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Grease trap cleaning in Gatton, Surrey
Specialist grease trap cleaning for Gatton: diagnosis first, then a fixed quote, the work and a report with pictures. Call for a fixed quote.
- Foul odours from the grease trap
- Gurgling drains in the kitchen
- A small trap that fills too quickly
Grease trap cleaning in Gatton
In Gatton, we time grease trap visits so the sinks aren’t needed. The trap is emptied, cleaned and checked, and the waste is taken away. It can be booked on its own or alongside other kitchen work. Typical jobs include sinks that drain slowly and foul odours from the grease trap, across school and care home kitchens, pot wash sinks and restaurants and takeaways.
In a village or hamlet like Gatton, commercial kitchens are few, perhaps a pub, a school or a care home. Each still needs the occasional deep clean and its grease trap kept clear.
Nothing is signed off by word of mouth: a written report, dated and illustrated with pictures, plus a certificate through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal when the work is a TR19® Grease clean. It shows what was done and what, if anything, couldn’t be reached.
- Location
- Gatton (RH2, RH1)
- Wider area
- Surrey
- Reporting
- Report and pictures after the visit
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Grease trap cleaning in Gatton: local notes
Food Standards Agency data counts about 14 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 6 takeaways within about 1.5 miles of central Gatton. Fat from washing up sets hard in pipes, and kitchens like these produce plenty of it. Kitchens in Gatton get their food hygiene inspections from Reigate and Banstead council. An inspection covers the structure of the kitchen as well as the food. Keeping a record of deep cleans and grease trap visits helps at inspection time.
For schools such as Lime Tree Primary School, deep cleans and grease trap work are typically booked for the holidays. Hall and church kitchens, near St Andrew's Church or anywhere around Gatton, are used by many hands, and periodic deep cleans and grease trap visits keep them in order.
Gatton is about 2 miles north of Redhill, in Surrey. We carry out grease trap cleaning for commercial premises of every kind in Gatton and the rest of Surrey. Our Surrey coverage runs to 395 places, Gatton among them. London is in our area too, around 17 miles away.
We cover every part of RH2 and RH1 for grease trap cleaning and the streets around it. You will find streets such as Rocky Lane and Gatton Bottom, all of which we cover for grease trap cleaning. We also cover the places around Gatton: South Merstham (1 mile east), Holmethorpe (1 mile south-east), Merstham (1 mile north-east), Mugswell (1 mile north-west) and Redhill (2 miles south). Within a short drive, we also cover Epsom (7 miles north-west), Horley (6 miles south), Ewell (7 miles north-west), Walton-on-Thames (13 miles north-west), Caterham (4 miles north-east) and Dorking (7 miles west).
What’s near Gatton
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around East Surrey College, Nutfield Marshes and St Bede's School and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Merstham station, roughly 1 mile east. Other landmarks nearby include East Surrey Hospital (3.1 miles south) and The Belfry (1.6 miles south). For a walk, there’s Colley Hill and Mercers Lake.
FAQs for Gatton
Do you clean school kitchens in Gatton in the summer holidays?
Yes, out-of-term visits are normal for schools. Around Gatton, the Food Standards Agency lists about 3 schools and colleges with registered kitchens within a mile and a half or so. Tell us your holiday dates and we’ll book the visit for when the site is empty.
Can the work in Gatton be done at night or at weekends?
Yes. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends. It means the site in Gatton keeps running as normal. Just phone us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email with your opening times and we’ll plan around them.
What do you do with what you remove?
It’s contained and taken away. Grease, debris and waste water are collected as the work goes on, so it doesn’t spread.
Do you deal with blocked drains beyond the grease trap?
A trap clean removes the grease in the trap, and can clear the problem where the trap was the cause. A blockage deeper in the drains needs a drainage specialist.
Do you have insurance?
Yes, fully. We also hold CHAS and SafeContractor, for sites that check contractor safety.
Who has the legal duty for fire safety?
