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Golden Valley was the first city in the metro to require a sewer inspection before most homes can be sold, and the rule is still on the books. We help you find out what that inspection will show before the city does.
From the mid-century homes of Tyrol Hills to the neighborhoods around Sweeney Lake, Twin Lake, and Brookview, most of Golden Valley was built out as a first-ring suburb in the 1950s and 1960s. Homes from that era often sit on clay tile or cast iron sewer laterals, and the city's mature trees send roots into the joints of both. Golden Valley is just north of St. Louis Park, a short drive from our Hopkins shop, and there's no trip charge anywhere in Hennepin County.
Golden Valley requires a sanitary sewer inspection before a property without a Certificate of Inflow and Infiltration (I/I) Compliance can be advertised for sale. The same inspection can be triggered by a plumbing permit over $10,000, a variance, or a subdivision. The city televises your sewer service out to the city main, looking for cracks, leaky joints, and roots, and checks whether a sump pump, foundation drain, or roof drain is tied into the sanitary sewer.
If the line fails, you get a correction notice and generally have 180 days to make repairs, with one possible 180-day extension. Call Golden Valley Public Works at 763-593-3962 to confirm whether your property already has a certificate.
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If your property doesn't already have a Certificate of Inflow and Infiltration (I/I) Compliance, yes. The city requires a sanitary sewer inspection before the home can be advertised for sale. Call Golden Valley Public Works at 763-593-3962 to check whether your property already has one.
The city televises your sewer service out to the city main to find cracks, leaky joints, and roots, and checks whether a sump pump, foundation drain, or roof drain is connected to the sanitary sewer. Either kind of problem has to be corrected before the city issues a certificate.
It's the simplest way to avoid surprises. Our standalone camera inspection is $249, and you get the video and written findings with distances. If there's a problem, you can plan the repair before your listing date instead of after a correction notice.
The city's inspection goes through the cleanout on the vertical 4-inch stack in your basement, and the cap has to come off and reseal. Old brass and cast iron caps often seize. We cut them out and install a new cap so the inspection, and every cleaning after it, can happen.
No. Golden Valley is in Hennepin County, inside our standard service area, so there's no mobilization charge.
$429 flat through a standard cleanout, with a camera pass included. Through a pulled toilet or roof vent it's $599. No hourly or per-foot charges.
