Greater London · Grease trap cleaning
Grease trap cleaning in Somers Town, Greater London
For emptying and cleaning of under-sink and inline grease traps in commercial kitchens in Somers Town, one call is all it takes, from survey to sign-off. Fully insured, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001.
- A kitchen drain that smells
- A regular cleaning plan for the grease trap
- A small trap that fills too quickly
When it’s something else
Grease trap cleaning cannot fix everything, and we’d rather say so up front. It will not put right:
- A grease trap that’s too small for the kitchen
- Drains that are cracked or have collapsed
- Blockages further down the drainage network
Not sure which it is? You can call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we will tell you honestly before booking.
What we work on in Somers Town
- Restaurants and takeaways
- Under-sink grease traps
- Pot wash sinks
- School and care home kitchens
- Inline grease traps
- Kitchen waste pipes
Grease trap cleaning in Somers Town
If the sinks drain slowly or smell, the trap is often the cause. In Somers Town, as everywhere we work, our team empties and cleans the trap and run water through to check it drains. The work covers pot wash sinks, under-sink grease traps and restaurants and takeaways, and people most often call us about an interceptor full of grease and solids and a bad smell from the sinks or drains.
Across London, council environmental health teams inspect food businesses, and walls, floors, ceilings and equipment are all part of the picture. Kitchens in Somers Town often book a deep clean before or after an inspection.
The paperwork matters as much as the work. You get a written report with pictures after every visit, listing what was done, anything we couldn’t reach and when the next visit is due. File it in your maintenance log so it’s ready for an insurer, fire officer or EHO.
- Location
- Somers Town (NW1W, NW1, W1T)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Reporting
- Written report with photos
- Quotes
- A fixed price before we start
- Working hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Towns and villages near Somers Town
What else we do in Somers Town
Somers Town: your questions answered
Is parking a problem for work in Somers Town?
London parking can be tight, so details of loading bays and permits help. Much of our London work is done overnight, which helps.
Do you work in school kitchens around Somers Town out of term?
Yes, and it’s the easiest time to do it. Food Standards Agency records list about 79 schools, colleges and universities with registered kitchens within about a mile and a half of Somers Town. You can call us on 0345 646 2711 or email us with the dates the site is empty.
Why does a grease trap need regular cleaning?
An overfull trap stops separating grease. The result is slow drains, foul odours and eventually a blockage.
How long does a grease trap clean take?
A typical clean takes less than an hour for many under-sink units including checking it drains. We plan the visit around your service.
What do you do to protect the area?
Protection goes down first: floor sheeting and covers over nearby surfaces and equipment. We tidy up and take our waste away before we leave.
Can you come out in an emergency?
Yes. There’s a 24/7 emergency line, for problems that can’t wait. Call us any time and explain what’s happened.
Is Somers Town in your area?
Yes. We cover Somers Town and the rest of Greater London, within our South East and London area. For a fixed quote, call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form.
What paperwork should we keep on file?
Everything that shows the system is looked after: our reports and pictures, any certificates and your in-house logs. One maintenance log per site keeps it simple.
Signs you need grease trap cleaning in Somers Town
For a kitchen in Somers Town or anywhere else, the trap is out of sight and out of mind. Tucked away under the sink or below the floor, it’s often ignored until something goes wrong.
Most sites get in touch after spotting something like this:
- An under-sink trap that keeps filling up
- A larger grease trap that needs emptying
- Gurgling from the sink waste
- A bad smell from the sinks or drains
Where a church or community hall near St Mary's Church, or anywhere in Somers Town, has a kitchen used by volunteers, a periodic deep clean keeps it ready for the next event.
Before booking anyone
- What happens if part of the system can’t be accessed
- What paperwork you get at the end
- Whether the price is fixed
- Whether they’re fully insured
Part by part
Restaurant and takeaway kitchens
Kitchens that fry and wash up all day fill their traps quickly. They often need the most frequent cleaning.
