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Grease Trap Supply and Installation in Dubai, Sized to the DM Formula

We supply and install grease traps for restaurants, cafés, cloud kitchens and hotels across Dubai: under-sink units, floor-standing traps, underground interceptors and automatic grease removal units. Every trap is sized with Dubai Municipality’s own scoring formula, and we prepare and handle the approval submission for you.

Supplied and installed prices start at AED 1,000 for an under-sink unit. The sizing assessment is free when we install. Already have a trap that needs emptying rather than replacing? See grease trap cleaning and disposal.

60–6,000 L

DM capacity range

2× / month

Cleaning the sizing assumes

AED 1,000+

Under-sink trap installed

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A new stainless steel grease trap installed under a double-bowl commercial pot-wash sink in a Dubai restaurant kitchen, with its lid off to show the internal baffle plates and the removable strainer basket, the sink waste entering one end and the outlet pipe leaving the other end into the floor drain
Written by Rashid Sajjad, Quick Fix DubaiLast reviewed Sizing and design rules checked against DM's grease trap sizing methodology and Sewerage Design Guidelines
Before You Buy

When a Kitchen Needs Grease Trap Installation

Every food establishment in Dubai that sends kitchen wastewater to the sewer needs a grease trap that meets Dubai Municipality’s specifications, and a new kitchen can’t open without one. Existing kitchens need a new or modified trap when DM’s guideline says so: after a change of ownership, a permitted remodel, or when the current trap is undersized or defective.

The second group catches people out. DM’s grease trap sizing methodology allows existing facilities to keep a trap that works, but lets the authority require a compliant replacement within 30 days of written notice when one of the triggers below applies. If you’re buying or leasing a unit that used to be a restaurant, the trap belongs in your due diligence, not your snag list.

New restaurant, café or cloud kitchen fit-out

Why it matters
Required before the kitchen can open
What to do
Size with the DM formula at design stage, before drainage is laid

Taking over an existing food outlet

Why it matters
DM can require a compliant trap after a change of ownership
What to do
Check the existing trap against your concept, not the previous tenant’s

Kitchen remodel that needs a permit

Why it matters
Also a listed trigger for a new or modified trap
What to do
Resize if sinks, equipment or hours change

Trap undersized, defective or beyond repair

Why it matters
DM can issue a written notice to replace
What to do
Replace to the size the formula gives today

Grease still reaching the drains after regular cleaning

Why it matters
Often a sign of an undersized trap or missing flow control
What to do
Resize, or add flow control and cleaning under an undertaking

A trap that suited the outgoing tenant may be too small for you. DM sizes traps on the kitchen type, opening hours, meals per day and fixtures, so a café lease taken over by a fast-food operator trading eighteen hours a day can land two or three sizes higher in DM’s table. The next section shows the arithmetic.

Before taking over, have the kitchen drain line checked as well. A drain camera survey shows whether the pipe between the sinks and the trap is already half full of set grease, which a new trap won’t fix.

Trap Types

Grease Trap Types: Under-Sink, Floor-Standing and Underground

The type of grease trap follows from the capacity DM’s formula gives you and the space you have. Under-sink units cover the smallest kitchens, floor-standing traps cover most cafeterias and small restaurants, and underground interceptors take anything from about 800 litres up. Automatic units are an option where a kitchen is busy but short of space.

We supply and install all four types, in stainless steel, PVC and GRP.

Under-sink trap

Typical capacity
About 30 to 110 L
Suits
Coffee shops, juice bars, single-sink kiosks
What to plan for
Fits inside the unit; needs frequent emptying; flow control and venting matter most here

Floor-standing (above-ground) trap

Typical capacity
About 110 to 800 L
Suits
Cafeterias, smaller restaurants, cloud kitchens with a back room
What to plan for
No excavation; takes floor space; lid must stay accessible and sealed

Underground interceptor

Typical capacity
800 L up to 6,000 L and more
Suits
Full-service restaurants, hotels, food courts, catering units
What to plan for
Excavation and a tanker route for pump-outs; built outside the kitchen where possible

Automatic grease removal unit (GRU)

Typical capacity
Rated by flow rather than volume
Suits
Busy kitchens with no room or access for frequent pump-outs
What to plan for
Needs a power supply; skimmed grease goes into a container that staff empty

“Type A, B, C, D” labels

Dubai suppliers sell traps as Type A, B, C or D, built to Dubai Municipality specifications. The labels are useful shorthand, but they don’t map to one fixed size across every supplier. DM’s own sizing document, for example, gives 430 litres as an example of a Type B trap and 600 litres as a Type C, while some supplier catalogues describe Type B as anything from 50 to 500 litres. Always compare traps by working capacity in litres and rated flow, not by letter.

