Kent · Grease trap cleaning
Five Wents grease trap cleaning
Professional grease trap cleaning in and around Five Wents, booked around your opening hours and signed off in writing with photos.
- An overdue grease trap
- An interceptor full of grease and solids
- A small trap that fills too quickly
Grease trap cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Five Wents
A neglected grease trap stops doing its job. Further down the pipe, the grease cools and hardens, leading to slow drains, blockages and smells. Regular cleaning keeps it working. If you have gurgling from the sink waste and a grease trap that hasn’t been emptied in a long time, we can put it right.
Rural kitchens may drain to a septic tank or a private drain rather than straight into a public sewer, and fat getting past a grease trap can cause real trouble there.
Accreditations are easy to claim and worth checking. Ours are BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, plus CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, with full insurance on top.
- Place
- Five Wents (ME17)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Reporting
- Written report with photos
- Price
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- When we work
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Part by part
Inline grease traps
Inline traps often take waste from several sinks or appliances. More waste means faster filling.
Under-sink grease traps
Under-sink traps are compact units fitted below the kitchen sink. They fill quickly and need regular cleaning.
Commercial kitchens in Five Wents
Look up Five Wents on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you will find about 9 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Five Wents. Each of them sends fat, oil and grease towards the drain, which is why grease traps need regular emptying. About 35 miles out from central London, Five Wents is part of the South East area we work across. Evening, overnight and weekend visits are all possible. Environmental health officers from Maidstone council inspect food businesses in Five Wents. 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.
If you run a kitchen in an older building near Five Wents, such as a historic house like Stoneacre (about 1.7 miles north), older drains make a working grease trap all the more important. Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as KIMS hospital (about 4.2 miles north), cook for long hours, so deep cleans and grease trap work are planned around patients’ meals.
Five Wents is about 4 miles south-east of Maidstone, in Kent. Whatever kind of site you run in Five Wents, grease trap cleaning is something we can help with. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so the site keeps running. Five Wents is one of 922 towns, villages and districts in Kent where we work for commercial clients.
Work in ME17 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. Local streets include Leeds Road and Sutton Road, and we cover them all for grease trap cleaning. We also cover Warmlake (1 mile south), Langley Heath (1 mile north-east), Langley (1 mile north-west), Chart Sutton (1 mile west) and Sutton Valence (1 mile south). Further out, we also cover Maidstone (4 miles north-west), Ashford (13 miles south-east), Sittingbourne (10 miles north-east), Royal Tunbridge Wells (15 miles south-west), Tonbridge (14 miles west) and Faversham (14 miles north-east).
Near you in Five Wents
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around The Plough Inn, among other places. For rail, the closest station is Hollingbourne station, about 3 miles north-east. A little further out are KIMS hospital (4.2 miles north) and Sutton Valence Castle (1.2 miles south). For a walk, there’s Detling Hill.
Also near Five Wents
Other services in Five Wents
For landlords and multi-site operators
We regularly work with managing agents. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works, and we’ll send a fixed quote.
Facilities teams in offices, schools and healthcare sites book us too across Kent. Work can be phased by floor, building or site around the people who use them.
When to call us in Five Wents
Waste cooking oil poured down the sink fills a grease trap far faster than washing-up. Even small amounts add up.
These are the problems we see most often:
- A blocked kitchen drain caused by grease
- An interceptor full of grease and solids
- Sinks that drain slowly
- Scheduled grease trap emptying
For schools such as Sutton Valence Primary School, deep cleans and grease trap work are typically booked for the holidays.
Before you book anyone
- What happens if part of the system cannot be accessed
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
- What insurance they carry
- When they can work, and whether that’s outside your opening hours
Questions from Five Wents
Can you get to a site in Five Wents?
Yes, smaller places are covered as well as towns. Just mention lanes, gates or anything else about the site when you book.
Who inspects food businesses in Five Wents?
Food hygiene inspections in Five Wents are carried out by Maidstone council. Photos from a deep clean are a simple record of what was done and when.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. Regular plans can run on 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycles, depending on what the system needs.
Which sectors do you work in?
All kinds of commercial and public premises: kitchens, offices, schools, healthcare, retail, leisure and food production. Work is timed around how each site runs.
Does the report say when we need you again?
Yes. Every report includes a recommended date for the next visit, based on what we found and how the system is used.
Do you take the waste away?
We take it away. Your staff do not have to handle it once the clean is done.
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 can shorten it.
What is TR19?
It’s the industry benchmark for cleaning ventilation and kitchen extract systems, written by BESA. It sets out inspection, cleaning and record keeping, and it takes a risk-based approach.
What affects the cost of grease trap cleaning
We do not publish a price list, because no two systems are the same. What we look at:
- Any permits to work or inductions
- A single visit or a regular plan
- How many systems or sites are involved
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
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 work begins, so there are no surprises.
What to send for a quote
There’s no need for technical detail. Just send:
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
- Any previous report or certificate
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- A few general shots of the system
We do not publish a price list, because every site is different. Instead, we look at your site first, from pictures or a survey, then send a fixed quote. To start, call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email.
When something else is needed
Some problems need a different service or another trade:
- A leaking sink waste or trap connection
- Blockages further down the drainage network
- Broken pipework below ground
Not sure which it is? You can give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we will tell you honestly before booking.
Where we work
- Restaurants and takeaways
- Inline grease traps
- Under-sink grease traps
- Kitchen waste pipes
- School and care home kitchens
- Pot wash sinks
How it works
There’s very little for your team to do on the day. A contact on site lets us in at the agreed time and points us to the system, and we take it from there. Afterwards, the area is left tidy and the written report follows. Pictures of the system and its access let us plan the work in Five Wents before we set off.
- First, we find the trap and look at its connections.
- We make sure nothing drains into the trap.
- 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.
Getting ready for the visit
- Clear the space around the work
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
Get a fixed quote
Need a price for grease trap cleaning? Please give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form with a few details about the site. We’ll explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before you commit to anything.
Related advice
Aftercare tips
After the visit, a few habits help the work last:
- Don’t wait for a blockage to book a clean
- Fit sink strainers to catch food scraps
- Report slow or smelly sinks early
- Get food waste into the bin, not the sink
The waste we remove leaves with us. Nothing is left for you to dispose of after the visit.
Setting regular cleans takes the guesswork out. The interval is set to suit the trap and the kitchen.