Hampshire · Grease trap cleaning
Grease trap cleaning in Stone, Hampshire
For grease trap cleaning in Stone, one call is all it takes: survey, fixed quote, work and sign-off. CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, ISO 9001 and fully insured.
- An inline trap or interceptor due for cleaning
- A routine grease trap service
- A small trap that fills too quickly
About our grease trap cleaning in Stone
A grease trap is the kitchen drain’s first line of protection. When it’s looked after, you hardly know it’s there but left too long, it causes trouble. Routine cleaning keeps it in good working order. Typical jobs include drains clogged with fat and a larger grease trap that needs emptying, on restaurants and takeaways, inline grease traps and school and care home kitchens.
Rural kitchens may drain to a septic tank or a private drain rather than straight into a public sewer, so keeping fat out with a working grease trap matters even more.
The report is your system’s health record: dated, with pictures, and showing what was done. For TR19® Grease cleans, the certificate comes through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal, ready for your insurer.
- Location
- Stone (SO45)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Reporting
- Report and pictures after the visit
- Quotes
- A fixed price before work begins
- Working hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Signs you need grease trap cleaning in Stone
Hot water and detergent carry grease further than you’d expect. Once it cools, it sets, often in the trap or the pipe beyond.
Keep an eye out for any of the following:
- An interceptor full of grease and solids
- Drains that gurgle and bubble
- A regular cleaning plan for the grease trap
- A small trap that fills too quickly
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near St Francis or elsewhere in Stone, a deep clean and an emptied grease trap before a busy season of events are worth booking.
What to look for in a quote
- Whether the figure could change on the day
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or pictures
- When the next visit should be, and why
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
Managing agents and facilities teams in Stone
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Each visit produces a dated report with photos, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.
For anyone managing more than one site, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Every building has its own written report, so each one has its own record.
How the visit works
When we arrive, we check the system against the survey or the pictures you sent. Anything unexpected is raised with you before we go further. From there, it takes anything from under an hour to a few hours, depending on the trap. In a small place like Stone, the journey is planned ahead and the visit arranged around the site’s hours.
- A visit is booked around your service.
- We open the trap and look at its condition.
- Built-up grease and food waste are taken out.
- We clean the baffles, inlet and outlet.
- We close it up, check it drains and suggest when it needs cleaning again.
Preparing for the visit
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Tell us where we can park and unload
Ask for a quote
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, from your photos and details or, where that isn’t enough, a survey on site. Then we send a fixed price, before work begins.
Related advice
What affects the quote in Stone
The price is fixed before any work begins. It’s based on:
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
The price reflects the work, not guesswork. That is why we survey first, from pictures or on site, and the price is agreed before work begins.
What to send for a quote
Many jobs can be priced from photos and some basics. Useful things to send:
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- The postcode and the type of business
The quickest way to a quote is to send pictures: 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 many jobs can be priced from that alone.
FAQs for Stone
Can the work in Stone be done at night or at weekends?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. The site is handed back ready to open. Just call 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form with your opening times and we’ll plan around them.
Who inspects food businesses in Stone?
The local authority for Stone is New Forest council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. Inspection results feed into the food hygiene rating published by the Food Standards Agency.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes. For many sites, pictures and a few details are enough, while bigger or harder-to-see systems are surveyed on site.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes. Plans on a 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycle are available, depending on what the system needs.
Can one contract cover all our sites?
Yes. One number covers all your sites in our area, with visits on a regular schedule.
Do you have insurance?
Yes, fully. CHAS and SafeContractor accreditation sit alongside it for clients who vet their contractors.
Is Stone in your area?
Yes. Stone is part of the area we cover, within the South East and London area we cover.
Does the law say we must follow TR19?
No. TR19® is BESA’s specification, not legislation. The law is the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, which makes the responsible person assess and reduce fire risk, and TR19® is the benchmark for showing that grease in the extract is under control.
Aftercare tips
Once we have finished, these simple steps help:
- Use strainers in the sink plugholes
- Keep the grease trap on a regular cleaning schedule
- Scrape plates and pans into the bin before washing up
- Do not rely on hot water to clear grease
Scrape plates into the bin before washing up. Sink strainers help catch solids so less solid waste gets through.
If the kitchen has got busier, the trap fills faster. Booking cleans more often keeps the drains flowing.
Grease trap cleaning in Stone: local notes
It’s New Forest council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Stone. Grease behind equipment or on a ceiling is the kind of thing an inspection can note. A cleaning log that includes deep cleans and grease trap visits shows the work is planned.
If you run event catering at a historic house or estate in the area (Beaulieu Palace House is about 4.4 miles north-west), a deep clean before or after the busy season is worth planning.
Stone is about 3 miles north-west of Cowes, in Hampshire. For grease trap cleaning in and around Stone, please give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or email photos for a fixed quote. Our area covers London and the South East, Stone included. Across Hampshire, we cover 683 places, Stone among them. We also work in Southampton, around 9 miles away.
Work in SO45 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. Nearby, we also carry out grease trap cleaning in Gurnard (3 miles south-east), Cowes (3 miles south-east), Rew Street (4 miles south), Northwood (4 miles south-east) and Great Thorness (4 miles south). Larger places within reach include Gosport (9 miles east), Eastleigh (12 miles north), Fareham (8 miles north-east), Totton (11 miles north-west), Chandler's Ford (13 miles north) and Hedge End (9 miles north).
What’s near Stone
A little further out are Calshot Castle (2.8 miles north-east) and Sir Max Aitken Museum (3.3 miles south-east). The countryside around Stone includes Mill Hill.
What staff can safely do
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
If your staff spot something between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We can diagnose it and quote.
When it’s something else
Before booking, it helps to know what’s not included:
- Drains that are cracked or have collapsed
- A leaking sink waste or trap connection
- Drains that need jetting rather than trap cleaning
Not sure which it is? You can phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we will tell you honestly.
What the work covers
- Restaurants and takeaways
- Inline grease traps
- Under-sink grease traps
- Pot wash sinks
- Kitchen waste pipes
- School and care home kitchens