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Woodlawn

Woodlawn sits on Chicago’s South Side along 63rd Street, bordered by the University of Chicago and Hyde Park to the north and Jackson Park to the east — a neighborhood with a deep history in Chicago’s civil rights movement, most notably through The Woodlawn Organization (TWO), one of the country’s most influential community organizing efforts. The housing stock here spans several eras, from older two-flats and greystones near the university edge to single-family bungalows further south, reflecting the neighborhood’s long and layered history.


The older buildings in Woodlawn — particularly those near the 63rd Street commercial corridor — carry the full range of vintage Chicago plumbing challenges: lead and galvanized supply lines, cast iron drain stacks with decades of buildup, and clay sewer laterals that Jackson Park’s extensive root systems have been infiltrating for generations. A sewer camera inspection gives a clear, honest picture. We then handle drain cleaning, trenchless sewer repair, lead pipe removal, repiping, and water heater service throughout Woodlawn.


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 Woodlawn Plumbing Services