Essex · Grease trap cleaning
Grease Trap Cleaning in Stratford St Mary
We cover Stratford St Mary for emptying and cleaning of under-sink and inline grease traps in commercial kitchens. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports on every job.
- An under-sink trap that keeps filling up
- A grease trap that hasn’t been emptied in a long time
- An inline trap or interceptor due for cleaning
Grease trap cleaning in Stratford St Mary, done properly
Grease is behind most blocked kitchen drains. Down the line, they can add to fatbergs in the sewer. A grease trap that is emptied and cleaned regularly holds them back. Common call-outs are for a grease trap that hasn’t been emptied in a long time and an under-sink unit that needs regular emptying, on under-sink grease traps, inline grease traps and school and care home kitchens.
Work in a small place like Stratford St Mary starts with agreeing a date and access.
We’re CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, we hold ISO 9001 and we’re fully insured. We’re also a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we have been trading since 2009.
- Where
- Stratford St Mary (CO7)
- Wider area
- Essex
- Reporting
- Report and pictures after the visit
- Quote
- A fixed price before work begins
- Hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
What grease trap cleaning cannot fix
Grease trap cleaning can’t fix everything, and we’ll tell you before work begins. It doesn’t solve:
- A unit that can’t cope with the kitchen’s output
- Broken pipework below ground
- Blockages in the public sewer beyond the property
If in doubt, call 0345 646 2711 or email us and we will say what we think before booking.
What the work covers
- Restaurants and takeaways
- Pot wash sinks
- Kitchen waste pipes
- School and care home kitchens
- Inline grease traps
- Under-sink grease traps
Places near Stratford St Mary
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In-house cleaning or a specialist?
In-house cleaning and specialist cleaning do different jobs. Wiping filters daily and washing them weekly keeps the visible parts in order, but they don’t reach the grease that builds up further in. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
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.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Stratford St Mary
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. Shared systems, like a riser serving several units, need a clear agreement on who books the work, and we can quote for the whole system.
Facilities teams in offices, schools and healthcare sites book us too across Essex. Larger estates can be phased building by building to keep disruption down.
Commercial kitchens in Stratford St Mary
Look up Stratford St Mary on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you will find about 4 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens across Stratford St Mary and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Fat from washing up sets hard in pipes, and kitchens like these produce plenty of it. Food hygiene inspections in Stratford St Mary are the job of Babergh council’s environmental health team. They look at the cleanliness of the whole kitchen: walls, floors, ceilings and equipment. Keeping a record of deep cleans and grease trap visits helps at inspection time. At about 56 miles from central London, Stratford St Mary sits well inside the area we cover. A survey and a fixed quote come first, then the visit at a time that suits you.
Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as Severalls Hospital (about 5 miles south-west), cook for long hours, so deep cleans and grease trap work are planned around patients’ meals. Historic houses such as Castle House (about 1.7 miles south-east) are part of the area around Stratford St Mary, and if you run event catering at a venue like that, a deep clean between seasons helps. Where a church or community hall near Church of St Mary, or anywhere in Stratford St Mary, has a kitchen used by volunteers, a periodic deep clean keeps it ready for the next event.
Stratford St Mary is about 6 miles north-east of Colchester, in Essex. We provide grease trap cleaning for commercial premises of every kind in Stratford St Mary and the rest of Essex. We cover 644 places across Essex, large and small. There’s also a page for Chelmsford, roughly 26 miles from Stratford St Mary.
We cover every part of CO7 for grease trap cleaning and the streets around it. We cover sites on The Street, Kenyon Close and Strickmere and nearby roads. Neighbouring places we cover for grease trap cleaning include Higham (1 mile north-west), Dedham (1 mile south-east), Lamb Corner (2 miles south), Holton St Mary (2 miles north-east) and Hornestreet (2 miles south-west). Larger places within reach include Colchester (6 miles south-west), Clacton-on-Sea (14 miles south-east), Harwich (13 miles east), Camulodunum (7 miles south-west), Halstead (15 miles west) and Greenstead (6 miles south).
What’s near Stratford St Mary
Around Stratford St Mary, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near East Bergholt High School and The Anchor pub. The closest station to Stratford St Mary is Manningtree station, about 3.3 miles south-east. A little further out are Severalls Hospital (5 miles south-west) and The Munnings Museum (1.7 miles south-east). Not far away are Cattawade Marshes.
Stratford St Mary: your questions answered
Will you come out to Stratford St Mary?
Yes. Stratford St Mary is within the area we cover across London and the South East. Let us know about access, parking and anything unusual about getting there when you book.
Which council inspects kitchens in Stratford St Mary?
The local authority for Stratford St Mary is Babergh council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. An officer may look behind equipment and at drains, so it pays to have the deep clean booked before those areas build up.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes. Plans on a 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycle are available, to suit the system and how it’s used.
What should go in our maintenance log?
Each report and certificate we give you, kept together in your maintenance log, along with your own cleaning log. BESA says certificates should show the date, location and technician.
Does the report say when we need you again?
Yes. The interval depends on how much the system is used and what we find and the report sets out why.
What does TR19 mean?
BESA’s ventilation hygiene specification in two main parts: TR19® Grease for kitchen extract systems and TR19® Air for general ventilation. It isn’t law, but it’s the benchmark.
What types of grease trap do you clean?
Under-sink units, inline traps and interceptors are all covered. Let us know what’s fitted and we’ll plan the visit.
Do you offer emergency callouts?
Yes, day and night, every day of the year. Our office is open from 8am to 6pm on weekdays, with the emergency line covering every other hour.
How it works
Protection comes first: floors, worktops and anything near the work are covered. After that, the system is made safe and the work begins. The work on site takes an hour or so for an under-sink trap, longer for a larger unit, and we clear up before we go. A quick note on how to find the site and where to park makes a visit to Stratford St Mary run smoothly.
- 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.
- We clean every part of the inside.
- We refit it, run water through and remove the waste.
Before we arrive
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Clear loose items from the work area
Ask for a quote
If you need grease trap cleaning in Stratford St Mary, call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email. Let us know the site type and the opening hours, plus pictures or the previous report if they’re to hand. We usually send a fixed quote within one working day.
Related advice
How we price grease trap cleaning
The diagnosis comes before the price. We look at:
- Travel, parking and unloading
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- What state the system is in
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
Combining work into one visit or one programme can make for a more efficient booking. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at, and you will get one fixed quote.
What to send for a quote
Photos and a few facts are often enough to price the work. Send what you can of the following:
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- The site address and the type of premises
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
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, you get a fixed price before we start.
Different parts, different methods
Baffles and outlets
We check the inlet, outlet and baffles at each clean so the trap works as it should.
School, care home and staff kitchens
Care home and hospital kitchens need their drains working all the time. We fit visits around mealtimes.
Between visits
To keep the system working properly between visits:
- Let us know if the kitchen gets busier
- Scrape plates and pans into the bin before washing up
- Report slow or smelly sinks early
- Do not wait for a blockage to book a clean
The waste we remove leaves with us. There’s no greasy waste left on site when we’re done.
Slow sinks and a bad smell are early warnings. Getting it cleaned now can stop a full blockage later.