Kent · Grease trap cleaning
Grease trap cleaning in Ditton, Kent
Grease trap cleaning for commercial sites in Ditton and across Kent. BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease.
- Foul odours from the grease trap
- An interceptor full of grease and solids
- An overdue grease trap
Grease trap cleaning in Ditton
A neglected grease trap stops doing its job. Further down the pipe, the grease cools and hardens and the result is blocked drains and bad smells. A trap that’s cleaned regularly keeps grease where it belongs. If you’re dealing with a bad smell from the sinks or drains and an inline trap or interceptor due for cleaning, we can help.
In a place like Ditton, kitchens often sit in older buildings with older drains. Smells and slow drains are the usual warning signs.
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, ready for your insurer.
- Where
- Ditton (ME20)
- Region
- Kent
- Paperwork
- Photo report after each visit
- Price
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Ditton questions
Can you get to a site in Ditton?
Yes. Ditton is within the area we cover across London and the South East. Just mention lanes, gates or anything else about the site when you book.
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Ditton?
In Ditton, it’s Tonbridge and Malling council that carries out food hygiene inspections. Photos from a deep clean are a simple record of what was done and when.
Do you deal with blocked drains beyond the grease trap?
It depends where the blockage is. If the trap is full, cleaning it often helps but grease set further down the drains needs jetting by a drainage specialist.
What is TR19?
It’s BESA’s specification and the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to. It sets out inspection, cleaning and record keeping, and it takes a risk-based approach.
Will you tell us when the next visit is due?
Yes. How often depends on use and condition and the report sets out why.
Do we need to stop using the sinks while you work?
While we work, those sinks are out of use. The clean takes an hour or two in most kitchens, depending on the size and condition of the trap and we book it around your service.
Are you accredited?
CHAS, SafeContractor, ISO 9001 and BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We’re fully insured and have been trading since 2009.
What types of premises do you cover?
Commercial premises of every kind: from restaurants, pubs and hotels to schools, hospitals, care homes, offices, shops and food production sites. We fit the work around how the site operates.
How it works
Your trading hours come first. We book the visit for a time the area is closed, whether that is an evening, overnight or a weekend. Once we are in, the area is sheeted and anything that has to be off is turned off and cooled, and the job takes anything from under an hour to a few hours, depending on the trap. In a smaller place like Ditton, parking is rarely the issue, but tell us about gates, roof access and opening hours.
- We locate the trap and check how it’s fitted.
- We make sure nothing drains into the trap.
- We empty out the fat, oil, grease and solids.
- We clean every part of the inside.
- The trap is refitted, tested with water and the waste taken away.
Getting ready for the visit
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
- Clear the space around the work
Get a fixed quote
Every quote begins with a look at the system, from your photos and details or, where that is not enough, a survey on site. After that, you get a fixed price for the work so you know the cost before any work starts.
Advice
What we’re called out for in Ditton
Waste cooking oil poured down the sink overloads the trap fast. Small amounts soon build up.
Signs it’s time to call us include:
- A grease trap that hasn’t been emptied in a long time
- An interceptor full of grease and solids
- An under-sink unit that needs regular emptying
- Drains clogged with fat
For busy kitchens close to Aylesford station, deep cleans and grease trap work can be done after closing.
What your quote should include
- Whether a written report and pictures are included
- When the next visit should be, and why
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
- How VAT is shown on the quote
Between visits
After the visit, a few habits help the work last:
- Let us know if the kitchen gets busier
- Fit sink strainers to catch food scraps
- Hot water only moves grease further down
- Keep waste oil out of the drains
Scrape plates into the bin before washing up. Sink strainers help catch solids before they reach the trap.
Grease that gets past the trap sets in the drains. Once it’s there, it needs a drainage contractor to clear, so it’s far better to keep the trap clean.
What grease trap cleaning looks like in Ditton
Food Standards Agency data counts about 28 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 19 takeaways within about 1.5 miles of central Ditton. Each of them sends fat, oil and grease towards the drain, which is why grease traps need regular emptying. In Ditton, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Tonbridge and Malling council. An inspection covers the structure of the kitchen as well as the food. A cleaning log that includes deep cleans and grease trap visits shows the work is planned.
Where a church or community hall near St Peter's Church, or anywhere in Ditton, has a kitchen used by volunteers, a periodic deep clean keeps it ready for the next event. Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as Maidstone Hospital (about 1.9 miles south-east), cook for long hours, so deep cleans and grease trap work are planned around patients’ meals.
Ditton is about 4 miles north-west of Maidstone, in Kent. From the centre of Ditton to the outskirts, grease trap cleaning is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from small sites to large estates. Across Kent, we cover 922 places, Ditton among them.
Here we cover the ME20 postcode area for grease trap cleaning. If you need grease trap cleaning at premises on London Road, Station Road and Scott Close or a nearby road, we can help. We also cover the places around Ditton: Aylesford (1 mile east), East Malling (1 mile west), Well Street (1 mile south-west), Allington (2 miles east) and West Malling (2 miles west). We also work in nearby towns such as Maidstone (4 miles south-east), Sittingbourne (13 miles east), Dartford (14 miles north-west), Sevenoaks (12 miles west), Royal Tunbridge Wells (14 miles south-west) and Gravesend (10 miles north).
Near you in Ditton
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Aylesford School, The Malling School and Kentish Quarryman pub. For rail, the closest station is Aylesford station, about 0.6 miles north-east of the centre. A little further out are Leybourne Castle (1.6 miles north-west) and Fremlin Walk (3.1 miles south-east). For a walk, there’s Burham Down and Blue Bell Hill.
What a clean will not put right
Some problems need a different service or another trade:
- Sewer problems outside the premises
- A grease trap that’s too small for the kitchen
- Plumbing leaks around the sink
If you are not sure, just ring 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we will give you a straight answer.
Where we work
- Pot wash sinks
- Restaurants and takeaways
- School and care home kitchens
- Kitchen waste pipes
- Inline grease traps
- Under-sink grease traps
Part by part
Inline grease traps
An inline trap sits in the pipework between the kitchen and the drain. They hold more than under-sink units but still need regular emptying.
Baffles and outlets
The baffles hold back grease while water flows on. Grease clings to them so they’re cleaned every time.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, alongside our reports.
In-house cleaning and specialist cleaning do different jobs. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but they don’t reach the grease that builds up further in. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
Towns and villages near Ditton
Other services in Ditton
How we price grease trap cleaning
We don’t publish a price list, because sites vary so much. What we look at:
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
- The number of sites or systems
- The times the site is available
- The scale of the work
Leaving it longer rarely makes the work cheaper. Build-up, wear and faults tend to get worse, not better, which can make the next visit longer. If you are not sure what’s needed, phone us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email for straight advice and a fixed quote.
Asking for a quote
Photos let us diagnose from a distance. Try to include:
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- Any previous report or certificate
For a fixed quote, call us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos with the site type, your trading hours and a short description of the system. Photos and the last report, if you have one, make the quote quicker. You’ll normally have a quote within one working day.