West Sussex · Grease trap cleaning
Lower Horncroft grease trap cleaning
Grease trap cleaning in Lower Horncroft from ventilation hygiene specialists trading since 2009. Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus a 24/7 emergency line.
- Grease setting in the kitchen pipework
- An overdue grease trap
- An under-sink trap that keeps filling up
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Whether it’s one building or many, you get the same standard: the system surveyed, the price fixed, the visit fitted around trading and everything written up afterwards.
The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.
About our grease trap cleaning in Lower Horncroft
For kitchens across Lower Horncroft, grease trap cleaning fits easily around service. The trap is emptied, cleaned and checked, and the waste is taken away. It works on its own or with a deep clean or extract clean. The work covers under-sink grease traps, kitchen waste pipes and restaurants and takeaways, and the jobs we see most are an under-sink unit that needs regular emptying and an interceptor full of grease and solids.
In a village or hamlet like Lower Horncroft, commercial kitchens are few, perhaps a pub, a school or a care home. Each still needs the occasional deep clean and its grease trap kept clear.
Accreditations are easy to claim and worth checking. Ours are BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, plus CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured.
- Place
- Lower Horncroft (RH20)
- Wider area
- West Sussex
- Reporting
- Written report with photos
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- When we work
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
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How the job changes from site to site
Restaurant and takeaway kitchens
Busy kitchens cannot afford a blocked drain. Keeping the trap clean reduces the risk.
Inline grease traps
Access to an inline trap can be in a floor or cupboard. We check how to reach it before the visit.
Lower Horncroft kitchens: local notes
About 43 miles out from central London, Lower Horncroft is part of the South East area we work across. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends, so the visit fits around the site. It’s Chichester council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Lower Horncroft. Grease behind equipment or on a ceiling is the kind of thing an inspection can note. Having the dates of the last deep clean to hand saves digging for them on the day.
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Church of St Agatha or elsewhere in Lower Horncroft, a deep clean and an emptied grease trap before a busy season of events are worth booking. If you cater for weddings or events at a historic house in the area (Bignor Roman Villa is about 2.2 miles south-west), deep cleans can be fitted between bookings.
Lower Horncroft is about 10 miles north of Littlehampton, in West Sussex. We provide grease trap cleaning for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Lower Horncroft and the rest of West Sussex. Lower Horncroft is one of 371 places in West Sussex where we work for grease trap cleaning. For sites nearby, see our Guildford page (20 miles or so).
Grease trap cleaning in RH20 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. Other places close to Lower Horncroft include Coates (1 mile west), Fittleworth (1 mile north), Watersfield (1 mile south), Coldwaltham (1 mile south-east) and Bedham (1 mile north). We also work in nearby towns such as Horsham (13 miles north-east), Worthing (11 miles south-east), Bognor Regis (12 miles south-west), Chichester (12 miles south-west), Littlehampton (10 miles south) and Shoreham-by-Sea (15 miles south-east).
Around Lower Horncroft
Typical jobs here are in premises near The Swan Hotel and Lodge Hill Residential Centre, among other places. For rail, the closest station is Pulborough station, about 2.3 miles east of the centre. A little further out are Coates Castle (0.9 miles west) and Coultershaw Heritage Site (2.4 miles north-west). For a walk, there’s Amberley Wildbrooks RSPB Reserve and Bignor Hill.
Lower Horncroft: your questions answered
Can school kitchens in Lower Horncroft be cleaned in the holidays?
Yes. Half-terms and the summer break are the natural time for school work. Food Standards Agency records list about 3 schools, colleges and universities with registered kitchens within about a mile and a half of Lower Horncroft. You can call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email with the dates the site is empty.
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Lower Horncroft?
Food hygiene inspections in Lower Horncroft are carried out by Chichester council. Inspection results feed into the food hygiene rating published by the Food Standards Agency.
Do you take the waste away?
The waste leaves with us. You are not left with anything to dispose of when we go.
Can you clear our blocked drains as well?
It depends where the blockage is. If the trap is full, cleaning it often helps, but blockages further along need a drainage contractor.
Do you have insurance?
Yes, fully. We also hold CHAS and SafeContractor for clients who vet their contractors.
What happens to the waste?
Anything we remove is contained as we work and taken away with us, including grease, debris and dirty water. None of it is left on site.
What types of grease trap do you clean?
Under-sink units, inline traps and interceptors are all covered. Tell us what you have and we’ll plan around it.
How much does grease trap cleaning cost?
It depends on the type and size of the trap, its condition and access. Send us details or a photo and we’ll come back with a fixed price.
When to call us in Lower Horncroft
Hot water and detergent carry grease further than you’d expect. When it cools, the grease hardens, often in the trap or the pipe beyond.
These are the problems we see most often:
- A kitchen drain that smells
- A full, neglected grease trap
- A regular cleaning plan for the grease trap
- An interceptor full of grease and solids
School kitchens, at schools like Fittleworth CofE Village School for example, typically have their deep cleans and grease trap work done while the canteen is closed.
What to look for in a quote
- What paperwork you get at the end
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or pictures
What your team can do, and what needs us
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
Staff cleaning and specialist work are not 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. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
What a clean won’t put right
It’s worth knowing the limits before booking:
- Plumbing leaks around the sink
- Blockages in the public sewer beyond the property
- Collapsed or damaged drains, which need a drainage contractor
If in doubt, call 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we’ll say what we think.
Parts of the system we cover
- Under-sink grease traps
- Kitchen waste pipes
- Inline grease traps
- School and care home kitchens
- Pot wash sinks
- Restaurants and takeaways
How the visit works
At the end of the visit, someone from your team can look over the work with us. Anything we couldn’t reach or that needs attention is pointed out there and then, and it goes on the report too. The visit takes anything from under an hour to a few hours, depending on the trap. Photos of the system and how to reach it help us plan a visit to Lower Horncroft.
- We start by finding the trap and checking its inlet and outlet.
- The sinks feeding the trap are kept out of use while we work.
- Built-up fat, oil and grease is removed from the trap.
- We clean the chambers, baffles and connections.
- The trap is reassembled, checked for leaks and the waste taken away.
How to prepare
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Move anything stored near the system
Getting a quote
Need a price for grease trap cleaning? Please ring 0345 646 2711, or send details by email with a few details about the site. We will explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before anything is booked.
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Why it’s worth doing now in Lower Horncroft
Pouring hot water or chemicals down a slow drain is a common quick fix. That only moves the grease further down the pipe to set somewhere harder to reach. Emptying and cleaning the trap deals with the source. In a small place like Lower Horncroft, a system that fails can take a site out of use.
Several systems or sites on one quote can make for a more efficient booking. Mention every system or site you need covered and we’ll price it together.
Why Lower Horncroft businesses choose us
- We are fully insured
- Every visit written up, with pictures
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
- Survey first, then a fixed quote