Restaurant Lines Feeding the Interceptor
Kitchen branches between the fixtures and the grease interceptor carry the heaviest load in any building. Scheduled jetting keeps grease moving to the tank.
OVERVIEW
Hydro Jetting in Grand Rapids
Hydro jetting is the cleaning of a drain or sewer line with a high pressure water stream that strips grease, sludge and root fibers off the pipe wall instead of punching one hole through them. We at Clog Busters jet residential and commercial lines across Grand Rapids from our branch at 584 44th Street SE, and a camera goes through every line before the jetter does.
That camera step matters more here than in most cities. Many Grand Rapids neighborhoods were built from the 1940s through the early 1970s, and Orangeburg sewer pipe from that era is still in the ground. Orangeburg is a fiber pipe of wood pulp and coal tar pitch that softens, blisters and goes oval with age, and a jet nozzle can cut through a weakened wall. When the footage shows that, we do not jet.
For restaurants, jetting is part of staying compliant. The City of Grand Rapids grease interceptor requirements under Chapter 27 of the City Code call for an interceptor of at least three compartments and 1,000 gallons, or an approved equivalent, and cap grease and sludge at 25 percent of the tank liquid level. Clean kitchen lines deliver grease to that tank instead of holding it in the pipe.
Jetting is one piece of our hydro jetting service, it starts with our drain camera inspections, and it is run by the same crew behind our Grand Rapids drain and sewer services.
Commercial work is performed to the 2021 Michigan Plumbing Code, in effect since March 12, 2024, and residential work to the plumbing provisions of the 2015 Michigan Residential Code.
