u/Low_Road_563

A friend of mine recently bought a brick ranch in Norwood Park and decided to waive inspection to stay competitive. Everything looked fine at first, finished basement and all, but a few weeks after closing the basement toilet backed up.

They ended up finding a collapsed clay sewer pipe with tree root intrusion, and now he’s dealing with a repair bills to dig up part of the yard.

It got me thinking about how often people actually do sewer scopes on older homes around Chicago. I know a lot of these properties have pretty old lines, but it doesn’t seem like something everyone checks.

Is a sewer scope something you always include, or only in certain situations?