Materials

Stainless steel is the usual choice for under-sink units inside the kitchen, because it can be cleaned in place and doesn’t absorb odour. PVC and GRP are lighter and don’t corrode, which suits floor-standing and underground traps. Concrete interceptors still exist in older buildings; they work, but cracked walls let wastewater out and groundwater in, so a failing one is usually replaced with a prefabricated unit rather than patched.

Automatic grease removal units

An automatic unit separates grease the same way a passive trap does, then skims it off into a removable container on a timer, so the grease doesn’t build up in the tank. It suits a busy kitchen in a unit where there is no room for the interceptor the formula calls for, or no tanker access for frequent pump-outs. It still has to be approved for your kitchen, it needs power, and someone has to empty and clean it on schedule.

Sizing

How Dubai Municipality Sizes a Grease Trap

Dubai Municipality sizes a grease trap with a score, not by floor area or seat count. The score is a criteria score (fixtures × kitchen type × hours × meals) multiplied by the total tap flow and a drain pipe score, and DM’s table converts that number into a minimum capacity between 60 and 6,000 litres.

Score = (fixtures × kitchen type × hours × meals) × tap flow × pipe score

The tables below are taken from DM’s grease trap sizing methodology. Every sink and fixture that drains to the trap counts, including meat, fish and chicken washing sinks. Rules of thumb such as “litres per meal” circulate widely, but they are not how DM decides, and the approval is checked against this method.

1. Sinks and fixtures score

1 sink

Score
2

2 to 4 sinks

Score
3

5 to 6 sinks

Score
4

More than 6 sinks

Score
5

Each dishwashing machine

Score
+1

Each indirect sink

Score
+1

Each kettle or pan washing point

Score
+1.5

Each mop sink, hand wash basin or floor drain

Score
+0.5

2. Kitchen type factor

Coffee shop

Factor
0.5

Cafeteria, supermarket, butchery

Factor
0.7

Bakery or confectionery

Factor
1.0

Restaurant (standard)

Factor
1.1

Restaurant (fine dining)

Factor
1.2

Restaurant (fast food)

Factor
1.3

Hotel, mall, hospital, catering or public kitchen

Factor
1.4

Accommodation kitchen

Factor
1.6

3 and 4. Hours of operation and meals per day

8 hours or less

Score
0.7
Meals per day
Under 200
Factor
1.0

9 to 12 hours

Score
1.0
Meals per day
200 to 500
Factor
1.2

13 to 16 hours

Score
1.5
Meals per day
501 to 1,000
Factor
1.4

17 to 24 hours

Score
2.0
Meals per day
1,001 to 2,000
Factor
1.6

Score
Meals per day
Over 2,000
Factor
1.8

5. Tap flow (litres per minute)

1

½ inch (DN15)
13.8
¾ inch (DN20)
27.0

2

½ inch (DN15)
18.6
¾ inch (DN20)
37.2

3

½ inch (DN15)
22.8
¾ inch (DN20)
45.0

4

½ inch (DN15)
25.2
¾ inch (DN20)
50.4

5

½ inch (DN15)
30.0
¾ inch (DN20)
60.0

6

½ inch (DN15)
36.0
¾ inch (DN20)
72.0

7

½ inch (DN15)
42.0
¾ inch (DN20)
84.0

8

½ inch (DN15)
48.0
¾ inch (DN20)
96.0

9

½ inch (DN15)
54.0
¾ inch (DN20)
108.0

10

½ inch (DN15)
60.0
¾ inch (DN20)
120.0

More than 10

½ inch (DN15)
6 × number of taps
¾ inch (DN20)
12 × number of taps

If a kitchen has taps of different sizes, add the flow for each size group.

6. Drain pipe score

2 inches or less

Score
2

Over 2 up to 4 inches

Score
2.5

5 to 6 inches

Score
3

7 inches or more

Score
3.5

7. Score to minimum capacity

Under 30

Minimum capacity
60 L

31 – 50

Minimum capacity
110 L

51 – 100

Minimum capacity
200 L

101 – 250

Minimum capacity
430 L

251 – 400

Minimum capacity
600 L

400 – 650

Minimum capacity
800 L

651 – 850

Minimum capacity
1,300 L

851 – 1,100

Minimum capacity
1,800 L

1,101 – 1,350

Minimum capacity
2,500 L

1,351 – 1,500

Minimum capacity
3,000 L

1,501 – 1,800

Minimum capacity
3,500 L

1,801 – 2,100

Minimum capacity
4,000 L

2,101 – 2,500

Minimum capacity
5,500 L

Over 2,500

Minimum capacity
6,000 L

Three worked examples

These are our own calculations using DM’s tables, for typical Dubai kitchens. Your fixture schedule decides your answer, which is why we run it on your drawings before quoting.

