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Grease Trap Cleaning in Lewson Street
Grease trap cleaning in Lewson Street from ventilation hygiene specialists trading since 2009. Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus a 24/7 emergency line.
- An overdue grease trap
- A larger grease trap that needs emptying
- Washing-up water that won’t drain away
How we handle grease trap cleaning in Lewson Street
Kitchens in Lewson Street use us for grease trap cleaning, from small under-sink units to inline traps and interceptors. Visits are booked around your service so washing up is not interrupted. Common call-outs are for drains that gurgle and bubble and a bad smell from the sinks or drains, across school and care home kitchens, restaurants and takeaways and inline grease traps.
In rural areas, a kitchen may drain to a private system rather than a public sewer, and fat getting past a grease trap can cause real trouble there.
Every visit ends with a written report and pictures, so you have a record of what was done and when. Kitchen extract cleaning to TR19® Grease is certificated through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Where
- Lewson Street (ME9)
- Region
- Kent
- Records
- Written report with photos
- Quote
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- Hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Aftercare tips
Here’s the after-treatment advice, short and simple:
- Tell us if your menu or hours change
- Scrape plates and pans into the bin before washing up
- Never pour used oil down the sink
- Avoid pouring boiling water down to shift grease
Scrape plates into the bin before washing up. Use strainers in the sink plugholes before they reach the trap.
More cooking means more grease in the trap. Shortening the cleaning interval now keeps the drains flowing.
Places near Lewson Street
What else we do in Lewson Street
Grease trap cleaning in Lewson Street: local notes
The FSA’s data shows about 3 pubs, bars and clubs registered in and around Lewson Street, up to about a mile and a half out. Where they run a kitchen, it needs the same deep cleaning and grease trap care as any restaurant. It’s Swale council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Lewson Street. 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.
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Church of St Mary or elsewhere in Lewson Street, a deep clean and an emptied grease trap before a busy season of events are worth booking. Historic houses such as Belmont House and Gardens (about 3.3 miles south) are part of the area around Lewson Street, and if you run event catering at a venue like that, a deep clean between seasons helps.
Lewson Street is about 3 miles west of Faversham, in Kent. For grease trap cleaning in and around Lewson Street, please ring 0345 646 2711, or send details by email for a fixed quote. Our area covers London and the South East, including Lewson Street. 922 places in Kent are on our list, from busy centres to quieter spots. There’s also a page for Maidstone, roughly 13 miles from Lewson Street.
All of ME9 is within our area for grease trap cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. Grease trap cleaning is available to premises on World's End, Lewson Street Road and Norton Road and the roads around them. Nearby, we also carry out grease trap cleaning in Tickham (1 mile south-west), Norton Ash (1 mile north-east), Loyterton (1 mile south-west), Deerton Street (1 mile north-east) and Teynham (1 mile north-west). Larger places within reach include Maidstone (13 miles west), Ashford (12 miles south), Canterbury (12 miles east), Sittingbourne (4 miles north-west), Whitstable (10 miles east) and Faversham (3 miles east).
Near you in Lewson Street
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to The Plough Inn and the streets around them. The closest station to Lewson Street is Teynham station, about 1.3 miles north-west. Other landmarks nearby include Sittingbourne Heritage Museum (3.6 miles north-west) and Newnham Castle (2.2 miles south).
What your team can do, and what needs us
If your staff spot something between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We can diagnose it and quote.
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, and that’s where we come in.
When to call us in Lewson Street
The more a kitchen cooks and washes up, the quicker the trap fills. Traps sized for lighter use can struggle when cooking increases.
Most sites get in touch when they notice one of these:
- A larger grease trap that needs emptying
- Scheduled grease trap emptying
- Foul odours from the grease trap
- An under-sink trap that keeps filling up
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Teynham Parochial Church of England Primary School or anywhere near Lewson Street, the holidays are the time for a deep clean or a grease trap clean.
What to look for in a quote
- Whether a written report and photos are included
- How areas they cannot reach will be recorded
- Whether the price is fixed
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
The process
A visit follows the same order every time: protect the area, isolate whatever needs isolating, carry out the grease trap cleaning, tidy up and leave you the report. The visit itself takes anything from under an hour to a few hours, depending on the trap. Seeing the system in photos first means the trip to Lewson Street can be planned properly.
- 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.
- The chambers and baffles are cleaned.
- We refit it, run water through and remove the waste.
Preparing for the visit
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
- Find the previous report, if there is one
How to get a quote
Here’s what helps us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, a few photos and any previous report or certificate. Then phone us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email.
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How the job changes from site to site
School, care home and staff kitchens
School kitchens can be cleaned in the holidays or between meal services.
Grease interceptors
Interceptors take longer to clean and we plan the visit accordingly.
What affects the quote in Lewson Street
Sites vary more than people expect. What affects the quote:
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
- Whether several sites go on one quote
- How big the system is
- Where the site is and how we reach it
Every site is different, so we price each one individually. The size of the job, how we reach it, its condition and the working hours all play a part.
Asking for a quote
What to send for a quote:
- Wide photos of the system and the area around it
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
Getting a quote does not take long. Send a few details and photos, and we typically reply with a fixed quote within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
For anyone managing more than one site, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Every building has its own written report, so each one has its own record.
Your questions about grease trap cleaning in Lewson Street
Who inspects food businesses in Lewson Street?
Kitchens in Lewson Street are inspected by Swale council’s environmental health officers. An officer may look behind equipment and at drains, so it pays to have the deep clean booked before those areas build up.
Is Lewson Street within the area you cover?
Yes, Lewson Street is part of our area, however small the site. Photos of the system and directions to the site help us plan the visit.
How much notice do you need?
For planned work, earlier is better, especially if the next clean or test is due soon. Emergencies are different, because our line is open 24/7.
What about areas you cannot get to?
They’re listed in the report, never skipped quietly. The report says which parts couldn’t be reached and why, and we can quote to improve the access.
What’s TR19?
It’s BESA’s specification and the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to. It sets out inspection, cleaning and record keeping, and it takes a risk-based approach.
How regularly does a grease trap need emptying?
It depends on the size of the trap and how busy the kitchen is. A small trap fills more quickly than a large one and the busier the kitchen, the faster it fills. We will recommend a schedule once we’ve seen it.
Can you set up regular visits?
Yes. We run scheduled maintenance contracts, with visits at the interval your system needs. Each report recommends when the next visit should be.
Will the grease trap clean disrupt the kitchen?
The sinks that drain into the trap can’t be used while it’s open. That is why we time visits around service so the kitchen is not held up.