If you are a commercial property owners, you have a lot on your plate. It’s likely commercial drain cleaning and plumbing are not high on your agenda. Until something goes wrong, we don’t worry about the related expenses that can jump up quickly. Commercial drain issues might even cause the brief closure of your business, or it’s tenants, whilst a solution is executed!
Prevention is always better than cure but how much maintenance is necessary? Whilst maintenance will not guarantee that all plumbing problems will miraculously be avoided, maintenance will guarantee a longer life of your plumbing system and avoidance of most problems.
Regularity
Unfortunately staff or tenants will get things down drains on a monthly basis. Whether its female hygiene products, massive amounts of toilet paper, wet wipes, cigarettes, office paper (?), food, plastic wrappers down toilets or food, grease, coffee grinds, fruit seeds, nail clippings, we have seen it all.
A regular monthly clean ensures pressure from blockages don’t build up and stress your pipes. This also allows for an inspection once a quarter to check there are no areas of premature aging.
A quick clean is more cost effective than having blockages fixed or broken pipes fixed. Here are other supporting reasons for a monthly clean up.
Buildup
If your tenant has grease or food products those components will land up in the drain. A restaurant will have a grease trap or grease interceptor but at least 15% will still bypass a pristinely maintained grease trap system. Office staff will have less grease than a restaurant or a car service workshop, but they block drains with inappropriate items they put down toilets. In shopping malls the baby changing toilet facility is often clogged with wet wipes.
Service Request Items
Prepare a list of items for your plumber to run through during those monthly checks:
- Do a hot water system flush for loose debris.
- Avoid chemical based cleaners as they damage pipes and are bad for the environment.
- Use drain auger to seek out beginner blockages and remove them.
- Inspect pipes with cameras quarterly to check for premature again and leakages thus avoid disasters and rising damp.
Have an experienced plumber becoming au fait with your piping system is very advantageous. They will quickly pick up any tell tale signs of drain performance problems and potential leaks.
Prevention is key in commercial drain cleaning. While instructing tenants and staff to take preventative measures there will always be daily mistakes. Having a professional onsite regularly saves you big heart ache and expenses in the future!
Contact us today for scheduled drain cleaning and supporting solutions in Sydney. A quick and easy job for us!