Coffee shop, 14 hours a day

Fixtures: 2 sinks (3) + dishwasher (1) + hand wash (0.5) = 4.5

Criteria: 4.5 × 0.5 (coffee shop) × 1.5 (14 h) × 1.0 (150 meals) = 3.375

Flow: 3 taps at ½ inch = 22.8 L/min; 2-inch drain = score 2

Score: 3.375 × 22.8 × 2 = 153.9

Band 101–250: minimum 430 litres

Cafeteria taken over by a fast-food operator

Fixtures: 2 sinks (3) + hand wash (0.5) + floor drain (0.5) = 4

As a cafeteria, 16 h, 250 meals: 4 × 0.7 × 1.5 × 1.2 = 5.04

Flow: 2 taps at ½ inch = 18.6 L/min; 2-inch drain = score 2

Score: 5.04 × 18.6 × 2 = 187.5 → 430 litres

Same kitchen as fast food, 18 h: 4 × 1.3 × 2.0 × 1.2 = 12.48

Score: 12.48 × 18.6 × 2 = 464.3

Band 400–650: minimum 800 litres, nearly double

Delivery-only cloud kitchen, 18 hours a day

Fixtures: 3 sinks (3) + dishwasher (1) + 2 hand washes (1) + mop sink (0.5) + floor drain (0.5) = 6

Criteria: 6 × 1.3 (scored as fast food) × 2.0 (18 h) × 1.4 (600 meals) = 21.84

Flow: 5 taps at ½ inch = 30 L/min; 4-inch drain = score 2.5

Score: 21.84 × 30 × 2.5 = 1,638

Band 1,501–1,800: minimum 3,500 litres, an underground interceptor

The cloud kitchen result surprises most operators. Long hours, high meal counts and a four-inch drain push a small back-of-house unit into interceptor territory. DM’s activity list has no separate cloud kitchen category, so check which kitchen type your licence falls under; it moves the factor, and the size, more than anything else on the sheet.

A note on DM’s own document: its printed worked examples use slightly different factors from its own tables in places. We apply the table values, and the Building Permits Department confirms the size when it approves the drawings.

When the fixture schedule isn’t known

DM allows a fallback based on the kitchen drain alone: 800 litres for a 3-inch pipe, 2,000 litres for a 4-inch pipe, and 4,000 to 9,000 litres above that. Accommodation kitchens without a layout are sized by meals per day instead, from 400 litres below 100 meals to more than 4,000 litres above 2,000. Preparing the full fixture list gives a size matched to your kitchen rather than to the pipe.

When the right size won’t fit

Plenty of Dubai units have no room for the trap the formula calls for. DM’s methodology allows a smaller trap in that case, provided the owner signs an undertaking letter to fit a flow control device and to clean more often, so the smaller trap is emptied as often as the full-size one would need. This route matters most for small units in malls and towers, where space is tight, and we prepare the undertaking along with the sizing sheet.

Size and cleaning go together

DM’s capacity table assumes the trap is cleaned at least twice a month. Separately, DM’s sewerage design guidelines set 12 weeks as the longest allowed gap between pump-outs, and require a full pump-out once floating grease passes 10% of the trap’s depth, settled solids pass 20%, or the two together pass 25%. A trap sized to the formula but cleaned every two or three months is being cleaned far less often than its size assumes, and is likely to pass those limits between visits. Plan the cleaning contract at the same time as the trap.

Placement

Where the Grease Trap Goes and What Connects to It

Dubai Municipality’s sewerage design guidelines ask for grease separators as close as possible to the outlet from the premises, in the open where possible, away from traffic and readily accessible for cleaning. Only kitchen wastewater goes through it. Toilets and urinals must never drain into a grease trap, and neither should rainwater.

Every grease-bearing fixture, nothing else

The trap should collect every sink, dishwasher, pan-wash point and floor drain in the cooking and washing areas. A single prep sink left connected straight to the drain is enough to put grease into the line past the trap. Hand wash basins and floor drains count in DM’s formula, so they belong on the trap. Toilets, showers and air conditioning condensate belong on a separate branch.

