Opening A Restaurant In Bedford, Sackville Or Cole Harbour? Here’s What HRM Requires For Your Grease Trap

Halifax Regional Municipality is growing fastest outside the peninsula — Bedford, Lower and Upper Sackville, Cole Harbour, and Eastern Passage have all seen a wave of new restaurants, cafes, and food service spots open in the last few years. If you’re one of them, or you’re taking over a space that was previously something else, your grease trap is easy to overlook during the rush of a build-out.

The catch: HRM’s sewer use bylaw doesn’t care which part of the municipality you’re in. A restaurant in Bedford has the exact same grease interceptor obligations as one on the Halifax peninsula — the difference is that newer commercial spaces in these suburbs sometimes get undersized traps installed by a general contractor who isn’t thinking about your actual kitchen volume.

What New & Growing Restaurants In These Areas Get Wrong

Signs Your Trap Was Undersized From The Start

None of these are things you want to discover mid-service. A quick inspection from a technician who works across HRM — not just downtown — can confirm whether your trap is sized correctly and get you set up with a schedule that actually matches your kitchen.

Why Bedford, Sackville & Cole Harbour Restaurants Choose AA Cleaning Solutions

AA Cleaning Solutions services grease traps across the full HRM footprint — not just Halifax and Dartmouth. Whether you’re opening a new kitchen in Bedford, taking over a space in Sackville, or you’ve been running a restaurant in Cole Harbour or Eastern Passage for years, we handle sizing checks, installation coordination, and ongoing pumping with full documentation.

Every visit includes a complete pump-out, interior scrub, waste manifest, and written service report — the paperwork HRM inspectors and your insurer want to see. We’ll also set you up on a recurring schedule so it’s one less thing to manage while you’re getting a new location up and running.