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How Often Should Your Restaurant Grease Traps be Cleaned?
If you have opened a restaurant, you should be sure to establish a maintenance and cleaning schedule for grease traps as soon as possible. When grease traps are not cleaned on a routine basis, they can cause significant problems leaving you with serious waste issues. If the grease backup occurs during a rush of business, the costs you incur can go beyond repair and replacement. The information below will help you in knowing how to maintain your grease traps and prevent costly accidents. At Aqua-Zyme Disposal Systems Inc., we have you covered for all of your grease trap pumping and cleaning service requirements.
We process grease and sludge trap waste for customers from our dewatering facility in Van Vleck, Texas. We are also able to design and install on-site dewatering systems and virtually anywhere within the U.S.
The inspection and removal of grease traps is an important part of many municipal codes. Facilities that produce fatty waste that goes into the sewage system from drains near food preparation areas and sinks must install these grease traps. They collect the grease before it is transferred into the public sewer system. When grease cools down, turns into a hard, waxy substance. Eventually, this can cause large blockages and sewer systems that can be highly expensive to repair.
The first step in maintaining your grease traps is to identify and mark their location. These traps should be added to your regular list of items to be cleaned in the kitchen. Secondly, perform an inspection of your traps. Thirdly, find out how often your trap should be cleaned, possibly from documentation available regarding the grease traps. Lastly, create your cleaning schedule to remove the grease on your traps are about 25% full. Most standard grease traps require cleaning about every three months. The schedule of your cleaning will depend on your business, how busy it is, and the type of food you prepare.
Overflows in the sewer can pose significant health risks to employees and customers. These overflows can contain contaminated water that potentially carry disease and contaminate your business. It is highly important to prevent these overflows from occurring.
By utilizing our grease trap cleaning and pumping service, you can ensure that this waste is removed from your system. Our operations can help reduce the amount of waste volume you have and modify properties of the waste as well to bring about safer waste disposal.
For help with your waste disposal needs, including grease trap pumping, call us today at 979.245.5656 or send us a message through our contact form.