Brighton and Hove · Grease trap cleaning
Grease trap cleaning in Seven Dials, Brighton and Hove
One call covers emptying and cleaning of under-sink and inline grease traps in commercial kitchens in Seven Dials, from survey to sign-off. CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, ISO 9001 and fully insured.
- A slow-draining kitchen sink
- Drains clogged with fat
- Gurgling drains in the kitchen
What we do, step by step
The visit has three parts: getting the area ready, doing the work and signing it off. Getting ready means protecting surfaces and switching off what needs to be off, while signing off means the written report and photos. Most of the time goes on the work itself, and that takes a short visit for a small trap and longer for an inline unit or interceptor. In a place like Seven Dials, we fit the visit around your hours.
- A visit is booked around your service.
- The trap is opened up and checked.
- Built-up grease and food waste are taken out.
- The inside, baffles and outlet are cleaned.
- We close it up, check it drains and suggest when it needs cleaning again.
How to prepare
- Clear the space around the work
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
How to get a quote
To help us quote: the address, the type of site and when it’s open, a few pictures and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Once you have those, phone us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos.
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Grease trap cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Seven Dials
We clean grease traps for kitchens in Seven Dials, whether it’s an under-sink unit or a larger inline trap. We come when the sinks aren’t needed so washing up is not interrupted. We’re often asked to deal with a slow-draining kitchen sink and a bad smell from the sinks or drains, on kitchen waste pipes, under-sink grease traps and school and care home kitchens.
Work in a smaller place like Seven Dials is planned around your opening hours.
For insurers and inspectors, the record counts. So every job comes with a written report and pictures, plus a TR19® certificate through the BESCA VHE portal where the work is a TR19® Grease clean.
- Place
- Seven Dials (BN1, BN3, BN50)
- Wider area
- Brighton and Hove
- Records
- Report and photos after the visit
- Quote
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Working hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
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Signs you need grease trap cleaning in Seven Dials
A busy kitchen in Seven Dials, or anywhere else, fills its grease trap faster. Traps sized for lighter use can fill very quickly when trade picks up.
Look out for any of the following:
- Washing-up water that will not drain away
- A larger grease trap that needs emptying
- Grease setting in the kitchen pipework
- Gurgling from the sink waste
If you run event catering at a historic house or estate in the area (Royal Pavilion is about 0.7 miles south-east), a deep clean before or after the busy season is worth planning.
Questions to ask before booking
- When they can work, and whether that’s outside your opening hours
- What records you will receive afterwards
- If they look at the system before pricing
- What happens if part of the system cannot be accessed
Seven Dials: your questions answered
Who inspects food businesses in Seven Dials?
Kitchens in Seven Dials are inspected by Brighton and Hove council’s environmental health officers. 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.
Can you work in Seven Dials outside opening hours?
Yes, evening, overnight and weekend work is normal for us. It means the site in Seven Dials keeps running as normal. Just ring 0345 646 2711, or send details by email with your opening times and we will plan around them.
What is TR19?
TR19® is BESA’s specification for ventilation hygiene. Since 2019, TR19® Grease has been a standalone specification for grease in kitchen extract systems, while TR19® Air covers other supply and extract ductwork.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes. Photos often do the job, while bigger or harder-to-see systems are surveyed on site.
Do we need to close while you work?
Not typically. Out-of-hours visits keep the disruption down. Larger jobs can be phased over several visits to keep things running.
What types of grease trap do you clean?
Both under-sink and inline traps, plus interceptors. A photo helps us see what’s fitted and we will confirm.
What’s the right interval for grease trap cleaning?
There’s no single answer. The interval depends on how quickly your trap fills, then suggest a schedule.
What accreditations do you have?
Our accreditations are CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, alongside BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. The Vent Hygiene Elite scheme is run by BESCA and audited independently.
Keeping the system healthy
Here’s the after-treatment advice, in brief:
- Get food waste into the bin, not the sink
- Collect waste cooking oil separately
- Tell us if your menu or hours change
- Keep access to the trap clear
We take the grease and solids away. There’s no greasy waste left on site after the visit.
More cooking means more grease in the trap. Shortening the cleaning interval now stops it overflowing.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Keep a record of what your team does. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, alongside our reports.
When your team notices a problem between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We’ll take a look and give you a fixed quote.
What the work involves, part by part
Under-sink grease traps
Under-sink traps are cleaned in a short visit, and check the lid and seals.
School, care home and staff kitchens
School kitchens can be cleaned in the holidays or between meal services.
Why it’s worth doing now in Seven Dials
A full grease trap lets grease through to the drains. It hardens on the pipe walls until water can’t get through. Cleaning the trap regularly is far easier than clearing a blocked drain. It’s better to plan the work at a site near Seven Dials than wait for a failure.
One small site or a whole estate, the quote is built the same way: what needs doing, how we get to it and when. The price is fixed before work begins.
Why us?
- Trading since 2009
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
- Fully insured
Take a look at how cleaning jobs are priced and our accreditations.
Seven Dials kitchens: local notes
There are about 18 food manufacturers and packers across Seven Dials and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half), according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Where food is made in quantity, grease traps fill faster and need a tighter schedule. Kitchens in Seven Dials get their food hygiene inspections from Brighton and Hove council. Grease behind equipment or on a ceiling is the kind of thing an inspection can note. A record of each deep clean helps show the kitchen is kept in order.
For a café close to Brighton station, a deep clean can be done between closing and the morning rush. If you run a care home or healthcare kitchen near Seven Dials (the nearest hospital is Montefiore Hospital, about less than half a mile west), a grease trap on a set schedule avoids a blocked drain mid-service.
Seven Dials is about 1 mile west of Brighton, in Brighton and Hove. Seven Dials gets the same approach as every site we work on: a survey first, a fixed quote, work timed around your hours and a report with pictures. Seven Dials is one of 30 towns, villages and districts in Brighton and Hove where we work for commercial clients.
We cover every part of BN1, BN3 and BN50 for grease trap cleaning and the streets around it. Whether your site is on Dyke Road, Powis Road and York Avenue or anywhere close by, our technicians can take on the work. Seven Dials is on the A2010, so it’s easy for us to get to for grease trap cleaning. Neighbouring places we cover for grease trap cleaning include West Hill (1 mile south-east), Prestonville (1 mile north), Brunswick (1 mile south-west), Brighton (1 mile east) and Hanover (1 mile east). Larger places within reach include Hangleton (3 miles north-west), Saltdean (5 miles east), East Saltdean (6 miles east), Roedean (3 miles south-east), Rottingdean (4 miles east) and Ovingdean (3 miles east). As one of the bigger places in Brighton and Hove, Seven Dials has commercial sites of every size, all within our area for grease trap cleaning.
Near you in Seven Dials
Around Seven Dials, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Stanford Junior School, The Cow pub and St. Ann's Well Gardens. Seven Dials has its own railway station: Brighton station. Other landmarks nearby include Montefiore Hospital (within half a mile west) and Brighton Transport Museum (0.6 miles north). Green spaces nearby include Newmarket Hill and Whitehawk Hill.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Each visit produces a dated report with photos, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.
From a single site to a large estate, the standard is the same: diagnosis, a fixed price, work booked around your hours and a written report with pictures.