Hot water and dishwashers

Water hot enough to keep fat liquid carries it straight past the baffles, and the fat sets further down the pipe instead. DM’s sewerage guidelines cap the temperature of discharge to the public sewer at 45°C for the same reason. A commercial dishwasher draining its hot rinse directly into a small under-sink trap is a common cause of a trap that is “cleaned regularly” while the drain beyond it still blocks. Where the layout allows, the dishwasher drain should join upstream with enough pipe run, or the trap should be sized for the combined flow.

Flow control and venting

A small trap only works at or below its rated flow. When several sinks empty at once, the flow can exceed the rating and push grease through. A flow control fitting on the inlet limits the flow to what the trap can handle, and an air vent stops the trap from being siphoned empty. On under-sink units, these two fittings decide whether the trap does its job.

Access for cleaning

An underground interceptor needs a route for the cleaning tanker and its hose, and a cover that can be lifted without moving kitchen equipment. An under-sink unit needs a lid that opens fully without dismantling the cabinet. A trap that is awkward to open gets cleaned less often, and cleaning frequency is part of the compliance, not an extra.

Specification

Design Details to Check Before You Accept a Quote

DM’s sewerage design guidelines set out how a grease interceptor should be built and tested. Most quotes don’t mention any of it. Use this table to ask the questions that separate a trap that passes inspection and works from one that only passes inspection.

Liquid depth (interceptor tanks)

DM guideline
Between 760 mm and 1,800 mm
Why it matters
Too shallow and grease doesn’t have room to separate; too deep and solids are hard to remove

Inlet pipe

DM guideline
At least 100 mm diameter
Why it matters
Smaller inlets back up during peak washing

Inlet to outlet drop

DM guideline
50 to 100 mm between the inverts
Why it matters
Keeps flow moving through without short-circuiting

Outlet baffle or tee

DM guideline
Opening 150 to 300 mm above the tank floor, rising at least 125 mm above the water line
Why it matters
Draws water from the clear middle layer, not the grease on top or the sludge below

Covers

DM guideline
Water-tight, air-tight and secured against unauthorised opening
Why it matters
Stops odour escaping and keeps the trap sealed between cleanings

Efficiency

DM guideline
At least 80% grease removal, with independent laboratory test results
Why it matters
The certificate is what shows the trap works at its rated flow

Watertightness test

DM guideline
Vacuum test, or filled and held for 8 to 10 hours with no drop in level
Why it matters
A leaking trap sends grease into the ground and draws groundwater in

The depth and baffle figures apply to interceptor tanks. Compact under-sink units are factory-built to their own design, so for those the checks are the rated flow, the efficiency certificate, the sealed lid and the flow control fitting. Wastewater leaving any trap should also stay within DM’s limit for non-mineral fats and oils entering the sewer, 100 mg/L, which a correctly sized and cleaned trap is designed to achieve.

Approvals

Grease Trap Approvals: Who Signs Off What

Three Dubai Municipality departments deal with a grease trap at different stages. Building Permits sets the type and size for the activity, Building Control monitors the installation until the kitchen opens, and Food Safety oversees cleaning and maintenance after that. The kitchen layout, with the trap on it, is approved by Food Safety before construction starts.

We prepare the sizing sheet and the grease trap submission, handle it through approval, and coordinate the inspection. If you are working with a fit-out consultant, we supply them the sizing and trap details for their drawings.

Landlord, mall or master developer

Decides or checks
Consent to the works and the trap location
What it means for you
Usually the first hard stop in a mall or tower

DM Food Safety Department

Decides or checks
Kitchen layout approval, before construction starts
What it means for you
The trap must appear on the approved drawings

DM Building Permits Department

Decides or checks
The type and size of trap for the activity
What it means for you
This is where the sizing sheet is checked

DM Building Control Department

Decides or checks
Monitors the installation until the kitchen opens
What it means for you
Inspects against the approved type and size

DM Food Safety (after opening)

Decides or checks
Cleaning and maintenance of the trap
What it means for you
Cleaning records are checked on inspection

Free zones and some master communities have their own authorities for fit-out permits, such as Trakhees, Dubai Development Authority and DMCC, so the approval route depends on where the unit is. Civil Defence approval for the kitchen is a separate process again. The sizing method is the same wherever the trap goes.

