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South Chicago

South Chicago is a far Southeast Side neighborhood with steel in its blood — the former Republic Steel South Works site along the lakefront is being redeveloped, but the community’s identity was shaped by generations of steelworkers who lived in the two-flats and bungalows along Commercial Avenue and the surrounding streets. It’s a neighborhood with a proud working-class history and housing stock to match: older residential construction that has housed families continuously for decades.


Those older homes — many built in the early to mid-20th century — carry the plumbing challenges common across Chicago’s Southeast Side: galvanized supply lines narrowed by corrosion, clay tile sewer laterals with root intrusion, and cast iron drains that have served faithfully but aren’t ageless. The Scottish Plumber handles it all: sewer camera inspection, drain cleaning, trenchless sewer repair, repiping, flood control for homes near the low-lying lakefront areas, and water heater service throughout South Chicago.


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.


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