Grease traps stop fats/grease from entering the sewer line
Grease traps are essential for collecting not only fats, oils, and grease (FOG) but also everything that flows into your sinks and dishwashers. If these grease traps are not adequately maintained, they can lead to a significant buildup that clogs your pipes, potentially resulting in costly plumbing repairs and, in the worst-case scenario, shutting down your restaurant. Additionally, it’s crucial to ensure that your exhaust hoods are operating efficiently, and to implement regular virus disinfection to maintain a safe and effective kitchen environment.
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Grease Trap Maintenance and Repairs In Calgary, Alberta
The best way to ensure that your restaurant's grease traps effectively prevent food and grease from entering the sewer system is through regularly scheduled maintenance. At CCE Services, we specialize in grease trap maintenance for restaurants, as well as commercial and industrial kitchens. We understand the specific requirements for grease traps to achieve optimal functionality while remaining compliant with city regulations. Additionally, we recognize that there’s no time to waste when a grease trap requires maintenance, repair, or replacement—especially as we focus on virus disinfection in foodservice establishments.
Choose from our flexible service plans tailored to your needs, with options ranging from 30-day, 60-day, and 90-day intervals. Contact us today to customize a plan that works best for you.
Our team of expert technicians is skilled in resolving various grease trap repairs. From fixing broken elbow fittings and collapsed flow diverters to replacing manholes due to cracks or shifting, we work efficiently to restore your grease trap to proper working order. If a replacement is necessary, we will provide a detailed work plan so that you stay informed about every step. At CCE Services, we also understand the importance of maintaining other critical systems in your kitchen, such as exhaust hoods, to ensure a safe and compliant environment. We prioritize your restaurant's uninterrupted operations by ensuring a fully operational grease trap, especially in light of the ongoing need for virus disinfection and sanitation in foodservice establishments.
Irregular maintenance or cleaning of your grease traps can results in:
• Clogged pipes
• Reduced drainage flow
• Odours
• Sewer backups
• Costly plumbing repairs
• Failed health inspections
• Fines due to non-compliance with the bylaw (see below)
Grease Trap Maintenance in Calgary
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Even though you may not use grease in your restaurant cooking, it's still important to consider the potential build up of other food particles and debris in your plumbing system. Grease traps are designed to capture not only fats, oil and grease (FOGs) but any solid waste that flows through your plumbing system. By neglecting to clean your grease traps, you run the risk of experiencing plumbing issues and damage to your pipes, which will require costly repairs and the temporary shutting down of your restaurant.
As certified technicians, CCE will provide you with documentation of inspection and service that comply with Alberta regulations (see below).
An owner or operator of Food Service Operation who installs one or more oil and grease interceptors must keep a record of all inspection and maintenance activities for the oil and grease interceptor for two years, including the:
(a) Date of inspection or maintenance;
(b) Description of inspection or maintenance conducted;
(c) Quantity and description of material removed from the oil and grease interceptor; and
(d) Name, civic and postal address, and telephone number of the disposal or recycling company or facility collecting or transporting the material removed from the oil and grease interceptor.
It depends on how much FOGs and food is collected in the grease traps.
The City of Calgary recommends: "At least once every four weeks OR more often if FOG and solids exceed 25 per cent volume of the grease interceptor."
Grease traps are essential for collecting not only fats, oils, and grease (FOG) but also everything that flows into your sinks and dishwashers. If these grease traps are not adequately maintained, they can lead to a significant buildup that clogs your pipes, potentially resulting in costly plumbing repairs and, in the worst-case scenario, shutting down your restaurant. Additionally, it’s crucial to ensure that your exhaust hoods are operating efficiently, and to implement regular virus disinfection to maintain a safe and effective kitchen environment.