West Sussex · Grease trap cleaning
Selham grease trap cleaning
Specialist grease trap cleaning for Selham: a survey, a fixed price, careful work and proper paperwork. Ask us for a fixed quote.
- An inline trap or interceptor due for cleaning
- A regular cleaning plan for the grease trap
- A grease trap that hasn’t been emptied in a long time
What affects the quote in Selham
Your quote is based on your site. We consider:
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
- How many systems or sites are involved
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
Whatever the type of site, the quote works the same way: how much there is, how we reach it, what state it’s in and when we can work. Call for a fixed quote and we will explain each part.
What we need to know
Photos and a few facts are often enough to price the work. Useful things to send:
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- Any previous report or certificate
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- The site address and the type of premises
Some systems can be priced from pictures; others need a survey. 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 work begins.
How we handle grease trap cleaning in Selham
For kitchens across Selham, grease trap cleaning fits easily around service. The trap is emptied, cleaned and checked and remove the waste. It works on its own or with a deep clean or extract clean. The work covers restaurants and takeaways, under-sink grease traps and school and care home kitchens, and people most often call us about an under-sink trap that keeps filling up and scheduled grease trap emptying.
Somewhere as small as Selham, 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.
It’s worth checking any contractor’s accreditations. Ours are BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, plus CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured.
- Place
- Selham (GU28)
- Region
- West Sussex
- Paperwork
- Photo report after every visit
- Price
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Common questions in Selham
Is Selham within the area you cover?
Yes, we work in villages as well as towns, and Selham is covered. A survey first, from pictures or a visit, means we arrive with the right kit.
Can you come to Selham after we close?
Yes, out-of-hours work is a big part of what we do. The work in Selham can fit around your hours. Tell us your opening hours when you ask for a quote.
Do you have insurance?
Yes. Duct Doctor is fully insured, and the details are available on request.
Will we have to shut during the visit?
Not typically. Visits are timed for when the area is closed, such as overnight or at a weekend, so you keep your normal hours.
Who is responsible for fire safety on the premises?
That depends on who controls the premises. The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty on the responsible person, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, facilities manager or managing agent.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
All kinds of commercial and public premises: from restaurants, pubs and hotels to schools, hospitals, care homes, offices, shops and food production sites. Work is timed around how each site runs.
How long does a grease trap clean take?
As a guide, it takes anything from under an hour to a few hours, depending on the trap. Bigger or overdue traps need more time and we’ll say so when we quote.
Will you tell us when the next visit is due?
Yes. The interval depends on how much the system is used and what we find and the report sets out why.
How it works
At the end of the visit, someone from your team can look over the work with us. Anything we couldn’t reach or that needs attention is pointed out there and then, and the same goes into the written report. The visit takes less than an hour for many under-sink units. Pictures of the system and its access let us plan the work in Selham before we set off.
- First, we locate the grease trap and look at the pipework around it.
- Nothing drains into the trap while it’s open.
- We take out the layer of fat, oil and grease and any solids.
- Every part of the trap is scraped and cleaned, including the baffles.
- The trap is reassembled, checked for leaks and the waste taken away.
Preparing for the visit
- Clear loose items from the work area
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
How to get a quote
Getting a quote doesn’t take long. Call or email with a few details and you will normally have a fixed price within one working day. Where a survey is needed, we arrange a time that suits the site.
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What grease trap cleaning looks like in Selham
There are about 3 food manufacturers and packers across Selham and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half), according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Where food is made in quantity, grease traps fill faster and need a tighter schedule. Selham, about 44 miles from central London, is within our usual area. The visit is fixed around your opening hours, not ours. Environmental health officers from Chichester council inspect food businesses in Selham. Grease behind equipment or on a ceiling is the kind of thing an inspection can note. Photos and dates from each deep clean make a useful record.
Midhurst Community Hospital, about 2.9 miles west, is the nearest hospital to Selham; healthcare kitchens can’t stop cooking, so deep cleans are worked around meal times. Historic houses such as Cowdray House (about 2.7 miles west) are part of the area around Selham, and if you run event catering at a venue like that, a deep clean between seasons helps. If you look after a hall kitchen near Church of St James or anywhere in Selham, a deep clean between busy seasons is easier than a scramble before a big event.
Selham is about 8 miles south of Haslemere, in West Sussex. Across the GU28 area, we can carry out grease trap cleaning at your premises. Selham is one of 371 places in West Sussex where we work for grease trap cleaning. Guildford is in our area too, about 19 miles from Selham.
Grease trap cleaning in GU28 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. If your site is just outside Selham, we cover South Ambersham (1 mile west), River (2 miles north), Tillington (2 miles north-east), Upperton (2 miles north-east) and Rotherbridge (2 miles east). Within a short drive, we also cover Bognor Regis (13 miles south), Chichester (11 miles south-west), Littlehampton (13 miles south-east), Emsworth (14 miles south-west), Rustington (14 miles south-east) and Storrington (11 miles east).
Around Selham
Well-known places in the area include Midhurst Community Hospital (2.9 miles west) and Coultershaw Heritage Site (2.5 miles east). Green spaces nearby include Graffham Common.
Places near Selham
Other services in Selham
Keeping the system healthy
So the system stays in good health:
- Book trap cleans at a set interval
- Collect waste cooking oil separately
- Fit sink strainers to catch food scraps
- Mention any increase in cooking
We take the grease and solids away. There’s no greasy waste left on site after the visit.
If the sinks are slow or smelly, the trap may be full. Getting it cleaned now can stop a full blockage later.
What happens if it’s left?
Grease that gets past the trap doesn’t disappear. It can build up in the drains and join fatbergs in the sewer. Keeping it in the trap, and emptying the trap, is the responsible thing to do. In a place like Selham, ductwork and fans are easy to forget until something goes wrong.
What you pay depends on how big the system is, the condition it’s in and how easy it is to reach. We give you a fixed price before work begins, so there are no surprises.
Why us?
- We are fully insured
- Fixed quotes, normally within one working day
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
See what affects the cost or our accreditations and certificates.
What the work involves, part by part
Under-sink grease traps
An under-sink trap is out of sight. When they fill, the sink slows and starts to smell.
Inline grease traps
Access to an inline trap can be in a floor or cupboard. We check how to reach it before the visit.
For landlords and multi-site operators
Facilities teams in offices, schools and healthcare sites book us too across West Sussex. Larger estates can be phased building by building around the people who use them.
Running several sites is easier with one contractor. We work across London and the South East, so a run of sites can go into one programme and kept to a regular schedule.
What your team can do, and what needs us
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Regular in-house cleaning slows the build-up, but the parts you cannot see still need a specialist at the right interval.
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, next to our reports.