Grease trap emptying
Remove accumulated fats, oils, grease, food solids and wastewater before available capacity becomes an operational problem.
Explore emptyingCommercial grease management
Grease trap cleaning & emptying across the UK
For restaurants, pubs, hotels, takeaways, cafés, schools, care kitchens and food-production sites needing routine or urgent grease trap service.
Commercial kitchensRoutine or urgent serviceLocal service matchingNationwide coverage
Get a quote
Tell us what your kitchen needs
Send the key site details once so the requirement is clear from the outset.
No obligation. Details are used to respond to this service enquiry.
Restaurants & takeaways
Hotels, pubs & venues
Schools & care kitchens
Food production
Choose the service
Start with the problem the kitchen actually has
Grease trap servicing is not one generic job. The right response depends on whether the unit simply needs routine pump-out, a fuller clean, a planned maintenance visit or urgent attention.
Grease trap cleaning
For sites needing more than a basic pump-out, including internal cleaning where the trap condition and service scope require it.
Explore cleaningPlanned maintenance
Build grease trap service into the kitchen maintenance schedule instead of waiting for smell, slow drainage or overflow.
Plan maintenance
Why it matters
FOG builds up quietly until it becomes a kitchen problem
Fats, oils and grease cool as they move through kitchen drainage. A grease trap is there to intercept that material, but it still has finite capacity. If retained grease and solids are allowed to build up for too long, the trap has less room to work effectively.
That can show up as persistent smells, slow drainage, visible build-up, recurring blockages or an overflowing unit. Planned emptying and cleaning are about dealing with the accumulation before it reaches that point.
Who we help
Commercial kitchens create very different grease loads
A small café and a high-volume takeaway may both have a grease trap, but their servicing requirements can be completely different.
Restaurants
Hotels
Pubs & bars
Takeaways
Cafés
Schools
Care kitchens
Food production
What affects a service visit?
Give the contractor the useful details up front
Access often matters as much as trap size. A service visit is easier to assess when the enquiry includes the trap position, approximate capacity if known, whether there is tanker or hose access, the current symptoms and how urgent the job is.
- Business type and trading hours
- Postcode and trap location
- Trap size or capacity if known
- Routine, overdue or urgent requirement
- Vehicle, loading-bay or hose-distance restrictions
- Photos where they help explain access or condition
How the service works
A typical grease trap service
The exact method depends on the system, but a commercial service usually follows a clear sequence.
Assess
Confirm the trap, access, condition and whether the requirement is routine cleaning, emptying or an urgent problem.
Remove
Pump out retained wastewater, fats, oils, grease and settled solids as required by the service.
Clean
Where a fuller clean is required, accessible internal surfaces and components can be cleared of remaining build-up.
Plan
Use the observed build-up and operating pattern to decide whether the current service interval makes sense.
Commercial kitchen environments
The service has to work around a live food business
UK coverage
Find grease trap cleaning and emptying by area
Our location estate is organised around regional hubs and dedicated town/city pages. The aim is to answer the actual local service search, not bury it in one national page.
Useful guides
Practical answers for commercial kitchen operators
Understand servicing frequency, costs, warning signs and maintenance before you arrange a visit.
How often should a grease trap be cleaned?
What changes the ideal service interval and which warning signs matter.
Read guideHow much does grease trap cleaning cost?
The practical variables that shape a commercial cleaning or emptying quote.
Read guideSigns your grease trap needs emptying
Odour, drainage changes, visible build-up and other signs worth acting on.
Read guideCommon questions
Grease trap cleaning FAQs
Useful answers before you request a service visit.
How often should a commercial grease trap be emptied?
There is no single interval that works for every kitchen. Capacity, food preparation, throughput and how quickly the trap has filled previously are more useful guides.
Is grease trap emptying the same as cleaning?
Not necessarily. Emptying removes retained waste. A fuller cleaning service may include further internal cleaning where required.
What should I include in a quote request?
Postcode, premises type, trap location and size if known, access information, urgency and any symptoms such as odour, overflow or slow drainage.
Can a service be arranged around trading hours?
That depends on the contractor and site, but including trading and access restrictions in the enquiry makes planning much easier.
Need a grease trap emptied or cleaned?
Tell us about the kitchen, postcode, trap, access and urgency.