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Forest Glen

Forest Glen is one of those Chicago neighborhoods that regularly surprises people who haven’t been — a quiet, wooded enclave on the far Northwest Side near Caldwell Woods and the North Branch of the Chicago River, with single-family homes and a genuine sense of remove from the city’s density. It’s the kind of place where residents tend to stay, and where homes are maintained with real attention.


Those homes — a mix of bungalows, ranches, and larger single-family construction spanning several decades — carry plumbing that varies considerably in age and condition. Near the forest preserve, tree root intrusion into sewer laterals is not a hypothetical concern; it’s a common finding when we run a sewer camera inspection. We handle drain cleaning, trenchless sewer repair, repiping for older homes, and water heater installation throughout Forest Glen. Near-preserve living is peaceful. Near-preserve plumbing just needs a little more watching.


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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