GREASE TRAP MAINTENANCE & SERVICING

Whatever your requirements for catching or separating fats, oils and/or liquids Drainmen Services have you covered and are able to ensure your compliance to health and safety practice and corrective standards. We are able to correctly size up your required fat trap, manufacture (if need be) conduct the full installation and service and maintain your fat trap system hassle free!

For your ease of reference, we conduct such cleaning services of fat traps on a monthly or bi-monthly basis. Is your fat trap old ? Do you need it relined or replaced ? Call us today for a free assessment. Ask us about any aspect of your fat trap and or intercepter system whether above ground or underground, we have you covered. At times the pipework to and from fat traps also clog up which we are able to clear and clean.

Specialists in Grease Traps and Grease Trap Maintenance

Grease Traps have many names, such as grease interceptors, grease recovery devices, grease converter, fat trap and oil separators, only to name a few used in the industry. The main purpose of a grease trap is to intercept most greases and solids, before they can enter a wastewater disposal system or drainage system. These grease traps can be located above the ground, below ground, inside the kitchen or outside of the building, but to which all serves a similar purpose to protect the drainage system from cross contamination and unnecessary pollution. an enquiry and we will get back to you!

Fats, oils and grease are some of the primary causes of blockages, backups, and overflows in a wastewater collection systems. High-viscosity greases harden when cooled down, which can not only overwhelm the wastewater treatment facilities, but can also block up your drainage systems and cause overflows and sewage problems – however this can be avoided ! Essentially, grease traps are put in place to capture and mitigate most of the F.O.G’s before they reach the sewer systems. The grease trap will severely reduce, if not eliminate, the build-up of F.O.G’s in your sewer system. Grease traps allow you to be proactive, providing you with a solution for a problem you won’t even realize exists.

Legislation which controls storage, handling, treatment, transport, disposal:

• National Environmental Management Act (Act 107 of 1998)
• Environmental Conservation Act 73 of 1989
• Hazardous Substances Act 15 of 1973
• The Occupational Health and Safety Act 85 of 1993
• National Road Traffic Act 93 of 1996
• DWAF Minimum Requirements