Greater London · Grease trap cleaning
Grease trap cleaning in Temple Mills, Greater London
We cover Temple Mills for emptying and cleaning of under-sink and inline grease traps in commercial kitchens. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports as standard.
- Foul odours from the grease trap
- An inline trap or interceptor due for cleaning
- A grease trap that hasn’t been emptied in a long time
Grease trap cleaning in Temple Mills, done properly
No two traps are quite the same. Under-sink traps are compact and need frequent attention, while inline traps and interceptors hold more. We look at the trap, how much the kitchen uses it and how quickly it fills before suggesting how often it needs cleaning. If you are dealing with sinks that drain slowly and an interceptor full of grease and solids, we can put it right.
Across London, council environmental health teams inspect food businesses, and the cleanliness of the whole kitchen is part of what they look at. A deep clean ahead of an inspection, or after one, is a common reason kitchens in Temple Mills get in touch.
A written report with photos follows every visit, so you have a record of what was done and when. Where the work is a TR19® Grease clean, the certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Place
- Temple Mills (E20, E15, E9)
- Region
- Greater London
- Paperwork
- Photo report after each visit
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- Working hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
What your team can do, and what needs us
Some jobs should never be done in-house: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease call for the right kit, training and safe access. That’s our job.
When your team notices a problem between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that will not come clean, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We can diagnose it and quote.
Why deal with it now?
In Temple Mills, as anywhere, grease trap cleaning is a short, routine visit. Waiting for a blockage turns it into an urgent problem, often at a busy time. Planning ahead in Temple Mills lets you pick a quiet night rather than lose a busy one.
The cost depends on how big the system is, what state it’s in and access to every part of it. We give you a fixed price before we start, so you know where you stand.
Why us?
- A fixed price before any work starts
- A written report with pictures after each visit
- One number for every site across the South East and London
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
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Looking after it afterwards
Once we have finished, these simple steps help:
- Make sure the trap can be reached easily
- Collect waste cooking oil separately
- Avoid pouring boiling water down to shift grease
- Wipe grease off pans before washing them
If we spot problems beyond the trap, such as a drain that still runs slowly, we will tell you. It may need a drainage specialist to investigate.
A trap that’s left too long stops catching grease. Cleaning it before it’s full keeps grease out of the drains and avoids a blockage.
When it’s something else
An honest diagnosis matters more to us than a booking, so here’s what grease trap cleaning will not do:
- Grease set hard in the drain run
- Leaking pipework or sink wastes, which need a plumber
- Blockages further down the drainage network
Not sure which it is? You can phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we will tell you honestly.
Parts of the system we cover
- Restaurants and takeaways
- School and care home kitchens
- Pot wash sinks
- Under-sink grease traps
- Inline grease traps
- Kitchen waste pipes
Commercial kitchens in Temple Mills
Look up Temple Mills on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you will find about 18 food manufacturers and packers within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Temple Mills. Where food is made in quantity, grease traps fill faster and need a tighter schedule. Kitchens in Temple Mills get their food hygiene inspections from Newham council. 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. Night work is normal for London kitchens, and the kitchen is handed back ready for the morning.
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Chobham Academy or anywhere near Temple Mills, the holidays are the time for a deep clean or a grease trap clean. If you run a care home or healthcare kitchen near Temple Mills (the nearest hospital is Queen Mary's Hospital for the East End, about 1 mile south-east), a grease trap on a set schedule avoids a blocked drain mid-service. Where a church or community hall near St Eleutherius, or anywhere in Temple Mills, has a kitchen used by volunteers, a periodic deep clean keeps it ready for the next event.
Temple Mills is about 1 mile north-west of Stratford, in Greater London. Temple Mills 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. Across Greater London, we cover 764 places, and Temple Mills is one of them.
Our technicians cover all of the E20, E15 and E9 postcode area for grease trap cleaning and the streets around it. Whether your site is on Major Road, Forbes Lane and Keirin Road or anywhere close by, we can help. Temple Mills is on the A106, which makes it straightforward for our technicians to reach for grease trap cleaning. If your site is just outside Temple Mills, we cover East Village (1 mile south-east), Hackney Wick (1 mile south-west), Stratford (1 mile south-east), Maryland (1 mile south-east) and Fish Island (1 mile south-west). We also work in nearby towns such as London (5 miles south-west), City of Westminster (6 miles west), Marylebone (6 miles west), Kensington (9 miles south-west), St Pancras (5 miles west) and Shoreditch (3 miles south-west).
Around Temple Mills
Around Temple Mills, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Mabley Green, Mossbourne Riverside Academy and Eton Manor Boys' Club, among other places. Temple Mills has its own railway station: Stratford International station. Nearby you will also find V&A East (0.6 miles south) and Westfield Stratford City (under half a mile south-east). Not far away are Tower Hill and Hollow Pond.
What the work involves, part by part
Restaurant and takeaway kitchens
A blocked drain in a busy kitchen can stop service. Regular trap cleaning helps prevent it.
Under-sink grease traps
Under-sink traps are cleaned in a short visit and check the seal on the lid.
Your questions about grease trap cleaning in Temple Mills
Which council inspects kitchens in Temple Mills?
In Temple Mills, it’s Newham council that carries out food hygiene inspections. Photos from a deep clean are a simple record of what was done and when.
Do you work in school kitchens around Temple Mills out of term?
Yes, and it’s the easiest time to do it. With about 41 schools and colleges on the FSA’s register within roughly a mile and a half of Temple Mills, it pays to plan holiday dates ahead. Booking early in the term gives the best choice of holiday dates.
How long will the sinks be out of use?
Most grease trap cleans take anything from under an hour to a few hours, depending on the trap, including testing. We plan the visit around your service.
Can you look after several sites?
Yes. Our area covers London and the South East, so sites at different addresses can be planned together as one programme. Every site has its own report.
Can you set up regular visits?
Yes. Scheduled maintenance plans are part of what we do, set at the interval the system needs. The report from each visit recommends the next date.
Which accreditations do you hold?
Our accreditations are CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, alongside BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. Vent Hygiene Elite is run by BESCA and independently audited.
Do you clean under-sink and inline grease traps?
Under-sink and inline grease traps, and larger interceptors. They’re emptied, cleaned and checked in the same careful way.
Will the grease trap clean disrupt the kitchen?
While the trap is being cleaned, nothing can drain into it. We book the visit around your service so the kitchen isn’t held up.
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What else we do in Temple Mills
How it works
Your trading hours come first. We book the visit for a time the area is closed, whether that is an evening, overnight or a weekend. Once we’re in, the area is sheeted and anything that has to be off is turned off and cooled, and the work takes an hour or two in most kitchens, depending on the size and condition of the trap. We fit London jobs around the building rather than the other way round, so a visit in Temple Mills is normally out of hours.
- We agree a time when the sinks are not needed.
- We open the trap and look at its condition.
- We remove the grease layer and settled solids.
- The inside, baffles and outlet are cleaned.
- We close it up, check it drains and suggest when it needs cleaning again.
Before we arrive
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
Get a fixed quote
Want a quote for grease trap cleaning? Please phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and tell us about the site. We’ll talk you through the work and send you a fixed quote before anything is booked.
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Multi-site and managed buildings
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare in Temple Mills and across Greater London. Larger estates can be phased building by building to keep disruption down.
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.