Illustrative comparison, not job-site footage
Kyle, TXMultifamily / HOA common linesMarch 2026
Repeat backups at a Kyle multifamily common line
Apartment community common sewer, Kyle · Sewer Jetting & CCTV Inspection
The problem
The management company was paying a plumber to cable the same common line every few months and charging it to the operating budget as an emergency each time. Residents in four units bore the disruption. No one had documented why it kept happening.
Our approach
- Scoped the common line first so the board could see the cause instead of paying for another blind cabling call
- Cut roots mechanically, then hydro-jetted the full 90 ft run back to the pipe wall
- Mapped the two mature trees over the affected joints so the recurrence had an explanation on paper
- Ran a verification scope the same visit and set a monitored annual interval from the observed regrowth rate
What the camera found
- Fine root intrusion at nearly every joint across a 90 ft run of aging clay common line
- Scale and grease buildup narrowing the effective diameter between root masses
- Two mature trees mapped directly over the affected joints, explaining the recurrence
- No collapse or major structural failure, so cleaning and monitoring was the right call
Measurable results
- Root-cutting and hydro-jetting restored full diameter with a verification scope run the same visit
- Video evidence converted a recurring emergency spend into a scheduled annual maintenance line item
- Board approved a monitored maintenance plan instead of a speculative pipe replacement
- Run cleared
- 90 ft
- Joints with roots
- Nearly all
- Emergency spend
- Now scheduled
- Replacement
- Not required