West Sussex · Grease trap cleaning
Old Shoreham grease trap cleaning
We cover Old Shoreham for grease trap cleaning. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports as standard.
- A routine grease trap service
- An under-sink unit that needs regular emptying
- A blocked kitchen drain caused by grease
Questions from Old Shoreham
Can a school kitchen in Old Shoreham be done out of term time?
Yes, out-of-term visits are normal for schools. Around Old Shoreham, the Food Standards Agency lists about 6 schools and colleges with registered kitchens within a mile and a half or so. Booking early in the term gives the best choice of holiday dates.
Who inspects food businesses in Old Shoreham?
That’s Adur council, whose environmental health officers carry out food hygiene inspections in Old Shoreham. Keep the dates of your last deep clean and grease trap visit with your food safety records, ready if an officer asks.
What does TR19 mean?
BESA’s ventilation hygiene specification, with two parts that matter most here: TR19® Grease for kitchen extracts and TR19® Air for supply and extract systems. It is not legislation, but it’s the standard people check against.
Do you deal with blocked drains beyond the grease trap?
That depends on the cause. If the trap is full, cleaning it often helps, but blockages further along need a drainage contractor.
Can you set up regular visits?
Yes. Scheduled maintenance plans are part of what we do, set at the interval the system needs. The report from each visit recommends the next date.
What accreditations do you have?
We are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we carry full insurance.
Do you have insurance?
Yes. We carry full insurance, and we have been trading since 2009.
Which grease traps does the service cover?
We clean under-sink traps, inline traps and interceptors. Tell us what you have and we will plan the visit.
Grease trap cleaning in Old Shoreham, done properly
A neglected grease trap stops doing its job. Further down the pipe, the grease cools and hardens and the result is blocked drains and bad smells. A trap that’s cleaned regularly keeps grease where it belongs. If you have foul odours from the grease trap and a regular cleaning plan for the grease trap, we can help.
Somewhere as small as Old Shoreham, the kitchens that need a deep clean are typically a pub, a school, a care home or a hall kitchen, wherever there is one. Each still needs the occasional deep clean and its grease trap kept clear.
A written report with pictures follows each 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.
- Where
- Old Shoreham (BN43)
- Region
- West Sussex
- Reporting
- Report and photos after the visit
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- When we work
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
The process
There’s very little for your team to do on the day. Someone lets us in at the agreed time and shows us where everything is, and we take it from there. Afterwards, the area is left tidy and the written report follows. We agree a date with you, plan the drive to Old Shoreham and turn up when the site is quiet.
- First, we find the trap and look at its connections.
- Sinks feeding the trap are taken out of use.
- Grease and solids are removed from the trap.
- We clean every part of the inside.
- The trap is refitted, tested with water and the waste taken away.
Before we arrive
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Clear loose items from the work area
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
Ask for a quote
To get a fixed quote, call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and tell us the type of site, your opening hours and roughly what the system looks like. A few photos and your last certificate or report help a lot. We typically come back within one working day.
Advice
What a clean will not put right
To be straight with you, some problems need a different fix:
- Grease set hard in the drain run
- Blockages further down the drainage network
- Leaking pipework or sink wastes, which need a plumber
If you’re not sure, just ring 0345 646 2711 or email us and we’ll give you a straight answer.
Where we work
- Kitchen waste pipes
- Under-sink grease traps
- Pot wash sinks
- School and care home kitchens
- Restaurants and takeaways
- Inline grease traps
Different parts, different methods
Inline grease traps
Several sinks may drain into one inline trap. That means more grease, so regular cleaning matters.
Under-sink grease traps
We empty and clean under-sink traps without disrupting the rest of the kitchen, and check the lid and seals.
For landlords and multi-site operators
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works, and we’ll send a fixed quote.
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.
Aftercare tips
To keep the system working properly between visits:
- Keep waste oil out of the drains
- Make sure the trap can be reached easily
- Don’t rely on hot water to clear grease
- Let us know if the kitchen gets busier
Scrape plates into the bin before washing up. Sink strainers help catch solids before they reach the trap.
More cooking means more grease in the trap. Shortening the cleaning interval now keeps the drains flowing.
Grease trap cleaning in Old Shoreham: local notes
Food Standards Agency records include about 31 pubs and bars within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Old Shoreham. Wherever food is prepared there, a periodic deep clean and a clear grease trap keep things in order. Environmental health officers from Adur council inspect food businesses in Old Shoreham. 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 catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Southlands Hospital about 1.4 miles east, deep cleans and grease trap visits are planned so meals still go out. If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near St Nicolas' Church or elsewhere in Old Shoreham, a deep clean and an emptied grease trap before a busy season of events are worth booking. School kitchens, at schools like Swiss Gardens Primary School for example, typically have their deep cleans and grease trap work done while the canteen is closed.
Old Shoreham is about 1 mile west of Shoreham-by-Sea, in West Sussex. From the centre of Old Shoreham to the outskirts, grease trap cleaning is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from a single unit to a large public building. Across West Sussex, we cover 371 places, Old Shoreham among them. Brighton is in our area too, about 7 miles from Old Shoreham.
Postcode districts we cover here for grease trap cleaning: BN43. We also cover Shoreham-by-Sea (1 mile east), Adur (1 mile north), Kingston by Sea (2 miles east), Southwick (2 miles east) and Castle Town (3 miles north). We also work in nearby towns such as Worthing (5 miles west), Haywards Heath (14 miles north-east), Burgess Hill (11 miles north-east), Littlehampton (11 miles west), Rustington (10 miles west) and Storrington (9 miles north-west).
What’s near Old Shoreham
Around Old Shoreham, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near The Sir Robert Woodard Academy and The Amsterdam pub and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Shoreham-By-Sea station, about 0.7 miles east of the centre. A little further out are Southlands Hospital (1.4 miles east) and Old Castle (4.6 miles west). Open spaces near Old Shoreham include Lancing Ring and Adur Estuary RSPB Reserve.
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What affects the quote in Old Shoreham
We don’t publish a price list, because no two systems are the same. The quote depends on:
- Where the site is and how we reach it
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
- The condition of the system
- The number of sites or systems
Kitchens, offices, schools and hospitals are all priced the same way: the size of the job, access, condition and working hours. Ask for a fixed quote and we will explain each part.
Asking for a quote
There’s no need for technical detail. It helps if you can send:
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
- Wide pictures of the system and the area around it
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
Every quote begins with a look at the system, either from photos and details you send or from a site visit. After that, you get a fixed price for the work so you know the cost before any work starts.
What staff can safely do
In-house cleaning and specialist cleaning do different jobs. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but they do not reach the grease that builds up further in. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.