A Stubborn Drain Clog
One of my stores has a section added to the back for the water heater, storage room, and restroom.
This was added years ago when the Laundromat was reduced in size from the original layout. The restroom was in the part that was converted to a Video Rental store (yeah, that long ago).
As a result, it seems they put the new floor over the sewer clean out so it makes it a little difficult to clean. The biggest issue though is that the P-Traps are under the concrete in each bulkhead and that’s where all of the change and other items like to accumulate.
Sometimes the water jet manages to push them down to the manhole at the end of the strip mall but other times it can’t seem to get them out.
That was the case we had here where 2 weeks after it was jetted we started having problems again. When the jet didn’t seem to do it they brought in the camera where we could see some coins still sitting in the bottom.
The next step was the pump truck to really clean it out.
Once they got everything cleaned out they ran the camera through again to take a look.
As part of your maintenance schedule, you should consider adding drain cleaning. First thing is to work with a plumber to understand how your system is set up, where the clean outs and P-traps are so that if you have a problem you can explain it to whoever shows up and they don’t have to spend an hour finding the access points.
Once you know where these points are you can use a wet/dry vac to do some regular maintenance and avoid a backup.
Now on to the next project.
Ken
