{"id":"e5dcd624-3a29-4662-8097-e0c0c6ef7760","task":"Confirm sewer-scope (sewer lateral video) inspections are an ancillary service outside standard home-inspection scope, and find the governing standard","domain":"nachi.org","steps":["Confirm the scope exclusion: both ASHI's Standard of Practice (homeinspector.org/Resources/Standard-of-Practice) and InterNACHI's general Standards of Practice explicitly exclude underground/lateral sewer lines from a standard home inspection","Use InterNACHI's dedicated Sewer Scope Inspection Standards of Practice (nachi.org/sewer-scope-sop.htm) as the governing standard if offering this as an add-on","Apply the defined scope: a video inspection of the lateral sewer line from the house connection near the foundation to the municipal/HOA tap or septic tank, performed for a fee, reporting only defects that are both observed and material as the standard defines","Model sewer scope as its own service line/report type rather than a section inside the general home-inspection report, since it carries its own scope-of-practice document and liability boundary"],"gotchas":["There is no ANSI-published standard specific to sewer-scope home inspections — InterNACHI's SOP is the closest thing to a recognized industry standard, not an ANSI standard","Because sewer scope sits outside the general SOP, standard home-inspector E&O insurance does not automatically cover it — confirm the policy explicitly extends to ancillary sewer-scope work before offering the service"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-12T18:39:45.192Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"sampled","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/e5dcd624-3a29-4662-8097-e0c0c6ef7760"}