Southampton · Grease trap cleaning
Grease trap cleaning in Shirley, Southampton
Grease trap cleaning for Shirley, with a survey first and a report with photos at the end. Call for a fixed quote.
- An overdue grease trap
- Scheduled grease trap emptying
- A bad smell from the sinks or drains
About our grease trap cleaning in Shirley
In Shirley, we time grease trap visits so the sinks aren’t needed. The trap is emptied, cleaned and checked and remove the waste. It can be booked on its own or alongside other kitchen work. If you have a full, neglected grease trap and gurgling drains in the kitchen, we can help, from under-sink grease traps, inline grease traps and restaurants and takeaways onwards.
In a place like Shirley, kitchens often sit in older buildings with older drains. Smells and slow drains are the usual warning signs.
The report is your system’s health record: dated, with pictures, and showing what was done. Grease extract cleans are also certificated to TR19® Grease through the BESCA VHE portal, ready for your insurer.
- Where
- Shirley (SO15, SO16, SO17)
- Wider area
- Southampton
- Records
- Written report with pictures
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
What the work involves, part by part
School, care home and staff kitchens
Kitchens that serve set mealtimes fill their traps more steadily. Planned cleaning fits their routine.
Under-sink grease traps
Small grease traps sit under the sink. Their small size means they fill fast, so they need frequent emptying.
Places near Shirley
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Shirley: your questions answered
Can you work in school kitchens in Shirley during the holidays?
Yes, holiday work suits schools best. Around Shirley, the Food Standards Agency lists about 25 schools and colleges with registered kitchens within a mile and a half or so. Just ring 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form with your term dates and we’ll plan around them.
Which environmental health team covers Shirley?
The local authority for Shirley is Southampton council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. 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.
What do you do to protect the area?
By covering it before any work starts. The work is kept contained and leave the area clean.
What does TR19 mean?
TR19® is the BESA specification for keeping ventilation systems clean. TR19® Grease, a standalone specification since 2019, covers grease in kitchen extract systems, while TR19® Air covers other supply and extract ductwork.
Do you have insurance?
Yes. We carry full insurance, and we have been trading since 2009.
Can one contract cover all our sites?
Yes. You deal with one contact for every site across London and the South East, and visits can be set on a regular cycle.
What should go in our maintenance log?
Everything that shows the system is looked after: reports, certificates, pictures and your own cleaning or check logs. A single log for each site works best.
Which grease traps does the service cover?
We cover under-sink, inline and interceptor units. They’re emptied, cleaned and checked whatever the size.
Shirley kitchens: local notes
Look up Shirley on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you will find about 155 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 81 takeaways and sandwich shops across Shirley and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Each of them sends fat, oil and grease towards the drain, which is why grease traps need regular emptying. Kitchens in Shirley get their food hygiene inspections from Southampton council. The state of floors, drains and hard-to-reach corners all feeds into the inspection. Having the dates of the last deep clean to hand saves digging for them on the day.
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Shirley Parish Church or elsewhere in Shirley, a deep clean and an emptied grease trap before a busy season of events are worth booking. For a café close to Millbrook (Hants) station, a deep clean can be done between closing and the morning rush. If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Southampton Children's Hospital about 0.6 miles north, deep cleans and grease trap visits are planned so meals still go out.
Shirley is about 2 miles west of Southampton, in Southampton. Shirley gets the same approach as every site we work on: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where needed and a written report with photos. Our Southampton coverage runs to 40 places, and Shirley is one of them.
All of SO15, SO16 and SO17 is within our area for grease trap cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. That includes premises on May Road, Dyer Road and York Road and the roads around them. Main roads around Shirley include the A3057, so getting to you is simple for evening and night visits. Other places close to Shirley include Regents Park (1 mile west), Freemantle (1 mile south), Millbrook (1 mile south-west), Coxford (1 mile north-west) and Maybush (1 mile north-west). Larger places within reach include Townhill Park (3 miles east), Midanbury (3 miles east), Thornhill (4 miles east), Chartwell Green (4 miles east), Harefield (4 miles east) and Itchen (3 miles south-east). Shirley is one of the larger places we cover in Southampton for grease trap cleaning.
What’s near Shirley
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to The Crown Public House, St James' Park and Regents Park Community College. The nearest railway station is Millbrook (Hants) station, roughly 0.7 miles south. A little further out are Netley Castle (4.4 miles south-east) and Foresters Museum & Archive (1 mile south-east). The countryside around Shirley includes Testwood Lakes.
Between visits
Aftercare is simple, and it helps at the next visit:
- Act on gurgling or smelly drains
- Keep strainers in every sink
- Mention any increase in cooking
- Keep access to the trap clear
Anything we notice beyond the trap, like a slow drain downstream, is pointed out. That may need a drainage contractor to investigate.
A fixed cleaning interval means the trap never gets overfull. The interval is set to suit the trap and the kitchen.
Honest limits
Some problems need a different service or another trade:
- A trap undersized for the amount of cooking
- Blockages in the public sewer beyond the property
- Broken pipework below ground
If in doubt, call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we’ll say what we think.
What we work on in Shirley
- Kitchen waste pipes
- Pot wash sinks
- Inline grease traps
- School and care home kitchens
- Restaurants and takeaways
- Under-sink grease traps
What affects the quote in Shirley
Sites vary more than people expect. What affects the quote:
- How easy every part is to reach
- Parking and loading at the site
- Any permits to work or inductions
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
A single site or a whole portfolio, we price it on the same basis: the work involved, the access and the timing. The price is fixed before we start.
What to send for a quote
You do not need the technical terms. It helps if you can send:
- Any previous report or certificate
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- A few general shots of the system
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
For grease trap cleaning in Shirley, phone us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos. Let us know the site type and the opening hours, and send pictures or your last report if you can. We usually send a fixed quote within one working day.
Why act early in Shirley
Some kitchens try to fix slow drains with hot water or drain cleaners. That only moves the grease further down the pipe, where it sets again. Emptying and cleaning the trap deals with the source. Light use slows the build-up but doesn’t stop it.
Whatever the type of site, the quote works the same way: how much there is, how we reach it, what state it’s in and when we can work. Call for a fixed quote and we will explain each part.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Shirley
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
- Fully insured
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
What happens on the day
We start by comparing what we find with the survey or your photos. If anything is different, we talk it through with the person on site before carrying on. After that, the work takes anything from under an hour to a few hours, depending on the trap. In a place like Shirley, we fit the visit around your hours.
- 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.
Preparing for the visit
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Move anything stored near the system
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
How to get a quote
To get a fixed quote, call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line 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. We typically come back within one working day.
Advice
Managing agents and facilities teams in Shirley
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare across Southampton. Work can be phased by floor, building or site to keep disruption down.