Hampshire · Grease trap cleaning
Grease Trap Cleaning in Park Gate
One call covers grease trap cleaning in Park Gate: survey, fixed quote, work and sign-off. CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, ISO 9001 and fully insured.
- A regular cleaning plan for the grease trap
- A larger grease trap that needs emptying
- A kitchen drain that smells
Grease trap cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Park Gate
In Park Gate, we time grease trap visits so the sinks are not needed. The trap is emptied, cleaned and checked and remove the waste. It can be booked on its own or alongside other kitchen work. We’re often asked to deal with a bad smell from the sinks or drains and a regular cleaning plan for the grease trap, across under-sink grease traps, restaurants and takeaways and school and care home kitchens.
Somewhere as small as Park Gate, the kitchens that need a deep clean are usually 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.
Accreditations are easy to claim and worth checking. Ours are BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, plus CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured.
- Place
- Park Gate (SO31)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Records
- Written report with photos
- Price
- A fixed price before we start
- Hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
What affects the cost of grease trap cleaning
Some jobs are bigger than they look, and some smaller. The main factors:
- How easy every part is to reach
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
- Parking and loading at the site
- How big the system is
What you pay reflects the actual work. That’s why we survey first, from photos or on site, and the price is agreed before we start.
What to send for a quote
To speed up the quote, send us:
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
- The postcode and the type of business
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: the system from a couple of angles, plus any access panels or hatches. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.
Do you need grease trap cleaning in Park Gate?
Food waste slips past sink strainers or gets rinsed down. Solids settle at the bottom of the trap and takes up space.
Any of these means the system needs a check-up:
- Gurgling from the sink waste
- A grease trap that hasn’t been emptied in a long time
- A kitchen drain that smells
- A routine grease trap service
Where a church or community hall near St Margaret Mary, or anywhere in Park Gate, has a kitchen used by volunteers, a periodic deep clean keeps it ready for the next event.
Questions to ask before booking
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or pictures
- What happens if part of the system can’t be accessed
- Whether a written report and photos are included
What happens on the day
The first job on site is protection: floors, worktops and anything near the work are covered. After that, the system is made safe and the work begins. It takes less than an hour for many under-sink units, and the area is cleaned down before we leave. Rural roads and tight entrances are worth telling us about before a visit to Park Gate.
- We find the trap and check how it’s connected.
- Nothing drains into the trap while it’s open.
- Built-up fat, oil and grease is removed from the trap.
- We clean the chambers, baffles and connections.
- The trap is reassembled, checked for leaks and the waste taken away.
How to prepare
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
Getting a quote
For grease trap cleaning in Park Gate, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email. Tell us what kind of premises it is and when it’s open, and send pictures or your last report if you can. We typically send a fixed quote within one working day.
Advice
When it’s something else
Grease trap cleaning cannot fix everything, and we’d rather say so up front. It doesn’t solve:
- Drains that need jetting rather than trap cleaning
- Drains that are cracked or have collapsed
- Blockages further down the drainage network
If you are not sure, just call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we will give you a straight answer before you book.
What we work on in Park Gate
- Restaurants and takeaways
- Inline grease traps
- Pot wash sinks
- School and care home kitchens
- Kitchen waste pipes
- Under-sink grease traps
Your questions about grease trap cleaning in Park Gate
Do you cover smaller places like Park Gate?
Yes, we work in villages as well as towns, and Park Gate is covered. Let us know about access, parking and anything unusual about getting there when you book.
Can the work in Park Gate be done at night or at weekends?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. The work in Park Gate can fit around your hours. Let us know the hours you are closed and we’ll book within them.
Do you recommend a next date?
Yes. How often depends on use and condition and the report sets out why.
What’s TR19?
A BESA specification, with two parts that matter most here: TR19® Grease for kitchen extract systems and TR19® Air for general ventilation. It isn’t law, but it’s the benchmark.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes. Photos often do the job, and larger or hidden systems get a visit.
Does the law say we must follow TR19?
No. TR19® is BESA’s specification, not legislation. The legal duty comes from the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005: the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, and cleaning to TR19® is the recognised way to show grease is under control.
Do you offer emergency callouts?
Yes. For anything urgent, such as a fan failure or damage after a fire, ring the 24/7 line and we will talk you through the next steps.
What does a grease trap clean cost?
It depends on the type and size of the trap, its condition and access. Send us details or a photo and we will come back with a fixed price.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Some jobs should never be done in-house: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings need training, the right equipment and safe access. Leave those to us.
Staff cleaning and specialist work aren’t the same thing. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
What grease trap cleaning looks like in Park Gate
Food Standards Agency data counts about 50 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 13 sandwich bars and takeaways in Park Gate and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Wherever they wash pans and plates, fat heads for the drain unless a trap catches it. In Park Gate, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Fareham council. Grease behind equipment or on a ceiling is the kind of thing an inspection can note. A cleaning log that includes deep cleans and grease trap visits shows the work is planned.
For schools such as Park Gate Primary School, deep cleans and grease trap work are typically booked for the holidays. Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as Fareham Community Hospital (about less than half a mile south-west), cook for long hours, so deep cleans and grease trap work are planned around patients’ meals.
Park Gate is about 3 miles south-east of Hedge End, in Hampshire. We provide grease trap cleaning for commercial premises of every kind in Park Gate and the rest of Hampshire. Park Gate is one of 683 places in Hampshire where we work for commercial clients. You can also see our page for Southampton, roughly 6 miles from Park Gate.
We work across the SO31 postcode area for grease trap cleaning and the streets around it. That includes premises on Station Road, Botley Road and Middle Road and nearby roads. Neighbouring places we cover for grease trap cleaning include Sarisbury (1 mile west), Locks Heath (1 mile south), Segensworth (1 mile east), Whiteley (1 mile north-east) and Swanwick (1 mile north-west). Further out, we also cover Winchester (13 miles north), Gosport (7 miles south-east), Havant (12 miles east), Eastleigh (7 miles north-west), Fareham (3 miles south-east) and Horndean (11 miles east).
Local landmarks in Park Gate
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Brookfield Community School and Language College and the streets around them. There’s a railway station in Park Gate itself: Swanwick station. Nearby you’ll also find Bursledon Brickworks Industrial Museum (1.4 miles north-west) and St Andrew's Castle (2.6 miles south-west). For a walk, there’s Swanwick Lakes.
For landlords and multi-site operators
Running several sites is easier with one contractor. We cover South East England and London, so a run of sites can go into one programme and kept on a regular cycle.
We regularly work with managing agents. Tell us the site, the work and the access arrangements, and we’ll send a fixed quote.
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Looking after it afterwards
Here’s the after-treatment advice, short and simple:
- Keep the grease trap on a regular cleaning schedule
- Let us know if the kitchen gets busier
- Fit sink strainers to catch food scraps
- Wipe grease off pans before washing them
We take the grease and solids away. Nothing is left for you to dispose of when we’re done.
A fixed cleaning interval means the trap never gets overfull. The interval is set to suit the trap and the kitchen.