Oxfordshire · Grease trap cleaning
Spelsbury grease trap cleaning
Grease trap cleaning for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Spelsbury. BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease.
- Drains clogged with fat
- Gurgling drains in the kitchen
- Sinks that drain slowly
How the job changes from site to site
Restaurant and takeaway kitchens
A blocked drain in a busy kitchen can stop service. Keeping the trap clean reduces the risk.
Inline grease traps
Inline traps may be under a floor panel or in a cupboard. We check how to reach it before the visit.
Grease trap cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Spelsbury
Grease traps sit between the sinks and the drain, holding back fats, oils and grease. Cooling water lets the grease rise and separate, and clean water flows on. Eventually it fills and has to be emptied and cleaned. We are often asked to deal with a kitchen drain that smells and a larger grease trap that needs emptying, across kitchen waste pipes, school and care home kitchens and restaurants and takeaways.
Rural kitchens may drain to a septic tank or a private drain rather than straight into a public sewer, and fat getting past a grease trap can cause real trouble there.
Duct Doctor has 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
- Spelsbury (OX7)
- Wider area
- Oxfordshire
- Paperwork
- Photo report after every visit
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Why it’s worth doing now in Spelsbury
For a kitchen in Spelsbury, a regular grease trap clean is a small, planned job. Waiting for a blockage turns it into an urgent problem, often at a busy time. In a place like Spelsbury, ductwork and fans are easy to forget until something goes wrong.
Whatever the type of site, the quote works the same way: the size of the job, access, condition and working hours. Call for a fixed quote and we will go through it with you.
Why Spelsbury businesses choose us
- Trading since 2009
- Every job surveyed first
- Fully insured
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
Take a look at how cleaning jobs are priced and our accreditations and certificates.
What affects the cost of grease trap cleaning
Sites vary more than people expect. The main factors:
- What state the system is in
- The size of the system
- The times the site is available
- The number of sites or systems
Working hours, access and the scale of the site all affect the cost. Each of those is built into the quote, and the price is fixed before we start.
Helping us quote
When you call or email, it’s useful to have:
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
- A few general shots of the system
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, either from pictures and details you send or from a site visit. After that, you get a fixed price for the work, before work begins.
Spelsbury questions
Which environmental health team covers Spelsbury?
Kitchens in Spelsbury are inspected by West Oxfordshire 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 Spelsbury outside opening hours?
Yes, out-of-hours work is a big part of what we do. That way a site in Spelsbury does not have to lose a day’s trading. Let us know the hours you are closed and we’ll book within them.
Is TR19 cleaning required by law?
No. The law sets the duty; TR19® is the benchmark used to show it’s met. Under the Fire Safety Order 2005, the responsible person must reduce fire risk, and without records, many insurers may refuse or reduce a claim.
Do you take the waste away?
We take the grease and solids away with us. Nothing greasy is left on site after the visit.
What is TR19?
TR19® is the BESA specification for keeping ventilation systems clean. Since 2019, TR19® Grease has been a standalone specification for grease in kitchen extract systems, while TR19® Air covers other supply and extract ductwork.
How much time does a grease trap clean need?
Most grease trap cleans take an hour or two in most kitchens, depending on the size and condition of the trap, including testing. It’s booked when the sinks aren’t needed.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes, always. Diagnosis comes before treatment: the survey shows what needs doing and what access we need and the fixed quote is built on it.
Who is responsible for fire safety on the premises?
The Fire Safety Order 2005 calls them the responsible person: often the employer, owner or occupier. Landlords, facilities managers and managing agents can also hold responsibility.
For landlords and multi-site operators
For anyone managing more than one site, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Every building has its own written report, so records stay tidy.
Running several sites is easier with one contractor. We work across London and the South East, so visits at different addresses can be planned together and kept on a regular cycle.
Other services in Spelsbury
Between visits
To keep the system working properly between visits:
- Get food waste into the bin, not the sink
- Keep strainers in every sink
- Don’t wait for a blockage to book a clean
- Don’t store things on top of the trap
Collect waste cooking oil separately rather than pouring it down the sink and the trap won’t fill as quickly. It’s the single easiest way to help.
If the kitchen has got busier, the trap fills faster. Shortening the cleaning interval now stops it overflowing.
Spelsbury kitchens: local notes
In Spelsbury, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from West Oxfordshire council. They look at the cleanliness of the whole kitchen: walls, floors, ceilings and equipment. A cleaning log that includes deep cleans and grease trap visits shows the work is planned.
Where a church or community hall near Church of All Saints, or anywhere in Spelsbury, has a kitchen used by volunteers, a periodic deep clean keeps it ready for the next event. Half-term is a good time for school kitchens, at schools like Chadlington Church of England Primary School for instance, to have the grease trap emptied and the kitchen deep cleaned.
Spelsbury is about 7 miles north of Witney, in Oxfordshire. Wherever you are in the OX7 postcode area, we can carry out grease trap cleaning at your premises. Our Oxfordshire coverage runs to 443 places, and Spelsbury is one of them. There’s also a page for Oxford, roughly 15 miles from Spelsbury.
Every address in OX7 is within our area for grease trap cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. We cover sites on Quickset Close and Chadlington Road and the roads around them. If your site is just outside Spelsbury, we cover Charlbury (2 miles south-east), Fawler (3 miles south-east), Finstock (4 miles south), Stonesfield (4 miles south-east) and Ramsden (4 miles south). Within a short drive, we also cover Oxford (15 miles south-east), Banbury (13 miles north-east), Bicester (14 miles east), Witney (7 miles south), Carterton (10 miles south-west) and Kidlington (10 miles south-east).
Local landmarks in Spelsbury
The nearest railway station is Charlbury station, about 1.5 miles south of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Chipping Norton Museum (3.9 miles north-west). Not far away are Blenheim Farm.
How it works
The first job on site is protection: floors, worktops and anything near the work are covered. Then we make the system safe and start. The work on site takes anything from under an hour to a few hours, depending on the trap, and the area is cleaned down before we leave. A quick note on how to find the site and where to park makes a visit to Spelsbury run smoothly.
- A visit is booked around your service.
- We open the trap and look at its condition.
- Built-up grease and food waste are taken out.
- The inside, baffles and outlet are cleaned.
- The trap is closed, tested and the next clean discussed.
Before we arrive
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
Getting a quote
For a fixed quote, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line with the site type, your trading hours and a short description of the system. Photos and the last report, if you have one, make the quote quicker. We usually come back within one working day.
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In-house cleaning or a specialist?
A few tasks are always specialist work: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease need training, the right equipment and safe access. Leave those to us.
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.