Guide For Restaurants Dealing With Commercial Grease Trap Cleaning

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If your restaurant relies on grease traps for the disposal of things like cooking grease and oil, cleaning will be necessary. Otherwise, odors will develop and these traps may even malfunction. You don't have to struggle with this grease trap maintenance step if you follow this guide.

Inspect Parts Before and After Cleaning

When you go to clean your restaurant's commercial grease traps, one thing you want to do in addition to cleaning is inspect various parts. Then if there is a problem, you can quickly address it to avoid more severe grease trap complications later on.

Some parts to thoroughly analyze before and after cleaning include the grease trap's lid, cleanout cap, outlet pipe, and inlet pipe. If any of these parts show signs of wear or structural issues, you can notify the appropriate repair contractors and then schedule them to come out pretty quick.

Remove Standing Water First

There may be some standing water inside your grease traps and then the waste below them. You should deal with the water layer first before moving on to cleaning out the waste. This will help you keep things more organized and also make it easier to record waste levels, which is necessary according to environmental standards that restaurants must comply with.

You can remove the standing water in a couple of ways, such as using a specialized vacuum or just a standard bucket. Just make sure you remove enough to where you start seeing the waste layer that's left over.

Use a Steel Scrubber/Wool on the Inside

Some of the waste that's put into your restaurant's grease traps will have the chance to harden over time. It thus needs to be treated with a special tool, and one of the best options you have access to today is a steel scrubber or wool. 

It has a durable and rough consistency that can help you effectively break up hard grease and oils that are on the sides and bottom of your grease trap. After working over various areas of your grease traps with this cleaning instrument, you should have a much easier time cleaning your traps out completely. 

If you're adamant on keeping your restaurant's grease traps in good condition, then routine cleaning will be necessary and key to keep up with. You can use special tools and target specific parts of your grease traps to have success with these important maintenance routines. Reach out to a professional who provides grease trap cleaning for more information. 

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