A broken or failing sewer line isn't a project you want to take chances on. Collapsed pipe, root intrusion, and failed joints can turn a small backup into a backyard excavation in a hurry. Blair Excavation Inc. is Lakewood, IL's local sewer line specialist — we install, replace, and repair residential and commercial sewer lines every week across the greater Chicago area.
Our crews are equipped for the full scope of sewer work: new service taps into the municipal main, full line replacements from the house to the street, point repairs, and emergency service when a line fails without warning. Every job is executed with attention to depth, slope, bedding, and backfill — the details that determine whether a sewer line lasts ten years or forty.
Sewer problems rarely appear out of nowhere. Watch for these early warning signs, especially in older Chicago-area homes with clay or cast iron service lines:
If you're seeing any of these, call us. Catching a failing line early almost always means a smaller, cheaper, less disruptive fix.
Sewer line work is unforgiving — get the slope wrong and the line won't flow, skip the bedding and the pipe cracks under load, miss the permit and the project stalls. Our entire business is built on getting these details right. We pull the proper permits, we coordinate with utility locates, we use code-compliant materials, and we restore the site so the only evidence we were there is a working sewer.
We work with homeowners directly and partner with general contractors and builders across McHenry, Kane, Lake, and Cook counties. Whether it's a single-family replacement or a multi-unit commercial install, our team brings the same standard to every dig.
Headquartered in Lakewood, we provide sewer line service to Crystal Lake, Woodstock, McHenry, Algonquin, Huntley, Cary, Elgin, Barrington, and communities within a 30-mile radius of our home base.