Hampshire · Grease trap cleaning
Grease trap cleaning in Lower Pennington, Hampshire
Grease trap cleaning for commercial sites in Lower Pennington and across Hampshire. BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease.
- Drains clogged with fat
- A grease trap that hasn’t been emptied in a long time
- An under-sink unit that needs regular emptying
Why act early in Lower Pennington
A blocked drain can stop a kitchen in its tracks. Water won’t drain away and waste water can come back up. Cleaning the grease trap on time helps prevent it. Somewhere as small as Lower Pennington, losing a kitchen or building to a fault is felt by everyone who uses it.
You won’t find a price list here, because the cost depends on the site in front of us. Call for a fixed quote, and we will talk you through it.
Why book with us
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
- Each visit written up, with photos
- A fixed price before any work starts
Read how cleaning jobs are priced and our accreditations and certificates.
About our grease trap cleaning in Lower Pennington
We clean grease traps for kitchens in Lower Pennington, whether it’s an under-sink unit or a larger inline trap. Visits are booked around your service, so the kitchen keeps running. The work covers inline grease traps, under-sink grease traps and pot wash sinks, and people most often call us about a grease trap that hasn’t been emptied in a long time and washing-up water that won’t drain away.
Rural kitchens may drain to a septic tank or a private drain rather than straight into a public sewer, and fat getting past a grease trap can cause real trouble there.
The sign-off is always in writing: a dated report with pictures of the work, plus a certificate through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal when the work is a TR19® Grease clean. It shows what was done and what, if anything, couldn’t be reached.
- Location
- Lower Pennington (SO41)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Paperwork
- Photo report after each visit
- Quotes
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Nearby places to Lower Pennington
What else we do in Lower Pennington
What happens on the day
There are three stages on the day: getting the area ready, doing the work and signing it off. Getting ready means protecting surfaces and switching off what needs to be off, and the sign-off is a written report with photos. The middle part takes longest, which takes a short visit for a small trap and longer for an inline unit or interceptor. The timing of a visit to Lower Pennington is set by you, and the travel is our side of the planning.
- A visit is booked around your service.
- We open the trap and look at its condition.
- We remove the grease layer and settled solids.
- 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
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Clear the space around the work
Ask for a quote
Want a quote for grease trap cleaning? Please call 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and tell us about the site. We’ll explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before you commit to anything.
Advice
Multi-site and managed buildings
From a single site to a large estate, you get the same standard: a survey first, a fixed quote, the work timed around the site and a report with photos.
Where a tenant occupies the premises but the landlord owns the building, the lease normally sets out who maintains what. We are happy to deal with either side, and the report can go to both.
What the work involves, part by part
Restaurant and takeaway kitchens
A blocked drain in a busy kitchen can stop service. Keeping the trap clean reduces the risk.
Baffles and outlets
Every clean includes the baffles, inlet and outlet so water flows freely.
Looking after it afterwards
How long the results last depends on use and care. Here’s what we suggest:
- Fit sink strainers to catch food scraps
- Tell us when sinks start draining slowly
- Mention any increase in cooking
- Make sure the trap can be reached easily
Anything we notice beyond the trap, like a slow drain downstream, is pointed out. That may need a drainage contractor to investigate.
Setting regular cleans takes the guesswork out. The interval is set to suit the trap and the kitchen.
What affects the cost of grease trap cleaning
A fixed price needs a few facts first. We check:
- Travel, parking and unloading
- The number of sites or systems
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- What state the system is in
The price reflects the work, not guesswork. That’s why we survey first, from photos or on site, and the price is agreed before we start.
What we need to know
You don’t need the technical terms. Just send:
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- A few general shots of the system
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
To help us quote: the address, the type of site and when it’s open, pictures of the system and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Once you have those, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line.
Lower Pennington: your questions answered
Can a school kitchen in Lower Pennington be done out of term time?
Yes, and it’s the easiest time to do it. The FSA’s register shows about 5 schools and colleges with food registrations within roughly a mile and a half of Lower Pennington. You can phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us with the dates the site is empty.
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Lower Pennington?
The local authority for Lower Pennington is New Forest council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. Keep the dates of your last deep clean and grease trap visit with your food safety records, ready if an officer asks.
What types of grease trap do you clean?
We cover under-sink, inline and interceptor units. Each one is emptied, cleaned and checked in the same careful way.
What paperwork should we keep on file?
The reports and certificates from each visit, plus your own logs. They’re what an insurer, fire officer or EHO may ask for, so keep them where they can be found quickly.
What is TR19?
A BESA specification in two main parts: TR19® Grease for kitchen extract systems and TR19® Air for general ventilation. It isn’t legislation, but it’s the standard people check against.
How long does a grease trap clean take?
A typical clean takes anything from under an hour to a few hours, depending on the trap, including testing. It’s booked when the sinks aren’t needed.
Do we need to stop using the sinks while you work?
Just the sinks that drain into the trap, and only while we work. We plan the visit for a quieter time where we can.
What happens to the waste?
It leaves the site with us when we go. During the work, it’s contained so the area stays clean.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Staff cleaning and specialist work are not the same thing. Wiping filters daily and washing them weekly keeps the visible parts in order, but they do not reach the grease that builds up further in. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Regular in-house cleaning slows the build-up, but the parts you can’t see still need a specialist at the right interval.
Commercial kitchens in Lower Pennington
Look up Lower Pennington on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you’ll find about 37 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 15 takeaways across Lower Pennington and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Fat from washing up sets hard in pipes, and kitchens like these produce plenty of it. Food hygiene inspections in Lower Pennington are the job of New Forest council’s environmental health team. They look at the cleanliness of the whole kitchen: walls, floors, ceilings and equipment. Photos and dates from each deep clean make a useful record.
A summer deep clean suits schools such as Priestlands School, as the kitchen can be stripped back with no lunches to serve. If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Lymington New Forest Hospital about 2 miles north, deep cleans and grease trap visits are planned so meals still go out. If you look after a hall kitchen near Church of All Saints or anywhere in Lower Pennington, a deep clean between busy seasons is easier than a scramble before a big event.
Lower Pennington is about 1 mile south of Lymington, in Hampshire. We carry out grease trap cleaning for commercial premises of every kind in Lower Pennington and the rest of Hampshire. We cover 683 places across Hampshire, large and small. There’s also a page for Southampton, about 14 miles away.
We work across the SO41 postcode area for grease trap cleaning and the roads nearby. Close by, we work in Pennington (1 mile north), Lymington (1 mile north), Lymore (1 mile west), Keyhaven (1 mile south-west) and Walhampton (2 miles north-east). We also work in nearby towns such as Totton (13 miles north), Hythe (11 miles north-east), New Milton (5 miles west), Ringwood (12 miles north-west), Locks Heath (15 miles north-east) and Warsash (14 miles north-east).
Around Lower Pennington
Around Lower Pennington, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Chequers Inn and Pennington Infant School. Lower Pennington’s nearest station is Lymington Pier station, about 1.6 miles north-east. Nearby you will also find St Barbe Museum and Art Gallery (1.4 miles north) and Lymington New Forest Hospital (2 miles north). Green spaces nearby include Lymington and Keyhaven Marshes Nature Reserve.