Hampshire · Grease trap cleaning

Hundred Acres grease trap cleaning

Emptying and cleaning of under-sink and inline grease traps in commercial kitchens in Hundred Acres, surveyed first and signed off with a written report and photos. Call for a fixed quote.

  • A small trap that fills too quickly
  • An interceptor full of grease and solids
  • Sinks that drain slowly

Grease trap cleaning for sites in Hundred Acres

Grease trap cleaning in Hundred Acres

Think of the grease trap as a filter for the kitchen’s drains. Kept clean, it does its job quietly but left too long, it causes trouble. A regular clean keeps it healthy. The work covers school and care home kitchens, inline grease traps and pot wash sinks, and common reasons people get in touch are sinks that drain slowly and a full, neglected grease trap.

Rural kitchens may drain to a septic tank or a private drain rather than straight into a public sewer, and fat getting past a grease trap can cause real trouble there.

The paperwork matters as much as the work. Each visit is written up with pictures, covering the work done, any areas we couldn’t access and a recommended next date. Keep it with your fire safety records so it’s ready for an insurer, fire officer or EHO.

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Where
Hundred Acres (PO17)
Region
Hampshire
Reporting
Photo report after each visit
Quote
A fixed price before any work starts
Working hours
Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
Call
0345 646 2711
Last updated
30 October 2026

What affects the quote in Hundred Acres

Your quote is based on your site. We consider:

  • The scale of the work
  • Parking and loading at the site
  • The condition we find in the survey
  • A single visit or a regular plan

Combining work into one visit or one programme often makes better use of the time. Mention every system or site you need covered and we’ll price it together.

Helping us quote

When you call or email, these details help:

  • Any previous report or certificate
  • Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
  • How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
  • The times we could work without disrupting the site

To get a fixed quote, call us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and tell us the type of site, your opening hours and roughly what the system looks like. A few pictures and your last certificate or report help a lot. We normally come back within one working day.

What a clean will not put right

We won’t sell you work that does not address the problem, so these are the things it will not cover:

  • Sewer problems outside the premises
  • Drains that need jetting rather than trap cleaning
  • Leaking pipework or sink wastes, which need a plumber

Not sure which it is? You can call us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we will tell you honestly before you book.

Where we work

  • Inline grease traps
  • Kitchen waste pipes
  • Under-sink grease traps
  • Pot wash sinks
  • School and care home kitchens
  • Restaurants and takeaways

Why it’s worth doing now in Hundred Acres

A blocked drain can stop a kitchen in its tracks. Water won’t drain away and waste water can come back up. Cleaning the grease trap on time helps prevent it. Systems in rural buildings are often out of sight and out of mind.

One small site or a whole estate, we price it on the same basis: the work involved, the access and the timing. You’ll have a fixed price before work begins.

Why book with us

  • Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
  • CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
  • Fully insured
  • We diagnose before we treat

Read how cleaning jobs are priced and our accreditations and certificates.

Landlords, agents and facilities managers

Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we’re happy to quote for all of it.

Whether it’s one building or many, you get the same standard: the system surveyed, the price fixed, the visit fitted around trading and everything written up afterwards.

Hundred Acres questions

Which council inspects kitchens in Hundred Acres?

Kitchens in Hundred Acres are inspected by Winchester City council’s environmental health officers. Keep the dates of your last deep clean and grease trap visit with your food safety records, ready if an officer asks.

Can you get to a site in Hundred Acres?

Yes, we work in villages as well as towns, and Hundred Acres is covered. Just mention lanes, gates or anything else about the site when you book.

What happens if you can’t reach some of it?

Anything we can’t reach goes on the report, with pictures where possible, and we tell you what would make it reachable, for example new access panels.

Do you offer emergency callouts?

Yes, any time. If something urgent happens, like a fan failing or damage after a fire, call our 24/7 line, and we will advise on what to do next.

How regularly does a grease trap need emptying?

It varies. We look at how full the trap is and how quickly it fills, then suggest a schedule.

