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Grease trap cleaning in Thorpe Green, Surrey
Grease trap cleaning for Thorpe Green and the surrounding area: a survey, a fixed price, careful work and proper paperwork. Ask us for a fixed quote.
- An under-sink trap that keeps filling up
- A routine grease trap service
- Drains clogged with fat
What happens on the day
The visit has three parts: getting the area ready, doing the work and signing it off. Set-up means sheeting and making equipment safe, and the sign-off is a written report with photos. The middle part takes longest, which takes less than an hour for many under-sink units. If the van will struggle with a lane or gateway near Thorpe Green, let us know and we’ll plan around it.
- We find the trap and check how it’s connected.
- Nothing drains into the trap while it’s open.
- Built-up fat, oil and grease is removed from the trap.
- The inside, baffles and pipe connections are cleaned.
- The trap is reassembled, checked for leaks and the waste taken away.
Before we arrive
- Clear loose items from the work area
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
Get a fixed quote
If you need grease trap cleaning in Thorpe Green, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line. Let us know the site type and the opening hours, and send photos or your last report if you can. A fixed quote usually follows within one working day.
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Grease trap cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Thorpe Green
For kitchens across Thorpe Green, grease trap cleaning fits easily around service. The trap is emptied, cleaned and checked, and the waste is taken away. It works on its own or with a deep clean or extract clean. If you have a slow-draining kitchen sink and drains clogged with fat, we can help.
In a village or hamlet like Thorpe Green, commercial kitchens are few, perhaps a pub, a school or a care home. Wherever there is one, it needs its grease trap and hard-to-reach areas kept clean.
We’ve been trading since 2009, and we are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we are fully insured.
- Where
- Thorpe Green (GU25, TW20)
- Wider area
- Surrey
- Records
- Written report with photos
- Quotes
- A fixed price before work begins
- Working hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Nearby places to Thorpe Green
What else we do in Thorpe Green
What grease trap cleaning cannot fix
Some problems need a different service or another trade:
- Grease deep in the drains, which needs jetting by a drainage contractor
- A unit that cannot cope with the kitchen’s output
- Leaking pipework or sink wastes, which need a plumber
If you’re not sure, just phone us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we’ll give you a straight answer.
What the work covers
- Pot wash sinks
- Kitchen waste pipes
- Inline grease traps
- Restaurants and takeaways
- Under-sink grease traps
- School and care home kitchens
What affects the quote in Thorpe Green
The survey tells us what the work involves. We look at:
- Parking and loading at the site
- Any permits to work or inductions
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
- The scale of the work
Several systems or sites on one quote can make for a more efficient booking. Mention every system or site you need covered, and you will get one fixed quote.
Asking for a quote
Photos and a few facts are often enough to price the work. Send what you can of the following:
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
- The postcode and the type of business
Want a quote for grease trap cleaning? Please call 0345 646 2711 or email us with a few details about the site. We will explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before anything is booked.
Questions from Thorpe Green
Can you come to Thorpe Green after we close?
Yes, out-of-hours work is a big part of what we do. The work in Thorpe Green can fit around your hours. Just call us on 0345 646 2711 or email us with your opening times and we’ll plan around them.
Do you work in school kitchens around Thorpe Green out of term?
Yes, holiday work suits schools best. The FSA’s register shows about 5 schools and colleges with food registrations within roughly a mile and a half of Thorpe Green. Just give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or email photos with your term dates and we will plan around them.
Do we need to close while you work?
Usually not. Booking the work out of hours means the site can carry on as normal. Larger jobs can be phased over several visits so parts stay in use.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes. Plans on a 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycle are available, depending on what the system needs.
What about areas you cannot get to?
The report shows them clearly. Often the fix is extra access, such as new panels in ductwork, which we can install.
What is TR19?
TR19® is BESA’s specification for ventilation hygiene. Since 2019, TR19® Grease has been a standalone specification for grease in kitchen extract systems, and TR19® Air covers general supply and extract systems.
Who is the responsible person?
The law calls them the responsible person. It’s normally the employer, or whoever controls the building, and in shared buildings more than one person can have duties. If you are not sure, check your lease and fire risk assessment.
Which sectors do you work in?
Any site with a kitchen or a ventilation system to look after, from a small pub to a hospital. Hotels, schools, care homes, offices, shops and leisure sites are all part of our work.
How the job changes from site to site
School, care home and staff kitchens
Kitchens with fixed mealtimes build up grease more predictably. A regular interval suits them well.
Under-sink grease traps
We empty and clean under-sink traps without disrupting the rest of the kitchen and check the seal on the lid.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Keep a record of what your team does. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, alongside our reports.
If your staff spot something 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 will take a look and give you a fixed quote.
What grease trap cleaning looks like in Thorpe Green
There are about 20 restaurants, cafés and canteens within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Thorpe Green, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Fat from washing up sets hard in pipes, and kitchens like these produce plenty of it. In Thorpe Green, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Runnymede 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 care home or healthcare kitchen near Thorpe Green (the nearest hospital is St. Peter's Hospital, about 2 miles south-east), a grease trap on a set schedule avoids a blocked drain mid-service. For a café close to Virginia Water station, a deep clean can be done between closing and the morning rush.
Thorpe Green is about 2 miles south of Egham, in Surrey. We carry out grease trap cleaning for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Thorpe Green and the rest of Surrey. Across Surrey, we cover 395 places, and Thorpe Green is one of them. We also work in Guildford, about 11 miles from Thorpe Green.
Every address in GU25 and TW20 is within our area for grease trap cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. That includes premises on Green Road and Sandhills Lane and nearby roads. We also cover the places around Thorpe Green: Thorpe (1 mile north-east), Stroude (1 mile north-west), Virginia Water (1 mile west), Egham Hythe (2 miles north-east) and Egham (2 miles north). Larger places within reach include Guildford (11 miles south), Woking (6 miles south), Camberley (9 miles south-west), Epsom (13 miles east), Ewell (13 miles east) and Walton-on-Thames (6 miles east).
Local landmarks in Thorpe Green
Typical jobs here are in premises near Riverside Walk, Salesian School and Rose And Crown Public House. For rail, the closest station is Virginia Water station, about 0.8 miles west. Nearby you will also find St. Peter's Hospital (2 miles south-east) and Spelthorne Museum (2.4 miles north-east). The countryside around Thorpe Green includes Gracious Pond and St Ann's Hill.
Looking after it afterwards
Think of this as the after-treatment advice, in brief:
- Get food waste into the bin, not the sink
- Collect waste cooking oil separately
- Keep access to the trap clear
- Do not wait for a blockage to book a clean
If we spot problems beyond the trap, such as a drain that still runs slowly, we will tell you. That may need a drainage contractor to look further.
Grease that gets past the trap sets in the drains. Clearing it then is a bigger job so prevention is the easier route.
Do you need grease trap cleaning in Thorpe Green?
In Thorpe Green, as everywhere, grease traps are easy to forget. Tucked away under the sink or below the floor it’s often left until there’s a problem.
The symptoms we’re asked about most are:
- A bad smell from the sinks or drains
- A larger grease trap that needs emptying
- A slow-draining kitchen sink
- An overdue grease trap
Half-term is a good time for school kitchens, at schools like Thorpe CofE Aided Primary School for instance, to have the grease trap emptied and the kitchen deep cleaned.
Questions to ask before you book
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- Whether a survey comes first
- Whether the price is fixed
- How areas they can’t reach will be recorded