Grease Trap Cleaning & Repair in Houston, TX
Complete pump-outs, on-the-spot repairs, and the paperwork inspectors ask for.
Your grease trap is the one piece of equipment that can shut your kitchen down overnight. When fats, oils, and grease (FOG) build up past capacity, you get backups, foul odors, failed inspections, and fines.
Sewer Squad keeps Houston businesses flowing with complete grease trap pumping, cleaning, and repair — fully documented and disposed of at licensed facilities.
What's Included
What's included in every service
- Complete pump-out of all FOG, solids, and wastewater — never a partial "skim"
- Scraping and washing of trap walls, baffles, and lids
- Inspection of inlet and outlet tees, baffles, and lid seals
- Manifest and service documentation for city and TCEQ compliance
- Photos of the trap before and after service on request
- Repair or replacement of cracked lids, broken baffles, and corroded tees
Why It Matters
The cost of skipping service
Cracked lids, broken baffles, corroded tees, and failing seals let grease escape into your lines and odors escape into your dining room. Our technicians repair or replace damaged components on the spot whenever possible, so one visit solves the problem.
The City of Houston requires grease traps inside city limits to be fully evacuated at least quarterly unless a waiver is approved — and sooner than that if floating materials, sediment, oil, or grease reach 25% of the trap’s wetted height. Whichever comes first is the deadline that applies to you.
For busy kitchens, that 25% threshold usually arrives well before day 90 — commonly every 30 to 60 days for heavy fryer operations. Waiting until the trap "seems full" almost always means you have been out of compliance for weeks.
Who Needs This
Built for your type of business
Restaurants
High-volume kitchens hit the 25% threshold fastest, especially with fryers.
Hotels
Banquet kitchens and breakfast service push extra FOG on peak weekends.
Schools
Cafeterias produce restaurant-level grease on an institutional budget.
Grocery & Deli
Prepared food departments and bakeries generate heavy grease waste.
Food Trucks
Compact traps fill quickly and need a dependable schedule.
Our Process
How it works
Schedule Service
Call or request service online. We confirm your location, trap size, and whether you need routine or emergency service.
Pump & Clean
We remove all FOG, solids, and wastewater, then scrape and wash the walls, baffles, and lids.
Inspect & Repair
We check tees, baffles, and lid seals, and repair or replace damaged components on the spot where possible.
Document & Schedule
You get a manifest and service record, plus an honest recommendation on how often your trap actually needs service.
FAQ
Common questions
The City of Houston requires grease traps within city limits to be fully evacuated at least quarterly unless a Notice of Waiver is approved. You must also clean sooner if floating materials, sediment, oils, or grease reach 25% of the wetted height of the trap, measured from the bottom to the invert of the outlet pipe. Whichever comes first sets your deadline.
It is the accumulation threshold that can override the calendar. Once FOG and solids reach 25% of your trap’s wetted height, the trap stops separating grease effectively and starts passing it into the sewer — which is exactly what inspectors check for. High-volume fryer kitchens often hit it in 30 to 60 days.
Yes. Cracked lids, broken baffles, corroded inlet and outlet tees, and failing seals are all repairable, and we carry parts to handle most of them during the same visit rather than scheduling a second trip.
Every service is manifested, transported under proper registration, and disposed of at a licensed facility. We keep copies of your records, so if an inspector arrives and your file is missing, one phone call restores it.
In most cases, yes. We schedule around prep and service hours — early mornings and off-hours are available — so the work happens when your line is not running.
Call us. An overflowing trap pushes wastewater and odors back into your kitchen and can close you down. We offer 24/7 emergency grease trap service across Greater Houston, pump the trap completely, clear the immediate blockage, and tell you honestly what caused it.
Schedule Grease Trap Cleaning Today
Same-day response available across Greater Houston — ask about maintenance plans that keep you compliant automatically.