Kent · Grease trap cleaning
Tickham grease trap cleaning
Grease trap cleaning for Tickham, from a team that has been trading since 2009. Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus a 24/7 emergency line.
- A regular cleaning plan for the grease trap
- An overdue grease trap
- Foul odours from the grease trap
How we handle grease trap cleaning in Tickham
Once a trap is full, grease passes straight through. Further down the pipe, the grease cools and hardens and the result is blocked drains and bad smells. A trap that’s cleaned regularly keeps grease where it belongs. The work covers school and care home kitchens, under-sink grease traps and restaurants and takeaways, and common reasons people get in touch are a blocked kitchen drain caused by grease and a larger grease trap that needs emptying.
Somewhere as small as Tickham, the kitchens that need a deep clean are normally a pub, a school, a care home or a hall kitchen, wherever there is one. Each still needs the occasional deep clean and its grease trap kept clear.
It’s worth checking any contractor’s accreditations. Ours are BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, plus CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured.
- Location
- Tickham (ME9)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Reporting
- Written report with pictures
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Fixed quotes for grease trap cleaning in Tickham
There’s no set price list, because no two systems are the same. What we look at:
- The times the site is available
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
- Parking and loading at the site
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
A single site or a whole portfolio, we price it on the same basis: what needs doing, how we get to it and when. You will have a fixed price before any work starts.
What to send for a quote
There’s no need for technical detail. It helps if you can send:
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- The postcode and the type of business
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
- Wide pictures of the system and the area around it
To help us quote: the address, the type of site and when it’s open, photos of the system and any previous report or certificate. Once you have those, ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos.
Grease trap cleaning in Tickham: local notes
The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 3 restaurants, cafés and works canteens within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Tickham. Each of them sends fat, oil and grease towards the drain, which is why grease traps need regular emptying. In Tickham, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Swale council. They look at the cleanliness of the whole kitchen: walls, floors, ceilings and equipment. Photos and dates from each deep clean make a useful record.
Half-term is a good time for school kitchens, at schools like Lynsted and Norton Primary School for instance, to have the grease trap emptied and the kitchen deep cleaned. If you run event catering at a historic house or estate in the area (Belmont House and Gardens is about 3.2 miles south-east), a deep clean before or after the busy season is worth planning.
Tickham is about 3 miles west of Faversham, in Kent. For grease trap cleaning in and around Tickham, it’s easy to get a fixed quote: please call us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line. We work across South East England and London, including Tickham. Across Kent, we cover 922 places, Tickham among them. Maidstone is in our area too, about 13 miles from Tickham.
Here we cover the ME9 postcode area for grease trap cleaning. We cover sites on Nouds Lane and Tickham Lane and nearby roads. We also cover the places around Tickham: Lewson Street (1 mile north-east), Loyterton (1 mile south-west), Norton Ash (1 mile north-east), Teynham (1 mile north) and Deerton Street (1 mile north-east). Larger places within reach include Maidstone (13 miles west), Ashford (12 miles south), Canterbury (12 miles east), Sittingbourne (4 miles north-west), Whitstable (10 miles east) and Faversham (3 miles east).
Landmarks near Tickham
In Tickham, that means kitchens and buildings near The Plough Inn and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Teynham station, about 1.4 miles north. Well-known places in the area include Sittingbourne Heritage Museum (3.4 miles north-west) and Newnham Castle (1.9 miles south).
What happens on the day
Our technicians bring everything the work needs, including protection sheets, the right tools and access kit. All we need from you is clear access and the right equipment switched off. On site, the work takes an hour or two in most kitchens, depending on the size and condition of the trap. Somewhere like Tickham, lanes, gates and parking are worth mentioning in advance.
- We agree a time when the sinks are not needed.
- The trap is opened up and checked.
- Built-up grease and food waste are taken out.
- We clean the baffles, inlet and outlet.
- The trap is closed, tested and the next clean discussed.
Getting ready for the visit
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
Getting a quote
Need a price for grease trap cleaning? Please phone us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and tell us about the site. We’ll explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before anything is booked.
Advice
Common problems we fix in Tickham
Fats, oils and grease from cooking and washing up go down the sink. In the trap, they cool and separate, and the layer gets thicker day by day.
Clients normally contact us when they notice something like this:
- An interceptor full of grease and solids
- Sinks that drain slowly
- A regular cleaning plan for the grease trap
- A full, neglected grease trap
Where a church or community hall near Church of St Mary, or anywhere in Tickham, has a kitchen used by volunteers, a periodic deep clean keeps it ready for the next event.
Questions to ask before booking
- What happens if part of the system can’t be accessed
- Whether a written report and pictures are included
- When they can work, and whether that is outside your opening hours
- Whether a survey comes first
For landlords and multi-site operators
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
For anyone managing more than one site, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Each site gets its own report and pictures, so records stay tidy.
Between visits
Here’s the after-treatment advice, in brief:
- Don’t store things on top of the trap
- Keep strainers in every sink
- Avoid pouring boiling water down to shift grease
- Do not wait for a blockage to book a clean
Scrape plates into the bin before washing up. Sink strainers help catch solids before they reach the trap.
Fat that escapes the trap hardens in the pipework. Clearing it then is a bigger job so prevention is the easier route.
Different parts, different methods
School, care home and staff kitchens
In schools, grease traps can be cleaned when the kitchen is closed or between meal services.
Inline grease traps
Inline traps are fitted into the drain line. They hold more than under-sink units but still need regular emptying.
What else we do in Tickham
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
If your staff spot something between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We can diagnose it and quote.
Staff cleaning and specialist work aren’t the same thing. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
Tickham: your questions answered
Do you work in villages like Tickham?
Yes, we work in villages as well as towns, and Tickham is covered. Photos of the system and directions to the site help us plan the visit.
Which council inspects kitchens in Tickham?
The local authority for Tickham is Swale council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. 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.
Are you accredited?
We are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we’re fully insured.
How much does grease trap cleaning cost?
No two traps are quite the same, so we quote once we know what you have. You get a fixed quote, usually within one working day.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
With sheeting and covers, before anything else happens. The work is kept contained and clean down when we finish.
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, and TR19® Air covers general supply and extract systems.
What happens if a grease trap is not cleaned?
An overfull trap lets grease into the drains. It sets there and narrows the pipes until they block. Keeping the trap clean stops that happening.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes. Photos often do the job, and larger or hidden systems get a visit.