Medway · Grease trap cleaning
Grease trap cleaning in Wainscott, Medway
Grease trap cleaning for Wainscott, from a team that has been trading since 2009. Out-of-hours visits and 24/7 emergency callout.
- A grease trap that hasn’t been emptied in a long time
- A kitchen drain that smells
- A small trap that fills too quickly
Do you need grease trap cleaning in Wainscott?
Food scraps go down the sink with the washing-up water. Solids settle at the bottom of the trap and takes up space.
Any of these means the system needs a check-up:
- Drains that gurgle and bubble
- Drains clogged with fat
- A larger grease trap that needs emptying
- A full, neglected grease trap
If you cater for weddings or events at a historic house in the area (Restoration House is about 1.7 miles south), deep cleans can be fitted between bookings.
Before you book anyone
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- Proof of insurance
- What happens if part of the system cannot be accessed
- How they set the interval to the next visit
Grease trap cleaning in Wainscott
No two traps are quite the same. Under-sink traps are compact and need frequent attention and larger traps hold more grease before they fill. We look at the trap, how much the kitchen uses it and how quickly it fills before suggesting how often it needs cleaning. Typical jobs include an inline trap or interceptor due for cleaning and a slow-draining kitchen sink, across school and care home kitchens, inline grease traps and kitchen waste pipes.
Around a place like Wainscott, deep clean work tends to mean pubs, cafés and school or care home kitchens. Smaller kitchens still collect grease behind equipment and in the drains.
Our accreditations include CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured. On top of that, we’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we have been trading since 2009.
- Where
- Wainscott (ME2, ME3)
- Wider area
- Medway
- Paperwork
- Written report with photos
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Commercial kitchens in Wainscott
Look up Wainscott on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you’ll find about 84 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 27 takeaways in Wainscott and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Kitchens like these wash fat, oil and grease down the sink every day, and a grease trap is what stops it reaching the sewer. In Wainscott, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Medway council. Walls, floors, ceilings and equipment are all part of what they look at. Photos and dates from each deep clean make a useful record.
If you look after a hall kitchen near St Philip & St James or anywhere in Wainscott, a deep clean between busy seasons is easier than a scramble before a big event. Healthcare kitchens cook through the year, so a deep clean has to be fitted around meals; French Hospital, about 1.6 miles south, is the nearest hospital to Wainscott.
Wainscott is about 2 miles north of Rochester, in Medway. Every kind of commercial site in Wainscott, we can take on grease trap cleaning. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so trading isn’t interrupted. 68 places in Medway are on our list, from busy centres to quieter spots. We also work in Maidstone, about 10 miles from Wainscott.
We work across ME2 and ME3 for grease trap cleaning and the roads nearby. Local streets include Hoo Road, Holly Road and Leigh Road, and we cover them all for grease trap cleaning. If your site is just outside Wainscott, we cover Upper Upnor (1 mile south-east), Lower Upnor (1 mile east), Chattenden (1 mile north-east), Cooling Street (2 miles north) and Hoo St Werburgh (2 miles north-east). Within a short drive, we also cover Gillingham (4 miles south-east), Chatham (4 miles south), Rainham (5 miles south-east), Luton (3 miles south), Park Wood (6 miles south-east) and Lordswood (5 miles south).
Near you in Wainscott
In Wainscott, that means kitchens and buildings near Temple School, Broomhill Park and The Hundred of Hoo Academy, among other places. You will also find Royal Oak pub (0.6 miles south-west) and Former Ordnance Store At Chatham Gun Wharf (1.8 miles south). The closest station to Wainscott is Strood station, roughly 1.1 miles south-west of the centre. Nearby you’ll also find Upnor Castle (0.7 miles south-east) and Huguenot Museum (1.6 miles south). Green spaces nearby include Rede Common and Gad's Hill.
FAQs for Wainscott
Who inspects food businesses in Wainscott?
Kitchens in Wainscott are inspected by Medway council’s environmental health officers. Keep the dates of your last deep clean and grease trap visit with your food safety records, ready if an officer asks.
Do you clean school kitchens in Wainscott in the summer holidays?
Yes, holiday work suits schools best. There are about 13 schools, colleges and universities on the FSA’s food hygiene register within about 1.5 miles of Wainscott. Booking early in the term gives the best choice of holiday dates.
Can you clear our blocked drains as well?
It depends where the blockage is. A full trap is a common cause, and cleaning it can help but grease set further down the drains needs jetting by a drainage specialist.
What does TR19 mean?
TR19® is BESA’s specification for ventilation hygiene. Since 2019, TR19® Grease has been a standalone specification for grease in kitchen extract systems, while TR19® Air covers other supply and extract ductwork.
How much does grease trap cleaning cost?
No two traps are quite the same, so we price each one individually. We give you a fixed price, typically within one working day.
Do you work in Wainscott?
Yes. We work in Wainscott and across Medway, within our South East and London area. For a fixed quote, call us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes. Photos often do the job, and larger or hidden systems get a visit.
How long will the sinks be out of use?
Most grease trap cleans take anything from under an hour to a few hours, depending on the trap including checking it drains. We plan the visit around your service.
What a clean won’t put right
We’d rather tell you now than book work that will not help, so here are the limits:
- Grease deep in the drains, which needs jetting by a drainage contractor
- Sewer problems outside the premises
- A grease trap that is too small for the kitchen
If you’re not sure, just ring 0345 646 2711 or email us and we will give you a straight answer.
Where we work
- Kitchen waste pipes
- Restaurants and takeaways
- Inline grease traps
- Pot wash sinks
- School and care home kitchens
- Under-sink grease traps
What staff can safely do
Some jobs should never be done in-house: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings call for the right kit, training and safe access. Leave those to us.
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. What they can’t safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, and that’s where we come in.
Multi-site and managed buildings
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. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.
We work for landlords, managing agents and facilities managers as well as the people running the site. Shared systems, like a riser serving several units, need a clear agreement on who books the work, and we are happy to quote for all of it.
How the job changes from site to site
School, care home and staff kitchens
Care home and hospital kitchens need their drains working all the time. We fit visits around mealtimes.
Inline grease traps
Inline traps often take waste from several sinks or appliances. That means more grease, so regular cleaning matters.
What affects the cost of grease trap cleaning
The survey tells us what the work involves. The main factors are:
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
- The number of sites or systems
- The condition we find in the survey
- The scale of the work
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.
What we need to know
We can often survey from pictures. The most useful are:
- The postcode and the type of business
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
For grease trap cleaning in Wainscott, call 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form. Tell us what kind of premises it is and when it’s open, plus photos or the previous report if they’re to hand. A fixed quote typically follows within one working day.
What happens on the day
On the day, we arrive at the time agreed with you, often in the evening, overnight or at the weekend so the site keeps working. Equipment that has to be off is switched off and allowed to cool before we start, and the area around the work is covered and protected. On site, it takes an hour or so for an under-sink trap, longer for a larger unit. Your opening hours decide when we come to Wainscott, not ours.
- We find the trap and check how it’s connected.
- The sinks feeding the trap are kept out of use while we work.
- The trap is emptied of grease and food waste.
- The inside, baffles and pipe connections are cleaned.
- We put it back together, run water through and remove the waste.
Before we arrive
- Clear loose items from the work area
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
Get a fixed quote
There’s no standard price list, because no two systems are the same. Instead, we look at your site first, from photos or a survey, and then send you a fixed quote. To get going, call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email.