Medway · Grease trap cleaning
Sharnal Street grease trap cleaning
Need grease trap cleaning in Sharnal Street? We survey first, send you a fixed quote and work around your opening hours, then sign off with a report and photos.
- Washing-up water that won’t drain away
- A routine grease trap service
- A full, neglected grease trap
About our grease trap cleaning in Sharnal Street
Every trap is different. 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. The work covers kitchen waste pipes, under-sink grease traps and pot wash sinks, and people most often call us about an interceptor full of grease and solids and washing-up water that won’t drain away.
Somewhere as small as Sharnal Street, 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.
The paperwork matters as much as the work. You get a written report with photos after every visit, covering the work done, any areas we couldn’t access and a recommended next date. Keep it with your fire safety records so it’s ready for an insurer, fire officer or EHO.
- Where
- Sharnal Street (ME3)
- Wider area
- Medway
- Records
- Written report with photos
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Sharnal Street: your questions answered
Who inspects food businesses in Sharnal Street?
Kitchens in Sharnal Street are inspected by Medway council’s environmental health officers. Photos from a deep clean are a simple record of what was done and when.
Do you work at weekends in Sharnal Street?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. Your customers, staff or residents in Sharnal Street needn’t be disturbed. Tell us your opening hours when you ask for a quote.
Do you recommend a next date?
Yes. The recommended date is on the report. BESA’s minimum intervals for kitchen extracts range from 3-monthly for heavy use to 12-monthly for light use, and fire dampers need testing at least once a year.
How much notice should we give?
For planned work, earlier is better, particularly if your next visit is nearly due. For emergencies, we take calls 24/7.
What happens if you cannot reach some of it?
We never leave them off the paperwork. The report says which parts couldn’t be reached and why, and we can quote to improve the access.
Who has the legal duty for fire safety?
In the words of the Fire Safety Order 2005, it’s the responsible person. It’s normally the employer, or whoever controls the building, and in shared buildings more than one person can have duties. If you are not sure, check your lease and fire risk assessment.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. Scheduled maintenance plans are part of what we do, with visits at the interval your system needs. Each report recommends when the next visit should be.
Do you provide a certificate or report?
Yes, always. The report is dated and includes pictures, plus a certificate via the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal for TR19® Grease cleans. File it with your fire safety records.
Nearby places to Sharnal Street
What else we do in Sharnal Street
Keeping the system healthy
So the system stays in good health:
- Do not wait for a blockage to book a clean
- Tell us if your menu or hours change
- Tell us when sinks start draining slowly
- Keep waste oil out of the drains
Between cleans, keep food scraps out of the sink. Sink strainers help catch solids so less solid waste gets through.
Slow sinks and a bad smell are early warnings. Acting at this stage normally prevents a blockage later.
What your team can do, and what needs us
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. What they cannot safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, and that’s where we come in.
When your team notices a problem between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that will not come clean, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We will take a look and give you a fixed quote.
Sharnal Street kitchens: local notes
Food Standards Agency records list about 5 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Sharnal Street. Each of them sends fat, oil and grease towards the drain, which is why grease traps need regular emptying. Sharnal Street is about 29 miles from central London, well within the area we cover across London and the South East. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends, so the visit fits around the site. It’s Medway council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Sharnal Street. Walls, floors, ceilings and equipment are all part of what they look at. A record of each deep clean helps show the kitchen is kept in order.
Hall and church kitchens, near Church of St Margaret or anywhere around Sharnal Street, are used by many hands, and periodic deep cleans and grease trap visits keep them in order. Healthcare kitchens cook through the year, so a deep clean has to be fitted around meals; Medway Maritime Hospital, about 4.5 miles south, is the nearest hospital to Sharnal Street.
Sharnal Street is about 5 miles north of Gillingham, in Medway. Sites in Sharnal Street get the same service as everywhere we cover: a survey first, a fixed quote, work timed around your hours and a report with photos. Sharnal Street is one of 68 towns, villages and districts in Medway we cover for commercial clients. You can also see our page for Maidstone, about 12 miles away.
Here we cover the ME3 postcode area for grease trap cleaning. We also cover the places around Sharnal Street: Fenn Street (1 mile north-east), High Halstow (1 mile north-west), Tunbridge Hill (1 mile south-east), Kingsnorth (1 mile south-east) and Hoo St Werburgh (1 mile south-west). Within a short drive, we also cover Gillingham (5 miles south), Chatham (6 miles south), Rochester (5 miles south-west), Rainham (6 miles south), Strood (5 miles south-west) and Luton (5 miles south).
Local landmarks in Sharnal Street
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to The Hundred of Hoo Academy and The Red Dog Public House and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Gillingham (Kent) station, about 3.9 miles south. Other landmarks nearby include Upnor Castle (3.2 miles south-west) and Medway Maritime Hospital (4.5 miles south). For a walk, there’s Bishop Saltings.
What the work involves, part by part
Grease interceptors
An interceptor works on the same principle as a smaller trap. Grease floats and solids sink.
Baffles and outlets
Every clean includes the baffles, inlet and outlet so the trap works as it should.
When to call us in Sharnal Street
Food scraps go down the sink with the washing-up water. Solids settle at the bottom of the trap and takes up space.
If you notice any of these, it’s worth a diagnosis:
- Washing-up water that will not drain away
- Foul odours from the grease trap
- A full, neglected grease trap
- A blocked kitchen drain caused by grease
Historic houses such as Restoration House (about 4.9 miles south-west) are part of the area around Sharnal Street, and if you run event catering at a venue like that, a deep clean between seasons helps.
Before booking anyone
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- How areas they cannot reach will be recorded
- Whether they’re fully insured
- When they can work, and whether that’s outside your opening hours
What affects the quote in Sharnal Street
Sites vary more than people expect. The main factors:
- Whether several sites go on one quote
- The times the site is available
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- The size of the system
Leaving it longer rarely makes the work cheaper. Problems in a system tend to grow, and a neglected system can mean more work. If you are unsure, ring 0345 646 2711 or send us an email for straight advice and a fixed quote.
What to send for a quote
You do not need the technical terms. Just send:
- Any previous report or certificate
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- Wide photos of the system and the area around it
Want a quote for grease trap cleaning? Please give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and tell us about the site. We will explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before anything is booked.
What we do, step by step
There’s very little for your team to do on the day. A contact on site lets us in at the agreed time and points us to the system, and we take it from there. Before we leave, the area is tidied and the paperwork follows. Rural roads and tight entrances are worth telling us about before a visit to Sharnal Street.
- A visit is booked around your service.
- The trap is opened up and checked.
- 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.
Preparing for the visit
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
How to get a quote
For grease trap cleaning in Sharnal Street, call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email. Let us know the site type and the opening hours, plus pictures or the previous report if they’re to hand. A fixed quote typically follows within one working day.
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What happens if it’s left?
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. In a small place like Sharnal Street, a system that fails can take a site out of use.
Combining work into one visit or one programme often makes better use of the time. Mention every system or site you need covered and we’ll price it together.
Why us?
- Every job surveyed first
- One number for every site across the South East and London
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
- Fully insured
Take a look at our cost guide or our accreditations and certificates.