Greater London · Grease trap cleaning
New Eltham grease trap cleaning
We cover New Eltham for grease trap cleaning. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports on every job.
- A small trap that fills too quickly
- An overdue grease trap
- Drains clogged with fat
The process
There are three stages on the day: getting the area ready, doing the work and signing it off. Set-up means sheeting and making equipment safe, while signing off means the written report and pictures. Most of the time goes on the work itself, which takes an hour or so for an under-sink trap, longer for a larger unit. Getting kit into a London building takes planning, so let us know where we can load and park in New Eltham.
- 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.
Before we arrive
- Move anything stored near the system
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
How to get a quote
Photos are enough for some jobs, while others need a look on site. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in pictures, get a survey first. Either way, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
Related advice
How we handle grease trap cleaning in New Eltham
Think of the grease trap as a filter for the kitchen’s drains. When it’s looked after, you hardly know it’s there, but neglected, it causes blockages and smells. A regular clean keeps it healthy. We’re often asked to deal with a bad smell from the sinks or drains and an under-sink unit that needs regular emptying, on pot wash sinks, school and care home kitchens and inline grease traps.
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 New Eltham, the work is typically done overnight, between the last service and the first.
The report is your system’s health record: a dated account with photos of everything we did. Grease extract cleans are also certificated to TR19® Grease through the BESCA VHE portal, ready for your insurer.
- Place
- New Eltham (SE9, DA15, BR7)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Paperwork
- Photo report after every visit
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- When we work
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
We regularly work with managing agents. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works and we will come back with a fixed quote.
Keeping records across a portfolio is half the battle. Each visit ends with a dated report and photos, ready to show insurers, fire officers or EHOs.
What we’re called out for in New Eltham
For a kitchen in New Eltham or anywhere else, the trap is out of sight and out of mind. Hidden under a sink or in a floor it’s often left until there’s a problem.
What we’re most often called out for:
- Foul odours from the grease trap
- A full, neglected grease trap
- Drains clogged with fat
- An interceptor full of grease and solids
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near All Saints Church or elsewhere in New Eltham, a deep clean and an emptied grease trap before a busy season of events are worth booking.
Before booking anyone
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
- If they look at the system before pricing
- When they can work, and whether that is outside your opening hours
- What paperwork you get at the end
What grease trap cleaning looks like in New Eltham
The Food Standards Agency lists about 28 bars, pubs and nightclubs as registered food businesses within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of New Eltham. Wherever they cook, the kitchen and its drains need the same attention as a restaurant’s. It’s Greenwich council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in New Eltham. 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. Most London kitchens cannot close in the day, so deep cleaning is usually done overnight.
For a café close to New Eltham station, a deep clean can be done between closing and the morning rush. For schools such as Wyborne Primary School, deep cleans and grease trap work are typically booked for the holidays.
New Eltham is about 1 mile south-east of Eltham, in Greater London. Sites in New Eltham get the same service as everywhere we cover: a survey first, a fixed quote, work timed around your hours and a report with pictures. New Eltham is one of 764 places in Greater London we cover for grease trap cleaning. You can also see our page for London, roughly 8 miles from New Eltham.
Here we cover the SE9, DA15 and BR7 postcode area for grease trap cleaning. Whether your site is on Green Lane, Gerda Road and Novar Road or a nearby road, our technicians can take on the work. We also cover Eltham (1 mile north-west), Longlands (1 mile south-east), Coldharbour (1 mile south-west), Avery Hill (1 mile north) and Blackfen (1 mile north-east). Further out, we also cover London (8 miles north-west), City of Westminster (11 miles north-west), Marylebone (11 miles north-west), Kensington (13 miles west), St Pancras (10 miles north-west) and Shoreditch (9 miles north-west).
What’s near New Eltham
In New Eltham, that means kitchens and buildings near Elmstead Wood and St Thomas More Catholic Comprehensive School and the streets around them. There’s a railway station in New Eltham itself: New Eltham station. A little further out are Metropolitan Police Museum (1.4 miles east) and Eltham Community Hospital (1.1 miles north-west). For a walk, there’s Summer Hill and The Tarn.
Different parts, different methods
Baffles and outlets
We check the inlet, outlet and baffles at each clean so water flows freely.
School, care home and staff kitchens
School kitchens can be cleaned in the holidays or between meal services.
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FAQs for New Eltham
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in New Eltham?
In New Eltham, it’s Greenwich 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.
Do you work overnight in New Eltham?
Yes, out-of-hours work is a big part of what we do. The work in New Eltham can fit around your hours. Just call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email with your opening times and we will plan around them.
How long will the sinks be out of use?
As a guide, it takes a short visit for a small trap and longer for an inline unit or interceptor. Bigger or overdue traps need more time, and we will tell you in advance.
Where does the waste go?
We take it away when we go. While we work, it’s kept contained so the area stays clean.
Which sectors do you work in?
Commercial premises of every kind: from restaurants, pubs and hotels to schools, hospitals, care homes, offices, shops and food production sites. Work is timed around how each site runs.
Do you cover New Eltham?
Yes. We cover New Eltham and the rest of Greater London, as part of our work across South East England and London. For a fixed quote, call 0345 646 2711 or email us.
Which grease traps does the service cover?
We cover under-sink, inline and interceptor units. They’re emptied, cleaned and checked whatever the size.
Can you look after several sites?
Yes. We work across South East England and London, so sites at different addresses can be planned together on one programme. Each site gets its own report and pictures.
Fixed quotes for grease trap cleaning in New Eltham
Before we fix a price, we need to know a few things. We look at:
- Parking and loading at the site
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
- Any permits to work or inductions
- What state the system is in
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 any work starts, so there are no surprises.
What we need to know
The more you tell us, the more accurate the quote. With your enquiry, please include:
- Wide pictures of the system and the area around it
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
Here’s what helps us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, pictures of the system and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Then give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or email us.
Keeping the system healthy
Looking after the system between visits is straightforward, and it helps at the next visit:
- Never pour used oil down the sink
- Keep access to the trap clear
- Get food waste into the bin, not the sink
- Tell us if your menu or hours change
Collect waste cooking oil separately rather than pouring it down the sink, and the trap will stay cleaner for longer. It’s the single easiest way to help.
More cooking means more grease in the trap. Shortening the cleaning interval now stops it overflowing.
When something else is needed
Not every problem is solved by grease trap cleaning, and we’d rather say so up front. It does not solve:
- A grease trap that’s too small for the kitchen
- Drains that need jetting rather than trap cleaning
- Blockages further down the drainage network
If you’re not sure, just ring 0345 646 2711 or email us and we will give you a straight answer before booking.
What the work covers
- Inline grease traps
- Pot wash sinks
- Under-sink grease traps
- School and care home kitchens
- Restaurants and takeaways
- Kitchen waste pipes