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Chicago Bungalow and Two-Flat Plumbing: What Every Owner Needs to KnowChicago Bungalow and Two-Flat Plumbing: What Every Owner Needs to Know

The Most Iconic Homes in Chicago Come With Plumbing That Needs to Be Understood — Not Feared.   There’s no housing type more distinctly Chicago than the bungalow. Drive through Berwyn, Cicero, Oak Park, Bridgeport, Beverly, or virtually any neighborhood on the Northwest or Southwest Side and you’re moving through block after block of brick […]

Why Chicago’s Cast Iron Pipes Are Failing Right Now — and What Every Homeowner Needs to KnowWhy Chicago’s Cast Iron Pipes Are Failing Right Now — and What Every Homeowner Needs to Know

  If your home was built before 1980 anywhere in the Chicago metropolitan area, there is a very good chance that the drain lines running through your walls, floors, and crawlspace are cast iron.   And if those cast iron pipes have never been properly evaluated — not rodded when they backed up but actually […]