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CLAY TILE SEWER PIPE DISASTER IN MOUNT PROSPECT Sewer pipes come in several different materials. Each type has it’s usefulness, but bad consequences. A particular home in Mount Prospect happened to have it’s sewer made from clay tile. Clay tile is a cheap and widely used material to build a network of sewer pipes. Stability […]
A beautiful log cabin home in Warrenville had a tough problem to fix. The previous owner of the home had elaborate landscaping throughout the lawn. The previous owner also made it so all of the storm water from the neighbors was funneled through a stream to a retention pond that filled up, then flowed through […]
DeKalb Illinois Ag mogul Tom Roberts III, commissioned a house to be built by renowned architect and Chicago area native Harry Weese in the early 1970’s. Harry Weese’s work was so celebrated that he is labeled as, “the architect who shaped Chicago’s skyline.” He also had led the renovations on important buildings such as the […]
Sycamore Middle School had a big problem; a couple of pipes were broken that were hooked to the roof drains above the main administration offices. During heavy rains the offices would flood and with school about to start soon, something had to be done. And it needed to be done fast. The problem was that the […]
The Downers Grove Swim and Racquet Club, constructed in the early 1950’s, their main pool which holds approximately 190,000 gallons of water. The pool was leaking thousands of gallons per day. One of the leaks was coming from the main drain system, a 40 foot long, 10 inch ductile iron drain line under 5 FEET […]
