Windsor and Maidenhead · Grease trap cleaning
Grease trap cleaning in Holloway, Windsor and Maidenhead
Specialist grease trap cleaning for Holloway: a survey, a fixed price, careful work and proper paperwork. Ask us for a fixed quote.
- Drains clogged with fat
- Drains that gurgle and bubble
- A larger grease trap that needs emptying
Grease trap cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Holloway
A neglected grease trap stops doing its job. Further down the pipe, the grease cools and hardens, leading to slow drains, blockages and smells. Regular cleaning keeps it working. The work covers kitchen waste pipes, pot wash sinks and inline grease traps, and people most often call us about a kitchen drain that smells and an overdue grease trap.
In a village or hamlet like Holloway, 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.
The paperwork matters as much as the work. You get a written report with pictures after each visit, covering the work done, any areas we couldn’t access and a recommended next date. File it in your maintenance log so it’s to hand when an insurer or inspector asks.
- Where
- Holloway (SL6)
- Region
- Windsor and Maidenhead
- Reporting
- Photo report after every visit
- Price
- A fixed price before work begins
- When we work
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
How it works
There are three stages on the day: getting the area ready, doing the work and signing it off. Getting ready means protecting surfaces and switching off what needs to be off, and the sign-off is a written report with photos. The middle part takes longest, and that takes anything from under an hour to a few hours, depending on the trap. If you can send pictures, we can arrive in Holloway knowing what to expect.
- We locate the trap and check how it’s fitted.
- Sinks feeding the trap are taken out of use.
- 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.
Getting ready for the visit
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
Get a fixed quote
To get a fixed quote, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and tell us the type of site, your opening hours and roughly what the system looks like. Photos and the last report, if you have one, make the quote quicker. We typically come back within one working day.
Related advice
Holloway kitchens: local notes
Food Standards Agency records list about 4 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens in Holloway and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. 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 Windsor and Maidenhead council inspect food businesses in Holloway. Walls, floors, ceilings and equipment are all part of what they look at. A cleaning log that includes deep cleans and grease trap visits shows the work is planned.
A summer deep clean suits schools such as Burchetts Green CofE Infants' School, as the kitchen can be stripped back with no lunches to serve. If you look after a hall kitchen near Saint John the Evangelist or anywhere in Holloway, a deep clean between busy seasons is easier than a scramble before a big event.
Holloway is about 2 miles west of Maidenhead, in Windsor and Maidenhead. Every kind of commercial site in Holloway, we can take on grease trap cleaning. We can work out of hours so the site keeps running. 57 places in Windsor and Maidenhead are on our list, large and small. There’s also a page for Reading, about 10 miles away.
All of SL6 is covered for grease trap cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. Local streets include Burchetts Green Lane and Bath Road, and we cover them all for grease trap cleaning. Other places close to Holloway include Littlewick Green (1 mile south-west), Burchett's Green (1 mile north-west), Woolley Green (1 mile south-east), Stubbings (1 mile north-east) and Pinkneys Green (1 mile north-east). Within a short drive, we also cover Windsor (7 miles south-east), North Ascot (8 miles south-east), Cookham (4 miles north-east), Dedworth (7 miles south-east), Broomhall (11 miles south-east) and South Ascot (10 miles south-east).
Around Holloway
Typical jobs here are in premises near The Shire Horse pub, Newlands Girls' School and Manor Green School and the streets around them. Holloway’s nearest station is Furze Platt station, about 2.7 miles north-east of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include St Mark's Hospital (1.8 miles east) and Marlow Museum (3.5 miles north). Not far away are Taplow Lake and Weycock Hill.
Fixed quotes for grease trap cleaning in Holloway
We don’t publish a price list, because no two systems are the same. The quote depends on:
- The condition of the system
- Parking and loading at the site
- A single visit or a regular plan
- How big the system is
Combining work into one visit or one programme often makes better use of the time. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at, and you’ll get one fixed quote.
What to send for a quote
Photos and a few facts are often enough to price the work. Send what you can of the following:
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
Quotes are quick. Send a few details and photos, and we usually reply with a fixed quote within one working day. Where a survey is needed, we arrange a time that suits the site.
Multi-site and managed buildings
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare in Holloway and across Windsor and Maidenhead. Larger estates can be phased building by building around the people who use them.
Multi-site operators often want one contractor and one number. We cover South East England and London, so visits at different addresses can be planned together and kept to a regular schedule.
Nearby places to Holloway
What else we do in Holloway
Aftercare tips
After the visit, a few habits help the work last:
- Keep the grease trap on a regular cleaning schedule
- Avoid pouring boiling water down to shift grease
- Keep waste oil out of the drains
- Use strainers in the sink plugholes
Keep used oil out of the drains and the trap won’t fill as quickly. It’s the single easiest way to help.
Grease that gets past the trap sets in the drains. Once it’s there, it needs a drainage contractor to clear so prevention is the easier route.
Different parts, different methods
School, care home and staff kitchens
Care home and hospital kitchens need their drains working all the time. We fit visits around mealtimes.
Baffles and outlets
The baffles hold back grease while water flows on. Grease clings to them, so we clean them.
Common problems we fix in Holloway
Food scraps go down the sink with the washing-up water. Solids settle at the bottom of the trap and takes up space.
Common reasons sites call us are:
- Washing-up water that won’t drain away
- A larger grease trap that needs emptying
- Foul odours from the grease trap
- Grease setting in the kitchen pipework
Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as St Mark's Hospital (about 1.8 miles east), cook for long hours, so deep cleans and grease trap work are planned around patients’ meals.
What to look for in a quote
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- What records you’ll receive afterwards
- How VAT is shown on the quote
Questions from Holloway
Do you work overnight in Holloway?
Yes, evening, overnight and weekend work is normal for us. That way a site in Holloway doesn’t have to lose a day’s trading. When you ring 0345 646 2711, or send details by email, mention when the site is quiet.
Do you work in school kitchens around Holloway out of term?
Yes. Half-terms and the summer break are the natural time for school work. There are about 9 schools, colleges and universities on the FSA’s food hygiene register within about 1.5 miles of Holloway. Booking early in the term gives the best choice of holiday dates.
Do you deal with blocked drains beyond the grease trap?
Cleaning the trap deals with the grease it holds, and can clear the problem where the trap was the cause. A blockage deeper in the drains needs a drainage specialist.
Does the law say we must follow TR19?
No, not in itself. Insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to TR19® as the benchmark, and many insurers ask for proof of cleaning to it. The legal duty sits in the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, which applies in England and Wales.
Who is the responsible person?
In the words of the Fire Safety Order 2005, it’s the responsible person. It’s normally the employer, or whoever controls the building, and in shared buildings more than one person can have duties. Your lease and fire risk assessment should make it clear.
Will I get paperwork for my records?
Yes. You get a written report with photos after every visit, covering the work, any areas we couldn’t access and the recommended next date. Where the work is a TR19® Grease clean, there’s also a certificate issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
Are you insured?
Yes. Full insurance covers our work and have been trading since 2009.
What paperwork should we keep on file?
Everything that shows the system is looked after: our reports and pictures, any certificates and your in-house logs. A single log for each site works best.
Why deal with it now?
A dirty grease trap smells. Rotting food and grease give off foul odours that can reach the kitchen and beyond. A clean trap takes the source away. A planned visit to Holloway is easier to arrange than an emergency callout.
What you pay reflects the actual work. That is why we survey first, from photos or on site, and why the quote is fixed before we start.
Why book with us
- A fixed price before any work starts
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
- We diagnose before we treat