Commercial & restaurant plumbing
Drain cleaning, hydro jetting, grease interceptor work, water heaters, and gas lines — for kitchens where a backed-up floor drain closes you.
Worth distinguishing two things that get confused: a plumber installs, repairs, and clears your grease interceptor; a licensed hauler pumps it out and gives you the manifest. You will likely need both. Plumbing also drives three items on your health department plan review — interceptor location and capacity, direct vs. indirect drain designation, and hot water capacity — so a plumber who has been through plan review locally is worth finding before you build.
What to ask before you hire
Take this into the call. No vendor gets to edit this list.
- Have you worked on commercial kitchens specifically, and have you been through health department plan review in this jurisdiction?
- Do you service grease interceptors — and do you also pump them, or do I need a separate licensed hauler for that? Most plumbers do the first, not the second.
- Do you hydro jet, or only snake? Grease lines usually need jetting; snaking bores a hole through grease and it closes again in weeks.
- What is the emergency response time, and what is the after-hours rate? A backed-up floor drain during service is a closure, not an inconvenience.
- Do you do backflow prevention testing and file the certification with the water authority?
- Can you size and document hot water capacity and interceptor capacity for a plan review submission?
- Do you offer a preventive drain maintenance agreement — scheduled jetting is far cheaper than an emergency call on a Saturday night?
- Are you licensed, bonded, and insured, and can you provide the license number?
Listings
Listed alphabetically. Order is never sold or influenced by sponsorship.
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Jeff The Plumber
24/7 or emergency service
Northeast Ohio plumber with a dedicated restaurant drain service: grease trap cleaning, drain inspection and clearing, video diagnostics, industrial snaking, and high-pressure jetting for commercial kitchens.
Services: Restaurant drain service · Grease trap cleaning · High-pressure jetting · Video drain diagnostics · Maintenance agreements
Serves: Summit, Stark, Cuyahoga, Portage, Medina counties
The only one of our plumbing listings that markets restaurant drain work as a distinct service line rather than as general commercial plumbing. 24/7 emergency. Toll free 877-940-2600. Operating 32+ years.
1210 Curtis St, Akron, OH 44301
330-940-2600Verified Aug 8, 2026 · number checked against 3 sources
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Mayes & Sons Plumbing
24/7 or emergency service
Family-owned commercial plumber, four generations in, covering drain cleaning and hydrojetting, backflow prevention, water heaters, sewer and slab leak repair, and repiping across Greater Cleveland.
Services: Commercial drain cleaning and hydrojetting · Backflow prevention · Water heaters · Sewer and slab leak repair · Repiping
Serves: Cuyahoga, Portage, Geauga counties
Ohio plumbing license #29084. Emergency service for burst pipes and sewer backups. Main office in Nelson, second office in Cleveland; also reachable at 330-366-8653. Grease interceptor work is not listed explicitly — ask.
11005 Union Ave, Cleveland, OH 44105
216-883-7473Verified Aug 8, 2026 · number checked against 3 sources
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Plumbing 911
24/7 or emergency service
Commercial plumbing across twelve Northeast Ohio counties — drain cleaning, water heaters, backflow prevention, sump pumps, and sewer, gas, and water line excavation. Licensed, insured, and bonded.
Services: Commercial drain cleaning · Water heaters · Backflow prevention · Sewer, gas and water line excavation · 24-hour service
Serves: Cuyahoga, Lake, Lorain, Medina, Summit, Portage, Geauga counties
Open 24 hours, with regional dispatch numbers — the Cleveland line is listed here; toll free 866-720-0911. Their site does not mention grease interceptor work specifically, so confirm before booking if that is what you need.
Verified Aug 8, 2026 · number checked against 3 sources
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Plumbing Tech
24/7 or emergency service
Commercial plumbing serving the Cleveland area from Richfield, Strongsville, and Brecksville — drain cleaning, hydro jetting, water heaters, water, sewer and gas lines, leak detection, and garbage disposals.
Services: Commercial drain cleaning · Hydro jetting · Water heaters · Gas and sewer lines · Leak detection
Serves: Cuyahoga, Medina, Summit counties
Hydro jetting is on the service list, which matters for grease lines. Office hours are M-F 8-4 with 24/7 emergency availability. Grease interceptor and backflow testing are not listed explicitly — ask.
Verified Aug 8, 2026 · number checked against 3 sources
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Occupancy limits and how many restrooms you need
How Ohio calculates the number of people your dining room may legally hold, how that number decides your restroom count, and why a bar needs almost twice the fixtures of a restaurant the same size.
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Warewashing temperatures, hot water, and picking a machine
Every warewashing temperature Ohio actually requires, why the number on your machine's data plate matters more than the number in the code, and how to size hot water before you sign for equipment.
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What drives the cost of a commercial kitchen build-out
Nobody can quote your kitchen from a square footage. What they can tell you is which decisions move the number by tens of thousands — and what the health district requires your drawings to show before anyone is allowed to build.
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