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Lincoln Park

Lincoln Park is North Side Chicago at its most polished — tree-lined streets of Victorian greystones and single-family homes, DePaul University anchoring the western edge, Lincoln Park Zoo on the lakefront, and one of the highest concentrations of beautifully maintained historic residential architecture anywhere in the city. The homes along Belden, Fullerton, and the surrounding streets are genuinely impressive. The plumbing inside many of them is genuinely old.


Victorian-era and Edwardian homes in Lincoln Park frequently carry original or early-replacement supply lines — lead in the oldest properties, galvanized steel in those updated through the mid-20th century — alongside cast iron drain stacks and clay sewer laterals that the neighborhood’s grand parkway elms have had over a century to explore. Newer residents buying into Lincoln Park’s historic housing stock often discover this on their first inspection. The Scottish Plumber handles it with experience and without alarm: a sewer camera, an honest conversation, then the appropriate 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 Lincoln Park Plumbing Services