Kent · Grease trap cleaning
Grease Trap Cleaning in Rodmersham
Grease trap cleaning across Rodmersham and nearby, booked around your opening hours and finished with a written report and pictures.
- A small trap that fills too quickly
- A blocked kitchen drain caused by grease
- Gurgling from the sink waste
What staff can safely do
A few tasks are always specialist work: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease call for the right kit, training and safe access. That is our job.
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. What they can’t safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, which is where we come in.
Grease trap cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Rodmersham
Grease is behind most blocked kitchen drains. Down the line, they can add to fatbergs in the sewer. A well-maintained trap keeps them out of the drains. The work covers pot wash sinks, under-sink grease traps and school and care home kitchens, and the jobs we see most are scheduled grease trap emptying and grease setting in the kitchen pipework.
For a kitchen in or near Rodmersham, the visit is planned ahead, around opening times and the journey, and the deep clean is the same as anywhere: walls, floors, ceilings and equipment.
For insurers and inspectors, the record counts. That is why every job is written up in a report with pictures, and grease extract cleans come with a TR19® certificate issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Place
- Rodmersham (ME9)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Paperwork
- Written report with pictures
- Quote
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
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What happens if it’s left?
In Rodmersham, as anywhere, grease trap cleaning is a short, routine visit. Waiting for a blockage turns it into an urgent problem, often at a busy time. In a place like Rodmersham, ductwork and fans are easy to forget until something goes wrong.
Combining work into one visit or one programme can make for a more efficient booking. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at, and you will get one fixed quote.
Why book with us
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
- Fully insured
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
Take a look at our cost guide and how to check a contractor.
What we do, step by step
We work around your opening hours, not the other way round. Most visits are booked for when the area is out of use, such as evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends. When the team arrives, the work area is protected and the relevant equipment is switched off to cool, and the job takes an hour or so for an under-sink trap, longer for a larger unit. Somewhere as small as Rodmersham, the date and timings are agreed with you well before the day.
- We locate the trap and check how it’s fitted.
- We make sure nothing drains into the trap.
- We empty out the fat, oil, grease and solids.
- We clean every part of the inside.
- We refit it, run water through and remove the waste.
How to prepare
- Clear loose items from the work area
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
Getting a quote
Want a quote for grease trap cleaning? Please ring 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and tell us about the site. We’ll talk you through the work and give you a fixed quote before anything is booked.
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When something else is needed
An honest diagnosis matters more to us than a booking, so here’s what this work can’t put right:
- Sewer problems outside the premises
- A grease trap that’s too small for the kitchen
- A leaking sink waste or trap connection
If you are not sure, just give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we’ll give you a straight answer.
Where we work
- Inline grease traps
- Under-sink grease traps
- School and care home kitchens
- Restaurants and takeaways
- Kitchen waste pipes
- Pot wash sinks
FAQs for Rodmersham
Do you clean school kitchens in Rodmersham in the summer holidays?
Yes. Half-terms and the summer break are the natural time for school work. There are about 12 schools, colleges and universities on the FSA’s food hygiene register within about 1.5 miles of Rodmersham. Tell us your holiday dates and we’ll book the visit for when the site is empty.
Can the work in Rodmersham be done at night or at weekends?
Yes, we can come after you close and finish before you open. The work in Rodmersham can fit around your hours. Just give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line with your opening times and we’ll plan around them.
What is TR19?
TR19® is the BESA specification for keeping ventilation systems clean. TR19® Grease, a standalone specification since 2019, covers grease in kitchen extract systems, and TR19® Air covers general supply and extract systems.
Do you deal with blocked drains beyond the grease trap?
Our service covers the grease trap itself. Where the problem is further down the drain, we’ll say so so you can call a drainage contractor.
Are you accredited?
Our accreditations are CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. Vent Hygiene Elite is run by BESCA and independently audited.
Which records should we keep?
Anything that proves the system is maintained: reports, certificates, photos and your own cleaning or check logs. One maintenance log per site keeps it simple.
Is TR19 cleaning required by law?
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 have a 24/7 line?
Yes, day and night, every day of the year. Our office is open from 8am to 6pm on weekdays, and the emergency line covers the rest.
Different parts, different methods
Grease interceptors
Grease interceptors are larger units that serve busier kitchens. They hold more grease and solids, but they still need regular emptying and cleaning.
Baffles and outlets
We check the inlet, outlet and baffles at each clean so water flows freely.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Rodmersham
Whether it’s one building or many, the standard is the same: a survey first, a fixed quote, the work timed around the site and a report with photos.
If you look after several sites, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Each site gets its own report and pictures, so records stay tidy.
Grease trap cleaning around Rodmersham
Food Standards Agency data counts about 14 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 12 sandwich bars and takeaways within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Rodmersham. Each of them sends fat, oil and grease towards the drain, which is why grease traps need regular emptying. Environmental health officers from Swale council inspect food businesses in Rodmersham. 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.
A summer deep clean suits schools such as Rodmersham School, as the kitchen can be stripped back with no lunches to serve. Hall and church kitchens, near Church of St Nicholas or anywhere around Rodmersham, are used by many hands, and periodic deep cleans and grease trap visits keep them in order.
Rodmersham is about 2 miles south-east of Sittingbourne, in Kent. Rodmersham 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. Our Kent coverage runs to 922 places, Rodmersham among them. Maidstone is in our area too, about 11 miles from Rodmersham.
We cover every part of ME9 for grease trap cleaning and the streets around it. Other places close to Rodmersham include Bapchild (1 mile south), Rodmersham Green (1 mile west), Highsted (1 mile west), Radfield (1 mile north-east) and Newbury (1 mile south). Within a short drive, we also cover Maidstone (11 miles west), Ashford (13 miles south), Canterbury (14 miles east), Whitstable (12 miles east), Faversham (5 miles east) and Minster (7 miles north).
Near you in Rodmersham
Typical jobs here are in premises near The Sittingbourne School and Cromers Wood and the streets around them. Rodmersham’s nearest station is Sittingbourne station, roughly 1.8 miles north-west of the centre. A little further out are Bayford Court (1.6 miles north-west) and Sittingbourne Heritage Museum (1.4 miles north-west).
Looking after it afterwards
How long the results last depends on use and care. Here’s what we suggest:
- Don’t store things on top of the trap
- Never pour used oil down the sink
- Use strainers in the sink plugholes
- Don’t wait for a blockage to book a clean
Collect waste cooking oil separately rather than pouring it down the sink and the trap won’t fill as quickly. It makes a real difference.
If the kitchen has got busier, the trap fills faster. Booking cleans more often keeps the drains flowing.