--- title: "Our work | Smooth Flow Plumbing" description: "Job photos from Smooth Flow Plumbing in Wood Dale, IL. Licensed plumber serving Chicagoland." last_updated: "2026-10-09" --- # Job photos Photos from recent calls. Work in progress is the job, not a crew portrait. Licensed plumber in Wood Dale, IL, serving Chicagoland. ## Drains - A drain machine cable feeding into a residential cleanout. - Kitchen sink after a clog was cleared. - Kitchen sink before a clog was cleared. - A powered drain tool seated in a toilet bowl to clear a clog. - Power rodding equipment at an outdoor cleanout. - Pipe inspection camera screen during a line examination. - Roots pulled from a toilet outlet. - Camera screen showing roots in a sewer line at 81 feet. - Roots pulled from an outdoor cleanout with a drain machine among ferns. - Outdoor sewer cleanout cover in landscaping. - Open outdoor cleanout in landscaping. - Round cleanout opening in a floor. - Worker at an outdoor cleanout with a red cable drain machine. - Camera monitor showing roots in a pipe at about 81 ft. - Portable sewer camera monitor outdoors. ## Digs and laterals - A residential trench beside a sidewalk with excavated soil on a tarp. - A patio slab opened for a dig, with PVC pipe staged beside the hole. - PVC pipe coming out of an excavated hole. - PVC pipe laid in an excavated hole. - Workers cutting cement to open a repair. - Workers excavating a trench along a residential walkway. - Workers mixing concrete at a repair site. - Workers prepping PVC pipe on the grass. - Open trench with blue pipe. - White replacement pipe sections on grass. - Worker assembling white pipe outdoors. - Residential yard trench beside shrubs. - Deep trench with exposed pipe. - Copper pipe joined with a press ball valve. ## Fixtures - A double-basin kitchen sink with a high-arc faucet. - A bathtub faucet installed on the tub wall. - Tile removed around a tub faucet to expose brass pipes. - Drywall removed to expose brass pipes in a wall. - A pull-down kitchen faucet and soap dispenser installed on a granite counter. - Old and new shower cartridges side by side. - An outdoor faucet installed on a house wall. - A toilet tank with the lid off. - A toilet with a Smooth Flow branded rug on the bathroom floor. - A toilet with a Smooth Flow branded rug on the bathroom floor. - Chrome kitchen faucet. - Chrome kitchen faucet with boxed replacement parts. - Finished bathroom shower and sink area. - Bathtub wall access opening. - Toilet flange with wax ring. ## Sump - Backup sump pump battery charger screen showing status. - Sump pits with PVC piping. - View looking into a sump pit. ## Frozen lines - Outdoor faucet assembly with a split copper stem from freezing. - An outdoor spigot burst open from freezing temperatures. ## Commercial and warehouse - Warehouse interior viewed from scaffolding during ceiling pipe work. - PVC pipes exposed in a ceiling. - A sealed pipe in a warehouse ceiling. - PVC staged on the floor during warehouse ceiling pipe work. ## Detail - Corroded metal pipe outlets and a PVC coupler with rust in the fitting. - Two-inch press shut-off valves on copper pipe. - Brass nozzles laid out on a work surface. - Corrosion where unlike metals touch on a pipe joint. - Leaking PVC under a sink next to a garbage disposal. - Under-sink drain and supply pipes. - Under-sink pipes next to a garbage disposal. - Under-sink work in progress with a Smooth Flow drop rug on the floor. - A water heater in a basement. - A water shut-off valve. - A Smooth Flow Plumbing van parked in a driveway, with the company name on the side. - Garbage disposal installed under a sink. - Disposal and switch assembly. See the [HTML gallery](https://smoothflow.plumbing/work) for the photographs. ## Sitemap See the full [sitemap](/sitemap.md) for all pages.