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Grease Trap Cleaning in East Malling
Our technicians work in East Malling on emptying and cleaning of under-sink and inline grease traps in commercial kitchens. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports as standard.
- An inline trap or interceptor due for cleaning
- Washing-up water that will not drain away
- A regular cleaning plan for the grease trap
Grease trap cleaning in East Malling, done properly
Fats, oils and grease are the main cause of blocked kitchen drains. Further on, grease can build into fatbergs in the sewer. A grease trap that’s emptied and cleaned regularly keeps them out of the drains. Typical jobs include a slow-draining kitchen sink and an under-sink trap that keeps filling up, on restaurants and takeaways, pot wash sinks and under-sink grease traps.
Kitchens around a smaller place like East Malling are often in older buildings, with drains and grease traps that have been there for years. Smells and slow drains are the usual warning signs.
The report is your system’s health record: dated, with pictures, and showing what was done. For TR19® Grease cleans, the certificate comes through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal and sits alongside the report.
- Location
- East Malling (ME19)
- Region
- Kent
- Paperwork
- Written report with pictures
- Quotes
- A fixed price before we start
- Working hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Grease trap cleaning in East Malling: local notes
The Food Standards Agency lists about 16 bars, pubs and nightclubs as registered food businesses in and around East Malling, up to about a mile and a half out. Where they run a kitchen, it needs the same deep cleaning and grease trap care as any restaurant. It’s Tonbridge and Malling council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in East Malling. They look at the cleanliness of the whole kitchen: walls, floors, ceilings and equipment. Photos and dates from each deep clean make a useful record.
Where a church or community hall near Church of St James, or anywhere in East Malling, has a kitchen used by volunteers, a periodic deep clean keeps it ready for the next event. If you run a care home or healthcare kitchen near East Malling (the nearest hospital is Maidstone Hospital, about 2.5 miles south-east), a grease trap on a set schedule avoids a blocked drain mid-service. If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as St James the Great Academy or anywhere near East Malling, the holidays are the time for a deep clean or a grease trap clean.
East Malling is about 4 miles north-west of Maidstone, in Kent. Anywhere in ME19, we can carry out grease trap cleaning at your premises. East Malling is one of 922 places in Kent we cover for commercial clients.
All of ME19 is covered for grease trap cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. Grease trap cleaning is available to premises on High Street, Chapman Way and Lister Close and the roads around them. If your site is just outside East Malling, we cover Well Street (1 mile south), Ditton (1 mile east), West Malling (1 mile west), Aylesford (2 miles east) and Kings Hill (2 miles south-west). We also work in nearby towns such as Maidstone (4 miles south-east), Sittingbourne (13 miles east), Dartford (14 miles north-west), Sevenoaks (11 miles west), Royal Tunbridge Wells (13 miles south-west) and Gravesend (10 miles north).
Local landmarks in East Malling
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to The Rising Sun pub, Ditton Quarry and The Malling School, among other places. The closest station to East Malling is East Malling station, roughly 0.7 miles south-east. Well-known places in the area include Leybourne Castle (0.9 miles north-west) and Fremlin Walk (3.9 miles east). The countryside around East Malling includes Burham Down and Blue Bell Hill.
Your questions about grease trap cleaning in East Malling
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in East Malling?
The local authority for East Malling is Tonbridge and Malling council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. An officer may look behind equipment and at drains, so it pays to have the deep clean booked before those areas build up.
Do you clean school kitchens in East Malling in the summer holidays?
Yes. Half-terms and the summer break are the natural time for school work. Around East Malling, the Food Standards Agency lists about 17 schools and colleges with registered kitchens within a mile and a half or so. Just give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or email us with your term dates and we will plan around them.
What types of premises do you cover?
We work for restaurants, pubs, hotels, schools, colleges, hospitals, care homes, offices and shops, as well as food production and leisure sites.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes. We always survey first, either from photos and details you send or on a site visit. Then you get a fixed quote.
What accreditations do you have?
We’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we’re fully insured.
How long does a grease trap clean take?
Typically, it takes anything from under an hour to a few hours, depending on the trap. A large or very full trap takes longer and we will say so when we quote.
Where does the waste go?
Waste is contained during the work and removed when we leave, from grease and debris to used cleaning water. None of it is left on site.
What happens if a grease trap is not cleaned?
A full trap cannot catch any more grease. It then sets in the drains, causing blockages and smells and can end up adding to sewer blockages.
What we do, step by step
The visit has three parts: 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 photos. Most of the time goes on the work itself, which takes a short visit for a small trap and longer for an inline unit or interceptor. Around East Malling, access is usually simpler than in a town centre, though gates and roof access are worth mentioning.
- First, we locate the grease trap and look at the pipework around it.
- We ask for the sinks that drain into the trap not to be used.
- Built-up fat, oil and grease is removed from the trap.
- Every part of the trap is scraped and cleaned, including the baffles.
- The trap is reassembled, checked for leaks and the waste taken away.
Before we arrive
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
- Clear the space around the work
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
Get a fixed quote
Need a price for grease trap cleaning? Please call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and tell us about the site. We’ll talk you through the work and give you a fixed quote before anything is booked.
Related advice
Keeping the system healthy
Looking after the system between visits is straightforward, and it makes the next visit easier:
- Collect waste cooking oil separately
- Fit sink strainers to catch food scraps
- Don’t wait for a blockage to book a clean
- Keep access to the trap clear
The sinks are ready to use as soon as we have finished. We run water through to check it drains before we leave.
If the kitchen has got busier, the trap fills faster. Booking cleans more often keeps the drains flowing.
When something else is needed
A few issues sit outside what this work can do:
- A unit that can’t cope with the kitchen’s output
- Drains that need jetting rather than trap cleaning
- Plumbing leaks around the sink
Not sure which it is? You can call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we’ll tell you honestly.
Parts of the system we cover
- Restaurants and takeaways
- Pot wash sinks
- School and care home kitchens
- Inline grease traps
- Kitchen waste pipes
- Under-sink grease traps
What affects the cost of grease trap cleaning
A fixed price needs a few facts first. We check:
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
- How big the system is
- How many systems or sites are involved
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
Whatever the type of site, the quote works the same way: how much there is, how we reach it, what state it’s in and when we can work. Ask for a fixed quote and we will explain each part.
What to send for a quote
What to send for a quote:
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
There’s no standard price list, because every site is different. We look at your system first, from pictures or on a visit, then send a fixed quote. To start, call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.
Multi-site and managed buildings
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Each visit produces a dated report with pictures, ready to show insurers, fire officers or EHOs.
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. Shared systems, like a riser serving several units, need a clear agreement on who books the work, and we can quote for the whole system.
What staff can safely do
A few tasks are always specialist work: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings need training, the right equipment and safe access. Leave those to us.
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, next to our reports.
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How the job changes from site to site
Inline grease traps
Access to an inline trap can be in a floor or cupboard. We ask about access when we quote.
Grease interceptors
Interceptors separate grease the same way, on a larger scale. Cooling water lets grease rise and solids settle.