Southampton · Grease trap cleaning
Grease trap cleaning in Highfield, Southampton
Professional grease trap cleaning in and around Highfield, timed so the site keeps working and finished with a written report and photos.
- A regular cleaning plan for the grease trap
- A blocked kitchen drain caused by grease
- Gurgling drains in the kitchen
Grease trap cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Highfield
We clean grease traps for kitchens in Highfield, from small under-sink units to inline traps and interceptors. Visits are booked around your service so washing up is not interrupted. The work covers kitchen waste pipes, pot wash sinks and inline grease traps, and the jobs we see most are an inline trap or interceptor due for cleaning and an under-sink trap that keeps filling up.
In a smaller place like Highfield, commercial kitchens are more likely to be a pub, a café, a takeaway or a school or care home kitchen. A smaller kitchen still builds up grease where everyday cleaning doesn’t reach.
Each visit ends with a written report and photos, so you have a record of what was done and when. Where the work is a TR19® Grease clean, the certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Location
- Highfield (SO17, SO16, SO14)
- Wider area
- Southampton
- Paperwork
- Photo report after each visit
- Quotes
- A fixed price before work begins
- When we work
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
What staff can safely do
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, next to our reports.
In-house cleaning and specialist cleaning do different jobs. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
Why act early in Highfield
Smells from a neglected trap are hard to ignore. Decomposing waste in the trap smells bad that can reach the kitchen and beyond. A clean trap takes the source away. A quieter site near Highfield still needs its system looked after.
Every site is different, so each one gets its own fixed quote. The size of the job, how we reach it, its condition and the working hours all make a difference.
Why Highfield businesses choose us
- Every job surveyed first
- Photo reports with every job
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
Highfield questions
Is Highfield within the area you cover?
Yes, we work in villages as well as towns, and Highfield is covered. A survey first, from photos or a visit, means we arrive with the right kit.
Can the work in Highfield be done at night or at weekends?
Yes, we can come after you close and finish before you open. Your customers, staff or residents in Highfield needn’t be disturbed. Tell us your opening hours when you ask for a quote.
Does the law say we must follow TR19?
No. The law sets the duty; TR19® is the benchmark used to show it’s met. Under the Fire Safety Order 2005, the responsible person must reduce fire risk, and without records, many insurers may refuse or reduce a claim.
Can you give me a price for grease trap cleaning?
No two traps are quite the same, so we price each one individually. You get a fixed quote, usually within one working day.
Who has the legal duty for fire safety?
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, it’s the responsible person: often the employer, owner or occupier. Landlords, facilities managers and managing agents can also hold responsibility.
What’s TR19?
TR19® is BESA’s specification for ventilation hygiene. TR19® Grease, a standalone specification since 2019, covers grease in kitchen extract systems, and TR19® Air covers general supply and extract systems.
Which records should we keep?
The reports and certificates from each visit, plus your own logs. Insurers, fire officers and EHOs may all ask to see them, so keep them together and easy to find.
Where does the grease from the trap go?
We take it away. There’s nothing left for your team to deal with once the clean is done.
What affects the cost of grease trap cleaning
The price is fixed before any work begins. It’s based on:
- Whether several sites go on one quote
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
- How big the system is
Working hours, access and the scale of the site can all change the price. Each of those is built into the quote, and the price is fixed before work begins.
Asking for a quote
Photos and a few facts are often enough to price the work. Useful things to send:
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
- The site address and the type of premises
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
We do not publish a price list, because no two systems are the same. We look at your system first, from photos or on a visit, and then send you a fixed quote. To start, call 0345 646 2711 or email us.
For landlords and multi-site operators
Running several sites is easier with one contractor. We cover South East England and London, so visits at different addresses can be planned together and kept to a regular schedule.
From a single site to a large estate, the standard is the same: a survey first, a fixed quote, the work timed around the site and a report with pictures.
What grease trap cleaning looks like in Highfield
The Food Standards Agency lists about 70 pubs and bars and about 16 hotels, B&Bs and guest houses as registered food businesses within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Highfield. Where they run a kitchen, it needs the same deep cleaning and grease trap care as any restaurant. Kitchens in Highfield get their food hygiene inspections from Southampton council. 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.
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Highfield Church or elsewhere in Highfield, a deep clean and an emptied grease trap before a busy season of events are worth booking. Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as Royal South Hants Hospital (about 1.2 miles south), cook for long hours, so deep cleans and grease trap work are planned around patients’ meals. If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Highfield Church of England Primary School or anywhere near Highfield, the holidays are the time for a deep clean or a grease trap clean.
Highfield is about 1 mile north of Southampton, in Southampton. Across the SO17 area, we can carry out grease trap cleaning at your premises. We cover 40 places across Southampton, large and small.
All of SO17, SO16 and SO14 is within our area for grease trap cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. Grease trap cleaning is available to premises on Winn Road, Nile Road and The Avenue and nearby roads. Highfield is on the A3035, so it’s easy for us to get to for out-of-hours visits. Other places close to Highfield include Bassett (1 mile north-west), Shirley (2 miles west), Lordswood (2 miles north-west), Freemantle (2 miles south-west) and Coxford (2 miles west). Further out, we also cover Thornhill (3 miles south-east), Harefield (3 miles east), Sholing (3 miles south-east), Woolston (3 miles south), Eling (4 miles west) and Rownhams (3 miles north-west).
Landmarks near Highfield
Around Highfield, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Saint George Catholic Voluntary Aided College Southampton, Richard Taunton Sixth Form College and The Cowherds Inn, among other places. The closest station to Highfield is St Denys station, about 0.8 miles south-east. Other landmarks nearby include Royal South Hants Hospital (1.2 miles south) and Marlands Shopping Centre (1.7 miles south). Not far away are Netley Common.
What a clean will not put right
An honest diagnosis matters more to us than a booking, so here’s what this work can’t put right:
- Blockages in the public sewer beyond the property
- A leaking sink waste or trap connection
- A grease trap that is too small for the kitchen
Not sure which it is? You can call 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we will tell you honestly.
What we work on in Highfield
- Inline grease traps
- Restaurants and takeaways
- School and care home kitchens
- Pot wash sinks
- Under-sink grease traps
- Kitchen waste pipes
The process
A visit follows the same order every time: sheeting and protection first, make the system safe, carry out the grease trap cleaning, tidy up and leave you the report. The visit itself takes an hour or so for an under-sink trap, longer for a larger unit. For a place like Highfield, we load the van from the survey notes so the work can be done in one visit where possible.
- We agree a time when the sinks aren’t needed.
- We open the trap and look at its condition.
- Built-up grease and food waste are taken out.
- We clean the baffles, inlet and outlet.
- The trap is closed, tested and the next clean discussed.
Preparing for the visit
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
- Move anything stored near the system
Get a fixed quote
For a fixed quote, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email with the site type, your trading hours and a short description of the system. A few photos and your last certificate or report help a lot. We usually come back within one working day.
Advice
Towns and villages near Highfield
Also in Highfield
How the job changes from site to site
Baffles and outlets
The outlet carries the separated water on to the drain. A blocked outlet stops the trap working.
Restaurant and takeaway kitchens
Kitchens that fry and wash up all day fill their traps quickly. A shorter cleaning interval usually suits them.