What a CCTV drain inspection report should include
A drain inspection report has one job: let someone who wasn't there understand what the camera found, how serious it is, and what should happen next. Everything in the template below serves that. The order matters — a customer reads the summary, then the findings, then your advice, and they should never have to hunt for the price.
- Cover and job details. Your business, licence and contact; the customer and site address; the date and a report number.
- Inspection details. Where you started, which way you ran, the pipe material and size, and how far you got.
- Summary. How many findings, the worst one and where it is, and the overall condition in a sentence.
- Findings, by the metre. One row per observation: distance, what it is, a plain-English description, a grade, and a frame from the footage.
- Grade key. What your 1–5 means, on the page, in your name.
- Recommendation. What you advise and why, in its own section after the findings.
- Quote (optional). Line items, GST, total, how long it stands.
- Next steps. How to book, and how to reach you.
Keep findings and advice apart. Findings are what the camera recorded. Your recommendation is your professional judgement. Putting them in separate sections is what makes the report credible — the customer can see the evidence before they read what you want to do about it.
The template
Print this block and fill it in, or save it as a PDF. It's laid out the way Tüvron's own report is laid out — the same sections, the same grade vocabulary.
CCTV Drain Inspection Report
Business name · Licence no. · Phone · Email
Job details
- Customer
- Report no.
- Site address
- Date
- Inspected by
- Job / PO ref.
Inspection details
- Start point
- Direction
- Pipe material
- Pipe size
- Length inspected
- Camera / reason
Summary
Findings — by the metre
| Metre | Observation | What it means | Grade | Frame |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15.0 m | Root ingress at joint | Tree roots have entered through a joint and are catching debris. | 4 · High | Photo 1 |
Grades are the inspector's own condition assessment, not a WSA 05, PACP or MSCC score.
Grade key
- 1 · MinimalNoted, no action
- 2 · LowMonitor
- 3 · ModeratePlan repair
- 4 · HighRepair soon
- 5 · CriticalAct now
Recommendation
Quote (optional)
| Item | Qty | Unit | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subtotal · GST · Total | |||
Quote valid for ____ days.
Next steps
How to fill each section in
Findings
Watch the run back and write one row per thing the camera shows, in order of distance. Use the burned-in counter for the metre. Name the observation in the words a customer knows — “root ingress at joint”, “crack along the pipe wall”, “offset joint” — and then say in one sentence what it means for them. Grade it, and attach the frame.
The grade
State the scale on the page and whose judgement it is. Residential customers don't need a coded standard; they need to know which findings matter and which can wait. If you inspect to WSA 05, PACP or MSCC for a network client, that's a different document — don't mix the two.
The recommendation
Say what you advise, why, and how urgent it is. Tie it to specific findings by their metre (“the root ingress at 15.0 m”), so the customer can flip back to the evidence. If you're quoting, put the price directly under the recommendation it belongs to.
Or let Tüvron build it
This template is the structure of Tüvron's own report. The difference is that in Tüvronyou don't fill it in: you mark each defect on the video as you watch it back, and the report assembles itself — metre, grade and frame carried into a findings timeline, your recommendation in its own section, your quote under it — branded with your logo and sent to the customer as a secure link before you leave site. See a real published example.