Grease Trap Cleaning: Do's and Don'ts

 Business and restaurant owners all know that a clean grease trap equals a much cleaner facility! Grease traps catch solid foods and grease before they enter your septic tank and waste water. As a result, it keeps your pipes from stinking and helps them to work efficiently. It also keeps you from getting a clogged septic tank (which can help you avoid a whole other host of problems like raw sewage leaking onto your property, flooding, and more). To learn how to maintain a clean grease trap, check out these do’s and don’ts. 


Don’t: Try to Clean A Grease Trap Yourself


Take our word for it - septic restaurant grease trap cleaning can get messy if you try to do it yourself. Hiring a professional who is skilled in grease trap pumping and servicing will save you a lot of time, hassle and mess. ASAP Septic Service offers affordable grease trap cleaning services. Our skilled technicians will pump out the thick grease using special vacuums attached to our grease holding tanks. Your grease trap will be ready to use again in a matter of minutes! 




Do: Have Your Grease Trap Cleaned Regularly


The easiest way to avoid your commercial business’s drain clogging is to have it cleaned regularly. How regularly depends on your restaurant - grease trap cleaning may need to happen on a monthly basis if you are working with a lot of fried foods and producing lots of grease, while other restaurants are serviced every 2-4 months. Its also a good idea to have your septic tank cleaned every 2-5 years as well to avoid back ups. Call us at ASAP septic to talk about the right cleaning schedule for your business. 


Don’t: Put Grease and Other Food Down the Drain


Drain clogging is just the tip of the iceberg of problems when you put grease and food down a regular drain. One of the bigger septic problems includes your septic tank getting damaged by all of the build up of grease, along with pipes bursting and pooling wastewater - definitely not the septic problems you want to have at your restaurant or business!


Do: Double Check That All of Your Sinks Are Connected to a Grease Trap


Whether they be food prep or dishwashing sinks, all sinks need to be connected to a grease trap, regardless of what type of food you are preparing. If you have questions about how to make sure your commercial kitchen grease trap installation is up to par, just call us here at ASAP Septic Service. Along with grease trap pumping and servicing, we can also septic system inspections. 

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