Polk County · older brick structures
Auburndale manhole inspection and structure cleaning
Auburndale has structures old enough to be brick, and brick behaves differently from precast concrete. We have cleaned and surveyed them here, and the condition record matters more on a structure nobody has looked inside in decades.
On the ground here
Brick manhole structures are a different assessment
The photograph on this page is an Auburndale job. A brick manhole with debris in the bench, standing water and material that had been settling long enough to change how flow turns through the structure.
Brick does not degrade the way precast does. Mortar goes first, joints open, and groundwater finds the gap. Assessing one properly means getting a camera on the whole interior rather than shining a light down the hole.
What it means for the pipe
Older sewer structures drive inflow and infiltration
Florida high water table plus an open mortar joint is a permanent inflow path. That is treatment capacity spent on groundwater that should never have entered the system.
A MACP level 1 survey is a small number that tells you which structures deserve a level 2, and which ones are quietly costing you every day.
What we are usually called for here
Services we run most in Auburndale
Weighted toward structures and what is getting into them.
Manhole inspection
360 degree assessment, level 1 and level 2.
MACP certifiedVacuum truck services
Debris and grease removed from lines and structures.
Cleaning · no report issuedCCTV video pipeline inspection
PACP coded condition reporting with full video.
6″ to 72″ · PACP certifiedLateral line inspection
Push camera on laterals, with locating.
4″ to 6″ · LACPQuestions we get here
Sewer work in Auburndale, answered
Have you worked in Auburndale?
Yes. The brick manhole photograph on this page is from an Auburndale job.
Does anyone go into the structure?
No. It is a confined space non-entry inspection. The camera goes down on a tripod and captures the full interior.
What is different about a brick manhole?
The mortar fails before the brick does. Joints open, groundwater enters, and the bench wears where flow turns. It needs a full interior survey, not a look from the surface.
Do the structures need cleaning first?
Usually. Debris in the bench hides exactly the wear you are trying to assess.
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