Medway · Grease trap cleaning
Grease Trap Cleaning in Lower Upnor
Grease trap cleaning across Lower Upnor and nearby, booked around your opening hours and finished with a written report and photos.
- A routine grease trap service
- Gurgling from the sink waste
- An under-sink unit that needs regular emptying
About our grease trap cleaning in Lower Upnor
Once a trap is full, grease passes straight through. Fat sets in the pipes downstream and the result is blocked drains and bad smells. A trap that’s cleaned regularly keeps grease where it belongs. If you have grease setting in the kitchen pipework and an under-sink unit that needs regular emptying, we can put it right.
For a kitchen in or near Lower Upnor, the visit is planned ahead, around opening times and the journey, and the deep clean is the same as anywhere: walls, floors, ceilings and equipment.
Think of the report as the system’s health record: a dated account with pictures of everything we did. For TR19® Grease cleans, the certificate comes through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal and sits alongside the report.
- Location
- Lower Upnor (ME2)
- Region
- Medway
- Paperwork
- Written report with pictures
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- Hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
What we do, step by step
We work around your opening hours, not the other way round. Most visits are booked for when the area is out of use, such as evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends. Once we’re in, the area is sheeted and anything that has to be off is turned off and cooled, and the work takes a short visit for a small trap and longer for an inline unit or interceptor. A quick note on how to find the site and where to park makes a visit to Lower Upnor run smoothly.
- We locate the trap and check how it’s fitted.
- We make sure nothing drains into the trap.
- We empty out the fat, oil, grease and solids.
- We clean every part of the inside.
- The trap is refitted, tested with water and the waste taken away.
Getting ready for the visit
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
Getting a quote
Here’s what helps us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, 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.
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Lower Upnor: your questions answered
Can you get to a site in Lower Upnor?
Yes, Lower Upnor is part of our area, however small the site. The journey is planned ahead, so a few details about the route help.
Can you work in Lower Upnor outside opening hours?
Yes, we can come after you close and finish before you open. Your customers, staff or residents in Lower Upnor needn’t be disturbed. Tell us your opening hours when you ask for a quote.
How do you protect the area?
With sheeting and covers, before anything else happens. The work is kept contained and clean down when we finish.
Are you accredited?
CHAS, SafeContractor, ISO 9001 and BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We have been trading since 2009 and we are fully insured.
What do you do with the waste?
We take the grease and solids away with us. Nothing greasy is left on site after the visit.
How much does grease trap cleaning cost?
No two traps are quite the same, so we price each one individually. We give you a fixed price, usually within one working day.
Which records should we keep?
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 together and easy to find.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes, always. We diagnose before we treat: the survey tells us what the system needs and how to reach it, and the quote is based on that.
Why deal with it now?
A dirty grease trap smells. Decomposing waste in the trap smells bad that can reach the kitchen and beyond. Cleaning it removes the cause. It’s simpler to plan the work at Lower Upnor now than to arrange it in a hurry later.
When the work has to happen, how we reach it and how big the site is all affect the cost. We take each of them into account and give you a fixed price before work begins.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Lower Upnor
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
- A written report with photos after every visit
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- In business since 2009
See what affects the cost and our accreditations and certificates.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
A few tasks are always specialist work: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease need training, the right equipment and safe access. That is our job.
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
Between visits
Here’s the after-treatment advice, short and simple:
- Keep the grease trap on a regular cleaning schedule
- Mention any increase in cooking
- Keep strainers in every sink
- Act on gurgling or smelly drains
Once the trap is cleaned and refitted, the sinks can be used straight away. Water is run through to check everything flows before we leave.
A trap that is left too long stops catching grease. Regular emptying keeps it working and saves a call-out for a blocked drain.
Multi-site and managed buildings
The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.
Whether it’s one building or many, you get the same standard: a survey first, a fixed quote, the work timed around the site and a report with photos.
When something else is needed
It’s worth knowing the limits before booking:
- A trap undersized for the amount of cooking
- Sewer problems outside the premises
- Collapsed or damaged drains, which need a drainage contractor
Not sure which it is? You can give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we’ll tell you honestly before booking.
Parts of the system we cover
- Inline grease traps
- Kitchen waste pipes
- Under-sink grease traps
- Pot wash sinks
- School and care home kitchens
- Restaurants and takeaways
Different parts, different methods
School, care home and staff kitchens
Kitchens that serve set mealtimes fill their traps more steadily. A regular interval suits them well.
Restaurant and takeaway kitchens
Visits are booked when the sinks are not in use so you do not lose trade.
What grease trap cleaning looks like in Lower Upnor
Food Standards Agency data counts about 42 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 14 sandwich bars and takeaways across Lower Upnor and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). A grease trap in kitchens like these fills steadily and needs emptying before it overflows. Food hygiene inspections in Lower Upnor are the job of Medway council’s environmental health team. Grease behind equipment or on a ceiling is the kind of thing an inspection can note. A record of each deep clean helps show the kitchen is kept in order.
Historic houses such as Restoration House (about 2 miles south-west) are part of the area around Lower Upnor, and if you run event catering at a venue like that, a deep clean between seasons helps. Hall kitchens near St Philip & St James or elsewhere in Lower Upnor may have older sinks and drains, so a grease trap check is worth adding to a deep clean. If you run a care home or healthcare kitchen near Lower Upnor (the nearest hospital is French Hospital, about 1.9 miles south-west), a grease trap on a set schedule avoids a blocked drain mid-service.
Lower Upnor is about 2 miles north-east of Rochester, in Medway. We provide grease trap cleaning for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Lower Upnor and the rest of Medway. Our area takes in 68 places across Medway, large and small. Our Maidstone page covers sites nearby (10 miles or so).
All of ME2 is covered for grease trap cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. Grease trap cleaning is available to premises on Galleon Way, Cutter Close and Schooner Walk and nearby roads. We also cover the places around Lower Upnor: Upper Upnor (1 mile south-west), Chattenden (1 mile north), Wainscott (1 mile west), Hoo St Werburgh (2 miles north-east) and Cooling Street (2 miles north). We also work in nearby towns such as Gillingham (3 miles south-east), Chatham (4 miles south), Rainham (5 miles south-east), Strood (3 miles south-west), Luton (3 miles south) and Park Wood (5 miles south-east).
Landmarks near Lower Upnor
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Former Ordnance Store At Chatham Gun Wharf, The Hundred of Hoo Academy and Waterfront University Technical College, among other places. Nearby too are Lower Lines Park (1.3 miles south-east) and The Ship pub (within half a mile east). Lower Upnor’s nearest station is Strood station, about 1.6 miles south-west. Nearby you will also find Upnor Castle (under half a mile south) and Pentagon Shopping Centre (1.9 miles south). Open spaces near Lower Upnor include Rede Common and Gad's Hill.