Kent · Grease trap cleaning
Grease Trap Cleaning in Herne Bay
Grease trap cleaning for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Herne Bay. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and fully insured.
- Scheduled grease trap emptying
- An under-sink trap that keeps filling up
- A bad smell from the sinks or drains
About our grease trap cleaning in Herne Bay
In Herne Bay, we time grease trap visits so the sinks aren’t needed. The trap is emptied, cleaned and checked and remove the waste. It can be booked on its own or alongside other kitchen work. Typical jobs include a slow-draining kitchen sink and an inline trap or interceptor due for cleaning, on restaurants and takeaways, kitchen waste pipes and pot wash sinks.
Around a town like Herne Bay, the kitchens we deep clean tend to be pubs, restaurants, takeaways and school or care home kitchens. All of them collect grease behind and under equipment.
A written report with photos follows each visit, so you have a record of what was done and when. Kitchen extract cleaning to TR19® Grease is certificated through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Place
- Herne Bay (CT6)
- Region
- Kent
- Reporting
- Photo report after every visit
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
What your team can do, and what needs us
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but the parts you cannot see still need a specialist at the right interval.
Keep a record of what your team does. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, next to our reports.
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What we do, step by step
The visit has three parts: getting the area ready, doing the work and signing it off. Set-up means sheeting and making equipment safe, while signing off means the written report and photos. Most of the time goes on the work itself, and that takes a short visit for a small trap and longer for an inline unit or interceptor. We arrive in Herne Bay once you’ve closed and leave the site ready for the morning.
- We locate the trap and check how it’s fitted.
- We make sure nothing drains into the trap.
- Grease and solids are removed from the trap.
- We clean every part of the inside.
- The trap is refitted, tested with water and the waste taken away.
How to prepare
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Clear loose items from the work area
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
Getting a quote
Quotes are quick. Call or email with a few details and you’ll usually have a fixed price within one working day. Where a survey is needed, we arrange a time that suits the site.
Advice
What affects the quote in Herne Bay
Every site gets its own quote. This is what makes a difference:
- The condition of the system
- Any permits to work or inductions
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
- Parking and loading at the site
A single site or a whole portfolio, we price it on the same basis: what needs doing, how we get to it and when. The price is fixed before we start.
Helping us quote
Photos and a few facts are often enough to price the work. Useful things to send:
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- The postcode and the type of business
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- Problems your staff have spotted
Want a quote for grease trap cleaning? Please call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and tell us about the site. We’ll explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before you commit to anything.
FAQs for Herne Bay
Do you work at weekends in Herne Bay?
Yes. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends. The site is handed back ready to open. When you phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email, mention when the site is quiet.
Which council inspects kitchens in Herne Bay?
In Herne Bay, it’s Canterbury City council that carries out food hygiene inspections. Photos from a deep clean are a simple record of what was done and when.
What should go in our maintenance log?
Anything that proves the system is maintained: reports, certificates, pictures and your own cleaning or check logs. A single log for each site works best.
Do you recommend a next date?
Yes. Every report includes a recommended date for the next visit, based on use and what we found.
What do you do with the waste?
We remove all the waste we take out. It is not poured back down the drain, of course.
Do you provide a certificate or report?
Yes. You get a written report with photos after each visit, covering the work, any areas we couldn’t access and the recommended next date. Where the work is a TR19® Grease clean, there’s also a certificate issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
How far ahead should we book?
The more notice, the better, especially for out-of-hours work. We normally quote within one working day, and emergencies are covered by our 24/7 line.
Why does a grease trap need regular cleaning?
Grease and food waste build up until the trap stops working. The result is slow drains, foul odours and eventually a blockage.
Grease trap cleaning in Herne Bay: local notes
The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 80 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 35 takeaways in and around Herne Bay, up to about a mile and a half out. A grease trap in kitchens like these fills steadily and needs emptying before it overflows. Kitchens in Herne Bay get their food hygiene inspections from Canterbury City council. The state of floors, drains and hard-to-reach corners all feeds into the inspection. Photos and dates from each deep clean make a useful record.
Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as Whitstable and Tankerton Hospital (about 3.6 miles west), cook for long hours, so deep cleans and grease trap work are planned around patients’ meals. For busy kitchens close to Herne Bay station, deep cleans and grease trap work can be done after closing.
Herne Bay is about 7 miles north of Canterbury, in Kent. From the centre of Herne Bay to the outskirts, grease trap cleaning is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from small sites to large estates. Our Kent coverage runs to 922 places, and Herne Bay is one of them. There’s also a page for Maidstone, roughly 27 miles from Herne Bay.
All of CT6 is covered for grease trap cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. That includes premises on High Street, Viscount Square and Market Street and the roads around them. Being close to the A299 and B2205, Herne Bay is easy for our technicians to reach at any hour. If your site is just outside Herne Bay, we cover Hunters Forstal (1 mile south-east), Eddington (1 mile south-west), Broomfield (1 mile south-east), Herne (1 mile south) and Beltinge (1 mile east). We also work in nearby towns such as Canterbury (7 miles south), Margate (11 miles east), Ramsgate (12 miles east), Broadstairs (13 miles east), Whitstable (5 miles west) and Deal (15 miles south-east).
Local landmarks in Herne Bay
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Herne Bay High School, Queen's Head Public House and Curtis Wood, among other places. For rail, the closest station is Herne Bay station, roughly 0.7 miles west. Well-known places in the area include Tankerton Castle (4.3 miles west) and Whitstable and Tankerton Hospital (3.6 miles west). Not far away are West Blean and Thornden Woods.
Leave it or put it right?
For a kitchen in Herne Bay, a regular grease trap clean is a small, planned job. Waiting for a blockage turns it into an urgent problem and normally at the worst moment. With a fire risk assessment or inspection due, getting the work done first puts you on the front foot.
Kitchens, offices, schools and hospitals are all priced 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 will go through it with you.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Herne Bay
- Trading since 2009
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
Take a look at our cost guide or our accreditations.
What we’re called out for in Herne Bay
If a trap is not emptied, grease passes straight through. It goes on into the drain and on towards the sewer, where it can cause blockages.
Any of these means the system needs a check-up:
- A slow-draining kitchen sink
- A grease trap that hasn’t been emptied in a long time
- Foul odours from the grease trap
- A blocked kitchen drain caused by grease
For schools such as Herne Bay Junior School, deep cleans and grease trap work are normally booked for the holidays.
Before booking anyone
- What insurance they carry
- What records you will receive afterwards
- What happens if part of the system cannot be accessed
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or photos
Looking after it afterwards
After the visit, a few habits help the work last:
- Make sure the trap can be reached easily
- Use strainers in the sink plugholes
- Collect waste cooking oil separately
- Wipe grease off pans before washing them
The sinks are ready to use as soon as we have finished. Water is run through to check everything flows before we go.
A trap that’s left too long stops catching grease. Cleaning it before it’s full keeps grease out of the drains and avoids a blockage.
When something else is needed
A few issues sit outside what this work can do:
- Leaking pipework or sink wastes, which need a plumber
- A trap undersized for the amount of cooking
- Broken pipework below ground
If you’re not sure, just phone us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we’ll give you a straight answer before you book.
Parts of the system we cover
- Kitchen waste pipes
- Under-sink grease traps
- Pot wash sinks
- School and care home kitchens
- Restaurants and takeaways
- Inline grease traps