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Burnside

Burnside is one of Chicago’s smaller and quieter South Side neighborhoods — a tight residential community near 87th Street and Cottage Grove that doesn’t seek a great deal of attention and doesn’t particularly need it. The housing stock here is older bungalows and two-flats, the kind of sturdy Chicago residential construction that was built to last — and largely has. The plumbing inside many of these homes, however, has been lasting perhaps a bit longer than intended.


Galvanized steel supply pipes from the 1920s and ’30s narrow with interior corrosion until water pressure becomes a daily frustration. Clay tile sewer lines in the alleyways and under the parkways are ripe for tree root intrusion. A sewer video inspection takes the mystery out of a sluggish drain, and our drain cleaning service handles the result. For homes needing more substantial work — repiping, trenchless sewer repair, or a new water heater — The Scottish Plumber is here, without fanfare.


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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