Plumbing in Bartonville, IL

A Corridor Village: Homes and Shops Along Adams Street

Bartonville runs along US 24, which enters the village as South Adams Street, and I-474 skirts the same strip. The Peoria International Airport sits just north of the village limits. That layout puts houses and small businesses on the same blocks, so we plan calls differently here.

For a house, the age of the plumbing sets the plan. The Census Bureau's 2020-2024 estimate gives a median build year of 1957, with 27 percent of homes from the 1950s, 17 percent from the 1960s and 20 percent from before 1940. Those decades can mean clay laterals and cast iron drains. For a business, volume and grease set the plan, and commercial drain service usually means a regular cleaning rather than a one-time snake.

Whose Storm Drain Is It? Bartonville's Street Drainage

The village's public works department lists the storm water drainage system among its duties, and village board minutes from 2023 track storm sewer outfall work near Crystal Road. The street inlet is the village's. The downspout extension, the yard drain and the sump discharge on your lot are yours.

That drainage takes a beating in winter. July 2024 minutes reported five inlets on Garfield needing replacement for bad risers and salt damage, and the Peoria area averages 26.6 inches of snow a year. The village also holds an Illinois EPA stormwater permit through August 2030, so check with public works before you aim a sump line at the street.

When rain ponds at the curb but stays outside, report it to public works at 309-633-2054. When it enters the basement, the usual causes are a failed sump, a downspout dumping at the wall or a clogged lateral, and a drain cleaning visit can sort out which. The post on why drains keep clogging lists the common culprits.

Bartonville Plumbing Work by Type

Via US 24 and I-474 From Washington

We reach Bartonville by running US 24 west through East Peoria and Creve Coeur, joining I-474 across the river and exiting onto South Adams Street. Three questions we ask on the first call:

• Is it a house or a business?
• Is water rising, or is it a slow drain?
• Which cross street are you near on Adams?

West Garfield Avenue, where Public Works and Alpha Park sit, or a landmark like Zeller Park or the Mendenhall Boat Ramp, works just as well.

The Greater Peoria Sanitary District's service area has included Bartonville, and the village keeps its storm drains. Bigger jobs involve the village too: its Building Inspectors page lists a plumbing inspector and plumbing permit fees, and digging in the right-of-way takes a separate permit from Public Works. Under the Illinois Plumbing License Law, anyone who repairs plumbing needs a license, and IDPH publishes a lookup so you can confirm the number. We also serve Peoria and Peoria County.