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That time a clogged grease interceptor shut down a whole kitchen for three days
Got called to a new restaurant in Phoenix last month for a slow drain in the main kitchen line. Figured it was a simple clog, maybe an hour tops. Opened the cleanout and found a solid plug of grease and food waste that went back almost 15 feet. The grease interceptor was completely full and had been bypassed by the previous installer. We had to pump out the interceptor, then run a heavy duty jetter with a cutter head down the 4 inch line three separate times to break it all up. What I thought was a quick fix turned into a full three day job. The owner was furious because he had to close for lunch service. Has anyone else had a grease trap issue blow up into a multi-day nightmare?
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willowc6025d ago
Three days for a clog seems like overkill. A good jetter should clear that in a day if you work at it. Maybe the crew just wasn't pushing hard enough.
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henryreed25d ago
My uncle had a sewer line clog that took four days last year. Turned out tree roots had crushed the pipe behind the blockage. Sometimes it's way worse than it looks.
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the_felix5d ago
Yeah, my buddy had something like what henryreed is talking about. They kept trying to clear a slow drain for weeks, just kept coming back. Finally got a camera down there and the whole pipe under the driveway was basically a pancake from an old maple root. That was a whole new level of bad, had to dig up the whole thing. Makes you realize sometimes the clog is just the warning sign.
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