Jackson Park is one of Chicago’s great public landscapes — the site of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition, home to the Museum of Science and Industry, the Japanese Garden on Wooded Island, and miles of lakefront green space on the South Side. The residential neighborhoods surrounding the park — South Shore to the south, Woodlawn to the west, and Hyde Park to the north — are filled with older homes and apartment buildings that have been there nearly as long as the park itself.
For homeowners and building owners in the Jackson Park area, the plumbing challenges are typical of Chicago’s older South Side stock: galvanized supply lines, aging cast iron drains, and clay sewer laterals that the park’s vast tree canopy has had abundant opportunity to infiltrate. We handle sewer camera inspections, drain cleaning, trenchless sewer repair, and full residential plumbing service throughout the area. Flood control is also a relevant concern for properties near the park’s lower-lying areas.
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.