The most expensive mistake is fixing the drainage before the trap is sized. Once the floor is screeded and the sink positions are set, there is often no room left for the trap the formula calls for, and the only options are breaking the floor or the undertaking route with more frequent cleaning.

Grease Trap Supplier

Buying a Grease Trap: What to Ask a Supplier

We supply grease traps as well as installing them: stainless under-sink units, PVC and GRP floor-standing traps, underground interceptors and automatic grease removal units. Whether you buy from us or elsewhere, ask these seven questions before you pay. A trap that is cheap because it is undersized or uncertified costs more once DM asks for it to be replaced.

Working capacity in litres

Why
The figure DM’s table is compared against; ignore “Type” letters and US-gallon model names

Rated flow

Why
Must be at least the tap flow from the formula; otherwise a flow control device is needed

Efficiency test certificate

Why
Independent lab results showing at least 80% removal

Approval for use in Dubai

Why
Ask which DM specification the model is built to

Outside dimensions and lid clearance

Why
Decides whether it fits under the sink, in the store room or in the ground

Material and wall thickness

Why
Stainless grade for indoor units; PVC or GRP wall thickness for floor and underground units

Strainer basket and seals

Why
A removable solids basket and replaceable lid gasket, with spares available locally

Under-sink units are often sold by US-gallon model names, such as a “15” or “25” referring to US gallons. A US gallon is 3.785 litres, so a 25-gallon unit holds about 95 litres, less than the 110-litre band in DM’s table. Convert before you compare. For restaurants with larger kitchens, our commercial plumbing team handles the rest of the kitchen drainage alongside the trap.

Process

How We Install a Grease Trap

A grease trap installation runs from fixture count to inspection in eight steps. Sizing and approval come first, because the trap that DM approves is the trap that has to go in. On site, an under-sink unit takes a few hours, a floor-standing trap about a day, and an underground interceptor longer because of excavation.

  1. 1

    Site visit and fixture count

    We list every sink, dishwasher, wash point and floor drain, measure the taps and the drain pipe, and note your kitchen type, opening hours and expected meals per day. For a new fit-out we work from your layout drawings.

  2. 2

    Sizing sheet

    We run Dubai Municipality's formula and give you the minimum capacity, the trap type that fits your space, and, where the full size won't fit, the undertaking route with a flow control device.

  3. 3

    Submission and approval

    We prepare the grease trap submission, handle it through approval, and obtain the landlord or mall consent where the works need it.

  4. 4

    Supply

    We supply the approved trap with its efficiency certificate and product details, sized in litres to match the approval.

  5. 5

    Prepare the connection

    The kitchen drain is checked, and jetted clear where old grease has built up, so the new trap isn't fed a line that is already half blocked. Underground interceptors get their excavation and bedding at this stage.

  6. 6

    Install and connect

    The trap is set level and connected so that every grease-bearing fixture drains through it and nothing else does, with the flow control fitting, vent and sealed, lockable cover in place.

  7. 7

    Test

    Watertightness is tested, then water is run through at full flow from every fixture to check the trap holds its level, doesn't back up, and discharges clear water.

  8. 8

    Inspection and handover

    We coordinate the inspection and hand over the approval, the product certificate, the installation record and a cleaning schedule matched to the trap's size.

Step five matters more than it looks. A kitchen line that has carried grease for years often has a thick layer set inside it. Connecting a new trap to that pipe leaves the blockage where it was. We clear it first with hydro-jetting where the check shows it’s needed.

Pricing

Grease Trap Installation Cost in Dubai

Grease trap installation in Dubai costs AED 1,000 to 2,500 for an under-sink unit and AED 4,500 to 12,000 for a floor-standing trap of 200 to 500 litres, supplied and installed. Underground interceptors and automatic units are quoted after a survey, and the sizing assessment is free when we do the installation.

Sizing assessment using DM's formula

Typical price
Free when we install

Under-sink trap (up to about 110 L), supplied and installed

Typical price
AED 1,000 – 2,500

Floor-standing trap, 200 – 500 L, supplied and installed

Typical price
AED 4,500 – 12,000

Underground interceptor, 800 L and above

Typical price
Quoted after survey

Automatic grease removal unit

Typical price
Quoted after survey

Replacing an existing trap on the same connections

Typical price
From AED 800, plus the trap

Removal and disposal of the old trap

Typical price
Quoted separately

Within each range, the price follows the capacity, the material (stainless steel costs more than PVC), how far the trap sits from the fixtures, and how much of the kitchen drain has to be re-routed so every grease-bearing fixture runs through it. A replacement on existing connections sits at the bottom; a trap moved to a new position with new drain runs sits at the top.

