Greater London · Grease trap cleaning
Grease trap cleaning in Hayes, Greater London
Specialist grease trap cleaning for Hayes: diagnosis first, then a fixed quote, the work and a report with photos. Ask us for a fixed quote.
- A small trap that fills too quickly
- Drains that gurgle and bubble
- A slow-draining kitchen sink
About our grease trap cleaning in Hayes
Once a trap is full, grease passes straight through. Further down the pipe, the grease cools and hardens and the result is blocked drains and bad smells. Regular cleaning keeps it working. The work covers under-sink grease traps, school and care home kitchens and kitchen waste pipes, and the jobs we see most are drains that gurgle and bubble and a full, neglected grease trap.
Across London, many commercial kitchens are compact and run long hours, so grease collects behind equipment, on ceilings and in drains and grease traps. For a kitchen in Hayes, the work is normally done overnight, between the last service and the first.
Good records are part of the job. You get a written report with photos after each visit, listing what was done, anything we couldn’t reach and when the next visit is due. File it in your maintenance log so it’s ready for an insurer, fire officer or EHO.
- Location
- Hayes (BR4, BR2)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Records
- Photo report after every visit
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
What a clean won’t put right
We’d rather tell you now than book work that will not help, so here are the limits:
- Blockages further down the drainage network
- Drains that are cracked or have collapsed
- Grease deep in the drains, which needs jetting by a drainage contractor
If you are not sure, just phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us and we will give you a straight answer.
What we work on in Hayes
- Inline grease traps
- Restaurants and takeaways
- Kitchen waste pipes
- School and care home kitchens
- Pot wash sinks
- Under-sink grease traps
Keeping the system healthy
Aftercare is simple, and it makes the next visit easier:
- Never pour used oil down the sink
- Use strainers in the sink plugholes
- Let us know if the kitchen gets busier
- Do not wait for a blockage to book a clean
Once the trap is cleaned and refitted, the sinks can be used straight away. We run water through to check it drains before we go.
An overfull trap lets grease pass. Cleaning it before it’s full keeps grease out of the drains and saves a call-out for a blocked drain.
Grease trap cleaning in Hayes: local notes
Look up Hayes on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you will find about 72 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 27 takeaways and sandwich shops within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Hayes. Kitchens like these wash fat, oil and grease down the sink every day, and a grease trap is what stops it reaching the sewer. Environmental health officers from Bromley council inspect food businesses in Hayes. They look at the cleanliness of the whole kitchen: walls, floors, ceilings and equipment. A cleaning log that includes deep cleans and grease trap visits shows the work is planned. Compact London kitchens collect grease in tight corners, which an overnight deep clean can reach.
Where a church or community hall near St Mary the Virgin, or anywhere in Hayes, has a kitchen used by volunteers, a periodic deep clean keeps it ready for the next event. If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like National Psychosis Unit about 1.6 miles west, deep cleans and grease trap visits are planned so meals still go out. If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Hawes Down Primary School or anywhere near Hayes, the holidays are the time for a deep clean or a grease trap clean.
Hayes is about 2 miles south of Bromley, in Greater London. Every kind of commercial site in Hayes, we can take on grease trap cleaning. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so the site keeps running. Hayes is one of 764 towns, villages and districts in Greater London where we work for commercial clients. There’s also a page for London, roughly 10 miles from Hayes.
Every address in BR4 and BR2 is covered for grease trap cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. That includes premises on Hawes Lane, Crest Road and Keswick Road and nearby roads. Close by, we work in West Wickham (1 mile west), Coney Hall (1 mile west), Bromley Common (1 mile north-east), Nash (1 mile south) and Eden Park (2 miles north-west). Larger places within reach include London (10 miles north-west), City of Westminster (12 miles north-west), Marylebone (12 miles north-west), Kensington (12 miles north-west), St Pancras (12 miles north-west) and Shoreditch (11 miles north).
What’s near Hayes
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Coney Hall Recreation Ground, New Inn and Hayes School. Hayes has its own railway station: Hayes (Kent) station. Other landmarks nearby include National Psychosis Unit (1.6 miles west) and Bethlem Museum of the Mind (1.1 miles east). The countryside around Hayes includes Summer Hill and Hutchinson's Bank.
What happens on the day
We turn up at the time agreed with you, often in the evening, overnight or at the weekend so the site keeps working. Equipment that has to be off is switched off and allowed to cool before we start, and the area around the work is covered and protected. On site, it takes anything from under an hour to a few hours, depending on the trap. For a job in Hayes, tell us about loading bays, permits, lifts and roof access when you book.
- We locate the trap and check how it’s fitted.
- We make sure nothing drains into the trap.
- We empty out the fat, oil, grease and solids.
- The chambers and baffles are cleaned.
- We refit it, run water through and remove the waste.
Before we arrive
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
How to get a quote
To help us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, a few pictures and any previous report or certificate. Once you have those, ring 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.
Advice
Different parts, different methods
Baffles and outlets
The outlet carries the separated water on to the drain. If it’s blocked or greasy, the trap backs up.
Grease interceptors
Bigger kitchens may have a larger grease interceptor. With more capacity, they fill more slowly but they still need cleaning.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
When the building owner and the occupier are different, it’s worth checking the lease for who maintains the systems. We are happy to deal with either side, and the report can go to both.
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Tell us the site, the work and the access arrangements, and we will send a fixed quote.
Questions from Hayes
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Hayes?
Kitchens in Hayes are inspected by Bromley council’s environmental health officers. Inspection results feed into the food hygiene rating published by the Food Standards Agency.
Do you clean school kitchens in Hayes in the summer holidays?
Yes. Half-terms and the summer break are the natural time for school work. The FSA’s register shows about 2 schools and colleges with food registrations within roughly a mile and a half of Hayes. Tell us your holiday dates and we’ll book the visit for when the site is empty.
Which grease traps does the service cover?
We clean under-sink traps, inline traps and interceptors. Tell us what you have and we will plan around it.
Are you insured?
Yes. We are fully insured, and the details are available on request.
Where does the waste go?
We contain it and take it with us. Grease, debris and waste water are collected as the work goes on rather than letting it spread.
Do you offer emergency callouts?
Yes, any time. For anything urgent, such as a fan failure or damage after a fire, ring the 24/7 line and we’ll talk you through the next steps.
What happens if you cannot reach some of it?
They’re marked on the report. In ductwork, new access panels are often the answer, and we can fit those.
How much notice do you need?
The more notice, the better, particularly for night and weekend visits. We typically quote within one working day, and there’s a 24/7 line for emergencies.
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What staff can safely do
If your staff spot something between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that won’t come clean, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We can diagnose it and quote.
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, which is where we come in.
Why deal with it now?
A smelly, overflowing trap attracts pests. A clean trap is less of an attraction, alongside good kitchen hygiene. In Hayes, a planned overnight visit is much easier than closing unexpectedly.
Whatever the type of site, the quote works the same way: the size of the job, access, condition and working hours. Ask for a fixed quote and we’ll go through it with you.
Why Hayes businesses choose us
- Fixed quotes, normally within one working day
- Trading since 2009
- Full insurance on every job
- A written report with photos after each visit
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