Kent · Grease trap cleaning
Sandway grease trap cleaning
Looking for grease trap cleaning in Sandway? We survey first, send you a fixed quote and work around your opening hours, then sign off with a report and pictures.
- Grease setting in the kitchen pipework
- An overdue grease trap
- Washing-up water that won’t drain away
Grease trap cleaning in Sandway, done properly
No two traps are quite the same. Under-sink units are small and fill quickly, while inline traps and interceptors hold more. We look at the trap, how much the kitchen uses it and how quickly it fills before suggesting how often it needs cleaning. If you have an inline trap or interceptor due for cleaning and drains clogged with fat, we can put it right, from kitchen waste pipes, pot wash sinks and inline grease traps onwards.
Somewhere as small as Sandway, the kitchens that need a deep clean are usually a pub, a school, a care home or a hall kitchen, wherever there is one. Wherever there is one, it needs its grease trap and hard-to-reach areas kept clean.
For insurers and inspectors, the record counts. So every job comes with a written report and pictures, plus a TR19® certificate through the BESCA VHE portal where the work is a TR19® Grease clean.
- Location
- Sandway (ME17)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Reporting
- Written report with pictures
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
What affects the quote in Sandway
Some jobs are bigger than they look, and some smaller. What affects the quote:
- A single visit or a regular plan
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
- The condition of the system
One small site or a whole estate, we price it on the same basis: the work involved, the access and the timing. The price is fixed before work begins.
What to send for a quote
Photos let us diagnose from a distance. The most useful are:
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- A few general shots of the system
- Any previous report or certificate
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 we can price many jobs without a visit.
When something else is needed
We’d rather tell you now than book work that will not help, so here are the limits:
- Drains that need jetting rather than trap cleaning
- Plumbing leaks around the sink
- Blockages in the public sewer beyond the property
If in doubt, phone us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we’ll say what we think before booking.
What we work on in Sandway
- Inline grease traps
- School and care home kitchens
- Restaurants and takeaways
- Kitchen waste pipes
- Pot wash sinks
- Under-sink grease traps
Aftercare tips
After the visit, a few habits help the work last:
- Keep strainers in every sink
- Let us know if the kitchen gets busier
- Tell us when sinks start draining slowly
- Do not wait for a blockage to book a clean
The waste we remove leaves with us. There’s no greasy waste left on site when we are done.
More cooking means more grease in the trap. Booking cleans more often keeps the drains flowing.
FAQs for Sandway
Do you work overnight in Sandway?
Yes, we can come after you close and finish before you open. The work in Sandway can fit around your hours. Tell us your opening hours when you ask for a quote.
Who inspects food businesses in Sandway?
That’s Maidstone council, whose environmental health officers carry out food hygiene inspections in Sandway. 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.
What accreditations do you have?
BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, plus CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001. We’ve been trading since 2009 and we are fully insured.
How much notice do you need?
It depends on the time you need and how big the job is. Mention your preferred dates with your enquiry, and if it’s an emergency, call us any time.
What does TR19 mean?
TR19® is the BESA specification for keeping ventilation systems clean. TR19® Grease, a standalone specification since 2019, covers grease in kitchen extract systems, while TR19® Air covers other supply and extract ductwork.
Can you clear our blocked drains as well?
It depends where the blockage is. A full trap is a common cause, and cleaning it can help but grease set further down the drains needs jetting by a drainage specialist.
Will we have to shut during the visit?
Usually not. Booking the work out of hours means the site can carry on as normal. Larger jobs can be phased over several visits so parts stay in use.
What do you do with the waste?
We remove all the waste we take out. It is not poured back down the drain at any point.
Why deal with it now?
Once the trap is full, grease heads for the drain. It hardens on the pipe walls, until the drain blocks. Cleaning the trap regularly is far easier than clearing a blocked drain. Equipment tucked in a roof space or outbuilding near Sandway rarely gets looked at unless someone books it.
You won’t find a price list here, because the cost depends on the site in front of us. Call for a fixed quote, and we’ll explain what it covers.
What you get with us
- We are fully insured
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Trading since 2009
- Each visit written up, with pictures
What grease trap cleaning looks like in Sandway
According to Food Standards Agency records, there are about 6 pubs and bars within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Sandway. Wherever they cook, the kitchen and its drains need the same attention as a restaurant’s. It’s Maidstone council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Sandway. Walls, floors, ceilings and equipment are all part of what they look at. Keeping a record of deep cleans and grease trap visits helps at inspection time.
For schools such as Platts Heath Primary School, deep cleans and grease trap work are usually booked for the holidays. If you serve passing trade near Lenham station, a grease trap on a regular schedule keeps the drains running through busy weeks. If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near St Mary's Church or elsewhere in Sandway, a deep clean and an emptied grease trap before a busy season of events are worth booking.
Sandway is about 8 miles east of Maidstone, in Kent. Sites in Sandway get the same service as everywhere we cover: a survey first, a fixed quote, work timed around your hours and a report with photos. Our area takes in 922 places across Kent, large and small. You can also see our page for Maidstone, roughly 8 miles from Sandway.
All of ME17 is within our area for grease trap cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. Whether your site is on Headcorn Road, Sandway Road and Old Ham Lane or a nearby road, we can help. Nearby, we also carry out grease trap cleaning in Platt's Heath (1 mile south-west), Liverton Street (1 mile south-west), Boughton Malherbe (1 mile south), Marley (1 mile north-west) and Harrietsham (1 mile north-west). We also work in nearby towns such as Maidstone (8 miles west), Ashford (9 miles south-east), Sittingbourne (8 miles north), Faversham (10 miles north-east), Minster (14 miles north) and Kings Hill (13 miles west).
Near you in Sandway
In Sandway, that means kitchens and buildings near Kiln Wood, The Lenham School and Wishful Thinker pub and the streets around them. The closest station to Sandway is Lenham station, about 0.5 miles north-east of the centre. Well-known places in the area include The Dog Collar Museum (3.2 miles north-west) and Coldbridge Castle (2.1 miles south).
Nearby places to Sandway
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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. Once we’re in, the area is sheeted and anything that has to be off is turned off and cooled, and the job takes anything from under an hour to a few hours, depending on the trap. Somewhere like Sandway, lanes, gates and parking are worth mentioning in advance.
- We agree a time when the sinks aren’t needed.
- We open the trap and look at its condition.
- Built-up grease and food waste are taken out.
- The inside, baffles and outlet are cleaned.
- We close it up, check it drains and suggest when it needs cleaning again.
How to prepare
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
Getting a quote
Every quote begins with a look at the system, from your photos and details or, where that is not enough, a survey on site. After that, you get a fixed price for the work so you know the cost before any work starts.
Advice
What the work involves, part by part
Baffles and outlets
Baffles inside the trap slow the water so grease can separate. They gather grease and debris, so we clean them.
Inline grease traps
Several sinks may drain into one inline trap. More waste means faster filling.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
From a single site to a large estate, the standard is the same: diagnosis, a fixed price, work booked around your hours and a written report with pictures.
If you look after several sites, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Every building has its own written report, so each one has its own record.