Oxfordshire · Grease trap cleaning
Grease Trap Cleaning in Osney
Specialist grease trap cleaning for Osney: diagnosis first, then a fixed quote, the work and a report with pictures. Call for a fixed quote.
- An overdue grease trap
- Sinks that drain slowly
- A small trap that fills too quickly
About our grease trap cleaning in Osney
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, and clean water flows on. Eventually it fills and needs emptying and cleaning. If you are dealing with drains that gurgle and bubble and a routine grease trap service, we can put it right, from school and care home kitchens, pot wash sinks and inline grease traps onwards.
Work in a smaller place like Osney is planned around your opening hours, and the journey is planned ahead.
Insurers, fire officers and environmental health officers all look at records. That’s why every job is written up in a report with pictures, plus a TR19® certificate through the BESCA VHE portal where the work is a TR19® Grease clean.
- Place
- Osney (OX1, OX2)
- Region
- Oxfordshire
- Reporting
- Written report with pictures
- Price
- A fixed price before work begins
- Hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
If your staff spot something between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that won’t come clean, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We can diagnose it and quote.
Staff cleaning doesn’t replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but the parts you cannot see still need a specialist at the right interval.
Questions from Osney
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Osney?
In Osney, it’s Oxford City council that carries out food hygiene inspections. Keep the dates of your last deep clean and grease trap visit with your food safety records, ready if an officer asks.
Do you work in school kitchens around Osney out of term?
Yes. The holidays are the usual time for school work. There are about 76 schools, colleges and universities on the FSA’s food hygiene register within about 1.5 miles of Osney. Send us your term dates when you call us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line, and we’ll fit the work in.
What should go in our maintenance log?
Each report and certificate we give you, filed in the maintenance log, along with your own cleaning log. BESA says certificates should show the date, location and technician.
Do you have insurance?
Yes. We carry full insurance, and we have been trading since 2009.
Do you provide a certificate or report?
Yes, always. It’s a dated, written report with pictures, plus a certificate via the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal for TR19® Grease cleans. Keep it in your maintenance log.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes, always. We diagnose before we treat: the survey shows what needs doing and what access we need, and the quote is based on that.
Do you recommend a next date?
Yes. We put a recommended next date on the report. BESA’s minimum intervals for kitchen extracts range from 3-monthly for heavy use to 12-monthly for light use, while fire dampers are tested at least annually.
Will the grease trap clean disrupt the kitchen?
The sinks that drain into the trap can’t be used while it’s open. We book the visit around your service so the kitchen is not held up.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
If you look after several sites, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Each site gets its own report and photos, so records stay tidy.
We work for landlords, managing agents and facilities managers as well as the people running the site. Shared systems, like a riser serving several units, need a clear agreement on who books the work, and we are happy to quote for all of it.
What grease trap cleaning can’t fix
An honest diagnosis matters more to us than a booking, so here’s what this work can’t put right:
- Sewer problems outside the premises
- Grease deep in the drains, which needs jetting by a drainage contractor
- Leaking pipework or sink wastes, which need a plumber
If in doubt, ring 0345 646 2711 or email us and we’ll say what we think before you book.
Parts of the system we cover
- School and care home kitchens
- Inline grease traps
- Kitchen waste pipes
- Pot wash sinks
- Restaurants and takeaways
- Under-sink grease traps
Leave it or put it right?
A blocked drain can stop a kitchen in its tracks. Water won’t drain away and waste water can come back up. Cleaning the grease trap on time helps prevent it. A site near Osney that has to close at short notice is hard to cover for.
Combining work into one visit or one programme often makes better use of the time. Mention every system or site you need covered and we will price it together.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Osney
- Every job surveyed first
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- One number for every site across the South East and London
- Fixed quotes, usually within one working day
Take a look at our cost guide or our accreditations.
Aftercare tips
To keep the system working properly between visits:
- Use strainers in the sink plugholes
- Don’t wait for a blockage to book a clean
- Hot water only moves grease further down
- Report slow or smelly sinks early
You will get our view on how often the trap needs cleaning. It’s based on how full it was and how busy the kitchen is.
An overfull trap lets grease pass. Regular emptying keeps it working and avoids a blockage.
Part by part
Inline grease traps
Inline traps may be under a floor panel or in a cupboard. We check how to reach it before the visit.
Grease interceptors
Interceptors take longer to clean and we allow for that.
Commercial kitchens in Osney
There are about 299 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 34 takeaways and sandwich shops in and around Osney, up to about a mile and a half out, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Wherever they wash pans and plates, fat heads for the drain unless a trap catches it. Kitchens in Osney get their food hygiene inspections from Oxford City council. The state of floors, drains and hard-to-reach corners all feeds into the inspection. Photos and dates from each deep clean make a useful record.
If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Radcliffe Infirmary about 0.8 miles north-east, deep cleans and grease trap visits are planned so meals still go out. For a café close to Oxford station, a deep clean can be done between closing and the morning rush. Hall kitchens near St Frideswide's Church or elsewhere in Osney may have older sinks and drains, so a grease trap check is worth adding to a deep clean.
Osney is about 2 miles west of Oxford, in Oxfordshire. We provide grease trap cleaning for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Osney and the rest of Oxfordshire. Our Oxfordshire coverage runs to 443 places, and Osney is one of them.
All of OX1 and OX2 is within our area for grease trap cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. We cover sites on New Road, Helen Road and Osney Lane and the roads around them. We also cover the places around Osney: St John Street area (1 mile north-east), St. Ebbes (1 mile east), Jericho (1 mile north-east), Grandpont (1 mile south-east) and North Hinksey (1 mile west). We also work in nearby towns such as Didcot (10 miles south), Bicester (12 miles north-east), Abingdon-on-Thames (5 miles south), Witney (10 miles west), Carterton (14 miles west) and Thame (13 miles east).
What’s near Osney
Around Osney, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Raleigh Park, Matthew Arnold School and The Holly Bush pub. Other local landmarks include City of Oxford College (under half a mile south-east) and Angus Library and Archive (0.6 miles north-east). There’s a railway station in Osney itself: Oxford station. Other landmarks nearby include Oxford University Press Museum (0.6 miles north-east) and Westgate Shopping Centre (0.6 miles east). Not far away are Harcourt Hill and Hook Meadow and The Trap Grounds.
The process
When we arrive, we check the system against the survey or the pictures you sent. If anything is different, we talk it through with the person on site before carrying on. After that, the work takes an hour or so for an under-sink trap, longer for a larger unit. Your opening hours decide when we come to Osney, not ours.
- We agree a time when the sinks are not needed.
- We open the trap and look at its condition.
- Built-up grease and food waste are taken out.
- The inside, baffles and outlet are cleaned.
- The trap is closed, tested and the next clean discussed.
Before we arrive
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
- Move anything stored near the system
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
How to get a quote
Every quote begins with a look at the system, either from photos and details you send or from a site visit. Then we send a fixed price so you know the cost before any work starts.