Kent · Grease trap cleaning
The Valley grease trap cleaning
Grease trap cleaning for businesses, landlords and public buildings in The Valley. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and fully insured.
- Foul odours from the grease trap
- Scheduled grease trap emptying
- Gurgling drains in the kitchen
About our grease trap cleaning in The Valley
A neglected grease trap stops doing its job. Fat sets in the pipes downstream, leading to slow drains, blockages and smells. Regular cleaning keeps it working. Common call-outs are for a regular cleaning plan for the grease trap and gurgling drains in the kitchen, on kitchen waste pipes, school and care home kitchens and under-sink grease traps.
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.
Nothing is signed off by word of mouth: a dated report with photos of the work, plus a certificate through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal when the work is a TR19® Grease clean. Any parts we couldn’t reach are recorded on it too.
- Place
- The Valley (ME13)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Paperwork
- Report and pictures after the visit
- Quote
- A fixed price before work begins
- Working hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
FAQs for The Valley
Will you come out to The Valley?
Yes, The Valley is part of our area, however small the site. Let us know about access, parking and anything unusual about getting there when you book.
Do you work overnight in The Valley?
Yes, out-of-hours work is a big part of what we do. The site is handed back ready to open. Your opening times are the first thing we ask for.
What is TR19?
A BESA specification, with two parts that matter most here: TR19® Grease for kitchen extracts and TR19® Air for supply and extract systems. It is not law, but it’s the benchmark.
Will I get paperwork for my records?
Yes. It’s the record insurers and inspectors ask to see: a written, dated record with photos of what we did and anything we couldn’t access.
Are you insured?
Yes, fully. We also hold CHAS and SafeContractor for clients who vet their contractors.
Which sectors do you work in?
Any commercial site with kitchens or ventilation, from a small pub to a hospital. We work with hotels, schools, care homes, offices, retail and leisure sites.
What do you do to protect the area?
By covering it before any work starts. The work is kept contained and leave the area clean.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes. We run scheduled maintenance contracts, set at the interval the system needs. Each report recommends when the next visit should be.
How we price grease trap cleaning
Before we fix a price, we need to know a few things. We look at:
- The times the site is available
- The size of the system
- The condition of the system
- The number of sites or systems
One small site or a whole estate, we price it on the same basis: the work involved, the access and the timing. You will have a fixed price before work begins.
Helping us quote
When you call or email, these details help:
- A few general shots of the system
- The site address and the type of premises
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
If you need grease trap cleaning in The Valley, call us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos. Tell us what kind of premises it is and when it’s open, and send photos or your last report if you can. A fixed quote typically follows within one working day.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
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, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We’ll take a look and give you a fixed quote.
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
Between visits
A little care between visits keeps the system in better shape. We recommend:
- Don’t rely on hot water to clear grease
- Get food waste into the bin, not the sink
- Fit sink strainers to catch food scraps
- Do not wait for a blockage to book a clean
Keep used oil out of the drains, and the trap will stay cleaner for longer. It’s the single easiest way to help.
Slow sinks and a bad smell are early warnings. Getting it cleaned now can stop a full blockage down the line.
Commercial kitchens in The Valley
About 42 miles out from central London, The Valley is part of the South East area we work across. Visits are booked around your hours, evenings and weekends included. Kitchens in The Valley get their food hygiene inspections from Swale council. 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.
If you run a kitchen in an older building near The Valley, such as a historic house like Belmont House and Gardens (about 2.1 miles north-east), older drains make a working grease trap all the more important.
The Valley is about 6 miles south-west of Faversham, in Kent. Every kind of commercial site in The Valley, we can take on grease trap cleaning. We can work out of hours so trading is not interrupted. The Valley is one of 922 towns, villages and districts in Kent where we work for commercial clients. For sites nearby, see our Maidstone page (12 miles or so).
Here we cover the ME13 postcode area for grease trap cleaning. If your site is just outside The Valley, we cover Stalisfield Green (1 mile south), Stalisfield (1 mile south), Eastling (2 miles north), Throwley Forstal (2 miles east) and Throwley (2 miles north-east). Within a short drive, we also cover Maidstone (12 miles west), Ashford (8 miles south), Canterbury (12 miles east), Sittingbourne (7 miles north-west), Whitstable (12 miles north-east) and Faversham (6 miles north-east).
Around The Valley
Typical jobs here are in premises near Spuckles and Kennelling Woods and The Plough Inn, among other places. The nearest railway station is Charing station, roughly 3.2 miles south. A little further out are Newnham Castle (2.3 miles north).
The process
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 the rest is down to us. 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 The Valley.
- 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.
- We clean every part of the inside.
- We refit it, run water through and remove the waste.
Preparing for the visit
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
- Move anything stored near the system
Getting a quote
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: 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.
Related advice
Common problems we fix in The Valley
Food waste slips past sink strainers or gets rinsed down. Solids settle at the bottom of the trap and takes up space.
If you notice any of these, it’s worth a diagnosis:
- A kitchen drain that smells
- Gurgling from the sink waste
- Scheduled grease trap emptying
- Washing-up water that won’t drain away
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Church of St Lawrence or elsewhere in The Valley, a deep clean and an emptied grease trap before a busy season of events are worth booking.
Before you book anyone
- If they look at the system before pricing
- Whether the figure could change on the day
- Whether they’re fully insured
- Whether the quote shows VAT
Multi-site and managed buildings
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 records stay tidy.
Multi-site operators often want one contractor and one number. We work across London and the South East, so a run of sites can go into one programme and kept to a regular schedule.
Places near The Valley
Also in The Valley
Honest limits
We’d rather tell you now than book work that won’t help, so here are the limits:
- Collapsed or damaged drains, which need a drainage contractor
- Sewer problems outside the premises
- Plumbing leaks around the sink
If in doubt, call 0345 646 2711 or email us and we will say what we think before booking.
Where we work
- Pot wash sinks
- Kitchen waste pipes
- School and care home kitchens
- Under-sink grease traps
- Restaurants and takeaways
- Inline grease traps