School, care home and staff kitchens
Care home and hospital kitchens need their drains working all the time. We fit visits around mealtimes.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we’re happy to quote for all of it.
What happens if it’s left?
Smells from a neglected trap are hard to ignore. Rotting food and grease give off foul odours and the smell carries. Cleaning it removes the cause. In Somers Town, a planned overnight visit is much easier than closing unexpectedly.
Several systems or sites on one quote can make for a more efficient booking. Mention every system or site you need covered, and you’ll get one fixed quote.
Why us?
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
- We’re fully insured
- Trading since 2009
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
Read how cleaning jobs are priced and our accreditations and certificates.
What we do, step by step
Your staff do not need to do much on the day. A contact on site lets us in at the agreed time and points us to the system, and we take it from there. Before we leave, the area is tidied and the paperwork follows. In Somers Town, as across London, we usually work overnight or at weekends and hand the site back ready to open.
- First, we locate the grease trap and look at the pipework around it.
- Nothing drains into the trap while it’s open.
- Built-up fat, oil and grease is removed from the trap.
- We clean the chambers, baffles and connections.
- Once it’s refitted, water is run through to check it drains, and we take the waste with us.
Before we arrive
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
- Move anything stored near the system
Get a fixed quote
Photos are enough for some jobs, while others need a look on site. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in pictures, get a survey first. Either way, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
Advice
Somers Town kitchens: local notes
Food Standards Agency records list about 25 food manufacturers and packers across Somers Town and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Production sites can wash large amounts of fat and oil towards the drain, so traps need emptying to suit the volume. It’s Camden council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Somers Town. An inspection covers the structure of the kitchen as well as the food. Having the dates of the last deep clean to hand saves digging for them on the day. Fat from London kitchens contributes to sewer blockages, which is why grease traps need emptying on a schedule.
A summer deep clean suits schools such as St Mary and St Pancras Church of England Primary School, as the kitchen can be stripped back with no lunches to serve. If you run a café or takeaway near London Euston station, a deep clean overnight means the kitchen opens as normal next morning.
Somers Town is about 1 mile north-west of St Pancras, in Greater London. From the centre of Somers Town to the outskirts, grease trap cleaning is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from a single unit to a large public building. We cover 764 places across Greater London, large and small.
All of NW1W, NW1 and W1T is within our area for grease trap cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. Streets in the area include Euston Road, Duke's Road and Phoenix Road, and we cover them all for grease trap cleaning. With the A400 and A501 close by, Somers Town is simple for us to get to at any hour. If your site is just outside Somers Town, we cover Euston (1 mile south), Kings Cross (1 mile east), Agar Town (1 mile north), Bloomsbury (1 mile south-east) and Fitzrovia (1 mile south-west). Larger places within reach include London (3 miles south-east), Kensington (4 miles south-west), Walthamstow (6 miles north-east), Whitechapel (3 miles east), Hampstead (3 miles north-west) and Ruislip (12 miles west).
Local landmarks in Somers Town
Typical jobs here are in premises near Regent High School, Wellcome Collection and Lewis Cubitt Park. Also close by are UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies (within half a mile south) and Prince Arthur pub (under half a mile south-west). Somers Town has its own railway station: London Euston station. A little further out are Brunswick Centre (0.6 miles south-east) and Montfichet's Tower (1.8 miles south-east). Open spaces near Somers Town include Barnsbury Wood and St. James's Park Lake.
How we price grease trap cleaning
A fixed price needs a few facts first. We look at:
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
- The times the site is available
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- How big the system is
A single site or a whole portfolio, the quote is built the same way: what needs doing, how we get to it and when. You’ll have a fixed price before any work starts.
Helping us quote
When you contact us, these details help:
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- Wide photos of the system and the area around it
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- The site address and the type of premises
Want a quote for grease trap cleaning? Please call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and tell us about the site. We’ll explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before you commit to anything.