Professional Grease Trap Pumping & Cleaning Services in Central Texas
Alpha Septic Services provides specialized grease trap pumping and maintenance for restaurants, cafes, bars, bakeries, institutional kitchens, and food service establishments throughout Central Texas, with dedicated routes in Austin, Round Rock, Cedar Park, Leander, and Georgetown. Our professional grease trap services help food businesses maintain compliance with Travis County and Williamson County health department regulations while preventing costly plumbing emergencies. Regular grease trap cleaning prevents fats, oils, and grease (FOG) from entering municipal sewer systems, protecting your kitchen from backups, eliminating foul odors, ensuring successful health inspections, and avoiding potential fines for non-compliance.
Complete Grease Removal
Our specialized hydro-jetting and vacuum equipment thoroughly removes accumulated fats, oils and grease from all trap types, from 25-gallon under-sink units to 1,000+ gallon external grease interceptors, ensuring optimal kitchen drainage and health inspector approval.
Regulatory Compliance
We provide detailed service manifests and maintenance logbooks required by Travis County health departments and Austin Water Utility inspectors, helping your restaurant or commercial kitchen avoid violations, operate legally, and maintain your food service permit without interruption.
Kitchen-Friendly Scheduling
Our flexible service times accommodate your specific restaurant hours with minimal disruption to kitchen operations, including early morning (4-7am), between meal services (2-4pm), late evening (after 10pm), and off-peak scheduling options for fine dining, fast food, and institutional food service operations.
Comprehensive Inspection
Every service includes a thorough inspection of your grease trap components, baffle system, and outlet pipes, identifying potential issues before they lead to system failures, kitchen shutdowns, or health code violations that could impact your establishment's reputation.
Our Grease Trap Cleaning Process
Alpha Septic Services follows a thorough protocol designed specifically for food service establishments to ensure your grease trap remains clean, functional, and compliant with Travis County health regulations and Austin Water FOG program requirements.
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Initial System Assessment & Measurement
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Complete FOG Waste Extraction
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Thorough Cleaning of Trap Components
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System Reassembly & Flow Testing
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Detailed Service Documentation
Grease Trap Pumping FAQs
The frequency of grease trap cleaning depends on your restaurant's size, volume, cooking methods, and menu items. Most health departments require cleaning when grease accumulation reaches 25% of the trap's capacity or at specified intervals, whichever comes first. For busy Austin restaurants and commercial kitchens, this typically means every 1-3 months for smaller under-sink traps and every 2-6 months for larger external interceptors. High-volume establishments with multiple fryers, woks, or grills may require weekly or bi-weekly service. Fast food restaurants typically need more frequent service than fine dining establishments. Our technicians can evaluate your specific operation and help establish an optimal cleaning schedule that ensures health code compliance while preventing grease-related plumbing issues.
Neglected grease traps can lead to serious consequences for your food service business. When FOG (fats, oils, and grease) accumulates, it can cause sewer backups into your establishment, creating unsanitary conditions, triggering immediate health department shutdowns, and potentially forcing temporary closure during peak business hours. You may face costly emergency plumbing repairs ($1,000-5,000+), health code violations with substantial fines ($500-2,000 per occurrence), and potential suspension of your food service permit. Additionally, grease that escapes into municipal sewer systems can contribute to "fatbergs" and sewer overflows, which may result in environmental penalties and responsibility for cleanup costs. Regular maintenance is far more economical than dealing with these expensive and reputation-damaging consequences.
Yes, Alpha Septic Services specializes in kitchen-friendly scheduling that minimizes business disruption for Central Texas restaurants. We offer early morning appointments (4-7am before prep begins), late evening services (after 10pm closing), and can work during slower operational periods between lunch and dinner service. Our technicians are trained to work efficiently and cleanly in food preparation environments, typically completing standard grease trap services in 1-2 hours while maintaining health code standards throughout the process. We use specialized equipment that minimizes odors and mess, and we coordinate closely with kitchen managers and chefs to ensure minimal impact on food service operations. We can also establish regular maintenance schedules that restaurant owners can rely on, with text/email reminders 48 hours before service.
