Medway · Grease trap cleaning
Wouldham grease trap cleaning
Grease trap cleaning for Wouldham and the surrounding area: diagnosis first, then a fixed quote, the work and a report with photos. Call for a fixed quote.
- A kitchen drain that smells
- An under-sink trap that keeps filling up
- Drains that gurgle and bubble
Grease trap cleaning in Wouldham
If the sinks drain slowly or smell, the trap is often the cause. In Wouldham, as everywhere we work, our team empties and cleans the trap and run water through to check it drains. The work covers inline grease traps, under-sink grease traps and pot wash sinks, and common reasons people get in touch are an under-sink trap that keeps filling up and a kitchen drain that smells.
In a village or hamlet like Wouldham, commercial kitchens are few, perhaps a pub, a school or a care home. Each still needs the occasional deep clean and its grease trap kept clear.
It’s worth checking any contractor’s accreditations. We are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured.
- Location
- Wouldham (ME1)
- Wider area
- Medway
- Reporting
- Photo report after every visit
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Wouldham questions
Do you work in villages like Wouldham?
Yes, Wouldham is part of our area, however small the site. Photos of the system and directions to the site help us plan the visit.
Can a school kitchen in Wouldham be done out of term time?
Yes. The holidays are the usual time for school work. Food Standards Agency records list about 5 schools, colleges and universities with registered kitchens within about a mile and a half of Wouldham. You can call 0345 646 2711, or email photos with the dates the site is empty.
Do I get a report after the visit?
Yes. Every visit ends with a written report and pictures, showing what was done, anything we couldn’t reach and when the next visit is due. Where the work is a TR19® Grease clean, there’s also a certificate issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
What should go in our maintenance log?
Each report and certificate we give you, kept together in your maintenance log with your in-house cleaning records. BESA says certificates should show the date, location and technician.
Why does a grease trap need regular cleaning?
Once it’s full, grease passes straight through. The grease hardens in the pipes, leading to blocked drains and smells and can end up adding to sewer blockages.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes. We always survey first, either from photos and details you send or on a site visit. Then you get a fixed quote.
Which grease traps does the service cover?
Both under-sink and inline traps, plus interceptors. A photo helps us see what’s fitted when you give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.
What do you do to protect the area?
With sheeting and covers, before anything else happens. We keep the work contained and clean down when we finish.
Places near Wouldham
What else we do in Wouldham
What grease trap cleaning looks like in Wouldham
Look up Wouldham on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you will find about 10 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 7 takeaways and sandwich shops within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Wouldham. Kitchens like these wash fat, oil and grease down the sink every day, and a grease trap is what stops it reaching the sewer. Kitchens in Wouldham get their food hygiene inspections from Tonbridge and Malling council. An inspection covers the structure of the kitchen as well as the food. A record of each deep clean helps show the kitchen is kept in order.
Half-term is a good time for school kitchens, at schools like Halling Primary School for instance, to have the grease trap emptied and the kitchen deep cleaned. Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as St. Catherine's Hospital (about 3.1 miles north-east), cook for long hours, so deep cleans and grease trap work are planned around patients’ meals.
Wouldham is about 3 miles west of Chatham, in Medway. We provide grease trap cleaning for commercial premises of every kind in Wouldham and the rest of Medway. Our Medway coverage runs to 68 places, and Wouldham is one of them. You can also see our page for Maidstone, about 6 miles away.
Here we cover the ME1 postcode area for grease trap cleaning. You’ll find streets such as High Street, Oldfield Drive and Meadow Way, all of which we cover for grease trap cleaning. Other places close to Wouldham include Peters Village (1 mile south), Halling (1 mile west), Scarborough (1 mile south-east), Holborough (1 mile south-west) and North Halling (1 mile north-west). Larger places within reach include Gillingham (5 miles east), Chatham (3 miles east), Rochester (3 miles north-east), Rainham (6 miles east), Strood (3 miles north) and Luton (4 miles east).
Around Wouldham
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Holborough Marshes, The Five Bells pub and The Thomas Aveling School, among other places. Wouldham’s nearest station is Halling station, about 0.6 miles west of the centre. Nearby you’ll also find Rochester Castle (3.3 miles north-east) and Pentagon Shopping Centre (3.6 miles north-east). The countryside around Wouldham includes Blue Bell Hill and Burham Down.
What happens if it’s left?
A blocked drain can stop a kitchen in its tracks. Water won’t drain away and waste water can come back up. Keeping the trap clean reduces the risk. Rural sites cannot always move to another kitchen or room when something fails.
One small site or a whole estate, we price it on the same basis: the work involved, the access and the timing. The price is fixed before we start.
Why us?
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
- Fixed quotes, typically within one working day
- A written report with pictures after each visit
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
Take a look at what affects the cost and our accreditations.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Keep a record of what your team does. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, alongside our reports.
In-house cleaning and specialist cleaning do different jobs. Wiping filters daily and washing them weekly keeps the visible parts in order, but they don’t reach the grease that builds up further in. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Wouldham
We regularly work with managing agents. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
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 can quote for the whole system.
The process
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, and the sign-off is a written report with pictures. The middle part takes longest, which takes anything from under an hour to a few hours, depending on the trap. Rural roads and tight entrances are worth telling us about before a visit to Wouldham.
- We locate the trap and check how it’s fitted.
- Sinks feeding the trap are taken out of use.
- We empty out the fat, oil, grease and solids.
- The chambers and baffles are cleaned.
- We refit it, run water through and remove the waste.
How to prepare
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
Getting a quote
Here’s what helps us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, photos of the system and any previous report or certificate. Once you have those, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line.
Advice
Looking after it afterwards
Aftercare is simple, and it helps at the next visit:
- Collect waste cooking oil separately
- Act on gurgling or smelly drains
- Scrape plates and pans into the bin before washing up
- Keep the grease trap on a regular cleaning schedule
Keep used oil out of the drains and the trap will not fill as quickly. It’s the single easiest way to help.
If the kitchen has got busier, the trap fills faster. Booking cleans more often stops it overflowing.
When something else is needed
Before booking, it helps to know what’s not included:
- Blockages further down the drainage network
- Drains that are cracked or have collapsed
- Grease set hard in the drain run
If in doubt, phone us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we will say what we think.
What we work on in Wouldham
- School and care home kitchens
- Restaurants and takeaways
- Kitchen waste pipes
- Pot wash sinks
- Inline grease traps
- Under-sink grease traps
Do you need grease trap cleaning in Wouldham?
Fats, oils and grease from cooking and washing up go down the sink. In the trap, they cool and separate and the grease layer grows.
The symptoms we are asked about most are:
- An overdue grease trap
- Gurgling drains in the kitchen
- A regular cleaning plan for the grease trap
- Drains clogged with fat
For a café close to Halling station, a deep clean can be done between closing and the morning rush.
What to look for in a quote
- Whether a written report and pictures are included
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
- What insurance they carry
- Whether the quote shows VAT