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Highgate grease trap cleaning
Looking for grease trap cleaning in Highgate? We diagnose first, fix the price and book the work around your hours, finishing with a written report and photos.
- A kitchen drain that smells
- An under-sink trap that keeps filling up
- A regular cleaning plan for the grease trap
How we handle grease trap cleaning in Highgate
A grease trap catches fats, oils and grease from the kitchen sinks before they reach the drain. Cooling water lets the grease rise and separate while the water carries on to the drain. Over time, the trap fills up and has to be emptied and cleaned. If you have sinks that drain slowly and an under-sink unit that needs regular emptying, we can help, from pot wash sinks, under-sink grease traps and kitchen waste pipes onwards.
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 Highgate, the work is usually done overnight, between the last service and the first.
We’ve been trading since 2009, as a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we carry full insurance.
- Where
- Highgate (N6, N19, NW5)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Records
- Report and photos after the visit
- Quote
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- Hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
When to call us in Highgate
Oil tipped down the drain instead of being collected overloads the trap fast. Small amounts soon build up.
Signs it’s time to call us include:
- Sinks that drain slowly
- An overdue grease trap
- A bad smell from the sinks or drains
- Drains that gurgle and bubble
Hall and church kitchens, near Highgate United Reformed Church or anywhere around Highgate, are used by many hands, and periodic deep cleans and grease trap visits keep them in order.
Before you book anyone
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- What happens if part of the system can’t be accessed
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
- When they can work, and whether that’s outside your opening hours
Nearby places to Highgate
Also in Highgate
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we are happy to quote for all of it.
Part by part
School, care home and staff kitchens
Care home and hospital kitchens need their drains working all the time. We fit visits around mealtimes.
Grease interceptors
A larger unit takes more time to empty and clean and we plan the visit accordingly.
The process
On the day, we arrive 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 first, and floors and nearby surfaces are sheeted. The work itself takes an hour or two in most kitchens, depending on the size and condition of the trap. Getting kit into a London building takes planning, so let us know where we can load and park in Highgate.
- We start by finding the trap and checking its inlet and outlet.
- Nothing drains into the trap while it’s open.
- The trap is emptied of grease and food waste.
- Every part of the trap is scraped and cleaned, including the baffles.
- Once it’s refitted, water is run through to check it drains, and we take the waste with us.
Before we arrive
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
Getting a quote
We don’t publish a price list, because every site is different. We look at your system first, from photos or on a visit, and then give you a fixed quote. To start, call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form.
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Leave it or put it right?
A blocked drain can stop a kitchen in its tracks. Water will not drain away and waste water can come back up. Cleaning the grease trap on time helps prevent it. A booked night’s work in Highgate costs you no trading time; an unplanned closure does.
What you pay depends on the size of the system, what state it’s in and access to every part of it. We give you a fixed price before work begins, so there are no surprises.
Why Highgate businesses choose us
- Full insurance on every job
- We diagnose before we treat
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
See how cleaning jobs are priced and our accreditations and certificates.
Highgate questions
Which environmental health team covers Highgate?
In Highgate, it’s Haringey council that carries out food hygiene inspections. How often a business is inspected depends on the council’s risk rating for it, so the kitchen needs to be ready at any time.
What do you need to know about parking in Highgate?
Parking and loading in London need planning, so tell us about bays, permits and building rules when you book. Night visits tend to make loading easier on London streets.
Do I get a report after the visit?
Yes. Every visit ends with a written report and pictures, covering the work, any areas we couldn’t access and the recommended next date. Kitchen extract cleans to TR19® Grease also get a certificate through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
Is Highgate in your area?
Yes. Our area takes in London and the counties of South East England, Highgate included.
Do you offer emergency callouts?
Yes, 24/7. Our office is open from 8am to 6pm on weekdays, with the emergency line covering every other hour.
Will cleaning the grease trap fix a blocked drain?
We clean the trap, not the drain network. If the drain beyond the trap is blocked or damaged, we will tell you so you can call a drainage contractor.
Do you recommend a next date?
Yes. The report recommends when the next visit should be, based on use and what we found.
How do you protect the area?
Protection goes down first: sheeting over floors, worktops and anything close to the work. We tidy up and take our waste away before we leave.
Keeping the system healthy
Looking after the system between visits is straightforward, and it helps at the next visit:
- Keep waste oil out of the drains
- Wipe grease off pans before washing them
- Act on gurgling or smelly drains
- Fit sink strainers to catch food scraps
Collect waste cooking oil separately rather than pouring it down the sink and the trap will not fill as quickly. It makes a real difference.
An overfull trap lets grease pass. Cleaning it before it’s full keeps grease out of the drains and avoids a blockage.
Grease trap cleaning in Highgate: local notes
The FSA’s food hygiene register includes about 64 pubs and bars and about 5 hotels and guest houses across Highgate and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Wherever they cook, the kitchen and its drains need the same attention as a restaurant’s. Food hygiene inspections in Highgate are the job of Haringey council’s environmental health team. An inspection covers the structure of the kitchen as well as the food. A record of each deep clean helps show the kitchen is kept in order. Night work is normal for London kitchens, and the kitchen is handed back ready for the morning.
If you run a care home or healthcare kitchen near Highgate (the nearest hospital is Highgate Private Hospital, about 0.6 miles north-west), a grease trap on a set schedule avoids a blocked drain mid-service. If you run a kitchen near Upper Holloway station with long trading hours, grease builds up faster behind equipment and in the trap.
Highgate is about 2 miles north-east of Hampstead, in Greater London. We provide grease trap cleaning for commercial premises of every kind in Highgate and the rest of Greater London. Our area takes in 764 places across Greater London, large and small.
Work in N6, N19 and NW5 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. Grease trap cleaning is available to premises on Wood Lane, Grange Road and Talbot Road and the roads around them. We also cover Upper Holloway (1 mile south-east), Dartmouth Park (1 mile south), Lissenden Gardens (1 mile south), Crouch End (1 mile north-east) and Tufnell Park (1 mile south-east). We also work in nearby towns such as London (5 miles south-east), City of Westminster (4 miles south), Marylebone (4 miles south), Kensington (6 miles south-west), St Pancras (3 miles south) and Shoreditch (4 miles south-east).
Local landmarks in Highgate
Typical jobs here are in premises near The Angel Inn, St Aloysius RC College and Whittington Park and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Upper Holloway station, roughly 0.9 miles south-east. Well-known places in the area include Highgate Private Hospital (0.6 miles north-west) and Montfichet's Tower (4.4 miles south-east). The countryside around Highgate includes Darland's Lake and Parkland Walk.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
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 they don’t reach the grease that builds up further in. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
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, alongside our reports.