Kent · Grease trap cleaning
Old Hawkinge grease trap cleaning
Need grease trap cleaning in Old Hawkinge? We survey first, send you a fixed quote and work around your opening hours, finishing with a written report and pictures.
- Drains that gurgle and bubble
- An interceptor full of grease and solids
- A small trap that fills too quickly
The process
Each visit runs to the same pattern: sheeting and protection first, make the system safe, carry out the grease trap cleaning, tidy up and hand over the paperwork. On site, the work takes an hour or so for an under-sink trap, longer for a larger unit. For a village or hamlet like Old Hawkinge, tell us about narrow lanes, gates and parking when you book.
- We find the trap and check how it’s connected.
- Nothing drains into the trap while it’s open.
- The trap is emptied of grease and food waste.
- We clean the chambers, baffles and connections.
- Once it’s refitted, water is run through to check it drains, and we take the waste with us.
How to prepare
- Clear loose items from the work area
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
Getting a quote
Some systems can be priced from pictures; others need a survey. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in photos, get a survey first. Either way, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
Advice
Grease trap cleaning in Old Hawkinge, done properly
We clean grease traps for kitchens in Old Hawkinge, from small under-sink units to inline traps and interceptors. Visits are booked around your service so washing up isn’t interrupted. The work covers restaurants and takeaways, pot wash sinks and inline grease traps, and common reasons people get in touch are an inline trap or interceptor due for cleaning and foul odours from the grease trap.
In a village or hamlet like Old Hawkinge, 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.
A written report with pictures follows every visit, so you have a record of what was done and when. Where the work is a TR19® Grease clean, the certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Location
- Old Hawkinge (CT18)
- Region
- Kent
- Records
- Photo report after each visit
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Grease trap cleaning in Old Hawkinge: local notes
The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 6 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 7 takeaways and sandwich shops within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Old Hawkinge. Wherever they wash pans and plates, fat heads for the drain unless a trap catches it. In Old Hawkinge, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Folkestone and Hythe council. The state of floors, drains and hard-to-reach corners all feeds into the inspection. Having the dates of the last deep clean to hand saves digging for them on the day.
Half-term is a good time for school kitchens, at schools like Hawkinge Primary School for instance, to have the grease trap emptied and the kitchen deep cleaned. Hall and church kitchens, near Church of St Michael or anywhere around Old Hawkinge, are used by many hands, and periodic deep cleans and grease trap visits keep them in order. If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Royal Victoria Hospital about 2.1 miles south, deep cleans and grease trap visits are planned so meals still go out.
Old Hawkinge is about 1 mile east of Hawkinge, in Kent. If you need grease trap cleaning in Old Hawkinge, it’s easy to get a fixed quote: please give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email. We work across South East England and London, including Old Hawkinge. We cover 922 places across Kent, from busy centres to quieter spots. There’s also a page for Maidstone, about 30 miles away.
Here we cover the CT18 postcode area for grease trap cleaning. Whether your site is on Standen Lane and Church Hill or anywhere close by, our technicians can take on the work. We also cover Hawkinge (1 mile west), Densole (2 miles north-west), Swingfield Minnis (2 miles north), Arpinge (2 miles west) and Selsted (3 miles north). Larger places within reach include Ashford (14 miles west), Canterbury (12 miles north), Dover (5 miles east), Deal (11 miles north-east), Hythe (5 miles south-west) and Tower Hamlets (5 miles east).
Landmarks near Old Hawkinge
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around East Cliff and Warren Country Park and White Horse pub and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is Folkestone Central station, roughly 2.3 miles south. Other landmarks nearby include Folkestone Castle (1.6 miles south-west) and Royal Victoria Hospital (2.1 miles south). Open spaces near Old Hawkinge include Sugar Loaf Hill.
What the work involves, part by part
School, care home and staff kitchens
Drains in care settings need to keep flowing. We fit visits around mealtimes.
Inline grease traps
Access to an inline trap can be in a floor or cupboard. We ask about access when we quote.
What your team can do, and what needs us
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 is where we come in.
Staff cleaning and specialist work aren’t 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.
Old Hawkinge questions
Can school kitchens in Old Hawkinge be cleaned in the holidays?
Yes. The holidays are the usual time for school work. There are about 3 schools, colleges and universities on the FSA’s food hygiene register within about 1.5 miles of Old Hawkinge. Send us your term dates when you call 0345 646 2711 or send us an email, and we will fit the work in.
Can you come to Old Hawkinge after we close?
Yes, we can come after you close and finish before you open. That way a site in Old Hawkinge doesn’t have to lose a day’s trading. Just call us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos with your opening times and we will plan around them.
Is TR19 cleaning required by law?
No. The law sets the duty, and TR19® is the recognised benchmark for meeting it. Under the Fire Safety Order 2005, the responsible person must reduce fire risk, and many insurers can refuse or reduce a claim without proof of cleaning.
Where does the grease from the trap go?
It’s removed from site when we leave. There’s nothing left for your team to deal with once the clean is done.
How long will the sinks be out of use?
A typical clean takes an hour or so for an under-sink trap, longer for a larger unit, including testing. We plan the visit around your service.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
Restaurants and pubs, hotels, schools and colleges, hospitals and care homes, offices and retail, as well as food production and leisure sites.
Who is the responsible person?
The Fire Safety Order 2005 calls them the responsible person: normally the employer or whoever controls the premises. In shared or managed buildings, a landlord, facilities manager or managing agent can share the duty.
Can you clear our blocked drains as well?
That depends on the cause. If the trap is full, cleaning it often helps, but blockages further along need a drainage contractor.
Between visits
How long the results last depends on use and care. Here’s what we suggest:
- Wipe grease off pans before washing them
- Use strainers in the sink plugholes
- Do not wait for a blockage to book a clean
- Keep waste oil out of the drains
Between cleans, keep food scraps out of the sink. Use strainers in the sink plugholes before they reach the trap.
If the kitchen has got busier, the trap fills faster. Shortening the cleaning interval now keeps the drains flowing.
For landlords and multi-site operators
Where a tenant occupies the premises but the landlord owns the building, it’s worth checking the lease for who maintains the systems. We can quote either party, and the report can go to both.
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Every visit ends with a dated report and photos, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.
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When something else is needed
We will not sell you work that doesn’t address the problem, so here are the limits:
- A trap undersized for the amount of cooking
- Drains that need jetting rather than trap cleaning
- Blockages in the public sewer beyond the property
If in doubt, ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we will say what we think.
Where we work
- School and care home kitchens
- Inline grease traps
- Pot wash sinks
- Restaurants and takeaways
- Under-sink grease traps
- Kitchen waste pipes
Leave it or put it right?
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. Out of sight is the usual reason a rural system goes too long without attention.
The price reflects the work, not guesswork. That’s why we survey first, from pictures or on site, and the price is agreed before we start.
Why book with us
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
- Every visit written up, with pictures
- We diagnose before we treat
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease