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Oakland

Oakland is one of Chicago’s smallest neighborhoods — a compact South Side community near 39th and Cottage Grove, bounded by Kenwood to the south and Grand Boulevard to the west. It sits quietly between its better-known neighbors, with a residential character built around older two-flats and single-family homes that reflect the neighborhood’s early 20th-century development. It’s a neighborhood where the housing stock has real age and real history behind it.


That age means the plumbing warrants attention. Lead supply lines, galvanized steel that has narrowed with corrosion, cast iron drain stacks, and clay sewer laterals are typical findings in Oakland’s older buildings. A sewer camera inspection gives a clear picture of the sewer line’s condition before a slow drain becomes something worse. The Scottish Plumber handles drain cleaning, trenchless sewer repair, lead pipe removal, full repiping, and water heater service throughout Oakland — with the same care and thoroughness we bring to every neighborhood we serve.


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 Oakland Plumbing Services