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Grease trap cleaning in Bodicote, Oxfordshire
Professional grease trap cleaning in and around Bodicote, booked around your opening hours and signed off in writing with photos.
- Washing-up water that will not drain away
- A small trap that fills too quickly
- A larger grease trap that needs emptying
Grease trap cleaning in Bodicote
Fats, oils and grease are the main cause of blocked kitchen drains. Further on, grease can build into fatbergs in the sewer. A well-maintained trap keeps them out of the drains. The work covers under-sink grease traps, inline grease traps and kitchen waste pipes, and common reasons people get in touch are an under-sink unit that needs regular emptying and drains clogged with fat.
For a kitchen near Bodicote, deep cleans are booked around opening hours, often on a closed day, and the journey is planned ahead.
Duct Doctor has been trading since 2009, as a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we carry full insurance.
- Where
- Bodicote (OX15)
- Wider area
- Oxfordshire
- Paperwork
- Photo report after each visit
- Quotes
- A fixed price before we start
- Hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Bodicote kitchens: local notes
Food Standards Agency records list about 8 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 8 sandwich bars and takeaways within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Bodicote. A grease trap in kitchens like these fills steadily and needs emptying before it overflows. It’s Cherwell council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Bodicote. Walls, floors, ceilings and equipment are all part of what they look at. Having the dates of the last deep clean to hand saves digging for them on the day.
Healthcare kitchens cook through the year, so a deep clean has to be fitted around meals; Horton General Hospital, about 1.2 miles north-west, is the nearest hospital to Bodicote. Historic houses such as Broughton Castle (about 2.9 miles west) are part of the area around Bodicote, and if you run event catering at a venue like that, a deep clean between seasons helps. Hall and church kitchens, near Church of St John the Baptist or anywhere around Bodicote, are used by many hands, and periodic deep cleans and grease trap visits keep them in order.
Bodicote is about 2 miles south-east of Banbury, in Oxfordshire. Sites in Bodicote get the same service as everywhere we cover: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where needed and a written report with pictures. Bodicote is one of 443 towns, villages and districts in Oxfordshire where we work for grease trap cleaning. For sites nearby, see our Oxford page, about 20 miles away.
Every address in OX15 is covered for grease trap cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. That includes premises on High Street, Dunnock Road and Oxford Road and the roads around them. We also cover Grimsbury (2 miles north), Banbury (2 miles north-west) and Milton (2 miles south-west). We also work in nearby towns such as Bicester (12 miles south-east), Kidlington (15 miles south), Bure Park (11 miles south-east), Chipping Norton (12 miles south-west), Woodstock (13 miles south) and Bloxham (3 miles south-west).
Local landmarks in Bodicote
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to English Language Training, Blessed George Napier Catholic School and Sports College and People's Park and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Banbury station, roughly 1.5 miles north. Nearby you will also find Bloxham Village Museum (2.7 miles south-west) and Horton General Hospital (1.2 miles north-west). Green spaces nearby include Farthinghoe Nature Reserve and Crouch Hill.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Bodicote
Keeping records across a portfolio is half the battle. Each visit ends with a dated report and pictures, ready to show insurers, fire officers or EHOs.
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.
Keeping the system healthy
Think of this as the after-treatment advice, in brief:
- Use strainers in the sink plugholes
- Book trap cleans at a set interval
- Scrape plates and pans into the bin before washing up
- Tell us when sinks start draining slowly
Once the trap is cleaned and refitted, the sinks can be used right away. We run water through to check it drains before we go.
If the sinks are slow or smelly, the trap may be full. Acting at this stage normally prevents a blockage down the line.
Bodicote questions
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Bodicote?
Kitchens in Bodicote are inspected by Cherwell council’s environmental health officers. Inspection results feed into the food hygiene rating published by the Food Standards Agency.
Can the work in Bodicote be done at night or at weekends?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. Your customers, staff or residents in Bodicote needn’t be disturbed. Just phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email with your opening times and we’ll plan around them.
What do you do with the waste?
We take it away. Your staff do not have to handle it after we have finished.
Does the law say we must follow TR19?
No. TR19® is BESA’s specification, not legislation. The legal duty comes from the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005: the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, and cleaning to TR19® is the recognised way to show grease is under control.
How much time does a grease trap clean need?
Most grease trap cleans take an hour or two in most kitchens, depending on the size and condition of the trap, including testing. It’s booked when the sinks are not needed.
What does a grease trap clean cost?
The price depends on the trap and the schedule. Just phone us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we’ll quote before any work starts.
Will cleaning the grease trap fix a blocked drain?
That depends on the cause. A full trap is a common cause, and cleaning it can help, but blockages further along need a drainage contractor.
What types of grease trap do you clean?
We clean under-sink traps, inline traps and interceptors. Let us know what’s fitted and we will plan around it.
When something else is needed
Not every problem is solved by grease trap cleaning, and we will tell you before any work starts. It will not put right:
- Grease deep in the drains, which needs jetting by a drainage contractor
- Drains that are cracked or have collapsed
- Sewer problems outside the premises
If in doubt, call 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we’ll say what we think.
Parts of the system we cover
- Inline grease traps
- Restaurants and takeaways
- Under-sink grease traps
- Kitchen waste pipes
- School and care home kitchens
- Pot wash sinks
What else we do in Bodicote
Why it’s worth doing now in Bodicote
A blocked drain can stop a kitchen in its tracks. Sinks won’t empty and waste water can come back up. Keeping the trap clean reduces the risk. A quieter site near Bodicote still needs its system looked after.
Putting the work off seldom saves money. Build-up, wear and faults tend to get worse, not better, and a neglected system can mean more work. If you are not sure what’s needed, ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos for straight advice and a fixed quote.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Bodicote
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Photo reports with every job
- Every job surveyed first
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
How the visit works
There are three stages on the day: set-up, the treatment itself and the sign-off. Getting ready means protecting surfaces and switching off what needs to be off, while signing off means the written report and photos. Most of the time goes on the work itself, and that takes an hour or so for an under-sink trap, longer for a larger unit. For a place like Bodicote, we load the van from the survey notes so the work can be done in one visit where possible.
- We locate the trap and check how it’s fitted.
- Sinks feeding the trap are taken out of use.
- We empty out the fat, oil, grease and solids.
- We clean every part of the inside.
- The trap is refitted, tested with water and the waste taken away.
How to prepare
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Move anything stored near the system
Getting a quote
Quotes are quick. Send a few details and photos, and we normally reply with a fixed quote within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.
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Part by part
Grease interceptors
Interceptors take longer to clean and we plan the visit accordingly.
School, care home and staff kitchens
Drains in care settings need to keep flowing. We fit visits around mealtimes.
What your team can do, and what needs us
A few tasks are always specialist work: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease need training, the right equipment and safe access. Leave those to us.
Keep a record of what your team does. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, next to our reports.