Skokie has a mix of housing ages, and each comes with its own plumbing habits. We are locally owned and open 24 hours a day. Every job gets a flat-rate written estimate before work starts, and every repair carries at least a 1-year warranty.
How Skokie's Combined Sewers Affect Your Basement
Much of Skokie is served by combined sewers that carry both rainwater and sewage. Beginning in the 1980s, the village built a flood-control system that holds rain on the streets for a few hours after a storm using flow regulators in the catch basins, so the sewers do not overload and push water into basements. That is why you may see water standing on Skokie streets after a heavy rain.
The street system helps, but your own line still matters. A lateral full of roots or with a belly will back up long before the main does. We rod to the street and run a Sewer Camera Inspection before and after. When the camera finds a break, we quote Sewer Repair & Replacement in writing, and for basements that still take water, we install Sump & Ejector Pumps with glued PVC discharges and unions.
Older Skokie Bungalows and Their Plumbing
The 1920s brick bungalows in southeast Skokie often still have cast-iron drain stacks and galvanized supply pipes. Cast iron rusts through along the bottom, and galvanized pipe clogs with rust until the water pressure drops. Our Plumbing Repair work handles leaking stacks and failed fittings, and when the supply side is beyond patching, we quote Repiping and keep the plaster and floors protected.
Kitchen and floor drains in these older homes clog with years of buildup. Routine Drain Cleaning clears them, and we tell you plainly if the pipe itself is the problem.
Skokie Water and Water Heaters
Skokie buys its Lake Michigan water from Evanston. Like all lake water, it leaves some scale, and tanks in this area typically show it in the bottom after enough years. We repair and replace Water Heaters, mostly Bradford White, and we serve the restaurants and shops around Old Orchard and Dempster with Commercial Plumbing around the clock.
Plumbing Services in Skokie
24/7 Emergency Plumbing
Skokie’s street flood-control system protects the sewers, but it cannot stop a burst pipe or a failed ejector pump in your own basement. A real person answers our phone 24/7, and Oakton Street runs straight from our shop into Skokie. We stop the damage, explain the fix and price it before work starts.
Hydro Jetting
Restaurant kitchens around downtown Skokie and Dempster Street push grease into their drain lines every day, and older homes collect years of buildup in cast iron. Hydro jetting scours the full pipe wall with high-pressure water, so the line stays open longer than it would after rodding alone.
Leak Detection
In a 1920s Skokie bungalow, a leak can hide behind plaster for months before a stain appears. We track down hidden leaks in supply lines and drains while opening as little wall as possible, then repair the pipe and show you where the water was coming from.
Water Filtration & Softeners
Skokie’s Lake Michigan water is treated and safe, but some households want softer water for appliances or better taste at the kitchen tap. We install water softeners and filtration systems sized for your home and explain the upkeep in plain terms, with no upselling.
Gas Line Installation & Repair
Adding a gas range, moving a dryer or replacing a water heater in an older Skokie home often means the gas piping needs attention. We install and repair gas lines to code, pressure-test the work and check every connection before anything is turned on.
Toilet Repair
A toilet that runs, rocks or clogs often wastes water and can damage an old bathroom floor. We repair tank parts, replace wax seals and broken flanges, or install a new toilet when repair no longer makes sense.
Our Step-by-Step Process in Skokie
Skokie runs from 1920s bungalows in the southeast to post-war ranches in the west and busy commercial strips around Old Orchard. Every one of those buildings gets the same clear, respectful process from our team. Here is what to expect from the first phone call to the final invoice when you call us for help in Skokie.
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A Person Answers, Always
Call us at any hour and a real person answers, including nights, weekends and holidays. We ask what is going on and where, whether it is a floor drain backing up or a leak behind the wall, and book a 2-hour arrival window that fits your schedule or your business hours.
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Updates on Your Tech
We notify you when a tech is scheduled and text you 30 minutes before he arrives. On the tighter southeast Skokie streets with alley garages, let us know where to park and which door is closest to the problem, and we will come in that way. Businesses can tell us who should meet the tech.
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Clear Diagnosis and Price
The tech introduces himself, inspects the problem and explains what he found without jargon. He writes a flat-rate estimate before any work starts, and there is no service fee to come out and look. For sewer questions, our guide What Homeowners Should Know About Sewer Camera Inspections explains what the camera shows.
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Careful, Clean Work
Tarps go down before we begin, and older plaster and hardwood floors get extra care. On sewer jobs we run a camera before rodding and again after, so you see what blocked the line and confirm it is clear. When we leave, the work area is cleaner than when we arrived.
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Invoice by Email
Your invoice and paperwork come by email once the job is done. Afterward we ask for a review, because honest feedback from Skokie homeowners and business owners helps us improve and helps others choose a plumber. If anything about the job is not right, call us back and we will make it right.
Why Choose Master Pro Plumber in Skokie
Skokie stretches from 1920s brick bungalows in the southeast to busy restaurants near Old Orchard, and we have worked in both since 1989. Our locally owned shop sits in neighboring Des Plaines, and Oakton Street runs straight from our door to the middle of the village.
- We understand how Skokie’s combined sewers and street flood-control system affect a basement during a heavy storm.
- Rusted cast-iron stacks and galvanized supply lines in older bungalows are routine repairs for our team.
- Restaurant and commercial drain lines cleared at any hour, so a kitchen does not lose a night of service.
We are not a franchise, just a local shop that answers its own phone. Financing is available on repiping or sewer repair, and seniors get 10% off labor.
Why We Love Working in Skokie, IL
Skokie calls itself a village, but it has the culture of a much bigger place, with museums, performing arts and miles of green space along the North Shore Channel. Here are some of the places that make us glad to work here:
- Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center: Opened on Woods Drive in 2009, the museum grew out of the community’s response to neo-Nazi marches attempted in Skokie in the late 1970s. It is one of the most meaningful places in the Chicago area.
- Emily Oaks Nature Center: The Skokie Park District’s nature center on Brummel Street opened in 1988, with walking trails, a pond and programs for all ages. It is a quiet pocket of woods in the middle of the village.
- Skokie Northshore Sculpture Park: Stretching two miles along McCormick Boulevard beside the North Shore Channel, the park displays more than 60 sculptures. Admission is free, and docents lead walking tours each month from May through October.
- North Shore Center for the Performing Arts: Opened in 1996 on Skokie Boulevard, the center is home to Northlight Theatre and the Skokie Valley Symphony, bringing professional stage shows and concerts right into the village.
We are proud to serve Skokie homes and businesses, block by block.
Common Plumbing Jobs in Skokie
- Basement backup prevention
- Cast-iron stack repair in bungalows
- Galvanized pipe replacement
- Water heater replacement
- Restaurant drain line cleaning