
Drain Cleaning
Slow, gurgling or backed-up drains in kitchens, bathrooms and basements.
Tinley Park's water is Lake Michigan water, piped in through Oak Lawn and treated before it reaches you. If you want less chlorine taste, less scale on fixtures or filtered water at the sink, we test first and recommend only what your home needs.

The right one depends on what you want to fix:
Cuts chlorine taste and smell at every faucet and shower.
Reduces the minerals behind white spots, crusty faucets and scale in water heaters.
Filtered water for drinking, coffee and cooking.
Catches grit before it reaches faucets, toilets and appliances.
We test before we recommend anything. A test at your tap shows what's actually in your water, including hardness, so you pay for what you need and nothing more.
Test again when something changes: a new taste or smell, cloudy or discolored water, scale building up faster than usual or a water heater that wore out early. The results tell you whether filtration, a softener or neither is the right call.
Tinley Park buys Lake Michigan water that's already treated before it arrives through the pipeline from Oak Lawn. Most of what we install here is about comfort and protecting fixtures, not fixing the supply.
Treated city water carries some chlorine to keep it safe on the way to your tap. A carbon filter at the sink or for the whole house takes the taste out.
Lake Michigan water carries hardness minerals. Over the years they build up on faucets, showerheads and inside water heaters. A softener slows that down.
If you just replaced a water heater, a softener or regular flushing helps it reach its full life.
Water treatment should start with a test, not a sales pitch.
You see the results before we recommend anything.
If your water doesn't need a system, we'll say so.
System and install, priced before any work begins.

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"Edgar's the man. Not only did he install my water heater, but asked to test the quality of the water to see if that could've lead to the damage and the leak of my last water heater. My water was at a 7 on the hardness scale, and it's supposed to be at 2 or 3. So he reccomends a new water softener, and im thankful that he did. [...]"
"Matt W came out and worked a big job (water softener and sump pump) efficiently and with great attitude and humor! Ho got everything done quickly and was very informative"
Lake Michigan, delivered through a pipeline from Oak Lawn.
Tinley Park gets Lake Michigan water through a pipeline from Oak Lawn. It's treated before it reaches the village, and the village publishes a water quality report every year.
Not always. A test shows your hardness so you can decide.
Not always. Some homeowners want one for fewer spots and less scale, others don't mind. A water test gives you the hardness number, and we'll tell you honestly whether a softener is worth it.
A softener handles hard water. A filter handles taste, odor and sediment. Testing tells you which.
They do different things. A softener removes the minerals that cause hard water and scale. A filter removes things that affect taste, odor or clarity, like chlorine and sediment. Testing tells us which one, or both, makes sense for your home.
It depends on the system. We'll give you the schedule for yours.
It depends on the system and how much water you use. Some cartridges last a few months, others a year or more. We'll tell you the schedule for the system you choose.
It depends on the system and install. You get a flat price first.
It depends on the system type, whole-home or point-of-use, and the install. We give you a flat-rate price before any work begins.
Annual Protection Plan
Most plumbing problems start small. The No Drip Club brings a J. Blanton plumber to your home for regular maintenance, so small issues get caught before they turn into big repairs.


Slow, gurgling or backed-up drains in kitchens, bathrooms and basements.

Tree roots, cracked pipe and repeat backups in the line from your house to the street.

Repair, replacement and battery backups for the pumps that keep your basement dry and drain a basement bathroom.

Running toilets, leaky faucets and new fixture installs for kitchens and bathrooms.

Repair and replacement for tank and tankless water heaters that leak, make noise or run out of hot water too fast.

Repair for frozen or burst pipes, from basement water lines to outdoor spigots.

Burst pipes, sewer backups and no hot water, any time of day or night.
Our Tinley Park office is at 8200 185th St, Suite G28, and our phone line is open 24/7.
We also serve Orland Park, Oak Forest, Frankfort, Country Club Hills, Matteson, Homer Glen, Midlothian and more.