Underground interceptors are priced after a survey because excavation, the ground conditions, reinstating paving and the tanker access route vary from site to site more than the tank itself does. Removing and disposing of an old trap is also priced separately, since an old concrete interceptor and a plastic under-sink unit are very different jobs.

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After Installation

Cleaning, Records and Keeping the Trap Compliant

Once the kitchen opens, the trap moves under Dubai Municipality’s Food Safety Department, and what inspectors check is cleaning: a contract with an approved contractor, records of each visit, and proof that the waste went to an approved facility.

Set the cleaning schedule on the day the trap goes in. DM’s capacity table assumes at least two cleanings a month, and a trap that fills faster than it is emptied starts passing grease into the drain long before it overflows. Our grease trap cleaning and disposal service covers the scheduled visits, the disposal documents and emergency call-outs.

Keep the installation paperwork with those records: the approval, the trap’s capacity and certificate, and the sizing sheet. If you later change the menu, extend opening hours or add sinks, run the formula again. The trap was sized for the kitchen you had on the day of approval.

Common Questions

Grease Trap Installation FAQ

How much does grease trap installation cost in Dubai?

An under-sink trap costs AED 1,000 to 2,500 supplied and installed, and a floor-standing trap of 200 to 500 litres AED 4,500 to 12,000. Underground interceptors of 800 litres and more are quoted after a site survey, and the sizing assessment is free when we install.

What size grease trap does my restaurant need?

Dubai Municipality sizes it with a score: fixtures, kitchen type, opening hours and meals per day, multiplied by the tap flow and a drain pipe score. The score maps to a minimum capacity between 60 and 6,000 litres. A 14-hour coffee shop typically comes out at 430 litres; a busy fast-food kitchen can need 3,500 litres or more.

Does a small café or coffee shop need a grease trap?

Yes. Every food establishment that discharges kitchen wastewater to the sewer needs a trap sized to DM's formula. Coffee shops get the lowest kitchen factor in the formula, so their traps are usually small, often an under-sink or compact floor unit.

I'm taking over an existing restaurant. Can I keep the grease trap?

Only if it is in good condition and big enough for your kitchen. DM's guideline lists a change of ownership and a permitted kitchen remodel among the situations where it can require a new or modified trap within 30 days of notice. Run the formula for your own concept before you sign.

What if there isn't enough space for the size DM requires?

DM allows a smaller trap if the owner signs an undertaking to install a flow control device and clean more often, so the smaller trap is emptied as often as the full-size one would need. We prepare the undertaking with the sizing sheet.

What is the difference between Type A, B, C and D grease traps?

They are supplier labels for traps built to Dubai Municipality specifications, roughly from small under-sink units to large underground interceptors. The sizes behind each letter vary between suppliers, so compare traps by working capacity in litres and rated flow.

Can a grease trap be installed inside the kitchen?

Small under-sink and floor-standing traps are installed inside. DM's guidelines prefer larger separators close to the premises' outlet, in the open where possible and readily accessible for cleaning, which usually means outside the kitchen for underground interceptors.

Can the dishwasher drain into the grease trap?

Yes, and it should if it washes greasy items, but its hot discharge needs allowing for. Very hot water keeps fat liquid and can carry it through a small trap, so the trap must be sized for the combined flow and the connection planned with the heat in mind.

Do you handle the Dubai Municipality approval?

Yes. We prepare the sizing sheet and grease trap submission, handle it through approval, and coordinate the inspection. If a fit-out consultant is managing your drawings, we give them the sizing and trap details.

How long does grease trap installation take?

An under-sink unit usually takes a few hours on site and a floor-standing trap about a day, once the trap is approved and supplied. Underground interceptors take longer because of excavation, bedding and testing.

How often will the new trap need cleaning?

DM's sizing assumes at least two cleanings a month, and its sewerage guidelines set 12 weeks as the longest gap allowed between pump-outs. Small under-sink units often need weekly attention. We set the schedule with the trap and can take on the cleaning contract.

What warranty comes with a grease trap installation?

Our installation work carries a one-month workmanship warranty covering the connections and fittings we installed. The trap itself is covered by its manufacturer's warranty, which varies by product; we give you the details with the quote.

Size It Before the Floor Goes Down

Send us your kitchen layout, or a list of your sinks, dishwasher and floor drains, with your opening hours and expected meals per day. We’ll run DM’s formula and tell you the capacity, the trap that fits, and the installed price.

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