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Grease Trap Cleaning in Ealing
Grease trap cleaning for commercial sites in Ealing and across Greater London. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and fully insured.
- Washing-up water that will not drain away
- A bad smell from the sinks or drains
- An interceptor full of grease and solids
How we handle grease trap cleaning in Ealing
A clean trap means flowing drains and no foul smells. The fat, oil, grease and solids are taken out, clean the inside and the baffles and the trap checked before we leave. The work covers kitchen waste pipes, restaurants and takeaways and pot wash sinks, and people most often call us about a regular cleaning plan for the grease trap and a kitchen drain that smells.
Every food business in London is inspected by its local council’s environmental health officers, and walls, floors, ceilings and equipment are all part of the picture. A deep clean ahead of an inspection, or after one, is a common reason kitchens in Ealing get in touch.
Nothing is signed off by word of mouth: a dated report with pictures of the work, plus a certificate through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal when the work is a TR19® Grease clean. Any parts we couldn’t reach are recorded on it too.
- Place
- Ealing (W5, W13, W3, NW10)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Paperwork
- Written report with pictures
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Why act early in Ealing
Smells from a neglected trap are hard to ignore. Rotting food and grease give off foul odours that can reach the kitchen and beyond. A clean trap takes the source away. Shared walls, risers and roofs mean a problem at one London site seldom stays put.
Leaving it longer rarely makes the work cheaper. Build-up, wear and faults tend to get worse, not better, and a neglected system can mean more work. If you’re not sure what’s needed, ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos for straight advice and a fixed quote.
Why us?
- A written report with pictures after every visit
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
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What affects the quote in Ealing
The survey tells us what the work involves. We look at:
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
- Parking and loading at the site
- The condition of the system
- How easy every part is to reach
When the work has to happen, how we reach it and how big the site is can all change the price. We take each of them into account, and the price is fixed before work begins.
Helping us quote
To speed up the quote, send us:
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- Problems your staff have spotted
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
Here’s what helps us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, photos of the system and any previous report or certificate. Once you have those, ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos.
Do you need grease trap cleaning in Ealing?
For a kitchen in Ealing or anywhere else, the trap is out of sight and out of mind. Hidden under a sink or in a floor, it’s often ignored until something goes wrong.
Clients usually contact us when they notice one of these:
- An under-sink trap that keeps filling up
- Grease setting in the kitchen pipework
- A kitchen drain that smells
- Scheduled grease trap emptying
For schools such as Ealing Independent College, deep cleans and grease trap work are usually booked for the holidays.
Before booking anyone
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
- If they look at the system before pricing
- Whether VAT is included
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Whether it’s one building or many, the standard is the same: diagnosis, a fixed price, work booked around your hours and a written report with photos.
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare in Ealing and across Greater London. Work can be phased by floor, building or site to keep disruption down.
Common questions in Ealing
Can you work in school kitchens in Ealing during the holidays?
Yes. The holidays are the usual time for school work. Food Standards Agency records list about 59 schools, colleges and universities with registered kitchens within about a mile and a half of Ealing. Booking early in the term gives the best choice of holiday dates.
Does London parking affect a job in Ealing?
London parking can be tight, so details of loading bays and permits help. Night visits tend to make loading easier on London streets.
What do you do to protect the area?
Floors and surfaces near the work are sheeted before any work starts, and anything we remove is contained. Before we leave, we tidy up and clean down.
What’s TR19?
TR19® is BESA’s specification for ventilation hygiene. TR19® Grease, a standalone specification since 2019, covers grease in kitchen extract systems, while TR19® Air covers other supply and extract ductwork.
Where does the grease from the trap go?
It’s removed from site when we leave. There’s nothing left for your team to deal with after we’ve finished.
What’s the right interval for grease trap cleaning?
The right interval depends on your trap and your cooking. Slow or smelly sinks between cleans mean it needs doing more often and we’ll adjust the schedule.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
Any commercial site with kitchens or ventilation, from a single café to a large school. We work with hotels, schools, care homes, offices, retail and leisure sites.
