Greater London · Grease trap cleaning
Grease trap cleaning in Raynes Park, Greater London
Our technicians work in Raynes Park on grease trap cleaning. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports as standard.
- A kitchen drain that smells
- Grease setting in the kitchen pipework
- Drains that gurgle and bubble
How we handle grease trap cleaning in Raynes Park
Kitchens in Raynes Park use us for grease trap cleaning, whether it’s an under-sink unit or a larger inline trap. We come when the sinks are not needed so washing up isn’t interrupted. The work covers under-sink grease traps, school and care home kitchens and pot wash sinks, and people most often call us about sinks that drain slowly and foul odours from the grease trap.
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. Kitchens in Raynes Park often book a deep clean before or after an inspection.
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
- Raynes Park (SW20, KT3, SM4)
- Region
- Greater London
- Records
- Photo report after every visit
- Quote
- A fixed price before work begins
- Working hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
What the work involves, part by part
Under-sink grease traps
An under-sink trap is out of sight. A full one shows itself with a slow, smelly sink.
Restaurant and takeaway kitchens
Visits are booked when the sinks aren’t in use so you don’t lose trade.
Towns and villages near Raynes Park
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Looking after it afterwards
So the system stays in good health:
- Wipe grease off pans before washing them
- Don’t rely on hot water to clear grease
- Act on gurgling or smelly drains
- Book trap cleans at a set interval
Anything we notice beyond the trap, like a slow drain downstream, is pointed out. It may need a drainage specialist to look further.
If the kitchen has got busier, the trap fills faster. Booking cleans more often stops it overflowing.
Raynes Park: your questions answered
Can school kitchens in Raynes Park be cleaned in the holidays?
Yes. Half-terms and the summer break are the natural time for school work. Around Raynes Park, the Food Standards Agency lists about 31 schools and colleges with registered kitchens within a mile and a half or so. Booking early in the term gives the best choice of holiday dates.
Do you work overnight in Raynes Park?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. The site is handed back ready to open. Just give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line with your opening times and we’ll plan around them.
What do you do with the waste?
We take the grease and solids away with us. You are not left with anything to dispose of when we go.
Do you provide a certificate or report?
Yes, always. The report is dated and includes photos, plus a certificate via the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal for TR19® Grease cleans. Keep it in your maintenance log.
Is TR19 cleaning required by law?
No. TR19® is BESA’s specification, not legislation. The legal duty comes from the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005: the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, and cleaning to TR19® is the recognised way to show grease is under control.
Who is the responsible person?
It depends on the building. Under the Fire Safety Order 2005, it’s the responsible person, which can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, an FM or a managing agent.
How do you protect the area?
By covering it before any work starts. The work is kept contained and leave the area clean.
What’s TR19?
A BESA specification, with two parts that matter most here: TR19® Grease for kitchen extracts and TR19® Air for supply and extract systems. It is not law, but it’s the benchmark.
Multi-site and managed buildings
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Each visit ends with a dated report and photos, ready to show insurers, fire officers or EHOs.
Why it’s worth doing now in Raynes Park
Some kitchens try to fix slow drains with hot water or drain cleaners. It just shifts the grease further along, where it sets again. The lasting fix starts with the trap. It’s better booked as a planned job in Raynes Park than handled as an emergency.
What you pay reflects the actual work. That’s why every job is surveyed first, and the price is agreed before any work starts.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Raynes Park
- Every job surveyed first
- Photo reports with every job
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
Take a look at how cleaning jobs are priced and how to check a contractor.
Common problems we fix in Raynes Park
Food scraps go down the sink with the washing-up water. Solids settle at the bottom of the trap and fill it from below.
Signs it’s time to call us include:
- A blocked kitchen drain caused by grease
- A regular cleaning plan for the grease trap
- A larger grease trap that needs emptying
- Gurgling from the sink waste
Half-term is a good time for school kitchens, at schools like West Wimbledon Primary School for instance, to have the grease trap emptied and the kitchen deep cleaned.
What your quote should include
- Proof of insurance
- Whether VAT is included
- Whether the figure could change on the day
- When the next visit should be, and why
How it works
There’s very little for your team to do on the day. Someone lets us in at the agreed time and shows us where everything is, and we take it from there. Afterwards, the area is left tidy and the written report follows. Security desks and permits-to-work are routine in London, so let us know what your building in Raynes Park needs from us.
- We agree a time when the sinks are not needed.
- The trap is opened up and checked.
- We remove the grease layer and settled solids.
- We clean the baffles, inlet and outlet.
- The trap is closed, tested and the next clean discussed.
Before we arrive
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Clear the space around the work
Ask for a quote
For 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. You’ll usually have a quote within one working day.
Related advice
What affects the cost of grease trap cleaning
You’ll get a fixed price before any work starts. It takes into account:
- Where the site is and how we reach it
- How big the system is
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
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 we will price it together.
Helping us quote
You don’t need the technical terms. It helps if you can send:
- A few general shots of the system
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- Your last certificate, test record or report
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, either from pictures and details you send or from a site visit. Then we send a fixed price, before work begins.
Grease trap cleaning in Raynes Park: local notes
Food Standards Agency data counts about 205 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 37 takeaways within about 1.5 miles of central Raynes Park. A grease trap in kitchens like these fills steadily and needs emptying before it overflows. Compact London kitchens collect grease in tight corners, which an overnight deep clean can reach. Environmental health officers from Merton council inspect food businesses in Raynes Park. 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.
For busy kitchens close to Raynes Park station, deep cleans and grease trap work can be done after closing. Hall kitchens near St Saviour's Church or elsewhere in Raynes Park may have older sinks and drains, so a grease trap check is worth adding to a deep clean.
Raynes Park is about 2 miles south-west of Wimbledon, in Greater London. We carry out grease trap cleaning for commercial premises of every kind in Raynes Park and the rest of Greater London. Across Greater London, we cover 764 places, and Raynes Park is one of them. You can also see our page for London, roughly 9 miles from Raynes Park.
All of SW20, KT3 and SM4 is within our area for grease trap cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. If you need grease trap cleaning at premises on Gore Road, Edna Road and Wyke Road or anywhere close by, we can help. With the A238 and A298 close by, Raynes Park is easy for our technicians to reach for grease trap cleaning. If your site is just outside Raynes Park, we cover West Barnes (1 mile south-west), Bushey Mead (1 mile north-east), Cannon Hill (1 mile east), Motspur Park (1 mile north-west) and Wimbledon Chase (1 mile north-east). Larger places within reach include London (9 miles north-east), City of Westminster (8 miles north-east), Marylebone (9 miles north-east), Kensington (7 miles north), St Pancras (10 miles north-east) and Shoreditch (11 miles north-east).
Landmarks near Raynes Park
Around Raynes Park, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Raynes Park High School, The Raynes Park Tavern and Cannon Hill Common and the streets around them. There’s a railway station in Raynes Park itself: Raynes Park station. Other landmarks nearby include Wimbledon Museum (1.5 miles north-east) and Atkinson Morley Hospital (1 mile north). Open spaces near Raynes Park include Henman Hill and Derwent Floodwash.