HVAC Service in South Chicago, Chicago

South Chicago grew around the steel mills on the lakefront, including U.S. Steel’s South Works, which closed in 1992. Commercial Avenue was its main shopping street, and Our Lady of Guadalupe Church has served its Mexican-American community for generations.

Housing is mostly frame cottages and two-flats from the late 1800s and early 1900s, built for mill workers, with some brick bungalows.

Many homes have older furnaces or boilers and ductwork from early conversions, and some have equipment that has been repaired many times.

Safety checks on older equipment and venting are an important part of every fall service in housing this age.

The former South Works site along the lake has sat largely empty since the mill closed, and the neighborhood’s homes are close enough to the water that winter wind off the lake is part of every heating season.