The Fire Safety Order 2005 calls them the responsible person: often the employer, owner or occupier. Landlords, facilities managers and managing agents can also hold responsibility.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes, any time. If something urgent happens, like a fan failing or damage after a fire, call our 24/7 line and we’ll talk you through the next steps.
Do you provide a certificate or report?
Yes, always. The report is dated and includes pictures, and TR19® Grease cleans come with a certificate through the BESCA VHE portal. Keep it in your maintenance log.
Nearby places to Gatton
What else we do in Gatton
What affects the quote in Gatton
The quote reflects the site in front of us. We take into account:
- The scale of the work
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
- Where the site is and how we reach it
Combining work into one visit or one programme can make for a more efficient booking. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at and we will price it together.
Asking for a quote
The more you tell us, the more accurate the quote. When you get in touch, it helps to send:
- Problems your staff have spotted
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
- Wide photos of the system and the area around it
Need a price for grease trap cleaning? Please phone us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and tell us about the site. We’ll talk you through the work and give you a fixed quote before you commit to anything.
When it’s something else
We’d rather tell you now than book work that won’t help, so these are the things it won’t cover:
- Drains that are cracked or have collapsed
- A unit that can’t cope with the kitchen’s output
- Grease set hard in the drain run
If in doubt, call us on 0345 646 2711 or email us and we will say what we think.
Where we work
- Restaurants and takeaways
- Kitchen waste pipes
- School and care home kitchens
- Pot wash sinks
- Under-sink grease traps
- Inline grease traps
How it works
Night work is normal for us. A lot of visits happen overnight or at weekends, so a kitchen or building can carry on as usual the next day. The visit itself takes anything from under an hour to a few hours, depending on the trap. Visits to a village like Gatton are booked in advance, at a time that suits whoever runs the site.
- A visit is booked around your service.
- We open the trap and look at its condition.
- We remove the grease layer and settled solids.
- We clean the baffles, inlet and outlet.
- We close it up, check it drains and suggest when it needs cleaning again.
Before we arrive
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
- Move anything stored near the system
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
Ask for a quote
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, from your photos and details or, where that is not enough, a survey on site. Then we send a fixed price so you know the cost before any work starts.
Related advice
Managing agents and facilities teams in Gatton
Running several sites is easier with one contractor. We cover South East England and London, so a run of sites can go into one programme and kept on a regular cycle.
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Why it’s worth doing now in Gatton
A blocked drain can stop a kitchen in its tracks. Sinks will not empty, and dirty water can back up. Cleaning the grease trap on time helps prevent it. Systems in rural buildings are often out of sight and out of mind.
Whatever the type of site, the quote works the same way: the size of the job, access, condition and working hours. Call for a fixed quote and we’ll go through it with you.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Gatton
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Fixed quotes, normally within one working day
- In business since 2009
See our cost guide and how to check a contractor.
Looking after it afterwards
Think of this as the after-treatment advice, in brief:
- Use strainers in the sink plugholes
- Keep waste oil out of the drains
- Tell us when sinks start draining slowly
- Do not store things on top of the trap
Between cleans, keep food scraps out of the sink. Use strainers in the sink plugholes before they reach the trap.
Slow sinks and a bad smell are early warnings. Getting it cleaned now can stop a full blockage down the line.
Do you need grease trap cleaning in Gatton?
The more a kitchen cooks and washes up, the quicker the trap fills. A trap that suited a quieter kitchen can fill very quickly when trade picks up.
Clients typically contact us when they notice one of these:
- Washing-up water that won’t drain away
- Gurgling drains in the kitchen
- Grease setting in the kitchen pipework
- A full, neglected grease trap
Healthcare kitchens cook through the year, so a deep clean has to be fitted around meals; East Surrey Hospital, about 3.1 miles south, is the nearest hospital to Gatton.
Before booking anyone
- Whether they’re fully insured
- When they can work, and whether that is outside your opening hours
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
- Proof of accreditation you can verify