West Sussex · Grease trap cleaning
Grease trap cleaning in Compton, West Sussex
For grease trap cleaning in Compton, one call is all it takes: survey, fixed quote, work and sign-off. Fully insured, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001.
- Gurgling from the sink waste
- A larger grease trap that needs emptying
- Grease setting in the kitchen pipework
About our grease trap cleaning in Compton
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 an interceptor full of grease and solids and drains clogged with fat, on pot wash sinks, school and care home kitchens and inline grease traps.
In rural areas, a kitchen may drain to a private system rather than a public sewer, so keeping fat out with a working grease trap matters even more.
The report is your system’s health record: a dated account with photos of everything we did. For TR19® Grease cleans, the certificate comes through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal and sits alongside the report.
- Where
- Compton (PO18)
- Region
- West Sussex
- Paperwork
- Written report with pictures
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Do you need grease trap cleaning in Compton?
Food waste slips past sink strainers or gets rinsed down. Solids settle at the bottom of the trap and fill it from below.
Most sites get in touch when they notice one of these:
- A blocked kitchen drain caused by grease
- Washing-up water that will not drain away
- Gurgling drains in the kitchen
- A bad smell from the sinks or drains
A summer deep clean suits schools such as Compton and Up Marden CofE Primary School, as the kitchen can be stripped back with no lunches to serve.
What to look for in a quote
- What records you will receive afterwards
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or photos
- When they can work, and whether that’s outside your opening hours
- Proof of insurance
Towns and villages near Compton
Also in Compton
What affects the quote in Compton
We quote each job individually. These are the things that affect it:
- Parking and loading at the site
- How easy every part is to reach
- Any permits to work or inductions
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
What you pay reflects the actual work. That’s why we survey first, from photos or on site, and why the quote is fixed before we start.
Helping us quote
A few details help us quote accurately. With your enquiry, please include:
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- A few general shots of the system
- The site address and the type of premises
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
For a fixed quote, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and tell us the type of site, your opening hours and roughly what the system looks like. Photos and the last report, if you have one, make the quote quicker. We usually come back within one working day.
Why act early in Compton
A blocked drain can stop a kitchen in its tracks. Water will not drain away and waste water can come back up. Keeping the trap clean reduces the risk. Somewhere as small as Compton, losing a kitchen or building to a fault is felt by everyone who uses it.
You will not find a price list here, because each job is priced on what it involves. For a fixed quote, call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email, and we will talk you through it.
What you get with us
- Each visit written up, with pictures
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
- One number for every site across the South East and London
Take a look at what affects the cost or our accreditations.
Between visits
Aftercare is simple, and it helps at the next visit:
- Wipe grease off pans before washing them
- Do not store things on top of the trap
- Mention any increase in cooking
- Avoid pouring boiling water down to shift grease
You’ll get our view on how often the trap needs cleaning. It’s based on how full it was and how busy the kitchen is.
If the kitchen has got busier, the trap fills faster. Shortening the cleaning interval now stops it overflowing.
Compton questions
Which environmental health team covers Compton?
In Compton, it’s Chichester council that carries out food hygiene inspections. How often a business is inspected depends on the council’s risk rating for it, so the kitchen needs to be ready at any time.
Do you work in villages like Compton?
Yes, smaller places are covered as well as towns. Photos of the system and directions to the site help us plan the visit.
What do you do with what you remove?
We contain it and take it with us. We collect grease, debris and waste water as we go rather than letting it spread.
What about areas you cannot get to?
Anything we cannot reach goes on the report, with a note of where it is, and we tell you what would make it reachable, such as extra access panels in ductwork.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. Send details of the systems and how they’re used, and we will suggest a schedule and quote for it.
How long does a grease trap clean take?
A typical clean takes an hour or so for an under-sink trap, longer for a larger unit including checking it drains. It’s booked when the sinks are not needed.
Are you fully insured?
Yes. Duct Doctor is fully insured, and the details are available on request.
How regularly does a grease trap need emptying?
It varies. We look at how full the trap is and how quickly it fills, then suggest a schedule.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Running several sites is easier with one contractor. We cover South East England and London, so visits at different addresses can be planned together and kept on a regular cycle.
From a single site to a large estate, you get the same standard: diagnosis, a fixed price, work booked around your hours and a written report with photos.
The process
There are three stages on the day: getting the area ready, doing the work and signing it off. Getting ready means protecting surfaces and switching off what needs to be off, and the sign-off is a written report with pictures. Most of the time goes on the work itself, which takes less than an hour for many under-sink units. In a small place like Compton, the journey is planned ahead and the visit arranged around the site’s hours.
- We locate the trap and check how it’s fitted.
- Sinks feeding the trap are taken out of use.
- We empty out the fat, oil, grease and solids.
- The chambers and baffles are cleaned.
- We refit it, run water through and remove the waste.
How to prepare
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
Get a fixed quote
Every quote begins with a look at the system, either from photos and details you send or from a site visit. After that, you get a fixed price for the work, before we start.
Related advice
What your team can do, and what needs us
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but the parts you can’t see still need a specialist at the right interval.
Keep a record of what your team does. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, alongside our reports.
Grease trap cleaning around Compton
In Compton, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Chichester council. Walls, floors, ceilings and equipment are all part of what they look at. Photos and dates from each deep clean make a useful record. Compton is about 53 miles from central London, well within the area we cover across London and the South East. Evening, overnight and weekend visits are all possible.
Petersfield Community Hospital, about 5.7 miles north, is the nearest hospital to Compton; healthcare kitchens can’t stop cooking, so deep cleans are worked around meal times. Historic houses such as Uppark (about 1.8 miles north) are part of the area around Compton, and if you run event catering at a venue like that, a deep clean between seasons helps.
Compton is about 5 miles east of Horndean, in West Sussex. We provide grease trap cleaning for commercial premises of every kind in Compton and the rest of West Sussex. 371 places in West Sussex are on our list, from busy centres to quieter spots. You can also see our page for Portsmouth, about 11 miles away.
We cover every part of the PO18 postcode area for grease trap cleaning and the roads nearby. Whether your site is on Church Lane and School Lane or a nearby road, our technicians can take on the work. Nearby, we also carry out grease trap cleaning in East Marden (2 miles east), South Harting (3 miles north), East Harting (3 miles north-east), Chilgrove (4 miles east) and Elsted (4 miles north-east). Within a short drive, we also cover Bognor Regis (13 miles south-east), Chichester (8 miles south-east), Selsey (14 miles south), Emsworth (6 miles south), Portfield (9 miles south-east) and Yapton (15 miles south-east).
Landmarks near Compton
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around The Coach And Horses Public House and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is Rowlands Castle station, about 3.6 miles south-west. Nearby you’ll also find Petersfield Community Hospital (5.7 miles north) and Clanfield Earthwork (4 miles west). Open spaces near Compton include Kingley Vale National Nature Reserve and Compton Down.