Commercial Plumbing in Wichita and Nearby KS Areas

Restaurant plumbing is more complicated than office plumbing. If you operate a restaurant, big or small, you must follow additional regulations to keep your plumbing up to code. For instance, water outlets must have a higher flow than standard residential faucets, often only 15mm in diameter. You need faucets large enough to provide a higher water flow and must be ADA-compliant. Your drains must be easy to clean and capable of handling large volumes of water and debris. You need your drains to remove wastewater quickly without losing water pressure.

Your restaurant plumbing should have an air gap or an approved backflow prevention device. This gap or device prevents contaminants from entering your water supply system, which could lead to food contamination. Your restaurant also has gas lines that need to be maintained. You must regularly test and tighten these valves to prevent gas-related accidents in your restaurant.

Besides your sinks and drains, your restaurant has several appliances that require plumbing maintenance. Your ovens may have gas lines, which you must monitor and keep in good condition. Garbage disposals often create problems with your drain system and need to be cleaned. Dishwashers are essential to your restaurant and require efficient access to hot water. Your hot water heaters that heat your water are also vital to your business. You may also have ice machines or a water filtration system. Finally, restaurants rely on bathrooms and bathroom utilities to work correctly and keep them safe when serving and selling food.

If you own and operate a restaurant, you know how essential it is to have a reliable plumber on call. If you are in the Witchita area, contact us at Mr. Rooter Plumbing for a free estimate. Our professional plumbing team is here to handle your restaurant plumbing needs and keep your food service up to code.

Coffee Shops

Coffee shops are often smaller than restaurants and have fewer utilities with plumbing maintenance requirements. However, the plumbing regulations for coffee shops are very similar to those of restaurants. Coffee shops must have a sufficient supply of hot and cold running water because they often use sinks instead of dishwashers to clean their utensils. Regulations require that water for manual dishwashing reach at least 110 degrees Fahrenheit.

All food service equipment in coffee shops, such as ice bins, ice makers, and dipper wells, must drain through indirect drain connections. Your coffee shop also requires a three-compartment sink for washing, rinsing, and sanitizing dishes and a separate hand-washing sink. If you operate a coffee shop and need assistance maintaining your plumbing, contact us for a free estimate. We will get your plumbing flowing so you can keep the coffee brewing.

Beauty Salons and Spas

Beauty salons and spas have special plumbing needs. To stay in business, you must have quick access to ample water at the correct temperature. You must have the proper pipe diameter to supply enough water to reach all your water outlets throughout your facility. These outlets may include shampoo bowls, bathrooms, and color dispensary sinks. If you have a larger facility, you may also require a kitchen sink, a dishwasher, laundry facilities, and additional client needs such as showers, tubs, sinks, and pedicure stations. This plumbing can get complicated quickly, and long piping spans, with many water outlets, will also affect your overall water pressure.

Your beauty salon or spa must have a sufficient water supply and excellent water pressure throughout the facility. You also need access to hot water from an efficient industrial water heater. While restaurants require large amounts of hot water at peak operating hours, others, like salons, need constant hot water throughout the day. The two significant characteristics of commercial water heaters are storage capacity and input. Water heater efficiency boils down to the amount of hot water the tank can store and how much power the burner uses to heat the water to the correct temperature.

Larger tanks will hold more hot water and last longer, while smaller tanks will deplete and refill faster. You must find the right balance between capacity and recovery for the size of your salon or spa. You don’t want to risk running out of hot water during your busiest business hours. Our licensed commercial water heater installers can identify the commercial water heater options for you based on your facility layout and your hot water needs.