Commercial Plumbing

A commercial plumber for small businesses and property managers

A plumbing problem at a business costs more than the repair. A clogged kitchen drain can close a restaurant for the afternoon, and a leak in a tenant space turns into calls, complaints, and damaged inventory. Savior Service Plumbing Company works as a commercial plumber for restaurants, retail shops, offices, churches, small multifamily buildings, property managers, and general contractors across Central Texas. Master plumbers JD Salinas and Stephen Warren lead the work, and the same people who plan the job are the ones on site doing it.

What separates commercial plumbing from work in a home is not the pipe. It is the stakes: more fixtures in use, more people affected by a shutoff, inspectors and health departments with their own requirements, and a business that has to keep running while we work. Everything on this page is about handling those parts well.

Grease traps and kitchen drain lines

For restaurants and commercial kitchens, the grease trap is the piece of plumbing that causes the most trouble. A trap that is undersized for the kitchen, missing a baffle, or cleaned too rarely lets grease pass into the drain line, where it cools, hardens, and builds up until the drain backs up during service. We install and replace grease traps, fix the baffles, lids, and piping around them, and clear the kitchen lines that feed them. If you want to know what an inspector looks at when they open your trap, along with how sizing and cleaning frequency fit together, we wrote that up separately.

When a kitchen drain keeps clogging, routine drain cleaning with a cable opens it back up, but only for a while. Hydro jetting scours the grease off the full width of the pipe, and a camera inspection afterward shows whether the pipe is clean, sagging, or damaged. If the problem is further out, the same camera inspection follows the sewer line to the city connection so we can see what a repair would involve. Our sewer and drain services cover jetting, camera work, and sewer line repair for every commercial property we serve.

Backflow testing for your commercial property

Most businesses have at least one backflow prevention assembly, on the domestic water line, an irrigation system, or equipment like ice machines and soda dispensers. These assemblies keep water from flowing back into the public supply, and the testable ones need to be checked on the timeline your water provider sets, which is often yearly. When a test is due, we test the assembly, repair or rebuild it if it fails, and give you the paperwork your provider asks for.

New assemblies come up during remodels, change of use, and new construction. We install the right type for the hazard and set it where it can be reached for testing later, which saves you trouble every year after.

Restroom and fixture upgrades

Commercial restrooms take far more use than a bathroom at home, and the problems show it: flush valves that run, sensor faucets that quit, urinals that clog, and shutoff valves nobody can turn. We repair and replace commercial fixtures, flush valves, and supply lines, and we handle full restroom upgrades when a building needs to meet current code or a new tenant needs a different layout.

Here is what we look at before recommending a fixture upgrade:

• How many people use the space and when, so fixtures are chosen for the actual load
• Whether the existing supply and drain lines can carry the new fixtures
• Code and accessibility requirements that apply to the space
• Parts availability, so a future repair does not mean replacing the whole fixture

Plumbing repair and repiping in occupied buildings

Older buildings have older pipe, and leaks, low pressure, and rusty water tend to show up across several units at once. Sometimes the right answer is a handful of plumbing repairs. Sometimes the pattern of failures says the supply lines need to be replaced. We walk the building, test pressure, and look at the history before recommending anything, and we explain the choice in plain terms with a free written estimate after the on-site assessment.

When repiping is the answer, we plan it so the building stays usable. That means working in sections, shutting off water to as few tenants as possible for as short a time as possible, and giving managers a written plan they can share with tenants ahead of time. A commercial water heater gets the same planning, since a heater replacement in a laundry room or restaurant has to be timed around the people who depend on hot water. We also offer preventative maintenance on water heater, valve, and fixture systems so small problems get caught on a regular visit instead of during your busiest week.

Commercial plumbing for new construction and finish-outs

We work with general contractors and owners on new construction and remodel plumbing, from underground rough-in through top-out and final fixture setting. We read the plans, coordinate with the other trades on the schedule, and build to code so inspections go smoothly. Finish-outs and change-of-use projects are a big part of this, since a space that was retail yesterday may need a kitchen, restrooms, a grease trap, and backflow protection tomorrow.

Growth along the corridor between Austin and San Antonio keeps this work coming, especially in fast-growing towns like San Marcos, and in Bastrop County, where new storefronts and offices keep opening.

Plumbing services scheduled around your business

Our regular hours are Monday through Friday, 8 AM to 5 PM. Within those hours, we plan shutoffs and noisy work for your slowest times, keep the work area clean and contained, and tell you before we start how long each part will take. Property managers get one point of contact and a written summary of what we found and what we did. That is how we work for businesses in Bastrop, where our shop is, and across the surrounding counties.

If you manage homes as well as commercial space, our residential plumbing team handles the houses too. For a plumbing repair, a backflow test, or an upcoming project, call Savior Service Plumbing Company at (512) 964-9618 or request a quote and our team will set up a time to see the site.