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Bucktown

Bucktown sits at the intersection of old Chicago and new Chicago — quite literally, in the case of the 606 Trail, which cuts through the neighborhood on a converted elevated rail line. The two-flats and graystones along Damen, Milwaukee, and the surrounding side streets date mostly from the 1880s through the 1920s, and many have been renovated to a high standard. Renovated finishes, though, don’t automatically mean renovated plumbing behind the walls.


In Bucktown’s older buildings, original clay tile sewer laterals are very much still in service, and cast iron drain stacks that have been working for over a century occasionally decide they’ve done enough. A sewer camera inspection is the cleanest way to find out what you’re actually working with. We also handle the full range of drain cleaning, trenchless sewer repair, repiping, water heater installation, and sewer gas issues that older Chicago buildings can develop. Whether your home has been renovated three times or not at all, the pipes don’t lie.


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.


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