Search “plumber cost Chicago” and you will get a wall of contradictory numbers. Here is the real one: $45 to $200 an hour, before the service call fee, before parts, before anyone touches a wrench. Chicago does not do budget plumbing. Century-old greystones, corroded galvanized pipe, and a combined sewer system that treats every summer […]

It’s crazy how people are willing  to spend thousands on medical bills,  yet refuse to invest $800 in clean water.  Chicago tap water is technically safe by EPA standards. Lake Michigan delivers over a billion gallons a day through two world-class treatment plants. The water leaving those plants is fine. What happens between the plant […]