About
The business in short: the Mount Prospect properties we work on, how a job gets scoped and priced in writing, and the kinds of work we say no to.
The work we take, and the work we pass on
Hushwell finds hidden leaks in houses and small residential buildings in this village. Finding them is the whole job: once a leak has a marked spot, a licensed plumber can fix it as routine work, and that repair is priced on its own.
A fair share of the work is telling people what they do not have. A basement that takes water after rain needs a foundation contractor, and a floor drain that backs up in a storm is a sewer question. We say so on the call instead of booking a visit.
Every figure on this site is an estimated range from the trade, labeled as one. There is no verified local average to publish, so none is printed.
- Locating only; repairs quoted separately
- No visit booked for groundwater or sewer backups
- No figure given before the water is identified
- Told plainly when the meter says nothing is moving
How it runs
Four steps, no surprises
Which water it is and whose side of the B-box, settled before any search is priced.
Tell us when the water shows up
With rain, in dry weather, from the floor drain, or on a wall upstairs. That one answer sorts most calls into supply, sewer or groundwater before a visit is booked, and it costs nothing.
Read the meter in the basement
Every fixture off, then watch the low-flow dial. Turning means a leak in the plumbing past the meter. Still means any supply leak is on the buried stretch before it, or there is none at all.
We isolate, then search
Valves and the meter narrow the house to one section. Then acoustic gear, a thermal camera, a pressure test or tracer gas finds the spot inside that section.
You get the spot marked and written down
A mark on the spot, the reading that found it, and which side of the B-box it falls. The repair comes as a separate written quote, and you are free to give the finding to any licensed plumber.
Before you choose
Five questions worth asking anyone, us included
None of them asks you to take anything on trust; each asks how the answer was reached, which you can check.
Did they ask whether the water comes with rain?
It separates a plumbing leak from groundwater or a sewer backup, and in a village with combined sewers it belongs in the first minute of the call.
Do they know which side of the B-box is yours?
A locate that never settles which side the leak is on can leave you paying to find a fault the village owns.
Is the locate priced apart from the repair?
An estimated $150 to $400 to find it, and a separate written quote to fix it, so the finding can go to any plumber.
Will they say so when it is not a pipe?
Seepage is a foundation job and a backup is a sewer job. Saying so on the phone costs us a visit, which makes it a fair test.
Is their plumbing license active?
The Illinois Department of Public Health keeps a public lookup of plumber licenses; one search shows whether the license on the quote is current.
Want a number on it?
Call (847) 994-0832, say what you are seeing, and leave the call with a written quote and a time for Mount Prospect.
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(847) 994-0832Which water it is and whose side of the B-box, settled before any search is priced.
Before you call
- Supply, sewer or groundwater settled first
- The B-box boundary explained before pricing
Where we work
Every area we cover