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Salon plumbing in Kitchener-Waterloo
Plumbing for hair salons, barbershops, nail salons and spas, from shampoo bowls and pedicure stations to hot water.
- Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- WSIB covered
- Homes and businesses
Salon plumbing for businesses across Kitchener-Waterloo
A salon asks more of its plumbing than most small shops. Every shampoo bowl or backwash unit needs its own hot and cold supply, a drain and a vent, and each pedicure station needs water and a drain at the chair. Hair causes most of the trouble: it binds with soap and product into clogs that slow every bowl on the line, so a hair trap at each bowl, emptied often, keeps it out of the drain before it reaches the main line.
Hot water is the other pressure point. Back-to-back washes at several bowls can empty a water heater sized for an office, so the heater has to match the number of stations and the busiest hours. Opening a salon in a leased unit usually means bringing water, drains and vents to stations the space was never planned for, which is planned like any tenant fit-out, with the permit and inspections that come with it.
When to call us
- Shampoo bowls draining slowly, or water backing up into the next bowl
- Running out of hot water at the busiest times of day
- Opening a new salon, barbershop or spa in an empty unit
- Adding shampoo bowls or pedicure stations
- A pedicure station that will not drain, or drains slowly
How the job works
Look at the stations and the layout
We look at how many shampoo bowls, pedicure chairs and sinks you have or plan, and where their water, drain and vent connections can run.
Size the hot water
We work out how much hot water the stations use at the busiest time, and whether the water heater keeps up or needs replacing.
Install or repair
We run supply, drain and vent lines to each station, fit hair traps where they help, and clear or replace drains that keep clogging.
Test and inspect
We test the new lines for leaks, and work that needs a permit is inspected before the space opens.
Common questions
How do I keep hair out of the salon drains?
A hair trap at each shampoo bowl catches most of it before it reaches the drain line, as long as it is emptied often. A drain that is already slow usually needs the line cleared, since hair that gets past binds with soap and product further down.
What size water heater does a salon need?
It depends on how many bowls run at once and for how long. A heater sized for an office or a small shop can run out at peak times, so the number of stations and the busiest hours are the place to start.
Can a salon open in any commercial unit?
Most units can be fitted out for a salon, but some are simpler than others. A unit with water and a drain close to where the stations will go is easier to plumb than one where the floor has to be cut to run new drains.
Where we do salon plumbing
Based in Kitchener, working across Waterloo, Cambridge, Guelph and Stratford.
- Kitchener, our home base
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