Medway · Grease trap cleaning
St Mary Hoo grease trap cleaning
We cover St Mary Hoo for grease trap cleaning. Out-of-hours visits, a fixed quote and a written report with pictures on every job.
- A slow-draining kitchen sink
- Gurgling drains in the kitchen
- A bad smell from the sinks or drains
For landlords and multi-site operators
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
We regularly work with managing agents. Tell us the site, the work and the access arrangements, and we will send a fixed quote.
About our grease trap cleaning in St Mary Hoo
For kitchens across St Mary Hoo, grease trap cleaning fits easily around service. We empty, clean and check the trap and remove the waste. It works on its own or with a deep clean or extract clean. If you have a small trap that fills too quickly and washing-up water that won’t drain away, we can help.
Somewhere as small as St Mary Hoo, 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.
Nothing is signed off by word of mouth: a dated report with pictures of the work, and for TR19® Grease cleans, a certificate issued through the BESCA VHE portal. It shows what was done and what, if anything, couldn’t be reached.
- Place
- St Mary Hoo (ME3)
- Region
- Medway
- Reporting
- Written report with photos
- Quote
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- Hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Do you need grease trap cleaning in St Mary Hoo?
Food waste slips past sink strainers or gets rinsed down. Solids settle at the bottom of the trap and takes up space.
It’s time to book a visit if you see:
- A larger grease trap that needs emptying
- A blocked kitchen drain caused by grease
- A kitchen drain that smells
- An under-sink trap that keeps filling up
If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Medway Maritime Hospital about 6 miles south-west, deep cleans and grease trap visits are planned so meals still go out.
Questions to ask before booking
- How they set the interval to the next visit
- Whether the figure could change on the day
- How areas they can’t reach will be recorded
- Whether they’re fully insured
Common questions in St Mary Hoo
Is St Mary Hoo within the area you cover?
Yes. St Mary Hoo is within the area we cover across London and the South East. Photos of the system and directions to the site help us plan the visit.
Which council inspects kitchens in St Mary Hoo?
In St Mary Hoo, it’s Medway council that carries out food hygiene inspections. 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.
Does the report say when we need you again?
Yes. We put a recommended next date on the report. For kitchen extracts, BESA’s minimum intervals run from every 3 months for heavy use to every 12 months for light use, while fire dampers are tested at least annually.
How much notice do you need?
Earlier is better, particularly for night and weekend visits. Quotes typically come back within one working day, and emergencies are covered by our 24/7 line.
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, while TR19® Air covers other supply and extract ductwork.
Do the sinks have to be out of use during the clean?
For the length of the clean, yes. The clean takes an hour or two in most kitchens, depending on the size and condition of the trap, and we time it to suit you.
What do you do with the waste?
We take it away. There’s nothing left for your team to deal with once the clean is done.
What should go in our maintenance log?
Visit reports, certificates and your in-house cleaning logs. Insurers, fire officers and EHOs may all ask to see them, so keep them where they can be found quickly.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, and that’s where we come in.
Keep a record of what your team does. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, alongside our reports.
The process
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 work takes an hour or so for an under-sink trap, longer for a larger unit. Rural roads and tight entrances are worth telling us about before a visit to St Mary Hoo.
- We locate the trap and check how it’s fitted.
- Sinks feeding the trap are taken out of use.
- Grease and solids are removed from the trap.
- The chambers and baffles are cleaned.
- We refit it, run water through and remove the waste.
Getting ready for the visit
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Move anything stored near the system
Ask for a quote
To help us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, pictures of the system and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Once you have those, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.
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Between visits
Results last longer with the right care. Here’s what we suggest:
- Hot water only moves grease further down
- Keep strainers in every sink
- Never pour used oil down the sink
- Wipe grease off pans before washing them
Anything we notice beyond the trap, like a slow drain downstream, is pointed out. It may need a drainage specialist to look further.
If the sinks are slow or smelly, the trap may be full. Acting at this stage normally prevents a blockage down the line.
Different parts, different methods
Baffles and outlets
Clean water leaves through the outlet. A blocked outlet stops the trap working.
Grease interceptors
Interceptors take longer to clean and we plan the visit accordingly.
Grease trap cleaning around St Mary Hoo
About 30 miles out from central London, St Mary Hoo is part of the South East area we work across. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends, so the visit fits around the site. Kitchens in St Mary Hoo get their food hygiene inspections from Medway council. 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.
Hall and church kitchens, near Church of St Mary or anywhere around St Mary Hoo, are used by many hands, and periodic deep cleans and grease trap visits keep them in order.
St Mary Hoo is about 4 miles south of Canvey Island, in Medway. Across the ME3 area, we cover grease trap cleaning for commercial sites. Across Medway, we cover 68 places, and St Mary Hoo is one of them. Maidstone is in our area too, around 14 miles away.
Here we cover the ME3 postcode area for grease trap cleaning. We also cover Fenn Street (1 mile south-west), High Halstow (1 mile south-west), Sharnal Street (2 miles south-west), Tunbridge Hill (2 miles south) and Kingsnorth (2 miles south). Within a short drive, we also cover Gillingham (6 miles south), Chatham (8 miles south), Rochester (6 miles south-west), Rainham (7 miles south), Strood (7 miles south-west) and Luton (7 miles south).
Around St Mary Hoo
A little further out are Bay Museum (3.6 miles north) and Medway Maritime Hospital (6 miles south-west). Not far away are Bishop Saltings.
What happens if it’s left?
A dirty grease trap smells. Decomposing waste in the trap smells bad and the smell carries. Cleaning it removes the cause. Rural sites can’t always move to another kitchen or room when something fails.
When the work has to happen, how we reach it and how big the site is all affect the cost. Each of those is built into the quote, and the price is fixed before any work starts.
Why St Mary Hoo businesses choose us
- One number for every site across the South East and London
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
- Fixed quotes from a survey or pictures
- We diagnose before we treat