Hampshire · Grease trap cleaning
Grease trap cleaning in Horndean, Hampshire
One call covers grease trap cleaning in Horndean, from survey to sign-off. CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, ISO 9001 and fully insured.
- A bad smell from the sinks or drains
- A small trap that fills too quickly
- Scheduled grease trap emptying
Your questions about grease trap cleaning in Horndean
Do you clean school kitchens in Horndean in the summer holidays?
Yes, holiday work suits schools best. With about 2 schools and colleges on the FSA’s register within roughly a mile and a half of Horndean, it pays to plan holiday dates ahead. Tell us your holiday dates and we will book the visit for when the site is empty.
Can you come to Horndean after we close?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. The site is handed back ready to open. When you call us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos, mention when the site is quiet.
Do you provide a certificate or report?
Yes, always. It’s a dated, written report with photos, plus a certificate via the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal for TR19® Grease cleans. Keep it in your maintenance log.
Is TR19 cleaning required by law?
No, not in itself. TR19® is the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs check against, and many insurance policies ask for proof of TR19® cleaning. The law behind it is the Fire Safety Order 2005, which applies in England and Wales.
How regularly does a grease trap need emptying?
The right interval depends on your trap and your cooking. Slow or smelly sinks between cleans mean it needs doing more often and we’ll adjust the schedule.
Who is responsible for fire safety on the premises?
It depends on the building. Under the Fire Safety Order 2005, it’s the responsible person, which can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, an FM or a managing agent.
What about areas you cannot get to?
They’re marked on the report. In ductwork, new access panels are often the answer, and we can fit those.
Can you look after several sites?
Yes. You deal with one contact for every site in our area, and visits can be set on a regular cycle.
Grease trap cleaning in Horndean, done properly
Every trap is different. Under-sink units are small and fill quickly and larger traps hold more grease before they fill. We look at the trap, how much the kitchen uses it and how quickly it fills and suggest an interval that suits. Common call-outs are for a blocked kitchen drain caused by grease and washing-up water that won’t drain away, across kitchen waste pipes, pot wash sinks and school and care home kitchens.
In a town like Horndean, deep cleans and grease trap work typically mean restaurants, pubs, cafés, takeaways and school or care home kitchens. All of them collect grease behind and under equipment.
The paperwork matters as much as the work. Each visit is written up with pictures, listing what was done, anything we couldn’t reach and when the next visit is due. File it in your maintenance log so it’s to hand when an insurer or inspector asks.
- Location
- Horndean (PO8, PO7)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Records
- Written report with pictures
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- Hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
When to call us in Horndean
Waste cooking oil poured down the sink overloads the trap fast. Small amounts soon build up.
The symptoms we are asked about most are:
- Foul odours from the grease trap
- Scheduled grease trap emptying
- A grease trap that hasn’t been emptied in a long time
- An under-sink unit that needs regular emptying
If you run a care home or healthcare kitchen near Horndean (the nearest hospital is Havant War Memorial Hospital, about 3.8 miles south), a grease trap on a set schedule avoids a blocked drain mid-service.
Questions to ask before you book
- How they set the interval to the next visit
- If they look at the system before pricing
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
We regularly work with managing agents. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works, and we’ll send a fixed quote.
Whether it’s one building or many, you get the same standard: diagnosis, a fixed price, work booked around your hours and a written report with pictures.
What happens if it’s left?
Grease that gets past the trap doesn’t disappear. It adds to blockages further down the drains and sewer. Keeping it in the trap, and emptying the trap, is the responsible thing to do. A small fault found now is a quick job; the same fault found later can close the site.
A single site or a whole portfolio, the quote is built the same way: the work involved, the access and the timing. The price is fixed before any work starts.
What you get with us
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
- A fixed price before any work starts
Take a look at our cost guide and how to check a contractor.
Honest limits
A few issues sit outside what this work can do:
- Drains that are cracked or have collapsed
- Blockages further down the drainage network
- Drains that need jetting rather than trap cleaning
Not sure which it is? You can call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we will tell you honestly.
What the work covers
- School and care home kitchens
- Pot wash sinks
- Inline grease traps
- Kitchen waste pipes
- Under-sink grease traps
- Restaurants and takeaways
What grease trap cleaning looks like in Horndean
The FSA’s data shows about 5 bars, pubs and nightclubs registered in Horndean and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Wherever food is prepared there, a periodic deep clean and a clear grease trap keep things in order. It’s East Hampshire council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Horndean. Walls, floors, ceilings and equipment are all part of what they look at. A record of each deep clean helps show the kitchen is kept in order.
School kitchens, at schools like Horndean Technology College for example, typically have their deep cleans and grease trap work done while the canteen is closed. Where a church or community hall near Saint Wilfrid's, or anywhere in Horndean, has a kitchen used by volunteers, a periodic deep clean keeps it ready for the next event.
Horndean is about 7 miles north-east of Portsmouth, in Hampshire. For grease trap cleaning in and around Horndean, please call 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form for a fixed quote. Our area covers London and the South East, Horndean included. 683 places in Hampshire are on our list, from busy centres to quieter spots. Portsmouth is in our area too, around 7 miles away.
Every address in PO8 and PO7 is within our area for grease trap cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. If you need grease trap cleaning at premises on London Road, Kings Mede and Causeway Farm or a nearby road, our technicians can take on the work. Main roads around Horndean include the A3 and A3(M), so getting to you is simple for evening and night visits. We also cover the places around Horndean: Lovedean (1 mile west), Wecock Farm (1 mile south-west), Catherington (2 miles north), Anmore (2 miles west) and Denmead (2 miles west). Further out, we also cover Gosport (9 miles south-west), Havant (3 miles south), Eastleigh (15 miles west), Fareham (9 miles south-west), Hedge End (13 miles west) and Petersfield (7 miles north-east). As one of the bigger places in Hampshire, Horndean has commercial sites of every size, and we cover all of them for grease trap cleaning.
What’s near Horndean
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Horndean Infant School and Red Lion Inn. The nearest railway station is Rowlands Castle station, about 2.6 miles south-east of the centre. Nearby you’ll also find Havant War Memorial Hospital (3.8 miles south) and Clanfield Earthwork (3 miles north-east). Open spaces near Horndean include Windmill Hill and Southmoor Nature Reserve.
Places near Horndean
What else we do in Horndean
Keeping the system healthy
A little care between visits keeps the system in better shape. Our advice:
- Let us know if the kitchen gets busier
- Hot water only moves grease further down
- Fit sink strainers to catch food scraps
- Book trap cleans at a set interval
The waste we remove leaves with us. There’s no greasy waste left on site after the visit.
More cooking means more grease in the trap. Shortening the cleaning interval now stops it overflowing.
How the visit works
On the day, we arrive at the time agreed with you, which is often after service, overnight or at a weekend. Equipment that has to be off is switched off and allowed to cool first, and floors and nearby surfaces are sheeted. On site, it takes a short visit for a small trap and longer for an inline unit or interceptor. A few photos of the system and its access points help us plan a visit in Horndean.
- We find the trap and check how it’s connected.
- The sinks feeding the trap are kept out of use while we work.
- Built-up fat, oil and grease is removed from the trap.
- We clean the chambers, baffles and connections.
- The trap is reassembled, checked for leaks and the waste taken away.
Getting ready for the visit
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
How to get a quote
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: the system from a couple of angles, plus any access panels or hatches. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and we can price many jobs without a visit.
Related advice
What staff can safely do
Some jobs should never be done in-house: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings need training, the right equipment and safe access. Leave those to us.
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. What they can’t safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, which is where we come in.