Hampshire · Grease trap cleaning
Grease Trap Cleaning in Portchester
Specialist grease trap cleaning for Portchester: diagnosis first, then a fixed quote, the work and a report with photos. Ask us for a fixed quote.
- An inline trap or interceptor due for cleaning
- Scheduled grease trap emptying
- Gurgling drains in the kitchen
Grease trap cleaning in Portchester
Grease traps sit between the sinks and the drain, holding back fats, oils and grease. As the waste water cools, the grease floats and stays in the trap, and clean water flows on. Eventually it fills and needs emptying and cleaning. We’re often asked to deal with a small trap that fills too quickly and a routine grease trap service, on pot wash sinks, under-sink grease traps and school and care home kitchens.
Around a place like Portchester, deep clean work tends to mean pubs, cafés and school or care home kitchens. Smaller kitchens still collect grease behind equipment and in the drains.
Nothing is signed off by word of mouth: a written report, dated and illustrated with photos, plus a certificate through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal when the work is a TR19® Grease clean. Any parts we couldn’t reach are recorded on it too.
- Place
- Portchester (PO16, PO6, PO17)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Paperwork
- Photo report after every visit
- Quotes
- A fixed price before we start
- When we work
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
What a clean will not put right
We’d rather tell you now than book work that will not help, so these are the things it will not cover:
- A unit that can’t cope with the kitchen’s output
- Drains that need jetting rather than trap cleaning
- Blockages in the public sewer beyond the property
Not sure which it is? You can give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we will tell you honestly.
Where we work
- Pot wash sinks
- Kitchen waste pipes
- Restaurants and takeaways
- School and care home kitchens
- Inline grease traps
- Under-sink grease traps
Also near Portchester
What else we do in Portchester
Why act early in Portchester
Wherever the kitchen is in Portchester, backed-up drains stop it working. Water will not drain away, and dirty water can back up. Keeping the trap clean reduces the risk. Booking now means the visit to Portchester is planned around you, not forced by a breakdown.
A single site or a whole portfolio, the quote is built the same way: the work involved, the access and the timing. You’ll have a fixed price before we start.
What you get with us
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
- Every visit written up, with pictures
- Every job surveyed first
See how cleaning jobs are priced or how to check a contractor.
Multi-site and managed buildings
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
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.
Looking after it afterwards
Think of this as the after-treatment advice, in brief:
- Do not store things on top of the trap
- Don’t wait for a blockage to book a clean
- Never pour used oil down the sink
- 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.
Grease that gets past the trap sets in the drains. Once it’s there, it needs a drainage contractor to clear so prevention is the easier route.
Grease trap cleaning around Portchester
The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 39 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 19 takeaways and sandwich shops across Portchester and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Each of them sends fat, oil and grease towards the drain, which is why grease traps need regular emptying. Kitchens in Portchester get their food hygiene inspections from Fareham council. An inspection covers the structure of the kitchen as well as the food. Having the dates of the last deep clean to hand saves digging for them on the day.
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Castle Primary School or anywhere near Portchester, the holidays are the time for a deep clean or a grease trap clean. Where a church or community hall near Church of St Mary, or anywhere in Portchester, has a kitchen used by volunteers, a periodic deep clean keeps it ready for the next event. For a café close to Portchester station, a deep clean can be done between closing and the morning rush.
Portchester is about 3 miles north-east of Gosport, in Hampshire. Sites in Portchester get the same service as everywhere we cover: a survey first, a fixed quote, work timed around your hours and a report with photos. Portchester is one of 683 places in Hampshire where we work for commercial clients.
Every address in PO16, PO6 and PO17 is covered for grease trap cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. If you need grease trap cleaning at premises on Cow Lane, Hill Road and Ralph Road or anywhere close by, our technicians can take on the work. Neighbouring places we cover for grease trap cleaning include Boarhunt (2 miles north-west), Southwick (2 miles north), Elson (2 miles south-west), Wallington (2 miles west) and Priddy's Hard (2 miles south). Within a short drive, we also cover Gosport (3 miles south-west), Havant (6 miles east), Eastleigh (13 miles north-west), Fareham (3 miles west), Horndean (7 miles north-east) and Chandler's Ford (15 miles north-west).
Near you in Portchester
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Portchester Community School and The Cormorant pub and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is Portchester station, about 0.5 miles north-west. Other landmarks nearby include Portchester Castle (less than half a mile south-east) and Queen Alexandra Hospital (2.3 miles east). Not far away are West of the River Alver and Portsdown Hill.
What staff can safely do
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. What they cannot safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, which is where we come in.
If your staff spot something between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that won’t come clean, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We’ll take a look and give you a fixed quote.
What affects the quote in Portchester
The survey tells us what the work involves. We look at:
- Travel, parking and unloading
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- The condition of the system
- How many systems or sites are involved
You won’t find a price list here, because each job is priced on what it involves. Call for a fixed quote, and we will talk you through it.
What to send for a quote
Photos and a few facts are often enough to price the work. Send what you can of the following:
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- The site address and the type of premises
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- A few general shots of the system
Getting a quote doesn’t take long. Call or email with a few details and you’ll typically have a fixed price within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.
Portchester: your questions answered
Do you work at weekends in Portchester?
Yes, out-of-hours work is a big part of what we do. It means the site in Portchester keeps running as normal. Just phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email with your opening times and we will plan around them.
Who inspects food businesses in Portchester?
Food hygiene inspections in Portchester are carried out by Fareham council. How often a business is inspected depends on the council’s risk rating for it, so the kitchen needs to be ready at any time.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes. For anything urgent, such as a fan failure or damage after a fire, ring the 24/7 line, and we will advise on what to do next.
How much does grease trap cleaning cost?
No two traps are quite the same, so we quote once we know what you have. We give you a fixed price, usually within one working day.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. We run scheduled maintenance contracts, with visits at the interval your system needs. Each report recommends when the next visit should be.
What should go in our maintenance log?
Every certificate and report from each visit, kept together in your maintenance log, along with your own cleaning log. BESA advises that certificates record the date, location and technician.
Who is the responsible person?
The Fire Safety Order 2005 calls them the responsible person: normally the employer or whoever controls the premises. Landlords, facilities managers and managing agents can also hold responsibility.
What types of premises do you cover?
Restaurants and pubs, hotels, schools and colleges, hospitals and care homes, offices and retail, plus food production and leisure sites.
The process
Your staff do not need to do much on the day. A contact on site lets us in at the agreed time and points us to the system, and the rest is down to us. Afterwards, the area is left tidy and the written report follows. Evenings, weekends or a closed day all work for a site in a place like Portchester.
- First, we find the trap and look at its connections.
- We make sure nothing drains into the trap.
- 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
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
Get a fixed quote
Need a price for grease trap cleaning? Please ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos with a few details about the site. We’ll talk you through the work and send you a fixed quote before you commit to anything.