Kent · Grease trap cleaning
Grease trap cleaning in Tunstall, Kent
Grease trap cleaning for commercial sites in Tunstall and across Kent. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and fully insured.
- Sinks that drain slowly
- A larger grease trap that needs emptying
- A kitchen drain that smells
Common problems we fix in Tunstall
If a trap isn’t emptied, grease passes straight through. It then builds up in the drains and the sewer beyond, where it can cause blockages.
Look out for any of the following:
- Drains clogged with fat
- An under-sink trap that keeps filling up
- A bad smell from the sinks or drains
- A full, neglected grease trap
School kitchens, at schools like Tunstall Church of England (Aided) Primary School for example, usually have their deep cleans and grease trap work done while the canteen is closed.
What your quote should include
- How they set the interval to the next visit
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
- What paperwork you get at the end
- How areas they can’t reach will be recorded
Grease trap cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Tunstall
A grease trap is the kitchen drain’s first line of protection. Kept clean, it does its job quietly, but neglected, it causes blockages and smells. Routine cleaning keeps it in good working order. The work covers school and care home kitchens, inline grease traps and restaurants and takeaways, and the jobs we see most are a regular cleaning plan for the grease trap and grease setting in the kitchen pipework.
Work in a small place like Tunstall starts with agreeing a date and access, and the deep clean is the same as anywhere: walls, floors, ceilings and equipment.
The sign-off is always in writing: a written report, dated and illustrated with pictures, 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.
- Where
- Tunstall (ME9)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Paperwork
- Written report with pictures
- Quote
- A fixed price before we start
- When we work
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
What grease trap cleaning looks like in Tunstall
Look up Tunstall on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you will find about 45 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 17 takeaways within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Tunstall. A grease trap in kitchens like these fills steadily and needs emptying before it overflows. Food hygiene inspections in Tunstall are the job of Swale council’s environmental health team. An inspection covers the structure of the kitchen as well as the food. Photos and dates from each deep clean make a useful record.
Hall kitchens near Church of St John the Baptist or elsewhere in Tunstall may have older sinks and drains, so a grease trap check is worth adding to a deep clean.
Tunstall is about 1 mile south-west of Sittingbourne, in Kent. We carry out grease trap cleaning for commercial premises of every kind in Tunstall and the rest of Kent. Across Kent, we cover 922 places, and Tunstall is one of them. You can also see our page for Maidstone, about 9 miles away.
Postcode districts we cover here for grease trap cleaning: ME9. We also cover the places around Tunstall: Heart's Delight (1 mile north-west), Borden (1 mile north-west), Highsted (1 mile east), Rodmersham Green (1 mile east) and Sittingbourne (1 mile north-east). Within a short drive, we also cover Maidstone (9 miles south-west), Ashford (14 miles south-east), Whitstable (14 miles east), Faversham (7 miles east), Minster (7 miles north-east) and Kings Hill (14 miles west).
Around Tunstall
In Tunstall, that means kitchens and buildings near Cromers Wood and Fulston Manor School, among other places. For rail, the closest station is Sittingbourne station, roughly 1.4 miles north-east of the centre. Nearby you’ll also find Bayford Court (1.6 miles north-east) and Sittingbourne Heritage Museum (1.4 miles north-east).
When it’s something else
A few issues sit outside what this work can do:
- Plumbing leaks around the sink
- Blockages in the public sewer beyond the property
- A grease trap that is too small for the kitchen
If you are not sure, just call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we will give you a straight answer.
Parts of the system we cover
- School and care home kitchens
- Pot wash sinks
- Kitchen waste pipes
- Under-sink grease traps
- Restaurants and takeaways
- Inline grease traps
Tunstall questions
Do you work in school kitchens around Tunstall out of term?
Yes, holiday work suits schools best. There are about 16 schools, colleges and universities on the FSA’s food hygiene register within about 1.5 miles of Tunstall. Tell us your holiday dates and we’ll book the visit for when the site is empty.
Can you work in Tunstall outside opening hours?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. That way a site in Tunstall does not have to lose a day’s trading. Just phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us with your opening times and we’ll plan around them.
How do you protect the area?
Protection goes down first: sheeting over floors, worktops and anything close to the work. We tidy up and take our waste away before we leave.
What accreditations do you have?
CHAS, SafeContractor, ISO 9001 and BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We’re fully insured and have been trading since 2009.
Which sectors do you work in?
Any commercial site with kitchens or ventilation, from a single café to a large school. Hotels, schools, care homes, offices, shops and leisure sites are all part of our work.
Can you look after several sites?
Yes. Our area covers London and the South East, so we can schedule a run of sites on one programme. Each site gets its own report and pictures.
Do you deal with blocked drains beyond the grease trap?
Cleaning the trap deals with the grease it holds and that may solve a slow drain caused by the trap. Blockages further down the drain, or damaged pipework, need a drainage contractor.
Do you take the waste away?
We take the grease and solids away with us. Nothing greasy is left on site when we go.
Fixed quotes for grease trap cleaning in Tunstall
Every site gets its own quote. This is what makes a difference:
- The condition we find in the survey
- Whether several sites go on one quote
- The size of the system
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
Every site is different, so we price each one individually. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all play a part.
Helping us quote
You don’t need the technical terms. It helps if you can send:
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
Every quote begins with a look at the system, either from photos and details you send or from a site visit. After that, you get a fixed price for the work so you know the cost before any work starts.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Tunstall
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare across Kent. Work can be phased by floor, building or site around the people who use them.
Where a tenant occupies the premises but the landlord owns the building, it’s worth checking the lease for who maintains the systems. We’re happy to deal with either side and send the paperwork to whoever needs it.
Nearby places to Tunstall
What else we do in Tunstall
How the job changes from site to site
Grease interceptors
Interceptors take longer to clean and we allow for that.
Inline grease traps
An inline trap sits in the pipework between the kitchen and the drain. They’re larger than under-sink traps but still need regular emptying.
Leave it or put it right?
A smelly, overflowing trap attracts pests. Keeping the trap clean removes something they’re looking for as part of a clean kitchen. It’s simpler to plan the work at Tunstall now than to arrange it in a hurry later.
You won’t find a price list here, because the cost depends on the site in front of us. Call for a fixed quote, and we will explain what it covers.
Why book with us
- We diagnose before we treat
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
Read our cost guide and how to check a contractor.
How it works
The visit has three parts: getting the area ready, doing the work and signing it off. Getting ready means protecting surfaces and switching off what needs to be off, while signing off means the written report and photos. The middle part takes longest, and that takes an hour or so for an under-sink trap, longer for a larger unit. In a small place like Tunstall, the journey is planned ahead and the visit arranged around the site’s hours.
- We start by finding the trap and checking its inlet and outlet.
- Nothing drains into the trap while it’s open.
- We take out the layer of fat, oil and grease and any solids.
- Every part of the trap is scraped and cleaned, including the baffles.
- Once it’s refitted, water is run through to check it drains, and we take the waste with us.
How to prepare
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
Ask for a quote
Here’s what helps us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, photos of the system and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Then call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email.