Sewer & Drain · Nashville, TN
Commercial Drain Cleaning in Nashville
Restaurant, retail and office lines kept open on a schedule, with grease lines jetted before they close a kitchen on a Friday.
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Commercial Drain Cleaning in Nashville, Tennessee
Restaurant, retail and office lines kept open on a schedule, with grease lines jetted before they close a kitchen on a Friday.
For commercial drain cleaning, Nashville's Sewer and Drain works across Middle Tennessee — licensed, insured, with the price in writing before the work starts. Drain and sewer crews who clear the stoppage first, then put a camera down the line and show you what caused it.
Why homeowners call
Signs that bring people to us for this
- Sewage coming up a floor drain
- Every drain in the house slow at once
- Gurgling toilet when the washer drains
- Sewer smell in the yard or basement
- A soggy, sunken strip over the sewer line
- Roots back in the line every year
- Sump pump running and running
What is included
What our commercial drain cleaning work includes
- Grease lines jetted from the kitchen to the interceptor
- Line downstream of the interceptor checked as well
- Service booked after close or before opening
- Restroom, floor sink and mop sink lines cleared
- Recorded camera inspections for owners and property managers
- Maintenance interval set from how fast lines grease up
- Parking lot and storm drain lines cleared on request
- Each visit written up with the line and what was found
How Commercial Drain Cleaning goes, from cleanout to final pass
A commercial kitchen sends grease into its drains with every service, and the interceptor only catches what reaches it while the water is still warm and moving. Jetting the line between the kitchen and the interceptor on a schedule keeps it from closing. The first camera run after a cleaning tells us how fast it builds back, and that sets the interval.
In Nashville, grease control for food service falls under Metro Water Services’ Grease Management program. Pumping the interceptor is a separate job from jetting the lines, with its own paperwork, and Metro’s grease guidance recommends pumping at least every 90 days, more often for heavy-grease kitchens. Keeping the jetting records alongside the pumping records makes an inspection simpler.
We schedule commercial work around the business. A restaurant line gets jetted after the last ticket or before prep starts, and an office or retail building has its restroom lines done when the tenants are out. A backup in the middle of a dinner rush costs far more than an early morning visit.
Strip centers and older commercial buildings can have several tenants draining into one sewer lateral. When that line backs up, the camera shows which branch the grease or debris is coming from, and that settles which kitchen has to change what it sends down the drain.
Also available
Other sewer, drain and septic work
Drain Cleaning
Kitchen, bath, laundry and main line stoppages cleared at the cause, with the camera brought in when the same drain keeps coming back.
Learn moreHydro Jetting
Water at several thousand psi scours grease, scale and fine roots off the pipe wall, where a cable only punches a hole through them.
Learn moreMain Line Drain Cleaning
The line every fixture empties into, opened from the cleanout when two drains back up at once or the lowest one gurgles.
Learn moreFloor Drain Cleaning
Basement, garage and laundry floor drains cleared and their traps checked, so sewer gas stays below the floor.
Learn moreService area
Sewer and drain calls we take across Middle Tennessee
Our trucks reach Nashville and 100 more towns in 12 counties, and we take sewer and septic calls anywhere within about an hour of the city.
FAQ
Commercial Drain Cleaning: what people ask first
How often should a restaurant grease line be jetted?
Often enough that the line never gets close to closing, which for a busy fryer kitchen can mean every few months. The right interval comes from a camera inspection some weeks after a cleaning, showing how much grease has built back up. Jetting the lines is in addition to pumping the grease interceptor, which Metro’s grease guidance puts at least every 90 days.
Can you clean commercial drains after business hours?
Yes, and most commercial work is done that way. Kitchens are jetted after close or before morning prep, and restroom and floor lines in offices are cleared once the building is quiet. A backup during open hours is a different matter, and we come when called, since an overflowing line in a working kitchen can’t wait for evening.
What is the difference between a grease trap and a grease interceptor?
Mostly size and where they sit. A grease trap is a small unit, usually under or beside a sink, that kitchen staff can clean out; an interceptor is a large tank, often buried outside, serviced by a pumping truck. Both hold wastewater long enough for grease to float and separate. Which one a kitchen needs is set by the local utility and the plumbing code.
Why do the floor sinks in a restaurant smell like sewer?
Usually the trap under the floor sink has dried out or filled with grease and food solids. A floor sink that rarely takes water loses its seal to evaporation, letting sewer gas straight up, and one that takes greasy water collects sludge that smells on its own. Regular water or a trap primer handles the first, and cleaning and jetting the line handles the second.
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Call or write to Nashville's Sewer and Drain with what the drains are doing; we clear the line first and price any repair from the camera footage.