05/30/2026
Today's job: Commercial urinal completely clogged at a busy fast food
restaurant in Oakville. Standing water, bathroom shut down, location
losing transactions every hour it stayed offline. π«
Here's the thing about commercial urinals β they're a completely
different animal than residential. A McDonald's-sized location can
push 20-50x the volume of a home bathroom through one fixture. Over
years, you get:
π§ Uric salt buildup (forms crystalline deposits β basically like
cement coating the inside of your pipes)
πͺ¨ Scale from hard water
π§» Foreign objects (you would not believe what we pull out)
A regular drain snake won't cut it. You need power flushing β
high-pressure water that breaks up the crystallized scale and
flushes the debris through the stack.
The fix:
1οΈβ£ Pulled the urinal off the wall to access the cast iron drain
rough-in
2οΈβ£ Augered the immediate blockage
3οΈβ£ Power flushed the drain stack to clear scale and uric buildup
4οΈβ£ Cleaned the trap, fresh wax seal, new flush valve gasket
5οΈβ£ Pressure tested
Total time: 90 minutes. Restaurant back open. Manager happy. We were
out before the lunch rush hit. πΌ
If you run a restaurant, retail location, gym, or office building in
Oakville, Burlington, or Mississauga and a drain backs up β call us.
Commercial drain cleaning, hydro-jetting, power flushing, and
emergency plumbing 24/7. Licensed, insured, WSIB, Red Seal certified.
π (647) 862-1317