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Near North Side

The Near North Side is one of Chicago’s most varied urban landscapes — a broad swath north of the Chicago River that encompasses River North’s gallery and restaurant district, Streeterville’s lakefront high-rises, Magnificent Mile-adjacent luxury residences, and pockets of older townhome and courtyard building stock tucked between the modern towers. It’s a neighborhood — or rather, a collection of them — where century-old plumbing infrastructure and brand-new building systems coexist within a few blocks of each other.


For restaurant and commercial properties in the River North corridor, our commercial drain cleaning and grease trap service is a recurring necessity. For the older residential buildings and converted lofts, a sewer camera inspection often surfaces aging cast iron and clay infrastructure that warrants trenchless repair or conventional sewer work. We also handle water heater installation, fixture service, and sewer gas remediation for high-rise and mixed-use buildings throughout the Near North Side.


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 Near North Side Plumbing Services