West Sussex · Grease trap cleaning
Grease Trap Cleaning in Portfield
Need grease trap cleaning in Portfield? We survey first, send you a fixed quote and work around your opening hours, then sign off with a report and pictures.
- Drains clogged with fat
- An interceptor full of grease and solids
- A full, neglected grease trap
About our grease trap cleaning in Portfield
Smells from the sink, gurgling drains or slow drainage all point to the grease trap. We find the trap, empty it and clean it and run water through to check it drains. If you’re dealing with an under-sink trap that keeps filling up and sinks that drain slowly, we can put it right.
For a kitchen near Portfield, deep cleans are booked around opening hours, often on a closed day.
Each visit ends with a written report and pictures, 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
- Portfield (PO19, PO20, PO18)
- Region
- West Sussex
- Reporting
- Report and pictures after the visit
- Quote
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- When we work
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Why it’s worth doing now in Portfield
Grease that gets past the trap does not disappear. It adds to blockages further down the drains and sewer. Keeping it in the trap, and emptying the trap, is the responsible thing to do. Booking now means the visit to Portfield is planned around you, not forced by a breakdown.
What you pay depends on the size of the system, what state it’s in and how easy it is to reach. You get a fixed price before work begins, so there are no surprises.
Why book with us
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
Take a look at what affects the cost and our accreditations and certificates.
What we’re called out for in Portfield
Food waste slips past sink strainers or gets rinsed down. Solids settle at the bottom of the trap and fill it from below.
Clients usually contact us after spotting one of these:
- An under-sink trap that keeps filling up
- Sinks that drain slowly
- An overdue grease trap
- An inline trap or interceptor due for cleaning
If you run a café or takeaway near Chichester station, a deep clean overnight means the kitchen opens as normal next morning.
Before you book anyone
- When they can work, and whether that’s outside your opening hours
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- How they set the interval to the next visit
- What paperwork you get at the end
Different parts, different methods
Restaurant and takeaway kitchens
Busy kitchens with lots of washing-up fill traps fast. A shorter cleaning interval typically suits them.
School, care home and staff kitchens
School kitchens can be cleaned in the holidays or between meal services.
Places near Portfield
What else we do in Portfield
How we price grease trap cleaning
The price is fixed before any work begins. It’s based on:
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
- Parking and loading at the site
Every site is different, so each one gets its own fixed quote. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all make a difference.
What we need to know
Before you ask for a quote, gather:
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- Any previous report or certificate
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
Photos are enough for some jobs, while others need a look on site. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in photos, get a survey first. Either way, you get a fixed price before we start.
What grease trap cleaning looks like in Portfield
Food Standards Agency records list about 116 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 21 takeaways and sandwich shops within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Portfield. Kitchens like these wash fat, oil and grease down the sink every day, and a grease trap is what stops it reaching the sewer. Kitchens in Portfield get their food hygiene inspections from Chichester council. They look at the cleanliness of the whole kitchen: walls, floors, ceilings and equipment. A record of each deep clean helps show the kitchen is kept in order.
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Portfield Primary Academy or anywhere near Portfield, the holidays are the time for a deep clean or a grease trap clean. Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as St Richard's Hospital (about 0.5 miles north-west), cook for long hours, so deep cleans and grease trap work are planned around patients’ meals.
Portfield is about 1 mile east of Chichester, in West Sussex. Portfield gets the same approach as every site we work on: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where needed and a written report with pictures. Portfield is one of 371 towns, villages and districts in West Sussex where we work for commercial clients. You can also see our page for Portsmouth, roughly 14 miles from Portfield.
Postcode districts we cover here for grease trap cleaning: PO19, PO20 and PO18. That includes premises on Kent Road, York Road and Spur Road and the roads around them. Portfield sits on or near the A259 and A285, which makes travel easy for grease trap cleaning. Other places close to Portfield include Chichester (1 mile west), Westhampnett (1 mile north-east), Shopwyke (1 mile east), Maudlin (1 mile north-east) and North Mundham (2 miles south). Further out, we also cover Bognor Regis (5 miles south-east), Selsey (7 miles south), Littlehampton (10 miles east), Emsworth (8 miles west), Rustington (11 miles east) and Storrington (15 miles north-east).
Near you in Portfield
In Portfield, that means kitchens and buildings near The Prebendal School, The East Gate Public House and Chichester High School For Girls. For rail, the closest station is Chichester station, about 0.9 miles west. Other landmarks nearby include The Chichester City Museum (0.6 miles west) and Chichester Castle (0.6 miles west). Open spaces near Portfield include Kingley Vale National Nature Reserve and Stoke Down.
Your questions about grease trap cleaning in Portfield
Do you work in school kitchens around Portfield out of term?
Yes. The holidays are the usual time for school work. Food Standards Agency records list about 18 schools, colleges and universities with registered kitchens within about a mile and a half of Portfield. Tell us your holiday dates and we will book the visit for when the site is empty.
Who inspects food businesses in Portfield?
That’s Chichester council, whose environmental health officers carry out food hygiene inspections in Portfield. Inspection results feed into the food hygiene rating published by the Food Standards Agency.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes. We always survey first, from your pictures and details, or with a visit where needed. Then you get a fixed quote.
Which records should we keep?
Everything that shows the system is looked after: reports, certificates, photos and your own cleaning or check logs. One maintenance log per site keeps it simple.
What’s the right interval for grease trap cleaning?
It varies with the trap and the kitchen. Slow or smelly sinks between cleans mean it needs doing more often and we’ll adjust the schedule.
Where does the waste go?
It’s contained and taken away. Grease, debris and waste water are collected as the work goes on rather than letting it spread.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
Commercial premises of every kind: kitchens, offices, schools, healthcare, retail, leisure and food production. Work is timed around how each site runs.
Which grease traps does the service cover?
Under-sink and inline grease traps, and larger interceptors. They’re emptied, cleaned and checked in the same careful way.
The process
We work around your opening hours, not the other way round. We book the visit for a time the area is closed, whether that’s an evening, overnight or a weekend. Once we are in, the area is sheeted and anything that has to be off is turned off and cooled, and the work takes an hour or so for an under-sink trap, longer for a larger unit. In a place like Portfield, we fit the visit around your hours.
- We find the trap and check how it’s connected.
- The sinks feeding the trap are kept out of use while we work.
- Built-up fat, oil and grease is removed from the trap.
- We clean the chambers, baffles and connections.
- We put it back together, run water through and remove the waste.
Preparing for the visit
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
Get a fixed quote
For a fixed quote, phone us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email with the site type, your trading hours and a short description of the system. Photos and the last report, if you have one, make the quote quicker. We typically come back within one working day.
Advice
What your team can do, and what needs us
If your staff spot something between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We can diagnose it and quote.
Some jobs should never be done in-house: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease call for the right kit, training and safe access. Leave those to us.
Honest limits
Some problems need a different service or another trade:
- A leaking sink waste or trap connection
- Sewer problems outside the premises
- Collapsed or damaged drains, which need a drainage contractor
If in doubt, call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we’ll say what we think.
Where we work
- Inline grease traps
- School and care home kitchens
- Pot wash sinks
- Kitchen waste pipes
- Under-sink grease traps
- Restaurants and takeaways