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North Center

North Center is a North Side neighborhood that consistently lands near the top of Chicago livability lists — and it earns that ranking honestly. The blocks around Roscoe Street and Western Avenue are handsome, well-maintained, and populated with families who clearly intend to stay. Bordering Roscoe Village to the east and Lincoln Square to the north, it has access to some of the best independent retail and dining on the North Side. The bungalows, two-flats, and vintage single-family homes here are equally worth investing in.


And investing in them means attending to the plumbing. The older housing stock in North Center — much of it from the 1910s through the 1940s — carries galvanized supply lines that have been narrowing for decades and clay sewer laterals that the neighborhood’s established tree canopy has been thoroughly investigating. We start with a sewer camera inspection, then handle drain cleaning, trenchless sewer repair, full repiping, and water heater service — properly done, so it lasts.


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 North Center Plumbing Services