Repair before replacement
Grease Trap Repair in Dallas, TX
Cracked, corroded or leaking grease trap, or a failed inspection? We repair commercial grease traps overnight, after your kitchen closes, so you don’t have to shut. A repair typically costs under half the price of a new trap, is guaranteed to pass inspection, and carries a 10-year warranty on labor and materials, as long as the trap gets regular pump-outs.
We also install new grease traps, jet sewer lines, and deep clean and degrease traps. We don’t pump traps: your City-permitted pumping company does that.
Why repair
Why a damaged grease trap fails after it’s pumped
Grease left sitting in a trap turns acidic. Over time it eats holes in the walls and breaks the baffles that hold grease back, and then the trap can’t do its job however often it’s emptied.
Most owners assume the only fix is a new trap. Usually it isn’t. We strip the grease from the trap, fill the holes and cracks, rebuild the broken walls and coat the whole inside, all in one night. The trap is back in use the next morning, guaranteed to pass inspection.
Dallas rules
What a Dallas grease trap inspector looks for
A Dallas Water Utilities Liquid Waste Inspector visits restaurants to check that grease traps are being serviced. The inspector asks to see your pump-out records, inspects the kitchen and measures the grease and solids built up in your trap.
- A full pump-out at least every 90 days. Sooner, once the trap is 25% full of grease and solids.
- The restaurant supervises. The City requires restaurants to supervise the cleaning, and the pump-out company must hold a City permit.
- Your trap stays in working order. The City’s notice makes you responsible for “maintaining the traps in continuous proper working condition”.
What we do
Grease trap services for Dallas kitchens
Repair comes first, because most damaged traps can be saved. When one can’t, or the kitchen needs a bigger trap, we put in a new one.
Grease trap installation
Grease trap deep cleaning and degreasing
Repair or replace?
| Repair | Replacement | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Typically under half the price of a replacement | The price of a new trap, plus the work to put it in |
| Closing | None: we work overnight, after you close | Depends on the job. Ask at the inspection |
| Size | Your trap stays as it is | Set for your kitchen by the City’s plumbing inspector |
| Warranty | 10 years on labor and materials, as long as the trap gets regular pump-outs | Depends on the new trap |
| Inspection | Guaranteed to pass | Should pass, at the size the City set |
Because we install traps as well as repairing them, the free inspection gives you a straight answer either way.
How a repair works
1. Call us, day or night
Call (214) 713-4954 and tell us what the inspector found, or what you’ve noticed. At night a person answers and books a visit.
2. A free inspection
A technician looks at the trap at your kitchen and tells you what it needs. There’s no charge for this visit.
3. You have the trap emptied
Book the pump-out with your usual company. In Dallas, a pump-out has to be done by a liquid waste transporter the City has permitted, and the restaurant must supervise it.
4. We repair it overnight
After you close, we clean and degrease the trap, repair every hole and crack, rebuild broken walls and coat the entire trap.
5. Ready the next morning
The repaired trap is guaranteed to pass inspection. It’s warranted for 10 years, as long as it gets regular pump-outs.
Questions Dallas restaurant owners ask
Can a grease trap really be repaired?
Usually, yes. We repair cast concrete, steel and fiberglass traps of all sizes, underground or above ground: holes, cracks, corrosion and broken baffle walls.
Do you pump out grease traps?
No. Emptying the trap is your pumping company’s job. In Dallas that has to be a liquid waste transporter permitted by the City, and the City says a list of permitted transporters is available on request. What we do offer is deep cleaning and degreasing of the trap itself.
Will the repaired trap pass inspection?
It’s guaranteed to. We repair with high industrial-grade materials, back to the trap’s original specifications, and we coordinate with the City’s inspectors on any inspection that’s needed.
How much does a repair cost?
That depends on the size of the trap and the amount of damage, so the price comes after the free inspection. A repair typically costs under half the price of replacing the trap.
Do you work outside the city of Dallas?
Yes. Besides Dallas, our crews travel to Irving, Plano, Garland, Arlington, Fort Worth, Frisco, Allen, Denton, McKinney, Mesquite, Grapevine, Flower Mound, Richardson, Carrollton, Forney and Rockwall.
Day or night
Don’t replace a damaged grease trap until you’ve asked about repair.
Call (214) 713-4954 at any hour. The first step is a free inspection of your trap, at your kitchen.