West Sussex · Grease trap cleaning
Grease Trap Cleaning in Lancing
Grease trap cleaning across Lancing and nearby, booked around your opening hours and finished with a written report and pictures.
- A routine grease trap service
- Washing-up water that will not drain away
- A larger grease trap that needs emptying
Grease trap cleaning in Lancing, done properly
Fats, oils and grease are the main cause of blocked kitchen drains. Further on, grease can build into fatbergs in the sewer. A well-maintained trap keeps them out of the drains. If you’re dealing with a bad smell from the sinks or drains and washing-up water that won’t drain away, we can help, from pot wash sinks, kitchen waste pipes and inline grease traps onwards.
Work in a smaller place like Lancing is planned around your opening hours, and the journey is planned ahead.
We’ve been trading since 2009, as a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we’re fully insured.
- Location
- Lancing (BN15)
- Wider area
- West Sussex
- Paperwork
- Written report with pictures
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Grease trap cleaning around Lancing
Food Standards Agency records list about 21 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 35 sandwich bars and takeaways within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Lancing. Each of them sends fat, oil and grease towards the drain, which is why grease traps need regular emptying. It’s Adur council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Lancing. They look at the cleanliness of the whole kitchen: walls, floors, ceilings and equipment. 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 The Globe Primary Academy for instance, to have the grease trap emptied and the kitchen deep cleaned. Hall kitchens near St. Michael & All Angels or elsewhere in Lancing may have older sinks and drains, so a grease trap check is worth adding to a deep clean.
Lancing is about 3 miles east of Worthing, in West Sussex. Every kind of commercial site in Lancing, grease trap cleaning is something we can help with. We can work out of hours so the site keeps running. We cover 371 places across West Sussex, from busy centres to quieter spots. There’s also a page for Brighton, roughly 8 miles from Lancing.
Our technicians cover all of BN15 for grease trap cleaning and the streets around it. You will find streets such as North Road, North Farm Road and Addison Close, and we cover them all for grease trap cleaning. With the A2025 close by, Lancing is simple for us to get to at any hour. If your site is just outside Lancing, we cover Sompting (1 mile west), East Worthing (2 miles south-west), Broadwater (2 miles west), Offington (3 miles west) and Botolphs (3 miles north). Within a short drive, we also cover Worthing (3 miles west), Haywards Heath (15 miles north-east), Burgess Hill (12 miles north-east), Littlehampton (9 miles west), Rustington (8 miles west) and Storrington (8 miles north-west).
Landmarks near Lancing
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Brooklands Park, Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School and The Railway pub. There’s a railway station in Lancing itself: Lancing station. A little further out are Worthing Hospital (2 miles south-west) and Old Castle (3.1 miles west). Green spaces nearby include Lancing Ring and Widewater Lagoon.
How it works
There’s very little for your team to do on the day. A contact on site lets us in at the agreed time and points us to the system, and the rest is down to us. Before we leave, the area is tidied and the paperwork follows. Tell us about any gates, ladders or locked plant areas at your site near Lancing when you book.
- First, we locate the grease trap and look at the pipework around it.
- We ask for the sinks that drain into the trap not to be used.
- Built-up fat, oil and grease is removed from the trap.
- Every part of the trap is scraped and cleaned, including the baffles.
- We put it back together, run water through and remove the waste.
How to prepare
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
Getting a quote
Here’s what helps us quote: the address, the type of site and when it’s open, pictures of the system and any previous report or certificate. Once you have those, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email.
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What your team can do, and what needs us
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. What they cannot safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, and that is where we come in.
Some jobs should never be done in-house: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings call for the right kit, training and safe access. Leave those to us.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
From a single site to a large estate, you get the same standard: diagnosis, a fixed price, work booked around your hours and a written report with pictures.
If you look after several sites, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Each site gets its own report and pictures, so records stay tidy.
How the job changes from site to site
School, care home and staff kitchens
Care home and hospital kitchens need their drains working all the time. Visits are planned between meals.
Restaurant and takeaway kitchens
A blocked drain in a busy kitchen can stop service. Regular trap cleaning helps prevent it.
What we are called out for in Lancing
In Lancing, 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.
Look out for any of the following:
- A slow-draining kitchen sink
- Gurgling from the sink waste
- A regular cleaning plan for the grease trap
- A full, neglected grease trap
For busy kitchens close to Lancing station, deep cleans and grease trap work can be done after closing.
Comparing quotes
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
- If they look at the system before pricing
- Whether they’re fully insured
- When the next visit should be, and why
When it’s something else
An honest diagnosis matters more to us than a booking, so here’s what this work can’t put right:
- Grease deep in the drains, which needs jetting by a drainage contractor
- Drains that are cracked or have collapsed
- A grease trap that is too small for the kitchen
Not sure which it is? You can ring 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we will tell you honestly.
Parts of the system we cover
- Kitchen waste pipes
- Restaurants and takeaways
- Pot wash sinks
- School and care home kitchens
- Inline grease traps
- Under-sink grease traps
Aftercare tips
After the visit, a few habits help the work last:
- Hot water only moves grease further down
- Report slow or smelly sinks early
- Keep strainers in every sink
- Keep the grease trap on a regular cleaning schedule
Scrape plates into the bin before washing up. Use strainers in the sink plugholes before they reach the trap.
A fixed cleaning interval means the trap never gets overfull. The interval is set to suit the trap and the kitchen.
Your questions about grease trap cleaning in Lancing
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Lancing?
Food hygiene inspections in Lancing are carried out by Adur council. 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 work at weekends in Lancing?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. That way a site in Lancing doesn’t have to lose a day’s trading. Let us know the hours you’re closed and we’ll book within them.
Why does a grease trap need regular cleaning?
Grease escapes into the drains when the trap is full. There it hardens on the pipe walls until they block. Keeping the trap clean stops that happening.
Do you cover Lancing?
Yes. We work in Lancing and across West Sussex, within our South East and London area. To book, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form.
Who has the legal duty for fire safety?
The law calls them the responsible person. It’s normally the employer, or whoever controls the building, and in shared buildings more than one person can have duties. Your lease and fire risk assessment should make it clear.
Which sectors do you work in?
Any commercial site with kitchens or ventilation, from a single café to a large school. Hotels, schools, care homes, offices, shops and leisure sites are all part of our work.
How often should a grease trap be cleaned?
It depends on the size of the trap and how busy the kitchen is. Small under-sink units fill faster than larger traps, and busy kitchens fill them faster still. We will recommend a schedule once we have seen it.
Is TR19 cleaning required by law?
No. TR19® is BESA’s specification, not legislation. The law is the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, which makes the responsible person assess and reduce fire risk, and cleaning to TR19® is the recognised way to show grease is under control.