Oxfordshire · Grease trap cleaning
Grease trap cleaning in Bicester, Oxfordshire
Grease trap cleaning across Bicester and nearby, timed so the site keeps working and finished with a written report and pictures.
- A slow-draining kitchen sink
- A routine grease trap service
- A bad smell from the sinks or drains
Your questions about grease trap cleaning in Bicester
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Bicester?
Kitchens in Bicester are inspected by Cherwell council’s environmental health officers. An officer may look behind equipment and at drains, so it pays to have the deep clean booked before those areas build up.
Do you work at weekends in Bicester?
Yes, evening, overnight and weekend work is normal for us. The work in Bicester can fit around your hours. Just phone us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email with your opening times and we’ll plan around them.
Is TR19 a legal requirement?
No. TR19® is BESA’s specification, not legislation. The law is the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, which makes the responsible person assess and reduce fire risk, and cleaning to TR19® is the recognised way to show grease is under control.
Which records should we keep?
Each report and certificate we give you, filed in the maintenance log, along with your own cleaning log. BESA says certificates should show the date, location and technician.
Where does the waste go?
Anything we remove is contained as we work and taken away with us, from grease and debris to used cleaning water. We do not leave it behind.
Can you clear our blocked drains as well?
It depends where the blockage is. If the trap is full, cleaning it often helps but grease set further down the drains needs jetting by a drainage specialist.
Which sectors do you work in?
Restaurants and pubs, hotels, schools and colleges, hospitals and care homes, offices and retail, plus food production and leisure sites.
What about areas you cannot get to?
Anything we can’t reach goes on the report, with pictures where possible, and we explain what access is needed, such as extra access panels in ductwork.
Grease trap cleaning in Bicester, done properly
A grease trap is the kitchen drain’s first line of protection. Kept clean, it does its job quietly but left too long, it causes trouble. Routine cleaning keeps it in good working order. If you are dealing with an overdue grease trap and a routine grease trap service, we can put it right, from restaurants and takeaways, school and care home kitchens and kitchen waste pipes onwards.
In a town like Bicester, deep cleans and grease trap work typically mean restaurants, pubs, cafés, takeaways and school or care home kitchens. Each builds up grease where the daily clean can’t reach.
The report is your system’s health record: dated, with pictures, and showing what was done. For TR19® Grease cleans, the certificate comes through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal and sits alongside the report.
- Where
- Bicester (OX26, OX27)
- Wider area
- Oxfordshire
- Paperwork
- Written report with pictures
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
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Landlords, agents and facilities managers
When the building owner and the occupier are different, it’s worth checking the lease for who maintains the systems. We are happy to deal with either side, and the report can go to both.
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Tell us the site, the work and the access arrangements and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
What happens if it’s left?
Smells from a neglected trap are hard to ignore. Decomposing waste in the trap smells bad that can reach the kitchen and beyond. A clean trap takes the source away. A small fault found now is a quick job; the same fault found later can close the site.
One small site or a whole estate, the quote is built the same way: what needs doing, how we get to it and when. The price is fixed before any work starts.
Why us?
- We diagnose before we treat
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
Take a look at what affects the cost or our accreditations.
Bicester kitchens: local notes
Food Standards Agency records list about 8 food manufacturers and packers in Bicester and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Production sites can wash large amounts of fat and oil towards the drain, so traps need emptying to suit the volume. It’s Cherwell council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Bicester. Grease behind equipment or on a ceiling is the kind of thing an inspection can note. Having the dates of the last deep clean to hand saves digging for them on the day.
A summer deep clean suits schools such as Brookside Primary School, as the kitchen can be stripped back with no lunches to serve. Where a church or community hall near Church of St Edburg, or anywhere in Bicester, has a kitchen used by volunteers, a periodic deep clean keeps it ready for the next event. Bicester Community Hospital, about under half a mile south, is the nearest hospital to Bicester; healthcare kitchens can’t stop cooking, so deep cleans are worked around meal times.
Bicester is about 11 miles north of Oxford, in Oxfordshire. Every kind of commercial site in Bicester, we can take on grease trap cleaning. We can work out of hours so the site keeps running. We cover 443 places across Oxfordshire, from busy centres to quieter spots. We also work in Oxford, around 11 miles away.
All of OX26 and OX27 is covered for grease trap cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. Grease trap cleaning is available to premises on Market Square, Market End Way and London Road and the roads around them. Being close to the A4095 and B4100, Bicester is easy for our technicians to reach at any hour. If your site is just outside Bicester, we cover Bure Park (1 mile north), Caversfield (1 mile north), Bucknell (2 miles north-west), Stratton Audley (3 miles north-east) and Stoke Lyne (3 miles north). Larger places within reach include Oxford (11 miles south), Banbury (14 miles north-west), Thame (13 miles south-east), Kidlington (8 miles south-west), Headington Quarry (10 miles south) and St John Street area (11 miles south-west). Bicester is one of the larger places we cover in Oxfordshire for grease trap cleaning.
Near you in Bicester
Around Bicester, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Bicester Technology Studio and The Plough pub, among other places. There’s a railway station in Bicester itself: Bicester North station. Nearby you’ll also find Bicester Community Hospital (under half a mile south) and Bicester Village (0.7 miles south). Green spaces nearby include Graven Hill and Woodsides Meadow.
What affects the cost of grease trap cleaning
We do not publish a price list, because sites vary so much. What we look at:
- The size of the system
- Parking and loading at the site
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- How many systems or sites are involved
When the work has to happen, how we reach it and how big the site is all affect the cost. We take each of them into account, and the price is fixed before work begins.
Asking for a quote
Photos and a few facts are often enough to price the work. Useful things to send:
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- Wide pictures of the system and the area around it
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
Need a price for grease trap cleaning? Please call us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line with a few details about the site. We will talk you through the work and give you a fixed quote before anything is booked.
How the visit works
Before we leave, we walk the area with whoever is on site. We point out anything that couldn’t be reached or needs a follow-up, and it goes on the report too. All told, the work takes anything from under an hour to a few hours, depending on the trap. Parking in a town like Bicester is typically straightforward, so the main questions are access and timing.
- A visit is booked around your service.
- We open the trap and look at its condition.
- We remove the grease layer and settled solids.
- The inside, baffles and outlet are cleaned.
- The trap is closed, tested and the next clean discussed.
Getting ready for the visit
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
Getting a quote
For grease trap cleaning in Bicester, call 0345 646 2711 or send us an email. Let us know the site type and the opening hours, and send pictures or your last report if you can. We normally send a fixed quote within one working day.
Advice
What staff can safely do
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, alongside our reports.
In-house cleaning and specialist cleaning do different jobs. Wiping filters daily and washing them weekly keeps the visible parts in order, but they do not reach the grease that builds up further in. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
Aftercare tips
A little care between visits keeps the system in better shape. We recommend:
- Tell us if your menu or hours change
- Never pour used oil down the sink
- Keep the grease trap on a regular cleaning schedule
- Tell us when sinks start draining slowly
You’ll get our view on how often the trap needs cleaning. That depends on how quickly it filled and how busy the kitchen is.
Fat that escapes the trap hardens in the pipework. Clearing it then is a bigger job so prevention is the easier route.
Different parts, different methods
Grease interceptors
An interceptor works on the same principle as a smaller trap. Grease floats and solids sink.
Inline grease traps
Access to an inline trap can be in a floor or cupboard. We check how to reach it before the visit.