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Chinatown

Chicago’s Chinatown — anchored at Cermak and Wentworth, home to Chinatown Square and the ornate Pui Tak Center — is one of the city’s most vibrant commercial and residential districts. Ping Tom Memorial Park along the South Branch of the Chicago River provides a welcome green space, and the Red Line stop keeps the neighborhood well-connected. Beneath the activity, though, lies a mix of aging commercial buildings and residential properties whose plumbing has been working very hard for a very long time.


In Chinatown’s restaurant corridor, grease buildup in drain lines is a persistent challenge — our drain cleaning and hydro-jetting service keeps commercial kitchens flowing and compliant. For the older residential buildings along the side streets, cast iron drains and aging supply lines are standard findings. We perform sewer camera inspections to assess the full picture, handle sewer repairs, and install commercial and residential water heaters throughout the neighborhood.


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 Chinatown Plumbing Services