What types of grease trap do you clean?
Under-sink and inline grease traps, and larger interceptors. They’re emptied, cleaned and checked in the same careful way.
How the job changes from site to site
Under-sink grease traps
Under-sink units are easy to forget. A full one shows itself with a slow, smelly sink.
School, care home and staff kitchens
Kitchens with fixed mealtimes build up grease more predictably. A regular interval suits them well.
The process
We work around your opening hours, not the other way round. We book the visit for a time the area is closed, whether that’s an evening, overnight or a weekend. Once we are in, the area is sheeted and anything that has to be off is turned off and cooled, and the job takes anything from under an hour to a few hours, depending on the trap. Security desks and permits-to-work are routine in London, so let us know what your building in Ealing needs from us.
- We find the trap and check how it’s connected.
- We ask for the sinks that drain into the trap not to be used.
- Built-up fat, oil and grease is removed from the trap.
- The inside, baffles and pipe connections are cleaned.
- We put it back together, run water through and remove the waste.
Preparing for the visit
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
Get a fixed quote
Every quote begins with a look at the system, from your pictures and details or, where that isn’t enough, a survey on site. Then we send a fixed price, before any work starts.
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Commercial kitchens in Ealing
The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 14 food manufacturers and packers within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Ealing. Production sites can wash large amounts of fat and oil towards the drain, so traps need emptying to suit the volume. Night work is normal for London kitchens, and the kitchen is handed back ready for the morning. It’s Ealing council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Ealing. Grease behind equipment or on a ceiling is the kind of thing an inspection can note. A cleaning log that includes deep cleans and grease trap visits shows the work is planned.
Ealing Hospital, about 1.6 miles west, is the nearest hospital to Ealing; healthcare kitchens cannot stop cooking, so deep cleans are worked around meal times. Hall and church kitchens, near St Saviour's Church or anywhere around Ealing, are used by many hands, and periodic deep cleans and grease trap visits keep them in order.
Ealing is about 7 miles west of City of Westminster, in Greater London. Across the W5 area, we can take on grease trap cleaning. Our Greater London coverage runs to 764 places, Ealing among them. There’s also a page for London, roughly 9 miles from Ealing.
Every address in W5, W13, W3 and NW10 is covered for grease trap cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. Whether your site is on High Street, Coleridge Square and Station Road or anywhere close by, we can help. You’ll find Ealing on the A40 and B452, which makes it straightforward for our technicians to reach for out-of-hours visits. Other places close to Ealing include South Ealing (1 mile south), Pitshanger (1 mile north), Brentham Garden Suburb (1 mile north), Hanwell (1 mile west) and West Ealing (1 mile west). Further out, we also cover London (9 miles east), City of Westminster (7 miles east), Marylebone (7 miles east), Kensington (5 miles east), St Pancras (8 miles east) and Shoreditch (10 miles east).
What’s near Ealing
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around The Red Lion pub, Christ the Saviour Church of England Primary School and Great Ealing School. Also close by are Walpole Park (under half a mile north-east) and Library for Iranian Studies (1.5 miles east). For rail, the closest station is Ealing Broadway station, roughly 0.5 miles north-east. Other landmarks nearby include London Designer Outlet (3.3 miles north) and Gunnersbury Park House - Large Mansion (1.2 miles south-east). For a walk, there’s Castlebar Hill and Middle Lake.
Honest limits
An honest diagnosis matters more to us than a booking, so here’s what grease trap cleaning will not do:
- A trap undersized for the amount of cooking
- Blockages further down the drainage network
- A leaking sink waste or trap connection
If you are not sure, just ring 0345 646 2711 or email us and we’ll give you a straight answer.
Parts of the system we cover
- Inline grease traps
- Kitchen waste pipes
- Pot wash sinks
- School and care home kitchens
- Under-sink grease traps
- Restaurants and takeaways