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Grease trap cleaning in Kentish Town, Greater London
Grease trap cleaning for Kentish Town, from a team that has been trading since 2009. Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus a 24/7 emergency line.
- A blocked kitchen drain caused by grease
- Scheduled grease trap emptying
- A small trap that fills too quickly
Grease trap cleaning in Kentish Town
Kitchens in Kentish Town use us for grease trap cleaning, whether it’s an under-sink unit or a larger inline trap. We come when the sinks aren’t needed, so the kitchen keeps running. If you have an overdue grease trap and scheduled grease trap emptying, we can put it right, from kitchen waste pipes, inline grease traps and school and care home kitchens onwards.
Every food business in London is inspected by its local council’s environmental health officers, and walls, floors, ceilings and equipment are all part of the picture. A deep clean ahead of an inspection, or after one, is a common reason kitchens in Kentish Town get in touch.
For insurers and inspectors, the record counts. So every job comes with a written report and photos, and grease extract cleans come with a TR19® certificate issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Where
- Kentish Town (NW5, NW1, NW3)
- Region
- Greater London
- Reporting
- Written report with photos
- Quote
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- Hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
What we do, step by step
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. Anything that needs to be off for the work is switched off and left to cool first, and floors and nearby surfaces are sheeted. The work itself takes anything from under an hour to a few hours, depending on the trap. We fit London jobs around the building rather than the other way round, so a visit in Kentish Town is normally out of hours.
- A visit is booked around your service.
- We open the trap and look at its condition.
- We remove the grease layer and settled solids.
- The inside, baffles and outlet are cleaned.
- We close it up, check it drains and suggest when it needs cleaning again.
Getting ready for the visit
- Clear loose items from the work area
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Find the previous report, if there is one
Get a fixed quote
Need a price for grease trap cleaning? Please ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos and tell us about the site. We will talk you through the work and send you a fixed quote before you commit to anything.
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FAQs for Kentish Town
Do you clean school kitchens in Kentish Town in the summer holidays?
Yes. Half-terms and the summer break are the natural time for school work. There are about 55 schools, colleges and universities on the FSA’s food hygiene register within about 1.5 miles of Kentish Town. You can call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email with the dates the site is empty.
Who inspects food businesses in Kentish Town?
Food hygiene inspections in Kentish Town are carried out by Camden council. 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.
Will cleaning the grease trap fix a blocked drain?
Cleaning the trap deals with the grease it holds, and can clear the problem where the trap was the cause. Blockages further down the drain, or damaged pipework, need a drainage contractor.
How do you protect the area?
With sheeting and covers, before anything else happens. We keep the work contained and leave the area clean.
What’s TR19?
It’s BESA’s specification and the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to. It covers how systems are inspected, cleaned and checked, and it takes a risk-based approach.
What types of grease trap do you clean?
We clean under-sink traps, inline traps and interceptors. Tell us what you have and we’ll plan around it.
What paperwork should we keep on file?
The reports and certificates from each visit, plus your own logs. They’re what an insurer, fire officer or EHO may ask for, so keep them where they can be found quickly.
How long will the sinks be out of use?
A typical clean takes an hour or two in most kitchens, depending on the size and condition of the trap, including testing. It’s booked when the sinks are not needed.
What we’re called out for in Kentish Town
If a trap isn’t emptied, grease passes straight through. It goes on into the drain and the sewer beyond, where it can form blockages.
Clients typically contact us after spotting one of these:
- A slow-draining kitchen sink
- A larger grease trap that needs emptying
- Grease setting in the kitchen pipework
- Drains that gurgle and bubble
If you run a kitchen near Kentish Town West station with long trading hours, grease builds up faster behind equipment and in the trap.
