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Bronzeville

Bronzeville is one of Chicago’s most historically significant neighborhoods — the cultural and commercial heart of Black Chicago for much of the 20th century, home to the blues clubs and jazz venues of the Great Migration era, and lined today with greystones and three-flats that are among the most architecturally distinguished residential buildings in the entire city. The stretch along King Drive, 35th Street, and Cottage Grove carries that history in stone and brick.


Those beautiful greystones, many built in the early 1900s, carry original plumbing that has soldiered on admirably — but not indefinitely. Cast iron drains, lead supply lines, and clay sewer laterals are common findings in Bronzeville’s older buildings, and multi-unit structures add the complexity of shared systems serving several households at once. We start with a sewer inspection to give you an honest picture, then handle drain cleaning, trenchless sewer repair, repiping, and water heater service — all done with care for the buildings themselves.


When you call us about a backed-up or slow sewer, our first move is to rod and clear the line — get things flowing and your home back to normal. Sewer rodding starts at just $99 when there’s an outside cleanout to rod from, a price we’ve held since we opened in 2006. While nearly everything else has gotten more expensive, our starting price hasn’t moved in nearly twenty years. Once the line is open, we follow up with a sewer video inspection to see exactly what caused the problem — tree roots, a crack, a pipe belly — and give you an honest picture of what, if anything, needs to happen next.


We are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year — including holidays — so when something goes wrong at 2 a.m., you can reach us. We offer free estimates during regular business hours with no trip charge to come out. Most companies charge just to show up; we don’t. When a sewer line needs more than rodding, The Scottish Plumber is one of the most experienced trenchless sewer repair companies in Chicagoland — doing this since 2006 with thousands of repairs completed across the area. For older homes especially, pipe stent repair is worth knowing about: a precise, minimally invasive fix that spares your floors, walls, and landscaping.


Our Bronzeville Plumbing Services