Have you had your grease trap cleaned?
Disadvantages of not cleaning your grease trap
- Structural damage to your home.
- Backups in your sink.
- Odors from kitchen drains.
- Blockages of pipelines and drains leading into and out of your grease trap.
- Sink blockages can also lead to possible flooding in some scenarios.
- Not cleaning your grease trap yearly can lead to deterioration of grease trap materials.
- Grease bypassing grease trap to well can cause well failure.
- Not having a grease trap at all….disastrous.
Advantages of cleaning your grease trap
- No more pestering odors!
- Reduced blockages!
- Suck well and septic systems last longer.
- No more backups in your kitchen sink.
- Save money on unnecessary repairs to your home.
- Reduces the amount of grease that bypasses the grease trap.
- No overflows around your home which is unhealthy for family.
- Reduced amount of pest such as roaches and centipedes just to name a few.
Grease Trap Tips
- When pipes are blocked do not use acid or over the counter drainage cleaners, they can harden in line.
- Maintain grease traps regularly to avoid unnecessary septic problems.
- Monitor the levels of collected ‘fats, oils and grease’ (FOG) and solids in the grease trap regularly
- We are the professionals let us deal with your grease trap problems!
- Avoid rapid discharge of large volumes of wastewater into the grease trap.
- Make sure the temperature of your wastewater does not exceed 38 degrees Celsius.
- Avoid using caustic soda
Customer service is our priority!
For Commercial Users
- Avoiding pouring waste cooking oil down the sinks.
- Scraping spoiled food and scraps from customer plates or from food preparation activities into a bin.
- Avoiding the use of running water for thawing frozen food.
- Prevent your business from temporary closure caused by odours or back-ups
- Keep the sewage lines clean, thereby eliminating the need to pay fines to the local authorities for non-maintenance of your grease traps.
