HVAC Service in Pilsen, Chicago

Pilsen was settled by Czech immigrants who named it after the city of Plzeň, and for decades it has been the heart of Chicago’s Mexican-American community. Murals cover walls along 18th Street, and the National Museum of Mexican Art sits in Harrison Park.

Its blocks are lined with brick and frame flats and cottages from the late 1800s. On many streets the houses sit below sidewalk level, because the city raised the streets after the houses were built to install sewers.

That means many front rooms and garden units are partly below grade, which affects how warm they stay in winter and how damp they feel in summer.

Older buildings often still heat with boilers, while rehabs have moved to forced air with central AC.