Surrey · Grease trap cleaning
Ewshot grease trap cleaning
Professional grease trap cleaning in and around Ewshot, booked around your opening hours and finished with a written report and pictures.
- Sinks that drain slowly
- Drains that gurgle and bubble
- A bad smell from the sinks or drains
What happens on the day
Night work is normal for us. A lot of visits happen overnight or at weekends, so a kitchen or building can carry on as usual the next day. On site, the work takes less than an hour for many under-sink units. Somewhere as small as Ewshot, the date and timings are agreed with you well before the day.
- A visit is booked around your service.
- We open the trap and look at its condition.
- We remove the grease layer and settled solids.
- We clean the baffles, inlet and outlet.
- We close it up, check it drains and suggest when it needs cleaning again.
Preparing for the visit
- Clear loose items from the work area
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
Get a fixed quote
Some systems can be priced from photos; others need a survey. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, you get a fixed price before work begins.
Advice
How we handle grease trap cleaning in Ewshot
A grease trap catches fats, oils and grease from the kitchen sinks before they reach the drain. Cooling water lets the grease rise and separate while the water carries on to the drain. Eventually it fills and needs emptying and cleaning. The work covers under-sink grease traps, restaurants and takeaways and inline grease traps, and common reasons people get in touch are sinks that drain slowly and a full, neglected grease trap.
In a village or hamlet like Ewshot, commercial kitchens are few, perhaps a pub, a school or a care home. Each still needs the occasional deep clean and its grease trap kept clear.
Our accreditations include CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured. We are also a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we’ve been trading since 2009.
- Where
- Ewshot (GU10)
- Wider area
- Surrey
- Paperwork
- Photo report after each visit
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Multi-site and managed buildings
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.
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare in Ewshot and across Surrey. Larger estates can be phased building by building to keep disruption down.
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Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, which is where we come in.
When your team notices a problem 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.
What affects the quote in Ewshot
We don’t publish a price list, because no two systems are the same. What we look at:
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- What state the system is in
- 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’re not sure what’s needed, ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we’ll give you an honest view and a fixed quote.
What we need to know
When you call or email, these details help:
- Wide photos of the system and the area around it
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
To help us quote: the address, the type of site and when it’s open, pictures of the system and any previous report or certificate. Once you have those, phone us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email.
Honest limits
In fairness, some problems need a different fix:
- A unit that can’t cope with the kitchen’s output
- Collapsed or damaged drains, which need a drainage contractor
- Leaking pipework or sink wastes, which need a plumber
Not sure which it is? You can phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we will tell you honestly before you book.
Where we work
- Pot wash sinks
- School and care home kitchens
- Inline grease traps
- Under-sink grease traps
- Restaurants and takeaways
- Kitchen waste pipes
Ewshot kitchens: local notes
Look up Ewshot on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you will find about 5 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 4 sandwich bars and takeaways in and around Ewshot, up to about a mile and a half out. Kitchens like these wash fat, oil and grease down the sink every day, and a grease trap is what stops it reaching the sewer. It’s Hart council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Ewshot. 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.
A summer deep clean suits schools such as St Nicholas' School, as the kitchen can be stripped back with no lunches to serve. Hall and church kitchens, near St Mary's Church or anywhere around Ewshot, are used by many hands, and periodic deep cleans and grease trap visits keep them in order. Farnham Castle, about 1.9 miles south-east, is one of the historic houses around Ewshot; event kitchens at places like that work in bursts, so a deep clean after a busy season helps.
Ewshot is about 2 miles south of Fleet, in Surrey. Ewshot gets the same approach as every site we work on: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where necessary and a written report with photos. We cover 395 places across Surrey, from busy centres to quieter spots. For sites nearby, see our Guildford page, about 11 miles away.
Here we cover the GU10 postcode area for grease trap cleaning. That includes premises on Woodpecker Close, Nuthatch Close and Church Lane and the roads around them. If your site is just outside Ewshot, we cover Warren Corner (1 mile south-west), Redlands (1 mile west), Dora's Green (1 mile south), Hog Hatch (1 mile south-east) and Crondall (1 mile west). We also work in nearby towns such as Guildford (11 miles east), Woking (12 miles north-east), Camberley (8 miles north-east), Farnham (3 miles south-east), Frimley (7 miles north-east) and Haslemere (12 miles south-east).
Near you in Ewshot
In Ewshot, that means kitchens and buildings near Basingbourne Park, The Windmill pub and Farnham Heath End School and the streets around them. Ewshot’s nearest station is Farnham station, about 2.6 miles south-east of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Museum of Farnham (2.2 miles south-east) and Fleet Community Hospital (3.4 miles north). The countryside around Ewshot includes Beacon Hill and Farnham Park.
Between visits
Simple habits between visits make a real difference. We recommend:
- Hot water only moves grease further down
- Mention any increase in cooking
- Get food waste into the bin, not the sink
- Keep the grease trap on a regular cleaning schedule
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.
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.
Common questions in Ewshot
Can you get to a site in Ewshot?
Yes, Ewshot is part of our area, however small the site. Let us know about access, parking and anything unusual about getting there when you book.
Do you work in school kitchens around Ewshot out of term?
Yes. Half-terms and the summer break are the natural time for school work. With about 4 schools and colleges on the FSA’s register within roughly a mile and a half of Ewshot, it pays to plan holiday dates ahead. Tell us your holiday dates and we will book the visit for when the site is empty.
What types of grease trap do you clean?
Under-sink units, inline traps and interceptors are all covered. Tell us what you have and we will plan the visit.
What should go in our maintenance log?
Anything that proves the system is maintained: our reports and pictures, any certificates and your in-house logs. A single log for each site works best.
Do you recommend a next date?
Yes. The interval depends on how much the system is used and what we find, and we explain the reasoning on the report.
What do you do with the waste?
The fat, oil, grease and solids we remove go with us. None of it goes back into the drains, of course.
How much time does a grease trap clean need?
The size and state of the trap make the difference, and you can expect it to take an hour or so for an under-sink trap, longer for a larger unit. You will know before the visit.
Will I get paperwork for my records?
Yes. It’s the record insurers and inspectors ask to see: a written, dated record with pictures of what we did and anything we couldn’t access.
What the work involves, part by part
Under-sink grease traps
Under-sink traps are compact units fitted below the kitchen sink. Their small size means they fill fast and need regular cleaning.
Restaurant and takeaway kitchens
Kitchens that fry and wash up all day fill their traps quickly. They often need the most frequent cleaning.