Surrey · Grease trap cleaning
Grease trap cleaning in Hamsey Green, Surrey
For emptying and cleaning of under-sink and inline grease traps in commercial kitchens in Hamsey Green, one call is all it takes, from survey to sign-off. Fully insured, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001.
- Grease setting in the kitchen pipework
- An overdue grease trap
- An under-sink trap that keeps filling up
What the work involves, part by part
Baffles and outlets
The baffles hold back grease while water flows on. Grease clings to them so they’re cleaned every time.
School, care home and staff kitchens
Care home and hospital kitchens need their drains working all the time. We fit visits around mealtimes.
Grease trap cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Hamsey Green
Grease is behind most blocked kitchen drains. Further on, grease can build into fatbergs in the sewer. A grease trap that’s emptied and cleaned regularly holds them back. The work covers under-sink grease traps, school and care home kitchens and inline grease traps, and the jobs we see most are a slow-draining kitchen sink and grease setting in the kitchen pipework.
Work in a small place like Hamsey Green starts with agreeing a date and access.
A written report with photos follows each visit, so there’s a dated record of the work. Kitchen extract cleaning to TR19® Grease is certificated through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Location
- Hamsey Green (CR6, CR2)
- Region
- Surrey
- Reporting
- Written report with photos
- Price
- A fixed price before work begins
- When we work
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
What affects the cost of grease trap cleaning
We quote each job individually. This is what makes a difference:
- Whether several sites go on one quote
- The condition we find in the survey
- A single visit or a regular plan
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
The price reflects the work, not guesswork. That is why every job is surveyed first, and why the quote is fixed before any work starts.
Helping us quote
What to send for a quote:
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
Getting a quote does not take long. 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.
How the visit works
At the end of the visit, someone from your team can look over the work with us. We point out anything that couldn’t be reached or needs a follow-up, and it goes on the report too. The visit takes anything from under an hour to a few hours, depending on the trap. Somewhere like Hamsey Green, lanes, gates and parking are worth mentioning in advance.
- First, we find the trap and look at its connections.
- We make sure nothing drains into the trap.
- Grease and solids are removed from the trap.
- The chambers and baffles are cleaned.
- The trap is refitted, tested with water and the waste taken away.
Preparing for the visit
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
- Let us know about parking and loading
Getting a quote
For a fixed quote, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us and tell us the type of site, your opening hours and roughly what the system looks like. A few photos and your last certificate or report help a lot. We normally come back within one working day.
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FAQs for Hamsey Green
Will you come out to Hamsey Green?
Yes. Hamsey Green is within the area we cover across London and the South East. The journey is planned ahead, so a few details about the route help.
Can you work in Hamsey Green outside opening hours?
Yes, we can come after you close and finish before you open. Your customers, staff or residents in Hamsey Green needn’t be disturbed. Tell us your opening hours when you ask for a quote.
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 TR19® is the benchmark for showing that grease in the extract is under control.
Which accreditations do you hold?
BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, plus CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001. We’re fully insured and have been trading since 2009.
Are you fully insured?
Yes, fully. CHAS and SafeContractor accreditation sit alongside it, for sites that check contractor safety.
Where does the waste go?
Waste is contained during the work and removed when we leave, including grease, debris and dirty water. None of it is left on site.
What paperwork should we keep on file?
Anything that proves the system is maintained: reports, certificates, pictures and your own cleaning or check logs. A single log for each site works best.
Do we lose a day’s trading?
Not normally. We need the work area to ourselves while we’re on site, so we book a time when it would be closed anyway.
What we are called out for in Hamsey Green
In Hamsey Green, as everywhere, grease traps are easy to forget. Hidden under a sink or in a floor, it’s often ignored until something goes wrong.
Signs it’s time to call us include:
- Drains clogged with fat
- A grease trap that hasn’t been emptied in a long time
- A regular cleaning plan for the grease trap
- Sinks that drain slowly
Historic houses such as Addington Palace (about 2.8 miles north) are part of the area around Hamsey Green, and if you run event catering at a venue like that, a deep clean between seasons helps.
Before booking anyone
- Whether VAT is included
- How areas they cannot reach will be recorded
- When the next visit should be, and why
- What paperwork you get at the end
Places near Hamsey Green
Also in Hamsey Green
Hamsey Green kitchens: local notes
Food Standards Agency data counts about 43 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 19 sandwich bars and takeaways within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Hamsey Green. Fat from washing up sets hard in pipes, and kitchens like these produce plenty of it. Kitchens in Hamsey Green get their food hygiene inspections from Croydon council. The state of floors, drains and hard-to-reach corners all feeds into the inspection. Photos and dates from each deep clean make a useful record.
Half-term is a good time for school kitchens, at schools like Hamsey Green Primary for instance, to have the grease trap emptied and the kitchen deep cleaned. Hall and church kitchens, near St Antony or anywhere around Hamsey Green, are used by many hands, and periodic deep cleans and grease trap visits keep them in order.
Hamsey Green is about 1 mile north of Warlingham, in Surrey. We carry out grease trap cleaning for commercial premises of every kind in Hamsey Green and the rest of Surrey. Our Surrey coverage runs to 395 places, Hamsey Green among them. London is in our area too, around 13 miles away.
Every address in CR6 and CR2 is covered for grease trap cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. Grease trap cleaning is available to premises on Clyde Avenue, Crewe's Lane and Princes Avenue and nearby roads. Close by, we work in Warlingham (1 mile south), Whyteleafe (1 mile south-west), Chelsham (1 mile east), Sanderstead (1 mile north-west) and Farleigh (1 mile east). Larger places within reach include Epsom (9 miles west), Horley (11 miles south-west), Redhill (7 miles south-west), Ewell (9 miles west), Reigate (8 miles south-west) and Caterham (3 miles south-west).
Near you in Hamsey Green
Typical jobs here are in premises near Blanchman's Farm, The White Lion Public House and Warlingham School. Hamsey Green’s nearest station is Upper Warlingham station, roughly 1 mile south-west of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Warlingham Park Hospital (1.4 miles east) and East Surrey Museum (2.6 miles south). For a walk, there’s South London Downs National Nature Reserve and Nore Hill.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
When your team notices a problem between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We can diagnose it and quote.
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. That’s our job.
Honest limits
Not every problem is solved by grease trap cleaning, and we’d rather say so up front. It won’t put right:
- Broken pipework below ground
- A grease trap that’s too small for the kitchen
- Blockages further down the drainage network
If in doubt, call 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we will say what we think before booking.
What the work covers
- Restaurants and takeaways
- Pot wash sinks
- School and care home kitchens
- Kitchen waste pipes
- Inline grease traps
- Under-sink grease traps
Why it’s worth doing now in Hamsey Green
Wherever the kitchen is in Hamsey Green, backed-up drains stop it working. Sinks won’t empty and waste water can come back up. Keeping the trap clean reduces the risk. It’s simpler to plan the work at Hamsey Green now than to arrange it in a hurry later.
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 we start.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Hamsey Green
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- We diagnose before we treat
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- A fixed price before any work starts
Take a look at what affects the cost or how to check a contractor.