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Grease Trap Cleaning in Maudlin
Grease trap cleaning in Maudlin, surveyed first and signed off with a written report and photos. Call for a fixed quote.
- A slow-draining kitchen sink
- An overdue grease trap
- An interceptor full of grease and solids
Grease trap cleaning in Maudlin
Grease traps sit between the sinks and the drain, holding back fats, oils and grease. Cooling water lets the grease rise and separate, and clean water flows on. Over time, the trap fills up and needs emptying and cleaning. The work covers inline grease traps, pot wash sinks and kitchen waste pipes, and common reasons people get in touch are a bad smell from the sinks or drains and an interceptor full of grease and solids.
Somewhere as small as Maudlin, the kitchens that need a deep clean are usually a pub, a school, a care home or a hall kitchen, wherever there is one. Wherever there is one, it needs its grease trap and hard-to-reach areas kept clean.
Think of the report as the system’s health record: dated, with pictures, and showing what was done. Grease extract cleans are also certificated to TR19® Grease through the BESCA VHE portal and sits alongside the report.
- Where
- Maudlin (PO18)
- Region
- West Sussex
- Reporting
- Written report with pictures
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
When your team notices a problem between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We will take a look and give you a fixed quote.
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: 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.
Towns and villages near Maudlin
Other services in Maudlin
When it’s something else
An honest diagnosis matters more to us than a booking, so here’s what this work can’t put right:
- Blockages in the public sewer beyond the property
- Collapsed or damaged drains, which need a drainage contractor
- A unit that can’t cope with the kitchen’s output
If in doubt, ring 0345 646 2711 or email us and we’ll say what we think before booking.
Where we work
- Restaurants and takeaways
- Inline grease traps
- Kitchen waste pipes
- Pot wash sinks
- School and care home kitchens
- Under-sink grease traps
Maudlin: your questions answered
Which environmental health team covers Maudlin?
The local authority for Maudlin is Chichester council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. An officer may look behind equipment and at drains, so it pays to have the deep clean booked before those areas build up.
Do you work in villages like Maudlin?
Yes, Maudlin is part of our area, however small the site. A survey first, from pictures or a visit, means we arrive with the right kit.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes, day and night, every day of the year. Office hours are Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm, with the emergency line covering every other hour.
Does the report say when we need you again?
Yes. We put a recommended next date on the report. BESA’s minimum intervals for kitchen extracts range from 3-monthly for heavy use to 12-monthly for light use, and fire dampers need testing at least once a year.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes, always. Diagnosis comes before treatment: the survey tells us what the system needs and how to reach it and the fixed quote is built on it.
What accreditations do you have?
CHAS, SafeContractor, ISO 9001 and BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We have been trading since 2009 and we’re fully insured.
What do you do to protect the area?
Floors and surfaces near the work are sheeted before work begins, and waste is contained as we go. Before we leave, we tidy up and clean down.
What does TR19 mean?
It’s the industry benchmark for cleaning ventilation and kitchen extract systems, written by BESA. It covers how systems are inspected, cleaned and checked and expects a risk-based approach.
Multi-site and managed buildings
Multi-site operators often want one contractor and one number. We cover South East England and London, so a run of sites can go into one programme and kept on a regular cycle.
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.
Grease trap cleaning around Maudlin
The FSA’s food hygiene register includes about 3 bars, pubs and nightclubs and about 3 hotels and B&Bs in and around Maudlin, up to about a mile and a half out. Wherever they cook, the kitchen and its drains need the same attention as a restaurant’s. Kitchens in Maudlin get their food hygiene inspections from Chichester council. An inspection covers the structure of the kitchen as well as the food. A cleaning log that includes deep cleans and grease trap visits shows the work is planned.
For schools such as The March CofE Primary School, deep cleans and grease trap work are usually booked for the holidays. Historic houses such as Goodwood House (about 1.5 miles north) are part of the area around Maudlin, and if you run event catering at a venue like that, a deep clean between seasons helps.
Maudlin is about 2 miles north-east of Chichester, in West Sussex. Whatever kind of site you run in Maudlin, we can take on grease trap cleaning. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so the site keeps running. Maudlin is one of 371 places in West Sussex we cover for grease trap cleaning. Portsmouth is in our area too, about 15 miles from Maudlin.
Every address in PO18 is covered for grease trap cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. If you need grease trap cleaning at premises on Augustus Way, Vespasian Close and Stane Street or anywhere close by, our technicians can take on the work. If your site is just outside Maudlin, we cover Westhampnett (1 mile west), Shopwyke (1 mile south), Westerton (1 mile north), Strettington (1 mile north-east) and Waterbeach (1 mile north). Further out, we also cover Worthing (15 miles east), Bognor Regis (5 miles south-east), Selsey (8 miles south), Littlehampton (10 miles east), Emsworth (8 miles west) and Rustington (11 miles east).
Local landmarks in Maudlin
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Chichester High School For Girls, The Coach And Horses Public House and Westbourne House School and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Chichester station, roughly 2.1 miles south-west of the centre. A little further out are Chichester Castle (1.6 miles south-west) and The Chichester City Museum (1.7 miles south-west). The countryside around Maudlin includes Kingley Vale National Nature Reserve and Levin Down.
Signs you need grease trap cleaning in Maudlin
A busy kitchen in Maudlin, or anywhere else, fills its grease trap faster. A trap that suited a quieter kitchen can struggle when cooking increases.
What we’re most often called out for:
- A routine grease trap service
- A small trap that fills too quickly
- A bad smell from the sinks or drains
- An overdue grease trap
Hall and church kitchens, near The Parish Church of St Peter or anywhere around Maudlin, are used by many hands, and periodic deep cleans and grease trap visits keep them in order.
Before booking anyone
- When the next visit should be, and why
- What hours they’ll be on site
- What paperwork you get at the end
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
Part by part
School, care home and staff kitchens
In schools, grease traps can be cleaned when the kitchen is closed or after lunch service.
Restaurant and takeaway kitchens
Kitchens that fry and wash up all day fill their traps quickly. A shorter cleaning interval typically suits them.
How it works
On the day, we arrive at the time agreed with you, often in the evening, overnight or at the weekend so the site keeps working. Anything that needs to be off for the work is switched off and left to cool first, and the area around the work is covered and protected. The work itself takes an hour or so for an under-sink trap, longer for a larger unit. A few pictures of the system help us make the most of a visit to a place like Maudlin.
- We start by finding the trap and checking its inlet and outlet.
- We ask for the sinks that drain into the trap not to be used.
- We take out the layer of fat, oil and grease and any solids.
- We clean the chambers, baffles and connections.
- The trap is reassembled, checked for leaks and the waste taken away.
Getting ready for the visit
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
Get a fixed quote
Every quote begins with a look at the system, either from pictures and details you send or from a site visit. After that, you get a fixed price for the work, before any work starts.
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How we price grease trap cleaning
The price is fixed before any work begins. It’s based on:
- How easy every part is to reach
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
- How many systems or sites are involved
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
When the work has to happen, how we reach it and how big the site is can all change the price. We take each of them into account, and the price is fixed before work begins.
Helping us quote
You do not need the technical terms. It helps if you can send:
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
The quickest way to a quote is to send pictures: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Add the site type and your opening hours, and we can price many jobs without a visit.