West Sussex · Grease trap cleaning
Grease Trap Cleaning in Hardham
Professional grease trap cleaning in and around Hardham, timed so the site keeps working and finished with a written report and pictures.
- A routine grease trap service
- Gurgling from the sink waste
- A slow-draining kitchen sink
Signs you need grease trap cleaning in Hardham
Food waste slips past sink strainers or gets rinsed down. It settles in the trap as solids and takes up space.
Signs it’s time to call us include:
- A routine grease trap service
- An overdue grease trap
- A blocked kitchen drain caused by grease
- An under-sink unit that needs regular emptying
For a café close to Pulborough station, a deep clean can be done between closing and the morning rush.
Before booking anyone
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or photos
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
- Whether VAT is included
Grease trap cleaning in Hardham, done properly
We clean grease traps for kitchens in Hardham, whether it’s an under-sink unit or a larger inline trap. Visits are booked around your service, so the kitchen keeps running. If you’re dealing with a slow-draining kitchen sink and an under-sink unit that needs regular emptying, we can help, from restaurants and takeaways, under-sink grease traps and school and care home kitchens onwards.
Somewhere as small as Hardham, the kitchens that need a deep clean are typically a pub, a school, a care home or a hall kitchen, wherever there is one. Wherever there is one, it needs its grease trap and hard-to-reach areas kept clean.
The report is your system’s health record: dated, with photos, and showing what was done. For TR19® Grease cleans, the certificate comes through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal and sits alongside the report.
- Place
- Hardham (RH20)
- Wider area
- West Sussex
- Records
- Report and pictures after the visit
- Quotes
- A fixed price before work begins
- Hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Honest limits
Before you book, it helps to know what’s not included:
- Grease set hard in the drain run
- A trap undersized for the amount of cooking
- A leaking sink waste or trap connection
If you are not sure, just ring 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we’ll give you a straight answer before you book.
What the work covers
- Under-sink grease traps
- Restaurants and takeaways
- School and care home kitchens
- Pot wash sinks
- Inline grease traps
- Kitchen waste pipes
Aftercare tips
Good habits slow the build-up between visits. Our tips:
- Fit sink strainers to catch food scraps
- Scrape plates and pans into the bin before washing up
- Never pour used oil down the sink
- Tell us when sinks start draining slowly
Anything we notice beyond the trap, like a slow drain downstream, is pointed out. That may need a drainage contractor to investigate.
If the sinks are slow or smelly, the trap may be full. Acting at this stage normally prevents a blockage down the line.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Multi-site operators often want one contractor and one number. We work across London and the South East, so a run of sites can go into one programme and kept on a regular cycle.
For anyone managing more than one site, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Each site gets its own report and photos, so each one has its own record.
Grease trap cleaning around Hardham
The FSA’s food hygiene register includes about 3 bars, pubs and nightclubs across Hardham and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Pub and hotel kitchens get the same build-up behind equipment and in the grease trap as any other. It’s Horsham council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Hardham. Grease behind equipment or on a ceiling is the kind of thing an inspection can note. Photos and dates from each deep clean make a useful record.
School kitchens, at schools like St James' CofE Primary School for example, normally have their deep cleans and grease trap work done while the canteen is closed. If you run a kitchen in an older building near Hardham, such as a historic house like Old Place Manor (about 1 mile north-east), older drains make a working grease trap all the more important.
Hardham is about 10 miles north of Littlehampton, in West Sussex. Anywhere in RH20, we cover grease trap cleaning for commercial sites. Our area takes in 371 places across West Sussex, large and small. There’s also a page for Brighton, about 19 miles away.
Every address in RH20 is covered for grease trap cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. Neighbouring places we cover for grease trap cleaning include Coldwaltham (1 mile south-west), Pulborough (1 mile north-east), Watersfield (2 miles south-west), Fittleworth (2 miles north-west) and Lower Horncroft (2 miles west). We also work in nearby towns such as Horsham (12 miles north-east), Worthing (10 miles south-east), Bognor Regis (13 miles south-west), Chichester (13 miles south-west), Littlehampton (10 miles south) and Shoreham-by-Sea (14 miles south-east).
What’s near Hardham
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to The White Hart Public House and the streets around them. Hardham’s nearest station is Pulborough station, about 0.7 miles north-east. Nearby you will also find Amberley Museum (3.6 miles south) and Coates Castle (2.8 miles west). Not far away are Bignor Hill and Amberley Wildbrooks RSPB Reserve.
Questions from Hardham
Can you work in Hardham outside opening hours?
Yes. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends. The work in Hardham can fit around your hours. When you give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line, mention when the site is quiet.
Which environmental health team covers Hardham?
Kitchens in Hardham are inspected by Horsham council’s environmental health officers. How often a business is inspected depends on the council’s risk rating for it, so the kitchen needs to be ready at any time.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes, of course. Tell us what you have and how it’s used, and we will suggest a schedule and quote for it.
What do you do with what you remove?
We take it away when we go. During the work, it’s contained to keep the area clean.
What does TR19 mean?
It’s BESA’s specification and the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to. It covers how systems are inspected, cleaned and checked and expects a risk-based approach.
What do you do with the waste?
The fat, oil, grease and solids we remove go with us. It is not poured back down the drain, of course.
Are you fully insured?
Yes, fully. CHAS and SafeContractor accreditation sit alongside it, for sites that check contractor safety.
Can you give me a price for grease trap cleaning?
Every trap is different, so we price each one individually. We give you a fixed price, normally within one working day.
What staff can safely do
When your team notices a problem between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We will take a look and send you a fixed quote.
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
What happens on the day
Your staff don’t need to do much on the day. Someone lets us in at the agreed time and shows us where everything is, and we take it from there. Afterwards, the area is left tidy and the written report follows. The timing of a visit to Hardham is set by you, and the travel is our side of the planning.
- We locate the trap and check how it’s fitted.
- Sinks feeding the trap are taken out of use.
- We empty out the fat, oil, grease and solids.
- The chambers and baffles are cleaned.
- The trap is refitted, tested with water and the waste taken away.
Preparing for the visit
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
Get a fixed quote
Need a price for grease trap cleaning? Please phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and tell us about the site. We’ll explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before anything is booked.
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Part by part
Under-sink grease traps
We empty and clean under-sink traps without disrupting the rest of the kitchen and check the seal on the lid.
Baffles and outlets
Baffles inside the trap slow the water so grease can separate. They gather grease and debris, so we clean them.