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Elmwood Park

Elmwood Park is Chicago’s bungalow belt in suburb form — a dense, tightly gridded community of brick bungalows and two-flats immediately west of the city limits along Grand Avenue and Harlem Avenue. The homes here were built in an era when galvanized steel was the standard for supply piping and clay tile was the go-to for sewer laterals, which means virtually every older home in Elmwood Park is sitting on top of a plumbing system that deserves at least a conversation.


The Scottish Plumber is well-acquainted with exactly this type of housing stock. Galvanized pipe replacement is one of our most common jobs in communities like Elmwood Park — the pressure drop and rust discoloration are reliable indicators that the supply system has run its course. We also carry out sewer camera inspections on the clay lateral lines, handle drain cleaning and sewer repair, and install overhead flood control systems for basements that have taken on water in past storms.


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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