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Highwood

Highwood is a compact, historically working-class city tucked between Highland Park and the former Fort Sheridan grounds on Lake County’s North Shore. It has the kind of authentic character that its wealthier neighbors sometimes try to manufacture — a real main street, real old homes, and a community that has remained unpretentious through decades of North Shore real estate pressure. Those older homes, many of which date from the early to mid-20th century, carry the plumbing profile that comes with that era: galvanized supply lines, cast iron drains, and clay tile sewer laterals that the neighborhood’s mature trees have had their eye on for years.


The Scottish Plumber handles Highwood’s residential plumbing with the same thoroughness we bring everywhere on the North Shore. We conduct sewer camera inspections, carry out drain cleaning and root removal, and perform sewer repairs and galvanized pipe replacement when the time comes. We also install water heaters and service sump systems for a community where the water table leaves little room for a pump to fail.


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 Highwood Plumbing Services