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Commercial Plumbing
Plumbing repair and maintenance for restaurants, offices, retail and industrial premises, where downtime and code compliance matter as much as the repair.
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Commercial work differs from residential in what failure costs rather than in what the pipe is doing. A blocked line in a restaurant closes the kitchen, so the decision is usually about scheduling and downtime as much as about the repair itself.
The repair is rarely the hard part
Commercial plumbing is often the same work as residential at a larger scale. What changes is what a failure costs.
A blocked line in a house is inconvenient. The same blockage in a restaurant closes the kitchen, and in an office it takes washrooms out of service for a whole floor. So the conversation is usually about when the work happens and how long the business is affected, not just about what is wrong.
Say when you call if the work needs to happen outside trading hours. Anything that means shutting off water, taking fixtures out of service, or running a drain machine through a working kitchen is better scheduled overnight or on a closing day, and that changes how the visit is arranged.
Grease is the recurring one
In food premises, repeat drain blockages are usually an interceptor problem rather than a drain problem.
Fats leave the kitchen warm and liquid, then set as they cool further along the line, narrowing it until it closes. A grease interceptor exists to catch them before that happens. When it is undersized for the volume going through it, or overdue for servicing, grease passes straight through to the pipe beyond.
Clearing the line again restores flow and changes nothing about why it blocked. If a kitchen drain has been cleared more than once in a year, the interceptor is the thing to look at.
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Commercial Plumbing jobs we handle
Commercial Plumbing Repair
Repairs in commercial buildings, where the plumbing is heavier duty, the systems are shared and the real cost is usually the downtime.
See what this coversCommercial Drain Cleaning
Clearing commercial drains, which carry far more volume and far more grease than residential lines and block for different reasons.
See what this coversCommercial Water Heater Services
Repair, replacement and maintenance of commercial water heaters, where hot water is usually a requirement to trade rather than a convenience.
See what this coversRestaurant Plumbing
Plumbing for food service premises, where grease, health inspection requirements and the impossibility of closing shape every decision.
See what this coversGrease Trap Cleaning
Servicing grease interceptors on a schedule, with the documentation most jurisdictions require kept as part of the job.
See what this coversCommercial Sewer Services
Sewer work for commercial buildings, where a lateral failure affects every tenancy at once and the repair has to be planned around occupancy.
See what this coversBackflow Testing
Annual testing and certification of backflow prevention assemblies, which most water authorities require and most premises forget until the notice arrives.
See what this coversBackflow Prevention
Installing backflow prevention assemblies where the supply needs protecting, with the device type matched to the actual level of hazard.
See what this coversCommercial Plumbing Maintenance
Planned maintenance for commercial premises, scheduled around the failures that are predictable so they stop happening during trading hours.
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Problems this covers
- Drain blockages that stop a kitchen or a washroom from operating
- Grease interceptors that need servicing or are failing inspection
- Backflow prevention that is due for testing or has failed
- Water heaters undersized for demand at peak times
- Leaks that have to be repaired outside trading hours
- Fixtures that fail repeatedly under heavy public use
Questions
Commercial Plumbing questions
How is commercial plumbing different from residential?
The plumbing itself is often the same work at a larger scale, but everything around it differs. Pipe runs are longer and carry more, fixtures see far heavier use, and the code requirements are stricter, particularly around grease interceptors, backflow prevention and venting. The bigger difference is consequence: a failure closes a business, so the job is planned around trading hours and downtime in a way a house repair never is.
Can work be done outside business hours?
Usually, and for most commercial jobs it is the sensible arrangement. Anything that takes fixtures out of service, needs water shut off, or means running a drain machine through a working kitchen is better done overnight or on a closing day. It is worth saying up front when you call, because it changes how the visit is scheduled rather than how it is priced on the day.
Why does my restaurant drain keep blocking?
Grease, almost always, and usually a grease interceptor that is not keeping up. Fats leave the kitchen warm and set further along the line as they cool, narrowing the pipe until it stops. An interceptor that is undersized for the volume, or overdue for servicing, lets grease straight through to the drain beyond. Repeated blockages in a food business are normally an interceptor problem rather than a drain problem, and clearing the line again treats the symptom.
What is backflow prevention and does my premises need testing?
A backflow preventer stops water flowing backwards from your premises into the public supply, which matters wherever there is a risk of contamination. Commercial premises, and particularly food businesses, are generally required to have one and to have it tested on a schedule by a certified tester. Requirements vary by jurisdiction and by the type of business, so it is worth confirming what applies to you rather than assuming.
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