Commercial Plumbing

Restaurants, offices, retail, multi-unit. We schedule around your hours — not ours.

Leak Detection & Repair

Fast diagnosis and repair for commercial properties. We understand downtime costs money.

Fixture Installation

Commercial restrooms, utility sinks, floor drains, and service lines.

Drain & Sewer

Snake-based drain clearing and grease trap service for restaurants and food service.

Water Heater Service

Commercial tank and tankless units. Navien cascade systems for high-demand applications.

Scheduled Maintenance

Recurring service agreements available. Stay compliant and avoid emergency callouts.

How We Work With Commercial Clients

We focus on light commercial — the kind of work most residential plumbers avoid and where larger commercial contractors often over-charge. Restaurants, small office buildings, retail spaces, and multi-family under 10 units.

✓ After-hours and weekend work available — we know kitchens can't go down during service
✓ Same-day emergency response
✓ Clear written estimates before work starts
✓ Licensed, bonded, and insured — required documentation provided

Where we draw the line

Brad's crew runs light commercial. That means restaurants under about 5,000 square feet, retail buildouts, small office suites, and multi-family buildings in the 4 to 10 unit range. Work where one licensed plumber and a helper can get in, fix the problem, and get the space back open. We handle the water heaters, the drain lines, the fixture swaps, the gas work, and the leak repairs that keep a small operation running. What we don't take on: hospitals, large industrial sites, full-building re-pipes over 20,000 square feet, and code-bound healthcare or dental specialty work. Those jobs need a crew of ten, a project manager, and a different kind of insurance. If you call us with one, we'll tell you straight and point you toward a larger commercial outfit that does it every day. The line is about being honest about scope. Taking a job we're not built for helps nobody. We'd rather do the work we're good at and send you to the right people for the rest.

How we handle after-hours work

Restaurants can't lose service during dinner. A retail store can't close its only restroom while the doors are open. So most of our commercial work happens after close, and the planning starts before we ever pick up a wrench. We do pre-shift recon to see the space, find the shutoffs, and measure what we're replacing. Materials get staged the night before so nothing holds up the job once we're on site. We work around POS terminals and the cleaning crew, keep the area contained, and leave the space ready to open the next morning. No mess for the staff to deal with at 6am. A couple of real examples. We pulled a Bradford White commercial water heater on a Sunday so a restaurant opened clean on Monday, full hot water, no interruption to the week's service. Another night we ran a snake on a kitchen line at 11pm to clear a 3-inch grease block before it backed up into the dish pit. The kitchen opened on time. That's the whole point.

Permits, code, and inspections

California code for light commercial isn't complicated, but the inspector checks the same handful of things every time. T&P valve discharge needs proper clearance and the right termination. Gas line sizing matters, especially on a cascading tankless install like a pair of Navien NPE-S commercial units, where undersized pipe starves the burners. Backwater valves are required where fixtures sit below the upstream manhole. And accessible restrooms have to meet ADA fixture heights, which the inspector will measure. We pull permits when the scope calls for them. A water heater swap, a re-pipe, new gas work, anything that changes the system gets permitted and inspected. A like-for-like fixture repair usually doesn't, and we won't pad your bill with paperwork you don't need. The part most owners care about: we tell you which way it goes before we start. You'll know whether a permit is part of the job, what the inspector will look at, and what it does to your timeline. No surprises after the work is done.