What your quote should include
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or pictures
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
- Whether a written report and photos are included
- Whether VAT is included
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What else we do in Kentish Town
Why it’s worth doing now in Kentish Town
For a kitchen in Kentish Town, a regular grease trap clean is a small, planned job. Waiting for a blockage turns it into an urgent problem, often at a busy time. A busy site in Kentish Town builds up dirt and wear quickly, so putting it off makes the eventual job larger.
Leaving it longer rarely makes the work cheaper. Build-up, wear and faults tend to get worse, not better, which can make the next visit longer. If you’re unsure, call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email for straight advice and a fixed quote.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Kentish Town
- One number for every site across the South East and London
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
- We’re fully insured
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
Honest limits
An honest diagnosis matters more to us than a booking, so here’s what this work can’t put right:
- Collapsed or damaged drains, which need a drainage contractor
- Grease set hard in the drain run
- Sewer problems outside the premises
If you are not sure, just phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us and we’ll give you a straight answer.
What the work covers
- School and care home kitchens
- Kitchen waste pipes
- Pot wash sinks
- Under-sink grease traps
- Inline grease traps
- Restaurants and takeaways
Grease trap cleaning in Kentish Town: local notes
Food Standards Agency data counts about 13 food manufacturers and packers within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Kentish Town. Where food is made in quantity, grease traps fill faster and need a tighter schedule. Kitchens in Kentish Town get their food hygiene inspections from Camden council. An inspection covers the structure of the kitchen as well as the food. Having the dates of the last deep clean to hand saves digging for them on the day. In London, deep cleans and grease trap work are normally done overnight, so the kitchen opens as normal the next day.
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Holy Trinity and Saint Silas CofE Primary School or anywhere near Kentish Town, the holidays are the time for a deep clean or a grease trap clean. Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as St Pancras Hospital (about 0.8 miles south-east), cook for long hours, so deep cleans and grease trap work are planned around patients’ meals.
Kentish Town is about 2 miles east of Hampstead, in Greater London. Whatever kind of site you run in Kentish Town, we can take on grease trap cleaning. We can work out of hours so the site keeps running. Our Greater London coverage runs to 764 places, and Kentish Town is one of them.
All of NW5, NW1 and NW3 is covered for grease trap cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. Streets in the area include Eton Road, Oval Road and Regal Lane, and we cover them all for grease trap cleaning. We also cover the places around Kentish Town: Chalk Farm (1 mile west), Camden Town (1 mile south-east), Gospel Oak (1 mile north), Primrose Hill (1 mile south-west) and Agar Town (1 mile south-east). Within a short drive, we also cover London (4 miles south-east), Kensington (4 miles south-west), Shoreditch (3 miles south-east), Walthamstow (6 miles north-east), Hoxton (3 miles east) and Whitechapel (4 miles south-east).
Local landmarks in Kentish Town
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Primrose Hill, Haverstock School and North Bridge House School and the streets around them. Other local landmarks include The Hawley Arms (under half a mile south) and Vaughan Williams Memorial Library (0.5 miles south). Kentish Town has its own railway station: Kentish Town West station. Well-known places in the area include O2 Centre (1.6 miles west) and Montfichet's Tower (2.9 miles south-east). Not far away are The Long Water and Primrose Hill.
How we price grease trap cleaning
Every site gets its own quote. These are the things that affect it:
- The condition of the system
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
- Whether several sites go on one quote
- Travel, parking and unloading
When the work has to happen, how we reach it and how big the site is can all change the price. Each of those is built into the quote and give you a fixed price before any work starts.
Asking for a quote
There’s no need for technical detail. It helps if you can send:
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- Problems your staff have spotted
- A few general shots of the system
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
Here’s what helps us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, photos of the system and any previous report or certificate. Then phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.
Multi-site and managed buildings
Whether it’s one building or many, you get the same standard: a survey first, a fixed quote, the work timed around the site and a report with photos.
When the building owner and the occupier are different, the lease normally sets out who maintains what. We are happy to deal with either side and send the paperwork to whoever needs it.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
When your team notices a problem between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that will not 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.