Hampshire · Grease trap cleaning
Grease Trap Cleaning in St Mary Bourne
Grease trap cleaning across St Mary Bourne and nearby, timed so the site keeps working and finished with a written report and photos.
- An overdue grease trap
- A larger grease trap that needs emptying
- A regular cleaning plan for the grease trap
Grease trap cleaning in St Mary Bourne, done properly
A clean trap means flowing drains and no foul smells. We empty the built-up grease and food solids and the chambers and baffles cleaned and the trap checked before we leave. Common call-outs are for an under-sink trap that keeps filling up and a grease trap that hasn’t been emptied in a long time, across school and care home kitchens, pot wash sinks and restaurants and takeaways.
In a village or hamlet like St Mary Bourne, commercial kitchens are few, perhaps a pub, a school or a care home. Wherever there is one, it needs its grease trap and hard-to-reach areas kept clean.
We’ve been trading since 2009, and we are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we are fully insured.
- Location
- St Mary Bourne (SP11)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Paperwork
- Report and pictures after the visit
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Aftercare tips
Think of this as the after-treatment advice, in brief:
- Keep access to the trap clear
- Tell us if your menu or hours change
- Hot water only moves grease further down
- Scrape plates and pans into the bin before washing up
Between cleans, keep food scraps out of the sink. Use strainers in the sink plugholes so less solid waste gets through.
If the sinks are slow or smelly, the trap may be full. Acting at this stage usually prevents a blockage down the line.
Grease trap cleaning in St Mary Bourne: local notes
Food Standards Agency data counts about 3 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens across St Mary Bourne and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). A grease trap in kitchens like these fills steadily and needs emptying before it overflows. Food hygiene inspections in St Mary Bourne are the job of Basingstoke and Deane council’s environmental health team. Walls, floors, ceilings and equipment are all part of what they look at. A cleaning log that includes deep cleans and grease trap visits shows the work is planned. At about 59 miles from central London, St Mary Bourne sits well inside the area we cover. Evening, overnight and weekend visits are all possible.
A summer deep clean suits schools such as St Mary Bourne Primary School, as the kitchen can be stripped back with no lunches to serve. If you run a care home or healthcare kitchen near St Mary Bourne (the nearest hospital is Andover War Memorial Hospital, about 4.9 miles south-west), a grease trap on a set schedule avoids a blocked drain mid-service.
St Mary Bourne is about 5 miles north-east of Andover, in Hampshire. Across the SP11 area, we can take on grease trap cleaning. Across Hampshire, we cover 683 places, St Mary Bourne among them. You can also see our page for Southampton, about 23 miles away.
Postcode districts we cover here for grease trap cleaning: SP11. Whether your site is on Spring Hill Lane, Springhill and Bells Meadow or a nearby road, we can help. If your site is just outside St Mary Bourne, we cover Binley (2 miles north), Wadwick (2 miles north-east), Hurstbourne Priors (3 miles south), Cole Henley (3 miles east) and Whitchurch (3 miles south-east). Further out, we also cover Basingstoke (13 miles east), Winchester (14 miles south), Andover (5 miles south-west), Tadley (13 miles north-east), Hyde (13 miles south) and Popley (14 miles east).
Near you in St Mary Bourne
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Coronation Arms, among other places. For rail, the closest station is Whitchurch (Hampshire) station, roughly 2.9 miles south-east of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Finkley Down Farm Museum (3.2 miles south-west) and Andover War Memorial Hospital (4.9 miles south-west). Not far away are Sidown Hill and Anton Lakes.
Common questions in St Mary Bourne
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in St Mary Bourne?
Kitchens in St Mary Bourne are inspected by Basingstoke and Deane council’s environmental health officers. Photos from a deep clean are a simple record of what was done and when.
Can you work in school kitchens in St Mary Bourne during the holidays?
Yes. Half-terms and the summer break are the natural time for school work. The FSA’s register shows about 2 schools and colleges with food registrations within roughly a mile and a half of St Mary Bourne. Send us your term dates when you ring 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form, and we’ll fit the work in.
Does the report say when we need you again?
Yes. The report recommends when the next visit should be, based on what we found and how the system is used.
Can you set up regular visits?
Yes. Send details of the systems and how they’re used, and we’ll suggest a schedule and quote for it.
Which grease traps does the service cover?
We clean under-sink traps, inline traps and interceptors. Tell us what you have and we’ll plan the visit.
Can you clear our blocked drains as well?
That depends on the cause. If the trap is full, cleaning it often helps, but blockages further along need a drainage contractor.
What accreditations do you have?
Our accreditations are CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. Vent Hygiene Elite is run by BESCA and independently audited.
How much notice should we give?
Book as early as you can for planned work, particularly if your next visit is nearly due. Emergencies are different, because our line is open 24/7.
What we do, step by step
Your trading hours come first. 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 anything from under an hour to a few hours, depending on the trap. Rural roads and tight entrances are worth telling us about before a visit to St Mary Bourne.
- We agree a time when the sinks are not needed.
- We open the trap and look at its condition.
- We remove the grease layer and settled solids.
- We clean the baffles, inlet and outlet.
- The trap is closed, tested and the next clean discussed.
Preparing for the visit
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Move anything stored near the system
- Let us know about parking and loading
Get a fixed quote
Photos are enough for some jobs, while others need a look on site. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, you get a fixed price before work begins.
Advice
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
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’ll take a look and give you a fixed quote.
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.
Honest limits
An honest diagnosis matters more to us than a booking, so here’s what this work can’t put right:
- Leaking pipework or sink wastes, which need a plumber
- Drains that are cracked or have collapsed
- Sewer problems outside the premises
Not sure which it is? You can call us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we’ll tell you honestly.
What we work on in St Mary Bourne
- Inline grease traps
- School and care home kitchens
- Pot wash sinks
- Kitchen waste pipes
- Restaurants and takeaways
- Under-sink grease traps
Part by part
Restaurant and takeaway kitchens
Busy kitchens with lots of washing-up fill traps fast. They often need the most frequent cleaning.
Baffles and outlets
The baffles hold back grease while water flows on. They gather grease and debris, so we clean them.
Managing agents and facilities teams in St Mary Bourne
For anyone managing more than one site, 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.
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we can quote for the whole system.
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When to call us in St Mary Bourne
Waste cooking oil poured down the sink overloads the trap fast. Small amounts soon build up.
It’s time to book a visit if you see:
- A larger grease trap that needs emptying
- A routine grease trap service
- Gurgling drains in the kitchen
- Foul odours from the grease trap
Where a church or community hall near Church of St Peter, or anywhere in St Mary Bourne, has a kitchen used by volunteers, a periodic deep clean keeps it ready for the next event.
Before you book anyone
- Whether they recommend a next date
- Whether they’re fully insured
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or photos