Wokingham · Grease trap cleaning
Grease trap cleaning in Hungerford, Wokingham
Emptying and cleaning of under-sink and inline grease traps in commercial kitchens for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Hungerford. BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease.
- A grease trap that hasn’t been emptied in a long time
- A slow-draining kitchen sink
- Grease setting in the kitchen pipework
Signs you need grease trap cleaning in Hungerford
In Hungerford, as everywhere, grease traps are easy to forget. Hidden under a sink or in a floor it’s often left until there’s a problem.
Clients normally contact us when they notice something like this:
- An interceptor full of grease and solids
- A routine grease trap service
- A kitchen drain that smells
- Gurgling drains in the kitchen
Wokingham Hospital, about 4 miles south, is the nearest hospital to Hungerford; healthcare kitchens cannot stop cooking, so deep cleans are worked around meal times.
Questions to ask before booking
- How areas they can’t reach will be recorded
- What hours they’ll be on site
- When the next visit should be, and why
- Whether they’re fully insured
Grease trap cleaning in Hungerford, done properly
Grease traps sit between the sinks and the drain, holding back fats, oils and grease. Cooling water lets the grease rise and separate while the water carries on to the drain. Eventually it fills and needs emptying and cleaning. Common call-outs are for a grease trap that hasn’t been emptied in a long time and foul odours from the grease trap, across school and care home kitchens, under-sink grease traps and restaurants and takeaways.
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.
Our accreditations include CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured. On top of that, we are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we’ve been trading since 2009.
- Where
- Hungerford (RG10)
- Wider area
- Wokingham
- Reporting
- Written report with pictures
- Price
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- Hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
How we price grease trap cleaning
The survey tells us what the work involves. The main factors are:
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
- Travel, parking and unloading
- How big the system is
Whatever the type of site, the quote works the same way: the size of the job, access, condition and working hours. Call for a fixed quote and we will explain each part.
What we need to know
What to send for a quote:
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- Problems your staff have spotted
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- The site address and the type of premises
Want a quote for grease trap cleaning? Please phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us with a few details about the site. We’ll talk you through the work and give you a fixed quote before anything is booked.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, next to our reports.
Staff cleaning and specialist work are not the same thing. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
Hungerford kitchens: local notes
Look up Hungerford on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you will find about 3 restaurants, cafés and canteens across Hungerford 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. Hungerford is about 31 miles from central London, well within the area we cover across London and the South East. Evening, overnight and weekend visits are all possible. It’s Windsor and Maidenhead council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Hungerford. Walls, floors, ceilings and equipment are all part of what they look at. Keeping a record of deep cleans and grease trap visits helps at inspection time.
Half-term is a good time for school kitchens, at schools like Waltham St Lawrence Primary School for instance, to have the grease trap emptied and the kitchen deep cleaned.
Hungerford is about 4 miles east of Woodley, in Wokingham. Across the RG10 area, we cover grease trap cleaning for commercial sites. Our area takes in 35 places across Wokingham, large and small. You can also see our page for Reading, about 7 miles away.
Every address in RG10 is within our area for grease trap cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. That includes premises on Hungerford Lane and Wicks Lane and nearby roads. We also cover Shurlock Row (1 mile east), Waltham St Lawrence (1 mile north), Hurst (2 miles south-west), Whistley Green (2 miles west) and Ruscombe (2 miles north-west). Larger places within reach include Reading (7 miles west), Wokingham (4 miles south), Woodley (4 miles west), Earley (5 miles south-west), Crowthorne (6 miles south) and Lower Earley (5 miles south-west).
Landmarks near Hungerford
Typical jobs here are in premises near The Plough Public House, among other places. The nearest railway station is Twyford station, roughly 2.1 miles west of the centre. Nearby you’ll also find Wokingham Hospital (4 miles south). Green spaces nearby include Lavells Lake and South Lake.
How it works
The visit has three parts: set-up, the treatment itself and the sign-off. Getting ready means protecting surfaces and switching off what needs to be off, while signing off means the written report and photos. Most of the time goes on the work itself, and that takes an hour or two in most kitchens, depending on the size and condition of the trap. The timing of a visit to Hungerford is set by you, and the travel is our side of the planning.
- First, we find the trap and look at its connections.
- Sinks feeding the trap are taken out of use.
- Grease and solids are removed from the trap.
- We clean every part of the inside.
- We refit it, run water through and remove the waste.
Getting ready for the visit
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
Get a fixed quote
To get a fixed quote, phone us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos with the site type, your trading hours and a short description of the system. A few photos and your last certificate or report help a lot. We usually come back within one working day.
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Hungerford: your questions answered
Will you come out to Hungerford?
Yes, smaller places are covered as well as towns. Photos of the system and directions to the site help us plan the visit.
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Hungerford?
The local authority for Hungerford is Windsor and Maidenhead council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. An officer may look behind equipment and at drains, so it pays to have the deep clean booked before those areas build up.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. We run scheduled maintenance contracts, set at the interval the system needs. The report from each visit recommends the next date.
How much notice do you need?
The more notice, the better, especially for out-of-hours work. Quotes typically come back within one working day, and emergencies are covered by our 24/7 line.
Can you look after several sites?
Yes. Our area covers London and the South East, so sites at different addresses can be planned together on one programme. Each site gets its own report and pictures.
Will I get paperwork for my records?
Yes. It’s your proof that the work was done: a written, dated record with photos of what we did and anything we couldn’t access.
What do you do with the waste?
We remove all the waste we take out. None of it goes back into the drains, of course.
How often should a grease trap be cleaned?
That depends on the trap and the kitchen. Small under-sink units fill faster than larger traps and the busier the kitchen, the faster it fills. We will recommend a schedule once we have seen it.
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When it’s something else
It’s worth knowing the limits before booking:
- Broken pipework below ground
- Grease set hard in the drain run
- A trap undersized for the amount of cooking
If you are not sure, just ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we’ll give you a straight answer.
Parts of the system we cover
- Inline grease traps
- Kitchen waste pipes
- Under-sink grease traps
- Restaurants and takeaways
- School and care home kitchens
- Pot wash sinks
For landlords and multi-site operators
When the building owner and the occupier are different, the lease normally sets out who maintains what. We are happy to deal with either side, and the report can go to both.
We work for landlords, managing agents and facilities managers as well as the people running the site. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we can quote for the whole system.
Why it’s worth doing now in Hungerford
In Hungerford, as anywhere, grease trap cleaning is a short, routine visit. A blocked drain is an emergency, often at a busy time. Somewhere as small as Hungerford, losing a kitchen or building to a fault is felt by everyone who uses it.
Working hours, access and the scale of the site can all change the price. Each of those is built into the quote, and the price is fixed before we start.
Why book with us
- One number for every site across the South East and London
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
- Fixed quotes, usually within one working day
- Each visit written up, with photos
Take a look at what affects the cost or our accreditations.