank and the field; the camera covers the pipe between the house and the tank, the stretch a home inspection usually stops short of. Book it inside your inspection period.
How much does a sewer camera inspection cost in Fairfax Station?
$89 added to a visit we’re already making, $500 to $1,700 booked on its own. The difference is clearing: a visit just for the camera often has to clear the line first.
Should I get a sewer camera inspection before I buy a house?
If the house is older or has big trees out front, yes. A standard home inspection usually doesn’t include one, and in most of Northern Virginia the line from the house toward the street is the owner’s to fix.
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See the line before anybody digs.
Call, or book online and pick a window. You get the price in writing first, and if the camera says the line is fine, that’s what we’ll tell you.
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