Brighton and Hove · Grease trap cleaning
Grease Trap Cleaning in Brighton and Hove
Grease trap cleaning in Brighton and Hove from ventilation hygiene specialists trading since 2009. Out-of-hours visits and 24/7 emergency callout.
- An interceptor full of grease and solids
- Gurgling drains in the kitchen
- A slow-draining kitchen sink
Grease trap cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Brighton and Hove
Grease is behind most blocked kitchen drains. Further on, grease can build into fatbergs in the sewer. A grease trap that is emptied and cleaned regularly keeps them out of the drains. If you have grease setting in the kitchen pipework and gurgling from the sink waste, we can help.
Grease traps fill up with fat and food scraps, and once it’s full, fat passes into the drains. Emptying and cleaning on a schedule keeps drains in Brighton and Hove running.
The report is your system’s health record: dated, with pictures, and showing what was done. Grease extract cleans are also certificated to TR19® Grease through the BESCA VHE portal, ready for your insurer.
- Location
- Brighton and Hove (BN3, BN41, BN1)
- Region
- Brighton and Hove
- Paperwork
- Report and photos after the visit
- Price
- A fixed price before we start
- Working hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Questions from Brighton and Hove
Who inspects food businesses in Brighton and Hove?
In Brighton and Hove, it’s Brighton and Hove council that carries out food hygiene inspections. An officer may look behind equipment and at drains, so it pays to have the deep clean booked before those areas build up.
Can school kitchens in Brighton and Hove be cleaned in the holidays?
Yes. Half-terms and the summer break are the natural time for school work. Food Standards Agency records list about 38 schools, colleges and universities with registered kitchens within about a mile and a half of Brighton and Hove. Send us your term dates when you call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line, and we will fit the work in.
Do you recommend a next date?
Yes. The interval depends on how much the system is used and what we find, and we explain the reasoning on the report.
Do we need to stop using the sinks while you work?
While we work, those sinks are out of use. It takes a short visit for a small trap and longer for an inline unit or interceptor, and we time it to suit you.
What happens if a grease trap is not cleaned?
Grease and food waste build up until the trap stops working. The result is slow drains, foul odours and eventually a blockage.
How long does a grease trap clean take?
As a guide, it takes anything from under an hour to a few hours, depending on the trap. A large or very full trap takes longer and we will say so when we quote.
Are you insured?
Yes. Duct Doctor is fully insured, and we can share the details when you need them.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. Scheduled maintenance plans are part of what we do, with visits at the interval your system needs. Each report recommends when the next visit should be.
What grease trap cleaning looks like in Brighton and Hove
Look up Brighton and Hove on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you will find about 18 food manufacturers and packers in and around Brighton and Hove, up to about a mile and a half out. For food producers, the grease trap schedule should follow the volume going through it. It’s Brighton and Hove council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Brighton and Hove. They look at the cleanliness of the whole kitchen: walls, floors, ceilings and equipment. Having the dates of the last deep clean to hand saves digging for them on the day.
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as West Hove Infant School or anywhere near Brighton and Hove, the holidays are the time for a deep clean or a grease trap clean. Healthcare kitchens cook through the year, so a deep clean has to be fitted around meals; Montefiore Hospital, about 1.5 miles east, is the nearest hospital to Brighton and Hove.
Brighton and Hove is in England. Whatever kind of site you run in Brighton and Hove, we can take on grease trap cleaning. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so the site keeps running. We cover 30 places across Brighton and Hove, large and small.
We work across the BN3, BN41 and BN1 postcode area for grease trap cleaning and the streets around it. That includes premises on New Church Road, Princes Square and Station Road and nearby roads. Main roads around Brighton and Hove include the A270 and A293, which makes travel easy for grease trap cleaning. Neighbouring places we cover for grease trap cleaning include Aldrington (1 mile south-west), West Blatchington (1 mile north-east), Hove (1 mile south-east), Prestonville (2 miles east) and Brunswick (2 miles south-east). We also work in nearby towns such as Brighton (3 miles east), Carlton Hill (3 miles east), Hanover (3 miles east), Kemptown (3 miles south-east), Hollingdean (3 miles east) and Whitehawk (4 miles east).
Near you in Brighton and Hove
Typical jobs here are in premises near Hove Park, The Drive Prep School and Hove Park School, among other places. Brighton and Hove has its own railway station: Aldrington station. Nearby you will also find British Engineerium (0.7 miles north-east) and Churchill Square (2.1 miles south-east). Not far away are Thundersbarrow Hill and Ladies Mile.
When to call us in Brighton and Hove
A full trap cannot hold any more grease. It then builds up in the drains and on towards the sewer, where it can cause blockages.
Common reasons sites call us are:
- Scheduled grease trap emptying
- Gurgling from the sink waste
- A slow-draining kitchen sink
- A grease trap that hasn’t been emptied in a long time
If you run a café or takeaway near Aldrington station, a deep clean overnight means the kitchen opens as normal next morning.
Comparing quotes
- Whether they’re fully insured
- Whether the figure could change on the day
- Whether a written report and pictures are included
- What happens if part of the system can’t be accessed
How it works
A visit follows the same order every time: sheeting and protection first, isolate whatever needs isolating, carry out the grease trap cleaning, clear away and hand over the paperwork. The visit itself takes a short visit for a small trap and longer for an inline unit or interceptor. Work in Brighton and Hove is typically booked after closing, early in the morning or on a closed day.
- We find the trap and check how it’s connected.
- Nothing drains into the trap while it’s open.
- We take out the layer of fat, oil and grease and any solids.
- Every part of the trap is scraped and cleaned, including the baffles.
- The trap is reassembled, checked for leaks and the waste taken away.
How to prepare
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
Ask for a quote
Every quote begins with a look at the system, from your photos and details or, where that isn’t enough, a survey on site. After that, you get a fixed price for the work so you know the cost before any work starts.
Advice
What your team can do, and what needs us
Keep a record of what your team does. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, next to our reports.
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. What they can’t safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, and that is where we come in.
Honest limits
To be straight with you, there are a few things this work will not fix:
- Grease deep in the drains, which needs jetting by a drainage contractor
- Collapsed or damaged drains, which need a drainage contractor
- A trap undersized for the amount of cooking
Not sure which it is? You can give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we will tell you honestly.
Parts of the system we cover
- Pot wash sinks
- School and care home kitchens
- Kitchen waste pipes
- Restaurants and takeaways
- Under-sink grease traps
- Inline grease traps
Places near Brighton and Hove
More services for Brighton and Hove
Part by part
Grease interceptors
Grease interceptors are larger units that serve busier kitchens. With more capacity, they fill more slowly, but they still need regular emptying and cleaning.
School, care home and staff kitchens
Kitchens that serve set mealtimes fill their traps more steadily. A regular interval suits them well.
Multi-site and managed buildings
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we can quote for the whole system.
Leave it or put it right?
For a kitchen in Brighton and Hove, a regular grease trap clean is a small, planned job. A blocked drain is an emergency and typically at the worst moment. Grease, dust and wear all build up with time.
One small site or a whole estate, the quote is built the same way: the work involved, the access and the timing. You will have a fixed price before work begins.
Why us?
- Fixed quotes, usually within one working day
- Trading since 2009
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
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