Medway · Grease trap cleaning
Grease trap cleaning in Brompton, Medway
Looking for grease trap cleaning in Brompton? We survey first, give you a fixed quote and work around your opening hours, finishing with a written report and pictures.
- Gurgling from the sink waste
- A slow-draining kitchen sink
- A routine grease trap service
About our grease trap cleaning in Brompton
Once a trap is full, grease passes straight through. Further down the pipe, the grease cools and hardens, leading to slow drains, blockages and smells. Regular cleaning keeps it working. Common call-outs are for gurgling from the sink waste and grease setting in the kitchen pipework, across restaurants and takeaways, under-sink grease traps and kitchen waste pipes.
Around a place like Brompton, deep clean work tends to mean pubs, cafés and school or care home kitchens. A smaller kitchen still builds up grease where everyday cleaning doesn’t reach.
Good records are part of the job. Each visit is written up with pictures, listing what was done, anything we couldn’t reach and when the next visit is due. Keep it with your fire safety records so it’s ready for an insurer, fire officer or EHO.
- Where
- Brompton (ME4, ME7, ME2)
- Region
- Medway
- Records
- Written report with photos
- Price
- A fixed price before we start
- When we work
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Brompton: your questions answered
Can you work in school kitchens in Brompton during the holidays?
Yes. Half-terms and the summer break are the natural time for school work. With about 22 schools and colleges on the FSA’s register within roughly a mile and a half of Brompton, it pays to plan holiday dates ahead. Tell us your holiday dates and we will book the visit for when the site is empty.
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Brompton?
In Brompton, it’s Medway council that carries out food hygiene inspections. Keep the dates of your last deep clean and grease trap visit with your food safety records, ready if an officer asks.
What paperwork should we keep on file?
Every certificate and report from each visit, filed in the maintenance log, along with your own cleaning log. BESA advises that certificates record the date, location and technician.
Why does a grease trap need regular cleaning?
Grease and food waste build up until the trap stops working. Slow drains, bad smells and blockages follow.
What is TR19?
BESA’s ventilation hygiene specification in two main parts: TR19® Grease for kitchen extract systems and TR19® Air for general ventilation. It is not law, but it’s the benchmark.
How often should a grease trap be cleaned?
The right interval depends on your trap and your cooking. If the sinks start to drain slowly between cleans, it’s too long and we will adjust the schedule.
Where does the grease from the trap go?
We take the grease and solids away with us. You’re not left with anything to dispose of when we go.
What do you do to protect the area?
We start with protection: sheeting over floors, worktops and anything close to the work. We tidy up and take our waste away before we leave.
Also near Brompton
What else we do in Brompton
The process
Our technicians bring everything the work needs, from protective sheeting to tools and access equipment. You only need to give us clear access and switch off what needs to be off. On site, the work takes less than an hour for many under-sink units. Tell us when your site near Brompton is quiet and the visit will be booked for then.
- We agree a time when the sinks are not needed.
- The trap is opened up and checked.
- Built-up grease and food waste are taken out.
- The inside, baffles and outlet are cleaned.
- We close it up, check it drains and suggest when it needs cleaning again.
Before we arrive
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
Get a fixed quote
Photos are enough for some jobs, while others need a look on site. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
Related advice
What grease trap cleaning cannot fix
Some problems need a different service or another trade:
- A unit that can’t cope with the kitchen’s output
- Blockages further down the drainage network
- Leaking pipework or sink wastes, which need a plumber
Not sure which it is? You can call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we’ll tell you honestly.
Parts of the system we cover
- Restaurants and takeaways
- School and care home kitchens
- Under-sink grease traps
- Pot wash sinks
- Inline grease traps
- Kitchen waste pipes
Keeping the system healthy
Aftercare is simple, and it makes the next visit easier:
- Don’t rely on hot water to clear grease
- Tell us if your menu or hours change
- Collect waste cooking oil separately
- Book trap cleans at a set interval
You will get our view on how often the trap needs cleaning. It’s based on how full it was and how busy the kitchen is.
Setting regular cleans takes the guesswork out. We agree the timing with you.
Why it’s worth doing now in Brompton
A full grease trap lets grease through to the drains. It hardens on the pipe walls, until the drain blocks. Regular trap cleaning beats dealing with a blockage. Around Brompton, a kitchen or building out of action is missed straight away.
No two sites are the same, so each one gets its own fixed quote. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all play a part.
Why Brompton businesses choose us
- Fully insured
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- A written report with photos after every visit
Read what affects the cost or our accreditations.
Different parts, different methods
Baffles and outlets
Baffles inside the trap slow the water so grease can separate. They gather grease and debris, so we clean them.
Restaurant and takeaway kitchens
Kitchens that fry and wash up all day fill their traps quickly. They often need the most frequent cleaning.
What staff can safely do
If your staff spot something between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that will not come clean, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We will take a look and give you a fixed quote.
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
Commercial kitchens in Brompton
The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 3 food manufacturers and packers in and around Brompton, up to about a mile and a half out. Production sites can wash large amounts of fat and oil towards the drain, so traps need emptying to suit the volume. Environmental health officers from Medway council inspect food businesses in Brompton. Walls, floors, ceilings and equipment are all part of what they look at. A record of each deep clean helps show the kitchen is kept in order.
Hall kitchens near Brompton Garrison Church or elsewhere in Brompton may have older sinks and drains, so a grease trap check is worth adding to a deep clean. A summer deep clean suits schools such as Brompton-Westbrook Primary School, as the kitchen can be stripped back with no lunches to serve. Medway Maritime Hospital, about 0.8 miles south-east, is the nearest hospital to Brompton; healthcare kitchens cannot stop cooking, so deep cleans are worked around meal times.
Brompton is about 1 mile east of Rochester, in Medway. Brompton gets the same approach as every site we work on: a survey first, a fixed quote, work timed around your hours and a report with photos. Brompton is one of 68 places in Medway we cover for grease trap cleaning. For sites nearby, see our Maidstone page (8 miles or so).
Here we cover the ME4, ME7 and ME2 postcode area for grease trap cleaning. You’ll find streets such as Dock Road, Globe Lane and South Road, and we cover them all for grease trap cleaning. If your site is just outside Brompton, we cover Chatham Waterfront (1 mile south-west), Rochester Riverside (1 mile west), Frindsbury (1 mile north-west), Luton (1 mile south) and Hale (2 miles south-east). Further out, we also cover Rainham (4 miles south-east), Park Wood (4 miles south-east), Lordswood (4 miles south), Twydall (3 miles south-east), Hoo St Werburgh (3 miles north-east) and Wigmore (4 miles south-east).
Near you in Brompton
Around Brompton, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near King George V Public House, Brompton Academy and Hospital and Medical Tuition Service and the streets around them. You will also find St Michael the Archangel Church (0.8 miles south-west), Great Lines Heritage Park (less than half a mile south-east) and Former Ordnance Store At Chatham Gun Wharf (less than half a mile south-west). The closest station to Brompton is Chatham station, about 0.7 miles south-west of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Medway Maritime Hospital (0.8 miles south-east) and Pentagon Shopping Centre (under half a mile south-west). Not far away are Rede Common and Gad's Hill.
What affects the cost of grease trap cleaning
There’s no set price list, because no two systems are the same. The quote depends on:
- Where the site is and how we reach it
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- The condition of the system
- Any permits to work or inductions
Combining work into one visit or one programme can make for a more efficient booking. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at, and you will get one fixed quote.
What we need to know
Photos let us diagnose from a distance. Try to include:
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- A few general shots of the system
To help us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, a few pictures and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Then give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line.