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West Ridge

West Ridge is one of Chicago’s most genuinely international neighborhoods — Devon Avenue runs through it like a culinary world tour, with Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Jewish, and a dozen other communities represented in the restaurants, groceries, and businesses lining one of Chicago’s most distinctive commercial streets. The residential streets on either side of Devon are densely built with bungalows and two-flats from the 1920s and ’30s, housing a community that is remarkably diverse even by Chicago standards.


Those bungalows carry the plumbing their era produced: galvanized steel supply lines that have been narrowing with corrosion for decades, clay tile sewer laterals beneath the neighborhood’s established parkway trees, and cast iron drains that have served multiple generations of residents. For the commercial properties along Devon, we handle drain cleaning and grease trap service for the neighborhood’s many restaurants. For homeowners, we start with a sewer camera inspection and handle trenchless repair, repiping, and water heater service throughout West Ridge.


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 West Ridge Plumbing Services