A blocked drain at a business costs money from the moment it happens. A restaurant cannot keep serving with the kitchen drain backing up, an office cannot keep its bathrooms open when the sewer line blocks, and a warehouse loses working space when stormwater cannot get away. The Blocked Drain Guys clear commercial drains across Sydney and the Sutherland Shire, find out why each blockage happened and repair the pipe so the drain stays clear.
We are licensed plumbers based in Kirrawee, and drainage is the largest part of our work. The business began as Plumb-Quick, and much of its early work was for government and council-owned buildings and facilities. Our staff are police checked, so we can work on sites that require it.
Commercial Blocked Drain Plumbers for Sydney Businesses
Commercial drains carry far more water and waste than the drains in a house, and they are usually shared by many more people. When a commercial drain blocks, the cause is often a build-up that has formed over time, such as fat and grease in a kitchen line, roots entering an older sewer pipe or silt and debris collecting in a stormwater line.
When you call us about a blocked commercial drain, we:
- Find where the drain is blocked and clear it so your site can keep operating.
- Clean the line with a high-pressure hydro jet to remove grease, roots and built-up waste from the pipe walls.
- Put a CCTV camera through the line to check the condition of the pipe.
- Explain what we found, show you the footage and give you a written quote if the pipe needs repair.
The camera inspection shows whether the blockage is likely to come back. If the pipe is cracked, sagging or full of roots, clearing it only buys time, and we will show you the damage so you can decide on the repair.
Commercial Drain Cleaning With Hydro Jetting and CCTV Inspections
Hydro jetting sends water through the pipe at high pressure, which cuts through fat, grease, roots and scale and flushes it out of the line. It cleans the full diameter of the pipe rather than punching a hole through the blockage, so it suits commercial kitchen lines and busy sewer lines that block repeatedly.
After the line is clean, our CCTV drain camera shows the inside of the pipe. The footage tells us whether the blockage was a one-off or a sign of damage, and it gives you a record of the pipe’s condition for your maintenance files or your landlord.
Grease Traps and Blocked Kitchen Drains in Restaurants and Cafés
Fat, oil and grease from a commercial kitchen cools and hardens inside the grease trap and the pipes around it, and over time it blocks the kitchen drains. Sydney Water requires a food business’s grease trap to be installed by a licensed plumber and properly maintained, and the regular pump-outs must be done by a Wastesafe transporter.
We install grease traps, repair damaged traps and connections, and clear blockages in the inlets, outlets and the kitchen lines that feed them. We do not provide routine grease trap pump-outs, but we work with your pump-out contractor when a blockage or a failed part needs a plumber.
Pipe Relining for Commercial Drains Without Closing Your Site
When the camera shows a cracked or root-damaged pipe under a car park, a loading dock, a shop floor or a slab, digging it up can close part of the site while the work is done. In most cases we can reline the pipe instead. Pipe relining places a new liner inside the old pipe and seals the cracks and joints from the inside, and we carry out all of our relining ourselves, with our own team and equipment.
Relining is not the right repair for a pipe that has fully collapsed or lost its fall. If a section needs to be dug up and replaced, we will explain why and what that involves.
Stormwater Drains and Sump Pumps on Commercial Sites
Commercial sites with basements, car parks or large paved areas depend on their stormwater drains and pumps to move water off the site. We clear blocked stormwater pits and lines, and we service, repair and replace sump pumps and stormwater pumps in basements and car parks. A pump is worth checking before the wet weather arrives, because a fault is easier to repair on a dry day than while water is rising in the basement.
Planned Drain Maintenance for Commercial Properties
Regular maintenance lets you plan drainage work and budget for it instead of paying for repeated urgent call-outs. We set up planned maintenance for commercial properties that includes scheduled drain cleaning, CCTV inspections of lines that have blocked before, and checks of sump pumps and stormwater systems.
As licensed plumbers, we also carry out TMV testing and backflow testing, so one contractor can look after the drainage and those compliance checks on the same site.
