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Grease trap cleaning in Richmond, Greater London
Grease trap cleaning for Richmond and the surrounding area: a survey, a fixed price, careful work and proper paperwork. Call for a fixed quote.
- Washing-up water that won’t drain away
- An overdue grease trap
- Scheduled grease trap emptying
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. What they cannot safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, and that is where we come in.
How we handle grease trap cleaning in Richmond
We clean grease traps for kitchens in Richmond, whether it’s an under-sink unit or a larger inline trap. Visits are booked around your service, so the kitchen keeps running. The work covers under-sink grease traps, restaurants and takeaways and inline grease traps, and the jobs we see most are an overdue grease trap and a small trap that fills too quickly.
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 Richmond often book a deep clean before or after an inspection.
For insurers and inspectors, the record counts. That is why every job is written up in a report with pictures, and grease extract cleans come with a TR19® certificate issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Place
- Richmond (TW9, TW1, TW10)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Reporting
- Report and pictures after the visit
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Places near Richmond
Other services in Richmond
Richmond kitchens: local notes
According to Food Standards Agency records, there are about 49 pubs, bars and clubs and about 6 hotels and guest houses in Richmond and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Any of them serving food has a kitchen that collects grease out of sight and drains that need protecting. Food hygiene inspections in Richmond are the job of Richmond-Upon-Thames council’s environmental health team. An inspection covers the structure of the kitchen as well as the food. Photos and dates from each deep clean make a useful record. Fat from London kitchens contributes to sewer blockages, which is why grease traps need emptying on a schedule.
For busy kitchens close to Richmond station, deep cleans and grease trap work can be done after closing. South Middlesex Hospital, about 1.6 miles west, is the nearest hospital to Richmond; healthcare kitchens can’t stop cooking, so deep cleans are worked around meal times.
Richmond is about 5 miles south-west of Kensington, in Greater London. Across the TW9 area, we can take on grease trap cleaning. Across Greater London, we cover 764 places, Richmond among them. Our London page covers sites nearby, about 9 miles away.
Postcode districts we cover here for grease trap cleaning: TW9, TW1 and TW10. Local streets include Kew Road, Dee Road and Park Road, and we cover them all for grease trap cleaning. We also cover the places around Richmond: Petersham (1 mile south), St Margarets (1 mile west), Eel Pie Island (1 mile south-west), Ham (1 mile south) and Isleworth (2 miles north-west). We also work in nearby towns such as London (9 miles east), City of Westminster (8 miles north-east), Marylebone (8 miles north-east), Kensington (5 miles north-east), St Pancras (9 miles north-east) and Shoreditch (11 miles north-east).
Around Richmond
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around The Victoria pub, Christ's Church of England Comprehensive Secondary School and Terrace and Buccleuch Gardens and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is Richmond station, about 0.5 miles north of the centre. A little further out are Eel Pie Island Museum (1.2 miles south-west) and South Middlesex Hospital (1.6 miles west). Not far away are Richmond Hill and Ham Lands.
What happens if it’s left?
Grease that gets past the trap doesn’t disappear. It adds to blockages further down the drains and sewer. A well-maintained trap keeps it where it can be removed. A busy site in Richmond builds up dirt and wear quickly, so putting it off makes the eventual job larger.
No two sites are the same, so each one gets its own fixed quote. The size of the job, how we reach it, its condition and the working hours all make a difference.
Why Richmond businesses choose us
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- We diagnose before we treat
See how cleaning jobs are priced or how to check a contractor.
Common problems we fix in Richmond
Waste cooking oil poured down the sink fills a grease trap far faster than washing-up. Small amounts soon build up.
Any of these means the system needs a check-up:
- Gurgling drains in the kitchen
- An inline trap or interceptor due for cleaning
- Drains clogged with fat
- A grease trap that hasn’t been emptied in a long time
For schools such as The Vineyard School, deep cleans and grease trap work are usually booked for the holidays.
Questions to ask before you book
- Whether they recommend a next date
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- When they can work, and whether that is outside your opening hours
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
Questions from Richmond
Do you work in school kitchens around Richmond out of term?
Yes. Half-terms and the summer break are the natural time for school work. Food Standards Agency records list about 13 schools, colleges and universities with registered kitchens within about a mile and a half of Richmond. Send us your term dates when you give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form, and we will fit the work in.
Does London parking affect a job in Richmond?
A loading bay, a visitor permit or off-street space near the site in Richmond makes the visit easier to plan. Working overnight, as we often do in London, usually makes it simpler.
Do you cover Richmond?
Yes. We work across Greater London, Surrey, Kent, Sussex, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Hertfordshire and Essex, Richmond included.
What do you do with the waste?
We remove all the waste we take out. None of it goes back into the drains at any point.
How regularly does a grease trap need emptying?
It varies with the trap and the kitchen. If the sinks start to drain slowly between cleans, it’s too long and we’ll adjust the schedule.
What types of premises do you cover?
Commercial premises of every kind: kitchens, offices, schools, healthcare, retail, leisure and food production. We fit the work around how the site operates.
How long will the sinks be out of use?
Each trap is a little different, but a clean generally takes an hour or so for an under-sink trap, longer for a larger unit. You will know before the visit.
What does TR19 mean?
It’s the industry benchmark for cleaning ventilation and kitchen extract systems, written by BESA. It covers how systems are inspected, cleaned and checked, and it takes a risk-based approach.
What the work involves, part by part
Grease interceptors
Interceptors separate grease the same way, on a larger scale. Grease floats and solids sink.
Inline grease traps
Several sinks may drain into one inline trap. That means more grease, so regular cleaning matters.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Richmond
For anyone managing more than one site, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Every building has its own written report, so each one has its own record.
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Each visit produces a dated report with photos, ready to show insurers, fire officers or EHOs.
What grease trap cleaning cannot fix
Before you book, it helps to know what’s not included:
- Blockages in the public sewer beyond the property
- Grease set hard in the drain run
- A leaking sink waste or trap connection
Not sure which it is? You can call 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we’ll tell you honestly.
What the work covers
- Under-sink grease traps
- Restaurants and takeaways
- Inline grease traps
- Pot wash sinks
- Kitchen waste pipes
- School and care home kitchens
What we do, step by step
On the day, we arrive at the time agreed with you, which is often after service, overnight or at a weekend. Anything that needs to be off for the work is switched off and left to cool before work begins, and floors and nearby surfaces are sheeted. On site, it takes a short visit for a small trap and longer for an inline unit or interceptor. Managed blocks in London often need contractors booked in ahead, and we are happy to deal with the agent directly for a site in Richmond.
- First, we find the trap and look at its connections.
- Sinks feeding the trap are taken out of use.
- Grease and solids are removed from the trap.
- We clean every part of the inside.
- We refit it, run water through and remove the waste.
Getting ready for the visit
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Clear the space around the work
Ask for a quote
Every quote begins with a look at the system, either from pictures and details you send or from a site visit. Then we send a fixed price so you know the cost before we start.