Kent · Grease trap cleaning
Lenham Heath grease trap cleaning
Grease trap cleaning in Lenham Heath, surveyed first and signed off with a written report and photos. Ask us for a fixed quote.
- A full, neglected grease trap
- A regular cleaning plan for the grease trap
- A kitchen drain that smells
How the visit works
There’s very little for your team to do on the day. Someone lets us in at the agreed time and shows us where everything is, and the rest is down to us. Before we leave, the area is tidied and the paperwork follows. The timing of a visit to Lenham Heath is set by you, and the travel is our side of the planning.
- We agree a time when the sinks aren’t needed.
- The trap is opened up and checked.
- Built-up grease and food waste are taken out.
- We clean the baffles, inlet and outlet.
- We close it up, check it drains and suggest when it needs cleaning again.
Getting ready for the visit
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Tell us where we can park and unload
How to get a quote
There’s no standard price list, because every site is different. Instead, we look at your site first, from photos or a survey, and then give you a fixed quote. To start, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form.
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About our grease trap cleaning in Lenham Heath
A neglected grease trap stops doing its job. Fat sets in the pipes downstream, leading to slow drains, blockages and smells. A trap that is cleaned regularly keeps grease where it belongs. We are often asked to deal with scheduled grease trap emptying and an interceptor full of grease and solids, across under-sink grease traps, school and care home kitchens and pot wash sinks.
In a village or hamlet like Lenham Heath, commercial kitchens are few, perhaps a pub, a school or a care home. Wherever there is one, it needs its grease trap and hard-to-reach areas kept clean.
We have been trading since 2009, as a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we carry full insurance.
- Place
- Lenham Heath (ME17)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Reporting
- Written report with pictures
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
What your team can do, and what needs us
A few tasks are always specialist work: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease call for the right kit, training and safe access. Leave those to us.
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
How the job changes from site to site
Restaurant and takeaway kitchens
Kitchens that fry and wash up all day fill their traps quickly. They often need the most frequent cleaning.
Inline grease traps
Inline traps may be under a floor panel or in a cupboard. We ask about access when we quote.
Lenham Heath kitchens: local notes
Kitchens in Lenham Heath get their food hygiene inspections from Ashford council. They look at the cleanliness of the whole kitchen: walls, floors, ceilings and equipment. Having the dates of the last deep clean to hand saves digging for them on the day. Lenham Heath is about 41 miles from central London, well within the area we cover across London and the South East. A survey and a fixed quote come first, then the visit at a time that suits you.
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as The Lenham School or anywhere near Lenham Heath, the holidays are the time for a deep clean or a grease trap clean. Hall kitchens near Church of the Holy Trinity or elsewhere in Lenham Heath may have older sinks and drains, so a grease trap check is worth adding to a deep clean.
Lenham Heath is about 8 miles north-west of Ashford, in Kent. Wherever you are in the ME17 postcode area, we can take on grease trap cleaning. Lenham Heath is one of 922 towns, villages and districts in Kent we cover for commercial clients. There’s also a page for Maidstone, about 10 miles away.
We work across the ME17 postcode area for grease trap cleaning and the streets around it. We cover sites on Lenham Forstal Road, Crabtree Lane and Rose Lane and nearby roads. We also cover the places around Lenham Heath: Lenham Forstal (1 mile north-west), Charing Heath (1 mile south-east), Stonebridge Green (1 mile south), Leadingcross Green (2 miles north-west) and Lenham (2 miles north-west). Further out, we also cover Maidstone (10 miles west), Ashford (8 miles south-east), Canterbury (15 miles east), Sittingbourne (9 miles north), Faversham (9 miles north-east) and Minster (14 miles north).
What’s near Lenham Heath
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to The Red Lion Inn and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is Lenham station, roughly 2 miles north-west of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Coldbridge Castle (2.4 miles south-west).
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Honest limits
We’ll always give you a straight diagnosis, so here’s what this work can’t put right:
- Drains that need jetting rather than trap cleaning
- Leaking pipework or sink wastes, which need a plumber
- Blockages further down the drainage network
Not sure which it is? You can call 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we will tell you honestly.
What the work covers
- School and care home kitchens
- Kitchen waste pipes
- Inline grease traps
- Pot wash sinks
- Restaurants and takeaways
- Under-sink grease traps
Lenham Heath: your questions answered
Can school kitchens in Lenham Heath be cleaned in the holidays?
Yes. Half-terms and the summer break are the natural time for school work. There are about 3 schools, colleges and universities on the FSA’s food hygiene register within about 1.5 miles of Lenham Heath. Send us your term dates when you call us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos, and we’ll fit the work in.
Is Lenham Heath within the area you cover?
Yes, Lenham Heath is part of our area, however small the site. Photos of the system and directions to the site help us plan the visit.
Will the grease trap clean disrupt the kitchen?
While the trap is being cleaned, nothing can drain into it. That’s why we time visits around service so the kitchen is not held up.
How regularly does a grease trap need emptying?
It varies. The interval depends on how quickly your trap fills, then suggest a schedule.
What do you do with what you remove?
We contain it and take it with us. We collect grease, debris and waste water as we go rather than letting it spread.
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.
How long does a grease trap clean take?
Most grease trap cleans take less than an hour for many under-sink units including checking it drains. It’s booked when the sinks are not needed.
What paperwork should we keep on file?
Each report and certificate we give you, filed in the maintenance log with your in-house cleaning records. BESA advises that certificates record the date, location and technician.
What happens if it’s left?
A blocked drain can stop a kitchen in its tracks. Water will not drain away and waste water can come back up. Cleaning the grease trap on time helps prevent it. In a place like Lenham Heath, ductwork and fans are easy to forget until something goes wrong.
What you pay reflects the actual work. That is why we survey first, from photos or on site, and why the quote is fixed before work begins.
What you get with us
- In business since 2009
- Full insurance on every job
- Every visit written up, with pictures
- One number for every site across the South East and London
Take a look at what affects the cost and our accreditations and certificates.
How we price grease trap cleaning
You’ll get a fixed price before any work starts. It’s based on:
- Any permits to work or inductions
- The scale of the work
- A single visit or a regular plan
- The times the site is available
What you pay depends on the size of the system, the condition it’s in and how easy it is to reach. We give you a fixed price before work begins, so you know where you stand.
What we need to know
We can often survey from pictures. The most useful are:
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
Here’s what helps us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, a few pictures and any previous report or certificate. Then give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or email photos.
For landlords and multi-site operators
Facilities teams in offices, schools and healthcare sites book us too in Lenham Heath and across Kent. Larger estates can be phased building by building to keep disruption down.
For anyone managing more than one site, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Each site gets its own report and pictures, so records stay tidy.