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Roscoe Village

Roscoe Village has earned its reputation as one of Chicago’s most pleasant North Side neighborhoods — a compact, well-loved community centered on the Roscoe Street retail and restaurant strip, where independent boutiques, coffee shops, and neighborhood restaurants have maintained a genuinely local feel. The surrounding residential blocks of bungalows and two-flats are immaculately kept, and the neighborhood attracts families who intend to stay put for a while. A good sign for a neighborhood; a good prompt to keep an eye on the plumbing.


The older housing stock in Roscoe Village — much of it from the 1910s through the ’40s — carries galvanized supply lines and clay tile sewer laterals that the neighborhood’s established tree canopy has had decades to infiltrate. A sewer camera inspection is the most efficient way to assess what’s actually in the line, followed by drain cleaning, trenchless repair, or repiping as needed. We also handle water heater service and commercial plumbing for the Roscoe Street businesses.


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 Roscoe Village Plumbing Services