Tracing underground pipe with sonde tracer

thebackbar

Hello,

I'm looking to trace a plastic pipe underground.

I see some hire shops have tracers with sondes.

https://www.hirehere.ie/cat-sonde

Has anyone hired one of these from a hire shop ? are they effective in tracing pipes underground ?

Thanks

The Continental Op

They work well enough but you need to hire the C-Scope to find your dildo (yes thats what they are know as in some hire shops) plus you need a set of drain rods.

Probably not used that often because they are easy to loose down a drain if your not handy with the drain rods.

DublinDilbert

Does anyone know the best place to hire one of these with the detector? Or a company that will come out to mark the drain? I only need to map the location of 3-4m of drain.

The Continental Op

You could try some of the guys that empty septic tanks. The local one near me has all the gear. Many not have the sonde tracer but I would have thought a camera trip down your pipe work would give you a good idea of where it runs.

Hell you could hold a mobile phone down the drain and take a picture up it which will tell you if its a straight run.

DublinDilbert

I rented the detector and sonde from hire here, €50+ vat. Worked quite well, really useful bit of kit. Found the sewer pipe, after 0.5m it was dropping at a 45 degree angle.

Also they had covered in concrete so the sonde was really handy.