Catch Basin Inspection & Reporting in Rochester, NY

Some properties need their catch basins cleaned. Some need to prove the cleaning happened. We do both, and the documentation costs nothing extra.

What a catch basin inspection gives you

• Every basin located and mapped across the property
• Sediment depth measured in each sump, so you can see which are urgent
• Photos of grates, castings, and visible pipe condition
• Structural notes — cracked walls, deteriorated brick, settled or broken frames
• A recommended service interval based on how fast yours actually fill, not a generic rule
• A dated written report for your maintenance file

Documentation and stormwater programs

Municipalities across New York operate stormwater management programs, and depending on the property and its permit, an owner may carry their own maintenance and record-keeping obligations for private drainage.

Keeping dated service records with measured sediment depths is straightforward to do as you go, and genuinely awkward to reconstruct after the fact — particularly if the question arrives after a flooding incident or during a property transfer. We supply the records as a matter of course.

Requirements vary by municipality and permit type. We provide the service documentation; confirm your specific obligations with your municipal stormwater coordinator or your site engineer.

Building a capital plan

Inspection pairs naturally with a cleaning visit — measuring sediment depth is most accurate immediately before the sump is emptied, and it costs nothing extra to record it while the grate is already off. If the report turns up restricted outlets, the follow-up is line jetting rather than more frequent basin cleaning.

If you manage a portfolio, the useful output of an inspection isn't the cleaning — it's knowing which structures are deteriorating and roughly when they'll need rebuilding rather than servicing. Brick catch basins in older Rochester properties fail gradually and predictably: mortar goes first, then courses start to displace, then the frame settles and the grate sits low. Catching that at the mortar stage is a repair. Catching it after the frame drops is a rebuild with pavement work around it.