A Village Built by Quakers Around a Spring That Dried Up, a 112-Foot Stone Water Tower Built to Replace It, and a $13.4 Million Program Underway Right Now to Replace Every Lead Pipe Still Connected to That Same Water System. Here’s the Full Picture — and Real Jobs We’ve Already Done on the Ground Here. […]
Emergency Plumber in Villa Park, IL: Burst Pipes, Frozen Pipes & Leak DetectionEmergency Plumber in Villa Park, IL: Burst Pipes, Frozen Pipes & Leak Detection
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Villa Park Sits on Clay and Glacial Soil That Shifts Hard Every Freeze-Thaw Cycle, and the Village Runs Its Own Treatment Facility Just to Handle What Winter Does to the Sewer System. We’ve Already Thawed Pipes Here After a Homeowner Went Weeks Without Water. Here’s What You Need to Know Before It Happens to You. […]
Hickory Hills, IL: Aging Pipes, Water Main Breaks & What to Do About ItHickory Hills, IL: Aging Pipes, Water Main Breaks & What to Do About It
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Most Chicago Suburbs Sit on Flat Glacial Lake Plain. Hickory Hills Sits on an Actual Moraine Ridge Formed 14,000 Years Ago — and Its Sewer System Only Connected to Lake Michigan Water Starting in 1966. Here’s What Both Facts Mean for Your Plumbing. Hickory Hills is named for hickory trees and actual hills — […]
Sewer & Drain Cleaning in Clarendon Hills, ILSewer & Drain Cleaning in Clarendon Hills, IL
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The Village of Clarendon Hills Handles Your Water and Storm Sewer. A Completely Separate Agency Handles Your Sanitary Sewage. Here’s What That Split Actually Means When Something Backs Up. If you’re dealing with basement flooding, groundwater, or yard drainage in Clarendon Hills, our guide to plumbing and flood control in Clarendon Hills covers the Flagg Creek […]
Franklin Park & Schiller Park, IL: Drains, Pipes & Water QualityFranklin Park & Schiller Park, IL: Drains, Pipes & Water Quality
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Schiller Park Is in the Final Stage of Removing Every Lead Pipe in the Village. Franklin Park Just Started a 17-Year Plan to Do the Same, With EPA Help. Here’s What Both Timelines Actually Mean for Your Home. Franklin Park and Schiller Park sit right next to each other in Leyden Township, share a […]
Elmwood Park, IL: Plumbing, Sewer & Flood ControlElmwood Park, IL: Plumbing, Sewer & Flood Control
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Certain Blocks Near Bloomingdale and 73rd Have Flooded in 2008, 2012, 2013, and 2020. The State Just Awarded Elmwood Park $164,596 to Do Something About One Specific Intersection. Here’s What That Actually Means — and Doesn’t Mean — for Your Basement. Elmwood Park was incorporated in 1914, built out fast around a 1926 development […]
Plumbing, Sewer, and Flood Control in Stone Park & Northlake, ILPlumbing, Sewer, and Flood Control in Stone Park & Northlake, IL
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Stone Park Is the Smallest Incorporated Municipality in All of Cook County. Northlake Was Founded Specifically to Avoid Being Annexed by Melrose Park and Sits Directly on Addison Creek. Here’s What That Actually Means for Your Pipes. Stone Park and Northlake border each other — and both border Melrose Park, which we’ve covered in […]
Commercial Plumbing in Rosemont, ILCommercial Plumbing in Rosemont, IL
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Rosemont Has 371 Commercial Water Meters and Only 363 Residential Ones. That One Number Tells You Everything About Why Plumbing Here Isn’t Like Plumbing Anywhere Else in Cook County. Rosemont was incorporated in 1956 by 84 homeowners on roughly 84 acres of unpaved, flood-prone land once described in the village’s own history as “a […]
Plumbing, Sewer, and Flood Control in Melrose Park & Elmwood Park, ILPlumbing, Sewer, and Flood Control in Melrose Park & Elmwood Park, IL
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Two Neighboring Villages, Two Very Different Flood Grant Programs, and a Shared Flooding History Going Back to at Least 2014. Here’s What Actually Works for Each One — Not a List of Generic Tips. Melrose Park and Elmwood Park sit two miles apart in Cook County, share a border with each other’s neighbors, and […]
Drain Cleaning & Sewer Service in Bellwood, Broadview & Maywood, ILDrain Cleaning & Sewer Service in Bellwood, Broadview & Maywood, IL
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These Three Villages Sit in the Addison Creek Watershed, on Sewer Systems Largely Built Before 1950. Bellwood Is Currently Part of a $5 Million MWRD Sewer Assessment Project Because of It. Here’s What That Actually Means for Your Drains — Not a List of Generic Tips. A slow drain or a backed-up basement floor […]
