Tuesday April 29th between 9am and 3pm
All Units – Residential & Commercial Included
Representatives of the City of Chicago reported they will be conducting maintenance on the street side water mains – indirectly connected to our pending water main project. This is expected Tuesday April 29th between 9am and 3pm. They advised they will be blocking the circle driveway in front during this time, and they’ve said it is not guaranteed, but it is possible water will be shut off to the entire building. This would impact both cold and hot water service to all residential and commercial units, and all kitchens, bathrooms and amenity locations.
We’ve evaluated what they intend to do, and similar to their previous effort, due to the age of the valves involved on the City’s side, we believe a water outage is more than a possibility.
As a reminder, the building’s valve project is still pending, and will require an overnight water outage. Once a date is confirmed with the City we will issue a follow up notice with details.
No time is a good time to lose water service and we recognize it will be an inconvenience. However, the reason the work is being done is to avoid unplanned shutdowns – given the age of these valves we are glad the City is doing this work now rather than later. The work is targeted and proactive because of the condition of the valves. Planning for the work is better than responding to leaks, floods or unexpected outages.
As a result of this work, when the water comes back on, sediment may get in the line from the iron pipes. This should clear up if you run your water for a few minutes. Also, if an aerator gets clogged or you have low water pressure, contact our team and we will have maintenance take a look. Call us at 773-769-3250 or send an email to parktowercondo-mgmt@habitat.com.
It is unlikely it will be April 30th at this point. But it was reported that the City has identified a number of other issues along Sheridan Road that they have been addressing which may explain the continued delay.
Once we have confirmation, a door drop notice with details will be issued to each unit.
Part of the work requires City workers be present to operate the mains from the street side, to turn the water off to the Tower. Apparently they identified problems on the street side requiring work before this can be done.
TENTATIVELY, they’ve told us to expect to reschedule this for the night of Wednesday April 30th, at 9pm, unti Thursday May 1st at 8am. However, we are waiting for this to be confirmed.
Once it is confirmed, a door drop will be sent out and this post will be updated.
Please read the original post below to understand more about what is expected, and contact our team any time with questions at parktowercondo-mgmt@habitat.com.
In order to accommodate the replacement of the original main valves which control the intake of water from the City Of Chicago, water serving all units – residential & commercial – as well as all amenity spaces, will be shut down overnight on Wednesday April 16th. This project is being done in coordination with the City of Chicago. The City will be shutting off the streetside mains, while our team and the contractor hired for the work, replace the building’s mains.
This work will begin on Wednesday night April 16th around 9pm, after which there will be no water service until the replacement is finished. There will be no cold or hot water to any kitchens or bathrooms. They expect to complete the replacement overnight and to have water service restored by 8am on Thursday April 17th. This is barring any unforeseen conditions or complications that may arise.
Of course no time is a good time to lose water service and we recognize this will be an inconvenience. However, the reason the work is being done is to avoid unplanned shutdowns. This work was targeted and proactive because of the condition of the valves, so we can plan for the work rather than scramble in response to possible failures in the future.
We’ve chosen to do this overnight to reduce the inconvenience this will cause, however we are also at the mercy of the City’s availability. We will keep everyone posted via e-mail and text messages with any important updates. If you are not subscribed for texts, you can do so anytime. Just text the word “PTCAmaintenance” to 94253.
Get Other Alerts Via Text As Well! Subscribe to the Park Tower Emergency Message Service by Texting the word “PTCAalerts” to 94253. Also, for notices and reminders, text “PTCAnotices”.
We appreciate everyone’s patience and understanding while this effort is undertaken.
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