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Hyde Park

Hyde Park is unlike anywhere else in Chicago — a South Side lakefront neighborhood shaped entirely by the presence of the University of Chicago, with Victorian greystones and Prairie Style homes sitting alongside world-class cultural institutions: the Museum of Science and Industry, the Oriental Institute, and Jackson Park, which hosted the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition. It’s an intellectually serious neighborhood, and its housing stock is equally substantial — and equally aged.


The Victorian and Edwardian homes along Woodlawn, Kenwood, and the University corridor date from the 1880s through the 1920s, carrying plumbing systems that are genuinely historic in their own right. Lead supply lines, original cast iron drains, and clay tile sewer laterals are common findings. Apartment buildings near 53rd Street and the university add the complexity of multi-unit systems. We approach Hyde Park plumbing the same way its residents approach everything else: methodically. Camera inspection, honest assessment, then the right fix — drain cleaning, trenchless repair, or full repiping.


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 Hyde Park Plumbing Services