Commercial and restaurant plumbing

Commercial and restaurant plumbing is the work that gets a space open and keeps it running: the tenant improvement rough-in, the grease interceptor, backflow prevention, and the DWV and water reconfiguration a new use demands. Bobrick Plumbing bids as the plumbing sub on build-outs and TIs across Camas, Washougal, Vancouver, and the surrounding Clark County area, and delivers the work inspection-ready. A licensed Washington and Oregon plumbing contractor runs the job, with license, bond, and insurance one L&I lookup away.

Tenant improvements and build-outs

Most commercial calls start with a space that was built for one use and is being fitted for another. We take on the plumbing scope of the TI: reworking the DWV and water lines to the new plan, setting floor drains and floor sinks, running the hand sinks, mop sink, and three-compartment sink a kitchen needs, and sizing the hot water to the demand. We rough-in to the approved drawings, top out, and trim out, and we schedule each stage around the general contractor's framing and inspection dates so the build keeps moving.

Restaurant and food-service plumbing

A commercial kitchen carries more plumbing than any other tenant space, and each fixture has a rule behind it. The three-compartment sink, the prep and hand sinks, the mop sink, the dish machine, and the ice machine all tie into a plan that keeps clean water and waste separated the way the code and the health inspector expect. Prep sinks and ice machines drain through an air gap to an indirect waste so nothing siphons back, floor sinks catch the equipment drains, and the water heater is sized for the sanitation load a kitchen runs through a shift. We build that whole picture, not just the pipe between the fixtures.

Grease interceptor sizing and code

A food-service space almost always needs grease interception, and the sizing belongs at plan stage. We size interceptors to the fixture load and flow, whether the job calls for an indoor hydromechanical grease interceptor under the three-compartment sink or an exterior gravity interceptor set in the ground, and we place the venting and sample point the code official looks for. Handling it while the drawings are still on paper keeps the floor drains and the interceptor right before the slab goes down.

Backflow prevention and annual testing

Commercial water service needs backflow protection, and the assembly has to match the hazard and sit where it can be tested. We install reduced pressure and double check assemblies to protect the potable supply, and because Washington requires these to be tested by a certified tester when they go in and every year after, we set them up for straightforward annual testing. That keeps the water purveyor's paperwork current and the assembly on its yearly schedule.

DWV and water reconfiguration

Changing a space's use usually means the drain, waste, and vent layout changes with it. We reconfigure DWV and water lines to the new fixture plan, add or relocate floor sinks and floor drains for kitchen equipment, run indirect waste for prep sinks and ice machines where code calls for an air gap, and re-route supply lines to reach the new equipment. All of it is built to the Uniform Plumbing Code and laid out for the inspector to follow.

Water service and metering

A change of use can outgrow the water service that feeds it. We check that the service size and meter match the fixtures the new plan adds, upsize the supply where a kitchen or added restrooms call for it, and set the backflow protection the purveyor requires at the point of service. Getting the supply right at the start keeps every fixture downstream working under load.

Permits in Camas and Clark County

Commercial permitting depends on where the space sits. Inside Camas city limits, plumbing permits and inspections run through the City of Camas Building Division. In unincorporated areas they run through Clark County, and other cities in the county have their own paths. We confirm which jurisdiction a given address answers to, pull the right permit, and coordinate the inspections so the plumbing sign-off lands when the schedule needs it. For a health-department kitchen, we build the fixtures to what the plan review approved.

Inspection-ready handoff

Our job on a build-out is to hand the general contractor a plumbing scope that is done and signed off. That means the rough-in passes, the fixtures are set and tested, the interceptor and backflow are in and documented, and the inspection record is complete. When the plumbing is one of the trades that gates the certificate of occupancy, finishing and inspecting it on schedule means it is ready when the opening date arrives.

Plan review and the health department

A food-service space answers to plan review and the health department as well as the building department, and the plumbing sits at the center of both. We build the fixtures, the grease interception, and the indirect waste to what the approved plans show, and we are ready to walk the space with the inspector. When a plan-review comment touches the plumbing, we handle the correction and the re-inspection so the approval keeps moving toward the opening date.

The spaces we plumb

We have plumbed apartments, hotels, restaurants, cafes, nail salons, and food carts, and we take that range into new build-outs and TIs across the county. If your project also involves a residential-style remodel scope, our remodel plumbing work carries the same standards. License BOBRIPL761N1, a $6,000 bond, and $1,000,000 in liability coverage are verifiable through Washington L&I. Send the plans and we will bid the plumbing on your TI.

Multi-family and commercial buildings

Beyond restaurants, we work in apartments, hotels, salons, and mixed commercial space, where the plumbing runs larger and the coordination matters more. That means water heaters and recirculation sized for many units, DWV stacks that serve floors of fixtures, and shutoff arrangements that let one unit be worked on while the rest stay in service. We have plumbed these building types and bring that range to a new build-out or a renovation.

Working as your plumbing sub

For a general contractor, the value of a plumbing sub is a clean rough-in that passes the first inspection and a schedule you can build around. We read the plans, flag anything in the plumbing scope worth resolving before the walls close, hold to the dates in the schedule, and keep the site tidy as we go. When your inspector arrives, the rough-in is complete and correct, and the trades behind us are clear to move. License, bond, and insurance are current and verifiable, so the paperwork side is settled before we start.

Serving contractors and owners across Clark County

We bid commercial and restaurant plumbing across Camas, Washougal, Vancouver, and the surrounding Clark County area. Call (360) 901-9133 or send your plans and we will follow up with a bid on the plumbing scope.