Kent · Grease trap cleaning
Kempe's Corner grease trap cleaning
For emptying and cleaning of under-sink and inline grease traps in commercial kitchens in Kempe's Corner, one call is all it takes, from survey to sign-off. Fully insured, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001.
- A slow-draining kitchen sink
- A small trap that fills too quickly
- A regular cleaning plan for the grease trap
Looking after it afterwards
To keep the system working properly between visits:
- Keep access to the trap clear
- Keep strainers in every sink
- Get food waste into the bin, not the sink
- Hot water only moves grease further down
If we spot problems beyond the trap, such as a drain that still runs slowly, we’ll tell you. It may need a drainage specialist to look further.
More cooking means more grease in the trap. Booking cleans more often keeps the drains flowing.
Grease trap cleaning in Kempe's Corner
Smells from the sink, gurgling drains or slow drainage all point to the grease trap. We find the trap, empty it and clean it, then check the water flows properly. The work covers pot wash sinks, school and care home kitchens and under-sink grease traps, and the jobs we see most are a larger grease trap that needs emptying and a regular cleaning plan for the grease trap.
In rural areas, a kitchen may drain to a private system rather than a public sewer, so keeping fat out with a working grease trap matters even more.
Our accreditations include CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured. We are also a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we’ve been trading since 2009.
- Where
- Kempe's Corner (TN25)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Reporting
- Written report with pictures
- Price
- A fixed price before we start
- Working hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Multi-site and managed buildings
The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.
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 can quote for the whole system.
What grease trap cleaning looks like in Kempe's Corner
The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 5 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Kempe's Corner. Kitchens like these wash fat, oil and grease down the sink every day, and a grease trap is what stops it reaching the sewer. Environmental health officers from Ashford council inspect food businesses in Kempe's Corner. They look at the cleanliness of the whole kitchen: walls, floors, ceilings and equipment. A cleaning log that includes deep cleans and grease trap visits shows the work is planned.
Where a church or community hall near All Saints’ Church, or anywhere in Kempe's Corner, has a kitchen used by volunteers, a periodic deep clean keeps it ready for the next event. For schools such as Lady Joanna Thornhill Endowed Primary School, deep cleans and grease trap work are usually booked for the holidays.
Kempe's Corner is about 4 miles north-east of Ashford, in Kent. We carry out grease trap cleaning for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Kempe's Corner and the rest of Kent. Kempe's Corner is one of 922 places in Kent where we work for grease trap cleaning. For sites nearby, see our Maidstone page, about 18 miles away.
Our technicians cover all of TN25 for grease trap cleaning and the roads nearby. Whether your site is on Harville Road and Canterbury Road or a nearby road, we can help. Close by, we work in Boughton Corner (1 mile north), Boughton Aluph (1 mile north), Wye (1 mile east), Brook (2 miles south-east) and Hinxhill (3 miles south). Further out, we also cover Ashford (4 miles south-west), Canterbury (10 miles north-east), Sittingbourne (13 miles north-west), Folkestone (13 miles south-east), Whitstable (13 miles north-east) and Faversham (9 miles north).
Landmarks near Kempe's Corner
In Kempe's Corner, that means kitchens and buildings near Wye School, The Tickled Trout pub and Wye School and the streets around them. The closest station to Kempe's Corner is Wye station, about 0.8 miles east. A little further out are County Square (3 miles south-west) and Tower keep castle at Chilham (4.6 miles north-east). Open spaces near Kempe's Corner include Hatch Park.
Why it’s worth doing now in Kempe's Corner
In Kempe's Corner, as anywhere, grease trap cleaning is a short, routine visit. A blocked drain is an emergency and usually at the worst moment. It’s simpler to plan the work at Kempe's Corner now than to arrange it in a hurry later.
Combining work into one visit or one programme can make for a more efficient booking. Mention every system or site you need covered, and you will get one fixed quote.
What you get with us
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
- A written report with pictures after each visit
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
- A fixed price before any work starts
Signs you need grease trap cleaning in Kempe's Corner
In Kempe's Corner, 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.
The symptoms we’re asked about most include:
- Drains clogged with fat
- An overdue grease trap
- Sinks that drain slowly
- A regular cleaning plan for the grease trap
If you run a kitchen near Wye station with long trading hours, grease builds up faster behind equipment and in the trap.
What your quote should include
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- How areas they cannot reach will be recorded
- Proof of accreditation you can verify
- How they set the interval to the next visit
Your questions about grease trap cleaning in Kempe's Corner
Will you come out to Kempe's Corner?
Yes. Villages and rural sites across the South East are part of our work, Kempe's Corner included. Photos of the system and directions to the site help us plan the visit.
Who inspects food businesses in Kempe's Corner?
The local authority for Kempe's Corner is Ashford council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. Inspection results feed into the food hygiene rating published by the Food Standards Agency.
How do you protect the area?
By covering it before any work starts. We keep the work contained and clean down when we finish.
What accreditations do you have?
Our accreditations are CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, alongside BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. Vent Hygiene Elite is run by BESCA and independently audited.
Do we need to stop using the sinks while you work?
While we work, those sinks are out of use. The clean takes an hour or so for an under-sink trap, longer for a larger unit and we book it around your service.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes. There’s a 24/7 emergency line for anything that cannot wait until a planned visit. Call us any time and explain what’s happened.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. You deal with one contact for every site in our area, with visits on a regular schedule.
Will I get paperwork for my records?
Yes. You get a written report with pictures after every visit, showing what was done, anything we couldn’t reach and when the next visit is due. Where the work is a TR19® Grease clean, there’s also a certificate issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
What happens on the day
Protection comes first: floors, worktops and anything near the work are covered. After that, the system is made safe and the work begins. It takes an hour or so for an under-sink trap, longer for a larger unit, and the area is cleaned down before we leave. The timing of a visit to Kempe's Corner is set by you, and the travel is our side of the planning.
- First, we find the trap and look at its connections.
- We make sure nothing drains into the trap.
- We empty out the fat, oil, grease and solids.
- We clean every part of the inside.
- We refit it, run water through and remove the waste.
Getting ready for the visit
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
Getting a quote
Some systems can be priced from photos; others need a survey. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in pictures, get a survey first. Either way, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
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How the job changes from site to site
Grease interceptors
An interceptor works on the same principle as a smaller trap. Cooling water lets grease rise and solids settle.
Baffles and outlets
The baffles hold back grease while water flows on. Grease clings to them, so we clean them.
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In-house cleaning or a specialist?
When your team notices a problem between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that won’t come clean, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We’ll take a look and give you a fixed quote.
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.