Hampshire · Grease trap cleaning
Grease Trap Cleaning in Ellingham
Grease trap cleaning for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Ellingham. BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease.
- Gurgling drains in the kitchen
- An under-sink trap that keeps filling up
- A grease trap that hasn’t been emptied in a long time
FAQs for Ellingham
Can school kitchens in Ellingham be cleaned in the holidays?
Yes, and it’s the easiest time to do it. With about 3 schools and colleges on the FSA’s register within roughly a mile and a half of Ellingham, it pays to plan holiday dates ahead. You can give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email with the dates the site is empty.
Can you come to Ellingham after we close?
Yes, evening, overnight and weekend work is normal for us. Your customers, staff or residents in Ellingham needn’t be disturbed. When you give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line, mention when the site is quiet.
What does TR19 mean?
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.
Do you work in Ellingham?
Yes. We cover Ellingham and across Hampshire, as part of our work across South East England and London. To book, phone us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email.
Which accreditations do you hold?
Our accreditations are CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. Vent Hygiene Elite is run by BESCA and independently audited.
What types of premises do you cover?
Any site with a kitchen or a ventilation system to look after, from a single café to a large school. We work with hotels, schools, care homes, offices, retail and leisure sites.
What about areas you cannot get to?
We never leave them off the paperwork. The report says which parts couldn’t be reached and why, and we can quote to improve the access.
What’s the right interval for grease trap cleaning?
The right interval depends on your trap and your cooking. Slow or smelly sinks between cleans mean it needs doing more often and we’ll adjust the schedule.
Grease trap cleaning in Ellingham, done properly
We clean grease traps for kitchens in Ellingham, from small under-sink units to inline traps and interceptors. Visits are booked around your service so washing up isn’t interrupted. The work covers school and care home kitchens, pot wash sinks and under-sink grease traps, and common reasons people get in touch are a blocked kitchen drain caused by grease and a regular cleaning plan for the grease trap.
Somewhere as small as Ellingham, the kitchens that need a deep clean are usually a pub, a school, a care home or a hall kitchen, wherever there is one. Wherever there is one, it needs its grease trap and hard-to-reach areas kept clean.
The sign-off is always in writing: a dated report with pictures of the work, and for TR19® Grease cleans, a certificate issued through the BESCA VHE portal. Any parts we couldn’t reach are recorded on it too.
- Place
- Ellingham (BH24)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Reporting
- Report and pictures after the visit
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Other services in Ellingham
Honest limits
Not every problem is solved by grease trap cleaning, and we will tell you before we start. It will not put right:
- Broken pipework below ground
- Drains that need jetting rather than trap cleaning
- A unit that cannot cope with the kitchen’s output
If you’re not sure, just call 0345 646 2711 or email us and we will give you a straight answer before you book.
Parts of the system we cover
- School and care home kitchens
- Inline grease traps
- Pot wash sinks
- Restaurants and takeaways
- Under-sink grease traps
- Kitchen waste pipes
Multi-site and managed buildings
Multi-site operators often want one contractor and one number. We work across London and the South East, so visits at different addresses can be planned together and kept on a regular cycle.
For anyone managing more than one site, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Each site gets its own report and photos, so records stay tidy.
Ellingham kitchens: local notes
It’s New Forest council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Ellingham. 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.
If you run a care home or healthcare kitchen near Ellingham (the nearest hospital is St Leonard's Hospital, about 4.6 miles south-west), a grease trap on a set schedule avoids a blocked drain mid-service. If you look after a hall kitchen near Church of St Mary and All Saints or anywhere in Ellingham, a deep clean between busy seasons is easier than a scramble before a big event.
Ellingham is in Hampshire. We carry out grease trap cleaning for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Ellingham and the rest of Hampshire. Ellingham is one of 683 towns, villages and districts in Hampshire where we work for grease trap cleaning. There’s also a page for Southampton, roughly 18 miles from Ellingham.
All of BH24 is within our area for grease trap cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. Neighbouring places we cover for grease trap cleaning include Blashford (1 mile south-east), Ibsley (1 mile north-east), Rockford (1 mile east), Harbridge (1 mile north) and Mockbeggar (1 mile north-east). Larger places within reach include Totton (13 miles east), Lymington (13 miles south-east), New Milton (10 miles south-east), Barton on Sea (11 miles south-east), Marchwood (15 miles east) and Ashley (10 miles south-east).
Near you in Ellingham
Around Ellingham, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near The Old Beams Inn. Other landmarks nearby include Fordingbridge Doll Museum (3.8 miles north) and St Leonard's Hospital (4.6 miles south-west). The countryside around Ellingham includes Linbrook Lake and Blashford Lakes.
Leave it or put it right?
Smells from a neglected trap are hard to ignore. Decomposing waste in the trap smells bad that can reach the kitchen and beyond. A clean trap takes the source away. It’s worth booking a check, because nobody sees inside a duct day to day.
The cost depends on how big the system is, what state it’s in and how easy it is to reach. You get a fixed price before we start, so you know where you stand.
Why book with us
- Fixed quotes, typically within one working day
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- In business since 2009
- Every visit written up, with photos
Take a look at what affects the cost or our accreditations and certificates.
How the job changes from site to site
Inline grease traps
An inline trap sits in the pipework between the kitchen and the drain. They’re larger than under-sink traps but still need regular emptying.
School, care home and staff kitchens
Care home and hospital kitchens need their drains working all the time. Visits are planned between meals.
What we do, step by step
We start by comparing what we find with the survey or your pictures. Anything unexpected is raised with you before we go further. From there, it takes anything from under an hour to a few hours, depending on the trap. The timing of a visit to Ellingham is set by you, and the travel is our side of the planning.
- We locate the trap and check how it’s fitted.
- We make sure nothing drains into the trap.
- Grease and solids are removed from the trap.
- The chambers and baffles are cleaned.
- We refit it, run water through and remove the waste.
How to prepare
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
Get a fixed quote
For grease trap cleaning in Ellingham, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form. Let us know the site type and the opening hours, plus photos or the previous report if they’re to hand. A fixed quote normally follows within one working day.
Related advice
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
A few tasks are always specialist work: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings call for the right kit, training and safe access. That’s our job.
Staff cleaning and specialist work are not the same thing. Wiping filters daily and washing them weekly keeps the visible parts in order, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
What we’re called out for in Ellingham
The more a kitchen cooks and washes up, the quicker the trap fills. A trap that suited a quieter kitchen can fill very quickly when trade picks up.
Signs it’s time to call us include:
- A larger grease trap that needs emptying
- Gurgling from the sink waste
- A blocked kitchen drain caused by grease
- An overdue grease trap
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Ringwood School Academy or anywhere near Ellingham, the holidays are the time for a deep clean or a grease trap clean.
Comparing quotes
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
- How they set the interval to the next visit
- Whether the figure could change on the day