Kent · Grease trap cleaning
Grease trap cleaning in Kennington, Kent
Grease trap cleaning for Kennington and the surrounding area: a survey, a fixed price, careful work and proper paperwork. Ask us for a fixed quote.
- A blocked kitchen drain caused by grease
- A regular cleaning plan for the grease trap
- Gurgling from the sink waste
About our grease trap cleaning in Kennington
A grease trap is the kitchen drain’s first line of protection. When it’s looked after, you hardly know it’s there, but neglected, it causes blockages and smells. Routine cleaning keeps it in good working order. If you’re dealing with a routine grease trap service and a small trap that fills too quickly, we can put it right, from school and care home kitchens, under-sink grease traps and pot wash sinks onwards.
In a smaller place like Kennington, commercial kitchens are more likely to be a pub, a café, a takeaway or a school or care home kitchen. Smaller kitchens still collect grease behind equipment and in the drains.
It’s worth checking any contractor’s accreditations. We’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, with full insurance on top.
- Place
- Kennington (TN24, TN25)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Reporting
- Written report with pictures
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- Hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
The process
When we arrive, we check the system against the survey or the photos you sent. Anything unexpected is raised with you before we go further. From there, it takes an hour or two in most kitchens, depending on the size and condition of the trap. Tell us about any gates, ladders or locked plant areas at your site near Kennington when you book.
- First, we locate the grease trap and look at the pipework around it.
- Nothing drains into the trap while it’s open.
- We take out the layer of fat, oil and grease and any solids.
- We clean the chambers, baffles and connections.
- Once it’s refitted, water is run through to check it drains, and we take the waste with us.
Before we arrive
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
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, you get a fixed price before work begins.
Related advice
FAQs for Kennington
Can a school kitchen in Kennington be done out of term time?
Yes. The holidays are the usual time for school work. There are about 9 schools, colleges and universities on the FSA’s food hygiene register within about 1.5 miles of Kennington. You can give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form with the dates the site is empty.
Can the work in Kennington be done at night or at weekends?
Yes, evening, overnight and weekend work is normal for us. Your customers, staff or residents in Kennington needn’t be disturbed. Your opening times are the first thing we ask for.
Who is the responsible person?
It depends on the building. Under the Fire Safety Order 2005, it’s the responsible person, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, facilities manager or managing agent.
Will cleaning the grease trap fix a blocked drain?
Cleaning the trap deals with the grease it holds, and can clear the problem where the trap was the cause. A blockage deeper in the drains needs a drainage specialist.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. Plans on a 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycle are available, depending on what the system needs.
Which grease traps does the service cover?
Both under-sink and inline traps, plus interceptors. A photo helps us see what’s fitted when you phone us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos.
What is TR19?
BESA’s ventilation hygiene specification, with two parts that matter most here: TR19® Grease for kitchen extracts and TR19® Air for supply and extract systems. It is not legislation, but it’s the standard people check against.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
All kinds of commercial and public premises: from restaurants, pubs and hotels to schools, hospitals, care homes, offices, shops and food production sites. We fit the work around how the site operates.
Grease trap cleaning around Kennington
Look up Kennington on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you will find about 83 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 22 takeaways and sandwich shops in and around Kennington, up to about a mile and a half out. Kitchens like these wash fat, oil and grease down the sink every day, and a grease trap is what stops it reaching the sewer. In Kennington, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Ashford council. Walls, floors, ceilings and equipment are all part of what they look at. A cleaning log that includes deep cleans and grease trap visits shows the work is planned.
Hall and church kitchens, near Church of St Mary or anywhere around Kennington, are used by many hands, and periodic deep cleans and grease trap visits keep them in order. Historic houses such as Godinton House (about 2.3 miles west) are part of the area around Kennington, and if you run event catering at a venue like that, a deep clean between seasons helps. If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Kennington Church of England Academy or anywhere near Kennington, the holidays are the time for a deep clean or a grease trap clean.
Kennington is about 2 miles north-east of Ashford, in Kent. Whatever kind of site you run in Kennington, we can take on grease trap cleaning. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so the site keeps running. Across Kent, we cover 922 places, Kennington among them. You can also see our page for Maidstone, roughly 17 miles from Kennington.
Our technicians cover all of TN24 and TN25 for grease trap cleaning and the streets around it. Whether your site is on Park Road, York Road and Ball Lane or anywhere close by, we can help. Being close to the A28, Kennington is easy for our technicians to reach for grease trap cleaning. Close by, we work in Bockhanger (1 mile south-west), Potters Corner (1 mile west), Boughton Lees (2 miles north), Godinton (2 miles south-west) and Willesborough (2 miles south). Larger places within reach include Canterbury (12 miles north-east), Sittingbourne (14 miles north-west), Folkestone (13 miles south-east), Whitstable (14 miles north-east), Faversham (10 miles north) and Hythe (11 miles south-east).
Landmarks near Kennington
Typical jobs here are in premises near Towers School and Sixth Form Centre, Conningbrook Lakes Country Park and The Rose Inn, among other places. The closest station to Kennington is Ashford International station, roughly 1.7 miles south. Nearby you’ll also find County Square (1.4 miles south-west) and William Harvey Hospital (2.1 miles south-east). For a walk, there’s Hatch Park.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Staff cleaning doesn’t replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but hidden parts of the system still need specialist attention.
Staff cleaning and specialist work aren’t 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. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
Looking after it afterwards
No system stays clean for ever, but care slows the build-up. A few tips:
- Mention any increase in cooking
- Don’t rely on hot water to clear grease
- Keep strainers in every sink
- Keep waste oil out of the drains
Between cleans, keep food scraps out of the sink. Use strainers in the sink plugholes before they reach the trap.
If the sinks are slow or smelly, the trap may be full. Acting at this stage normally prevents a blockage later.
When it’s something else
Grease trap cleaning can’t fix everything, and we’ll tell you before work begins. It doesn’t solve:
- Sewer problems outside the premises
- Collapsed or damaged drains, which need a drainage contractor
- A unit that can’t cope with the kitchen’s output
If in doubt, ring 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we will say what we think before you book.
What the work covers
- School and care home kitchens
- Restaurants and takeaways
- Pot wash sinks
- Kitchen waste pipes
- Inline grease traps
- Under-sink grease traps
For landlords and multi-site operators
We regularly work with managing agents. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works and we will come back with a fixed quote.
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.
Part by part
Restaurant and takeaway kitchens
We time visits to avoid service so the kitchen is not disrupted.
School, care home and staff kitchens
Care home and hospital kitchens need their drains working all the time. We fit visits around mealtimes.
What affects the cost of grease trap cleaning
We do not publish a price list, because no two systems are the same. The quote depends on:
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
- The condition of the system
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
- How big the system is
No two sites are the same, so we price each one individually. The size of the job, how we reach it, its condition and the working hours all make a difference.
What we need to know
We can often survey from photos. Try to include:
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- Problems your staff have spotted
- Your last certificate, test record or report
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.