- Service
- Restaurant and Grease Trap Plumbing
- For
- Kitchens, interceptors and floor drains
- Timing
- Around your opening hours
- Booking
- By telephone
Signs the kitchen drains are losing
- Floor drains near the dish pit pooling during the dinner rush.
- A rancid smell around the interceptor lid.
- Three-compartment sinks draining one basin at a time.
- Grease surfacing in the parking lot cleanout after heavy days.
What we check on the interceptor
- Inlet and outlet baffles: cracked, missing or corroded baffles let fat straight through.
- Lid gasket and bolts, so odours stay inside.
- Flow control fitting on the inlet side, which keeps water from rushing past the separation chamber.
- The depth of the grease layer and settled solids compared with the size of the unit.
- The outlet line for buildup that has already escaped downstream.
Clearing the lines after the trap
- Camera first where access allows, to see whether it is soft grease, hard scale or a sag in the pipe.
- Jet the line with a nozzle sized for the pipe, working from the cleanout toward the main.
- Flush and re-check so the run is shown clear, not just flowing for today.
Rules worth knowing
- The Town of Newmarket and York Region limit fats, oils and grease entering the sanitary sewer through sewer-use by-laws.
- Food premises are generally expected to keep a working interceptor and a record of its cleaning; confirm current requirements with the Town.
- Pump-out of the trap contents is handled by a licensed hauler; we repair and replace the plumbing around it.
Bench note
Hot water and dish soap move grease further down the pipe; they do not remove it. Scrape plates into the bin before the sprayer touches them.
Keeping it from coming back
- Strainers on every floor drain and sink in the kitchen.
- A cleaning schedule matched to how busy the kitchen really is.
- A jetting visit booked before the line fails, not after.
Phoned-in questions
What cleaning interval suits our interceptor?
Unit size and menu drive it. A busy fryer kitchen may need it far more often than a café. We can look at the solids level and suggest a schedule.
Can you replace an old in-floor interceptor?
Yes. We size the new unit to your fixtures and flow, and plan the work around your hours.