There’s a specific kind of dread that comes with watching water creep up from your basement floor drain during a downpour. Your brain immediately jumps to worst-case scenarios: cracked pipe, root invasion, a repair bill with too many zeros. But here’s something a lot of homeowners in the South Suburbs and Northwest Indiana don’t realize: … [Read More]
Spring is finally here, and if you’re like a lot of South Suburbs homeowners, you’ve got a yard project brewing. A new patio, garden beds, a fence line, maybe some serious tree work. It’s exciting stuff. But before you rent a trencher or call a landscaper, there’s one thing worth doing first that most people … [Read More]
If your basement floor drain has ever gurgled, bubbled, or overflowed during a heavy rainstorm, you know how fast things can go from normal to stressful. One minute everything’s fine; the next, there’s water creeping across your basement floor. At Reid & Pederson Drainage, our drain and sewer specialists see this happen in homes across … [Read More]
Spring in the South Suburbs of Chicago and Northwest Indiana doesn’t ease in gently. The snow melts, the ground thaws, and then the rain starts — sometimes all in the same week. For a lot of homeowners, that combination hits their drain and sewer systems harder than any other time of year. At Reid & … [Read More]
When most homeowners think about drainage, they picture what’s happening inside the house — the bathtub, kitchen sink, or main sewer line. And while those systems absolutely matter, many of the most common drainage problems we see across Illinois’ south suburbs and Northwest Indiana start outside the home. Here’s the truth: drainage is drainage. If … [Read More]
Wall-to-Wall Cleaning—that’s Precision Sewer Cleaning. A standard sewer rodding machine does a great job, especially when accessed through a cleanout, but even the most skilled technician can’t clean a pipe all the way to its edges. When a pipe is packed with edge-to-edge root intrusion or grease, the best solution is a precision cleaning. That’s … [Read More]
No matter where you are in the South Suburbs of Illinois or Northwest Indiana, our team is ready to provide top-tier drain and sewer services. From small residences to sprawling multi-unit complexes, we handle it all with efficiency, expertise, and care.