Which records should we keep?

Everything that shows the system is looked after: our reports and pictures, any certificates and your in-house logs. A single log for each site works best.

What problems does a full grease trap cause?

Grease escapes into the drains when the trap is full. It sets there and narrows the pipes and causes blockages. Regular cleaning prevents it.

How do you keep the site clean during the work?

We start with protection: sheeting over floors, worktops and anything close to the work. The area is left tidy, with our waste taken away.

Signs you need grease trap cleaning in Hundred Acres

A busy kitchen in Hundred Acres, or anywhere else, fills its grease trap faster. A trap that suited a quieter kitchen can struggle when cooking increases.

Most sites get in touch after spotting something like this:

  • A grease trap that hasn’t been emptied in a long time
  • An interceptor full of grease and solids
  • Drains that gurgle and bubble
  • Drains clogged with fat

Hall and church kitchens, near Church of St Nicholas or anywhere around Hundred Acres, are used by many hands, and periodic deep cleans and grease trap visits keep them in order.

What your quote should include

  • Whether the quote is based on a survey or pictures
  • Whether they recommend a next date
  • Whether VAT is included
  • Whether the price is fixed

Choosing a duct cleaning contractor

Different parts, different methods

Inline grease traps

Access to an inline trap can be in a floor or cupboard. We ask about access when we quote.

Baffles and outlets

We check the inlet, outlet and baffles at each clean so the trap works as it should.

What we do, step by step

When we arrive, we check the system against the survey or the pictures you sent. Anything unexpected is raised with you before we go further. From there, it takes less than an hour for many under-sink units. Rural roads and tight entrances are worth telling us about before a visit to Hundred Acres.

  1. First, we locate the grease trap and look at the pipework around it.
  2. We ask for the sinks that drain into the trap not to be used.
  3. The trap is emptied of grease and food waste.
  4. Every part of the trap is scraped and cleaned, including the baffles.
  5. Once it’s refitted, water is run through to check it drains, and we take the waste with us.

Getting ready for the visit

  • Tell us where we can park and unload
  • Clear loose items from the work area
  • Have your last certificate or report to hand

Get a fixed quote

Here’s what helps us quote: the address, the type of site and when it’s open, pictures of the system and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Once you have those, ring 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.

Ask for a quote

Related advice

What grease trap cleaning looks like in Hundred Acres

The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 9 restaurants, cafés and canteens across Hundred Acres and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Fat from washing up sets hard in pipes, and kitchens like these produce plenty of it. Kitchens in Hundred Acres get their food hygiene inspections from Winchester City council. 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.

Knowle Hospital, about 2.4 miles south-west, is the nearest hospital to Hundred Acres; healthcare kitchens cannot stop cooking, so deep cleans are worked around meal times.

Hundred Acres is about 4 miles north-east of Fareham, in Hampshire. Whether your site is in the middle of Hundred Acres or further out, we cover grease trap cleaning for every kind of premises, from small sites to large estates. Our area takes in 683 places across Hampshire, large and small. Our Portsmouth page covers sites nearby (7 miles or so).

Our technicians cover all of PO17 for grease trap cleaning and the roads nearby. We cover sites on Hundred Acres Road and Southwick Road and nearby roads. Close by, we work in North Boarhunt (1 mile south-east), Wickham Common (1 mile south-west), Crockerhill (2 miles south-west), Welborne (2 miles south-west) and Boarhunt (2 miles south). Further out, we also cover Winchester (13 miles north-west), Gosport (7 miles south), Havant (8 miles east), Eastleigh (9 miles north-west), Fareham (4 miles south-west) and Horndean (6 miles east).

Near you in Hundred Acres

The closest station to Hundred Acres is Fareham station, about 3.5 miles south-west. Well-known places in the area include Fareham Shopping Centre (3.3 miles south) and Portchester Castle (4.7 miles south-east). For a walk, there’s St Clair's Meadow and Portsdown Hill.

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