Areas Served in Chicago, Evanston and Skokie
We work out of Chicago and serve Andersonville, Edgewater, Rogers Park, Uptown and Lincoln Square, along with nearby Evanston and Skokie, for water, fire, smoke, mold and storm damage.
Neighborhoods, Suburbs and Their ZIP Codes
The five Chicago neighborhoods sit side by side on the North Side, from Lincoln Square in the west to Uptown, Edgewater and Rogers Park along the lake, and Evanston and Skokie lie just north of the city. Andersonville is part of Edgewater, so the two share ZIP codes, and 60640 runs into Uptown as well.
| Community | ZIP codes | Service request |
|---|---|---|
| Andersonville | 60640 | Book Service in Andersonville |
| Edgewater | 60660, 60640 | Book Service in Edgewater |
| Rogers Park | 60626 | Book Service in Rogers Park |
| Uptown | 60640 | Book Service in Uptown |
| Lincoln Square | 60625 | Book Service in Lincoln Square |
| Evanston | 60201, 60202 | Book Service in Evanston |
| Skokie | 60076, 60077 | Book Service in Skokie |
ZIP Codes and Addresses at the Edge of the Area
My ZIP code is not listed. Can you still help?
Call us at (872) 664-4225 with the street address, and we can tell you whether the property is inside our area. That area is Andersonville, Edgewater, Rogers Park, Uptown and Lincoln Square in Chicago, plus Evanston and Skokie, so an address well outside it may be one we cannot take on.
My ZIP code covers more than one neighborhood. Does that matter?
No. ZIP codes follow mail routes rather than neighborhood lines: 60640 takes in Uptown and Andersonville, and Andersonville itself is part of Edgewater. The street address is what tells us where a property sits.
Is the work any different in Evanston and Skokie?
No. The damage we handle and the way we handle it are the same on both sides of the city line. What changes a job is the building: how old it is, whether the basement is finished and where the water came from.
A burst pipe in a Skokie ranch house and one in an Edgewater condo are dried with the same kinds of equipment, but the plan for each comes from its own readings.
High-Rise Condos and Courtyard Buildings by the Lake
Along the lake in Edgewater and Uptown, many people live in high-rise condos and vintage courtyard buildings. In stacked units a leak rarely stays in one home: water from a failed supply line or an overflowing tub runs down into the ceiling of the unit below, and sometimes further, so the moisture readings have to follow it from unit to unit.
In a high-rise, the building’s staff usually has to shut off the water to a riser before a leak can be stopped, and the drying can reach into the hallway as well as the units. Many courtyard buildings have plaster walls rather than drywall, and plaster takes on and gives up water differently, so the readings and the plan have to allow for it.
Two-Flats, Bungalows and Older Houses With Basements
In Andersonville, Lincoln Square and Rogers Park, many brick two-flats and bungalows have finished basements with a floor drain. Heavy summer storms can overload the combined sewer and push water back up through that drain, and because it comes from the sewer, it is handled as a sewage backup: soaked carpet, padding and the bottom of the drywall usually come out.
Some basements have an overhead sewer or a backflow valve that keeps the sewer from rising into the house. Without one, the floor drain is usually the lowest opening in the building, and it is where the water comes in first.
Evanston and Skokie have many older single-family houses with basements. There a hard freeze can split a pipe in an exterior wall, and the water can soak the wall cavity from the inside before a stain ever shows on the paint.
Mature trees line many streets across the area, and a limb that comes down in a summer storm can open a roof or break a window. That kind of storm damage usually needs a board-up first, then drying, then the rebuild.
Whether the water is in an Uptown high-rise or a Skokie basement, call us and start with what happened.