West Sussex · Grease trap cleaning
Gay Street grease trap cleaning
Emptying and cleaning of under-sink and inline grease traps in commercial kitchens for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Gay Street. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and fully insured.
- An under-sink trap that keeps filling up
- A slow-draining kitchen sink
- Grease setting in the kitchen pipework
Grease trap cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Gay Street
If the sinks drain slowly or smell, the trap is often the cause. In Gay Street, as everywhere we work, our team empties and cleans the trap, then check the water flows properly. The work covers restaurants and takeaways, pot wash sinks and kitchen waste pipes, and the jobs we see most are gurgling from the sink waste and washing-up water that won’t drain away.
Work in a small place like Gay Street starts with agreeing a date and access, and the deep clean is the same as anywhere: walls, floors, ceilings and equipment.
For insurers and inspectors, the record counts. That’s why every job is written up in a report with pictures, plus a TR19® certificate through the BESCA VHE portal where the work is a TR19® Grease clean.
- Place
- Gay Street (RH20)
- Region
- West Sussex
- Reporting
- Written report with photos
- Price
- A fixed price before work begins
- Working hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Do you need grease trap cleaning in Gay Street?
A full trap can’t hold any more grease. It goes on into the drain and on towards the sewer, where it can cause blockages.
These are the problems we see most often:
- A routine grease trap service
- Sinks that drain slowly
- An overdue grease trap
- Drains that gurgle and bubble
Around Gay Street, deep cleans are booked when the kitchen is closed.
Questions to ask before you book
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
- Whether a written report and photos are included
- When the next visit should be, and why
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
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. That’s our job.
How we price grease trap cleaning
Your quote is based on your site. We take into account:
- The number of sites or systems
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
- The scale of the work
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
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. Call for a fixed quote and we’ll explain each part.
Asking for a quote
Many jobs can be priced from pictures and some basics. Send what you can of the following:
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- The site address and the type of premises
There’s no standard price list, because every site is different. We look at your system first, from photos or on a visit, then send a fixed quote. To get going, ring 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.
Places near Gay Street
What else we do in Gay Street
Commercial kitchens in Gay Street
Food hygiene inspections in Gay Street are the job of Horsham council’s environmental health team. An inspection covers the structure of the kitchen as well as the food. Keeping a record of deep cleans and grease trap visits helps at inspection time. Gay Street, about 40 miles from central London, is within our usual area. A survey and a fixed quote come first, then the visit at a time that suits you.
Historic houses such as Old Place Manor (about 2.4 miles south-west) are part of the area around Gay Street, and if you run event catering at a venue like that, a deep clean between seasons helps.
Gay Street is about 9 miles south-west of Horsham, in West Sussex. We carry out grease trap cleaning for commercial premises of every kind in Gay Street and the rest of West Sussex. Gay Street is one of 371 places in West Sussex where we work for grease trap cleaning. We also work in Brighton, around 17 miles away.
Postcode districts we cover here for grease trap cleaning: RH20. If your site is just outside Gay Street, we cover North Heath (1 mile north-west), Nutbourne (1 mile south), Broomershill (1 mile south-west), West Chiltington (2 miles south) and Codmore Hill (2 miles west). Within a short drive, we also cover Crawley (15 miles north-east), Horsham (9 miles north-east), Worthing (11 miles south), Burgess Hill (15 miles east), Littlehampton (12 miles south) and Shoreham-by-Sea (13 miles south-east).
What’s near Gay Street
The nearest railway station is Pulborough station, roughly 2.7 miles south-west of the centre. For a walk, there’s The Mens.
Part by part
School, care home and staff kitchens
Kitchens with fixed mealtimes build up grease more predictably. Planned cleaning fits their routine.
Baffles and outlets
We check the inlet, outlet and baffles at each clean so water flows freely.
The process
We are used to working while the site is closed. A lot of visits happen overnight or at weekends, so the site can open as normal afterwards. On site, the work takes an hour or so for an under-sink trap, longer for a larger unit. If you can send pictures, we can arrive in Gay Street knowing what to expect.
- 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.
- The inside, baffles and pipe connections are cleaned.
- The trap is reassembled, checked for leaks and the waste taken away.
How to prepare
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
How to get a quote
Every quote begins with a look at the system, from your pictures and details or, where that isn’t enough, a survey on site. Then we send a fixed price, before any work starts.
Advice
Gay Street: your questions answered
Can you work in Gay Street outside opening hours?
Yes, evening, overnight and weekend work is normal for us. Your customers, staff or residents in Gay Street needn’t be disturbed. Just phone us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email with your opening times and we’ll plan around them.
Can you get to a site in Gay Street?
Yes, we work in villages as well as towns, and Gay Street is covered. Photos of the system and directions to the site help us plan the visit.
Can you look after several sites?
Yes. You deal with one contact for every site across London and the South East, with visits on a regular schedule.
Do you clean under-sink and inline grease traps?
We clean under-sink traps, inline traps and interceptors. Let us know what’s fitted and we will plan around it.
Can you come out in an emergency?
Yes. Our emergency line runs 24/7, for problems that can’t wait. Ring any time and tell us what’s happened.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes, always. Diagnosis comes before treatment: the survey shows what needs doing and what access we need, and the quote is based on that.
Will we have to shut during the visit?
Not normally. We need the work area to ourselves while we are on site, so the visit goes in a quiet slot.
Is TR19 cleaning required by law?
No. TR19® itself isn’t law; it’s a BESA specification. The law is the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, which makes the responsible person assess and reduce fire risk, and TR19® is the benchmark for showing that grease in the extract is under control.
Honest limits
Not every problem is solved by grease trap cleaning, and we’d rather say so up front. It won’t put right:
- A grease trap that’s too small for the kitchen
- Leaking pipework or sink wastes, which need a plumber
- Sewer problems outside the premises
If you are not sure, just call us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we will give you a straight answer before you book.
Where we work
- Restaurants and takeaways
- School and care home kitchens
- Pot wash sinks
- Inline grease traps
- Under-sink grease traps
- Kitchen waste pipes
Aftercare tips
Think of this as the after-treatment advice, in brief:
- Get food waste into the bin, not the sink
- Act on gurgling or smelly drains
- Keep the grease trap on a regular cleaning schedule
- Mention any increase in cooking
We’ll suggest when the trap should be cleaned again. That depends on how quickly it filled and how busy the kitchen is.
Setting regular cleans takes the guesswork out. The interval is set to suit the trap and the kitchen.