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Grease Trap Cleaning in Foley Park
Professional grease trap cleaning in and around Foley Park, timed so the site keeps working and signed off in writing with pictures.
- A bad smell from the sinks or drains
- Drains clogged with fat
- Washing-up water that won’t drain away
How we handle grease trap cleaning in Foley Park
Fats, oils and grease are the main cause of blocked kitchen drains. Further on, grease can build into fatbergs in the sewer. A well-maintained trap keeps them out of the drains. If you are dealing with drains that gurgle and bubble and drains clogged with fat, we can put it right, from restaurants and takeaways, kitchen waste pipes and inline grease traps onwards.
In a smaller place like Foley Park, commercial kitchens are more likely to be a pub, a café, a takeaway or a school or care home kitchen. A smaller kitchen still builds up grease where everyday cleaning doesn’t reach.
Nothing is signed off by word of mouth: a written report, dated and illustrated with pictures, and for TR19® Grease cleans, a certificate issued through the BESCA VHE portal. Any parts we couldn’t reach are recorded on it too.
- Where
- Foley Park (ME14, ME15, ME16)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Reporting
- Report and pictures after the visit
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- Working hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Questions from Foley Park
Can you get to a site in Foley Park?
Yes. Foley Park is within the area we cover across London and the South East. Let us know about access, parking and anything unusual about getting there when you book.
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Foley Park?
In Foley Park, it’s Maidstone council that carries out food hygiene inspections. Photos from a deep clean are a simple record of what was done and when.
Can one contract cover all our sites?
Yes. You deal with one contact for every site in our area, with visits on a regular schedule.
Why does a grease trap need regular cleaning?
Grease and food waste build up until the trap stops working. Slow drains, bad smells and blockages follow.
Do you recommend a next date?
Yes. We put a recommended next date on the report. For kitchen extracts, BESA’s minimum intervals run from every 3 months for heavy use to every 12 months for light use, while fire dampers are tested at least annually.
Will I get paperwork for my records?
Yes, on every job. It’s a dated, written report with photos, and TR19® Grease cleans come with a certificate through the BESCA VHE portal. Keep it in your maintenance log.
Do you deal with blocked drains beyond the grease trap?
We clean the trap, not the drain network. If the drain beyond the trap is blocked or damaged, we’ll tell you so you can call a drainage contractor.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes. If something urgent happens, like a fan failing or damage after a fire, call our 24/7 line and we’ll talk you through the next steps.
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Foley Park kitchens: local notes
There are about 4 food manufacturers and packers within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Foley Park, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. A production site’s wash-down water can carry plenty of fat, which a trap or interceptor has to catch. In Foley Park, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Maidstone council. Grease behind equipment or on a ceiling is the kind of thing an inspection can note. A record of each deep clean helps show the kitchen is kept in order.
Half-term is a good time for school kitchens, at schools like St Paul's Infant School for instance, to have the grease trap emptied and the kitchen deep cleaned. Healthcare kitchens cook through the year, so a deep clean has to be fitted around meals; KIMS hospital, about 1.1 miles east, is the nearest hospital to Foley Park.
Foley Park is about 1 mile north of Maidstone, in Kent. Sites in Foley Park get the same service as everywhere we cover: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where needed and a written report with photos. Foley Park is one of 922 places in Kent where we work for commercial clients.
Grease trap cleaning in ME14, ME15 and ME16 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. Grease trap cleaning is available to premises on Well Road, Rock Road and Byron Road and the roads around them. With the A249 close by, Foley Park is simple for us to get to for grease trap cleaning. If your site is just outside Foley Park, we cover Penenden Heath (1 mile north-east), Harbourland (1 mile north), Grove Green (1 mile east), Ringlestone (1 mile north-west) and Maidstone (1 mile south). We also work in nearby towns such as Sittingbourne (10 miles north-east), Sevenoaks (15 miles west), Royal Tunbridge Wells (15 miles south-west), Gravesend (12 miles north-west), Tonbridge (12 miles south-west) and Northfleet (13 miles north-west).
Local landmarks in Foley Park
In Foley Park, that means kitchens and buildings near Valley Park School, Vinters Valley Park and The Hollybush Public House and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is Maidstone East station, roughly 0.6 miles south-west. Other landmarks nearby include Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment Museum (0.6 miles south-west) and KIMS hospital (1.1 miles east). Not far away are Burham Down and Boxley Hills.
What a clean won’t put right
In fairness, some problems need a different fix:
- Sewer problems outside the premises
- A unit that can’t cope with the kitchen’s output
- A leaking sink waste or trap connection
If in doubt, call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we’ll say what we think.
Parts of the system we cover
- Restaurants and takeaways
- School and care home kitchens
- Under-sink grease traps
- Pot wash sinks
- Kitchen waste pipes
- Inline grease traps
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Staff cleaning and specialist work aren’t the same thing. Wiping filters daily and washing them weekly keeps the visible parts in order, but they don’t reach the grease that builds up further in. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Regular in-house cleaning slows the build-up, but the parts you can’t see still need a specialist at the right interval.
Do you need grease trap cleaning in Foley Park?
In Foley Park, as everywhere, grease traps are easy to forget. Tucked away under the sink or below the floor it’s often left until there’s a problem.
Most sites get in touch when they notice something like this:
- A grease trap that hasn’t been emptied in a long time
- Foul odours from the grease trap
- An inline trap or interceptor due for cleaning
- A routine grease trap service
For a café close to Maidstone East station, a deep clean can be done between closing and the morning rush.
Questions to ask before booking
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or pictures
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
- Whether they recommend a next date
What affects the cost of grease trap cleaning
Some jobs are bigger than they look, and some smaller. The main factors:
- Where the site is and how we reach it
- The condition of the system
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- The times the site is available
The price reflects the work, not guesswork. That’s why we survey first, from pictures or on site, and the price is agreed before any work starts.
What to send for a quote
Before you ask for a quote, gather:
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
- Wide photos of the system and the area around it
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
Quotes are quick. Call or email with a few details and you’ll normally have a fixed price within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.
Keeping the system healthy
Think of this as the after-treatment advice, short and simple:
- Use strainers in the sink plugholes
- Scrape plates and pans into the bin before washing up
- Let us know if the kitchen gets busier
- Book trap cleans at a set interval
We’ll suggest when the trap should be cleaned again. It’s based on how full it was and how busy the kitchen is.
More cooking means more grease in the trap. Shortening the cleaning interval now keeps the drains flowing.
How it works
We’re used to working while the site is closed. 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 an hour or so for an under-sink trap, longer for a larger unit. Evenings, weekends or a closed day all work for a site in a place like Foley Park.
- We start by finding the trap and checking its inlet and outlet.
- We ask for the sinks that drain into the trap not to be used.
- We take out the layer of fat, oil and grease and any solids.
- We clean the chambers, baffles and connections.
- Once it’s refitted, water is run through to check it drains, and we take the waste with us.
How to prepare
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
Getting a quote
We do not publish a price list, because every site is different. Instead, we look at your site first, from pictures or a survey, and then send you a fixed quote. To get going, call us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos.
Related advice
Different parts, different methods
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.
School, care home and staff kitchens
School kitchens can be cleaned in the holidays or between meal services.