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Near South Side

The Near South Side spans one of Chicago’s most dramatically transformed urban landscapes — from the Museum Campus on the lakefront (home to the Field Museum, Shedd Aquarium, and Adler Planetarium) to McCormick Place, the nation’s largest convention center, and the rapidly developing South Loop. It’s a neighborhood where world-class institutions and large-scale commercial facilities sit alongside a growing residential population in converted lofts and new construction condominiums.


For the large commercial and institutional facilities in the area, plumbing at scale is the norm — floor drains, commercial water heaters, large-diameter sewer lines, and the kind of infrastructure that keeps convention halls and museums functioning around the clock. The Scottish Plumber handles commercial plumbing service alongside residential work: drain cleaning, sewer camera inspections, sewer repair, water heater service, and residential fixture work for South Loop residents.


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 Near South Side Plumbing Services