If your house is on Loudoun Water’s sewer, the rules split the line in two. You maintain the building sewer, Loudoun Water alone repairs the part under the street, and one of its inspectors checks any replacement before it is backfilled. A camera shows where a defect sits along that run, and that settles who fixes it. Whether your house sends its waste to a public sewer or to a septic tank decides who gets the first call, so confirm that before anything else.
The median owner home in ZIP 20129 went up in 1997, and about three in four date from 1980 or later. Lines from that stretch are usually plastic, which doesn’t rust, but a trench can settle into a sag and a joint can slip. About one owner home in six predates 1960, and under those lawns there may be clay tile or cast iron with roots working the joints. On an old line, the picture comes before the cable.
Trees are the other thing that gets into sewer lines. Storm winds on June 2, 2022 downed dozens of trees near Paeonian Springs, and on June 19, 2017 they snapped large poplars 10 to 20 feet up along Tim Tact Court. When a big tree in the yard goes, in a storm or under a saw, the roots left behind and the joints they have been working are worth a look on camera before the next heavy rain.
Water is the other factor. High water closed eastbound Route 7 at Charles Town Pike on August 6, 2020, and 6 to 8 inches flowed over Bridgeview Court near the Route 7 and Route 9 interchange on June 12, 2014. Once the ground is soaked, a line with a cracked joint takes in groundwater and a low spot holds waste. A drain that only slows after a hard rain is a good reason for a camera.