East Sussex · Grease trap cleaning
Hamsey grease trap cleaning
Specialist grease trap cleaning for Hamsey: a survey, a fixed price, careful work and proper paperwork. Call for a fixed quote.
- Gurgling from the sink waste
- A bad smell from the sinks or drains
- Drains clogged with fat
Why deal with it now?
Wherever the kitchen is in Hamsey, backed-up drains stop it working. Sinks won’t empty and waste water can come back up. Keeping the trap clean reduces the risk. Rural sites can’t always move to another kitchen or room when something fails.
What you pay reflects the actual work. That’s why we survey first, from pictures or on site, and why the quote is fixed before any work starts.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Hamsey
- Each visit written up, with pictures
- Trading since 2009
- Fully insured
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
Take a look at what affects the cost or our accreditations.
How we handle grease trap cleaning in Hamsey
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 has to be emptied and cleaned. If you have sinks that drain slowly and a grease trap that hasn’t been emptied in a long time, we can help, from school and care home kitchens, kitchen waste pipes and under-sink grease traps onwards.
In a village or hamlet like Hamsey, commercial kitchens are few, perhaps a pub, a school or a care home. Wherever there is one, it needs its grease trap and hard-to-reach areas kept clean.
We have been trading since 2009, and we’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we are fully insured.
- Place
- Hamsey (BN8)
- Wider area
- East Sussex
- Paperwork
- Photo report after each visit
- Quote
- A fixed price before work begins
- Working hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
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Hamsey: your questions answered
Which council inspects kitchens in Hamsey?
Kitchens in Hamsey are inspected by Lewes council’s environmental health officers. Inspection results feed into the food hygiene rating published by the Food Standards Agency.
Can you get to a site in Hamsey?
Yes, we work in villages as well as towns, and Hamsey is covered. A survey first, from pictures or a visit, means we arrive with the right kit.
Can you come out in an emergency?
Yes, 24/7. Our office is open from 8am to 6pm on weekdays, with the emergency line covering every other hour.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
Restaurants and pubs, hotels, schools and colleges, hospitals and care homes, offices and retail, plus food production and leisure sites.
What accreditations do you have?
We hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, alongside BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. Vent Hygiene Elite is run by BESCA and independently audited.
Where does the waste go?
It’s contained and taken away. We collect grease, debris and waste water as we go, so it doesn’t spread.
What about areas you can’t get to?
We never leave them off the paperwork. The report says which parts couldn’t be reached and why, along with a quote to put access in.
Do you clean under-sink and inline grease traps?
Both under-sink and inline traps, plus interceptors. A photo helps us see what’s fitted when you ring 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form.
Hamsey kitchens: local notes
Look up Hamsey on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you will find about 5 restaurants, cafés and canteens within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Hamsey. Fat from washing up sets hard in pipes, and kitchens like these produce plenty of it. Environmental health officers from Lewes council inspect food businesses in Hamsey. 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.
Hall kitchens near The Parish Church of St Peter or elsewhere in Hamsey may have older sinks and drains, so a grease trap check is worth adding to a deep clean. If you run a kitchen near Cooksbridge station with long trading hours, grease builds up faster behind equipment and in the trap.
Hamsey is about 1 mile north of Lewes, in East Sussex. Anywhere in BN8, we can carry out grease trap cleaning at your premises. Across East Sussex, we cover 289 places, and Hamsey is one of them. You can also see our page for Brighton, about 7 miles away.
All of BN8 is within our area for grease trap cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. If your site is just outside Hamsey, we cover Offham (1 mile south-west), South Malling (1 mile south), Lewes (1 mile south), Cliffe (2 miles south) and Southover (2 miles south). Larger places within reach include Eastbourne (14 miles south-east), Seaford (9 miles south-east), Hailsham (11 miles east), Crowborough (13 miles north-east), Uckfield (7 miles north-east) and Newhaven (7 miles south).
Around Hamsey
Around Hamsey, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Railway Land, Priory School and The Blacksmiths Arms, among other places. The nearest railway station is Cooksbridge station, roughly 0.8 miles north-west of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Lewes Castle (1.6 miles south) and Lewes Victoria Hospital (1.5 miles south). The countryside around Hamsey includes Malling Down and Offham Hill.
Aftercare tips
Aftercare is simple, and it makes the next visit easier:
- Do not store things on top of the trap
- Book trap cleans at a set interval
- Use strainers in the sink plugholes
- Report slow or smelly sinks early
Anything we notice beyond the trap, like a slow drain downstream, is pointed out. That may need a drainage contractor to look further.
More cooking means more grease in the trap. Shortening the cleaning interval now stops it overflowing.
What staff can safely do
A few tasks are always specialist work: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease need training, the right equipment and safe access. Leave those to us.
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
What affects the cost of grease trap cleaning
A fixed price needs a few facts first. We look at:
- The condition we find in the survey
- Whether several sites go on one quote
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
Working hours, access and the scale of the site all affect the cost. We take each of them into account and give you a fixed price before work begins.
What we need to know
There’s no need for technical detail. Just send:
- Problems your staff have spotted
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- Your last certificate, test record or report
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.
The process
Each visit runs to the same pattern: protect the area, isolate whatever needs isolating, do the work, tidy up and leave you the report. The visit itself takes an hour or two in most kitchens, depending on the size and condition of the trap. In a small place like Hamsey, the journey is planned ahead and the visit arranged around the site’s hours.
- First, we find the trap and look at its connections.
- We make sure nothing drains into the trap.
- Grease and solids are removed from the trap.
- The chambers and baffles are cleaned.
- The trap is refitted, tested with water and the waste taken away.
How to prepare
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
Get a fixed quote
To help us quote: the address, the type of site and when it’s open, photos of the system and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Once you have those, call 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.
Related advice
Multi-site and managed buildings
Whether it’s one building or many, the standard is the same: diagnosis, a fixed price, work booked around your hours and a written report with photos.
We work for landlords, managing agents and facilities managers as well as the people running the site. Shared systems, like a riser serving several units, need a clear agreement on who books the work, and we can quote for the whole system.
Do you need grease trap cleaning in Hamsey?
If a trap is not emptied, grease passes straight through. It goes on into the drain and the sewer beyond, where it can cause blockages.
The symptoms we are asked about most are:
- Washing-up water that will not drain away
- Drains that gurgle and bubble
- An interceptor full of grease and solids
- A grease trap that hasn’t been emptied in a long time
For schools such as Hamsey Community Primary School, deep cleans and grease trap work are typically booked for the holidays.
What to look for in a quote
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- Whether the price is fixed
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or photos