Controlling Fat, Oil & Grease at Your Premises
Recently there have been more cases of main sewer lines being full of fat, with the infamous name of FATBERG. The fatberg is the cause of fat and grease going into the drainage system. Some businesses like restaurants cause them due to the volume of fat and grease that goes down the sinks.
It’s no easy task clearing a FATBERG, in Cardiff Bay Welsh Water spent months during 2019 clearing one. This caused disruption for all businesses near by (which are mostly restaurants). These type of blocks do cause environmental problems as well as health risks. When the main drainage system is completely blocked it can cause sewerage to spill into the streets.
Managing fat, oil and grease
We can all at some time or another admit to letting some fat, oil or grease go down our sinks. Home owners will usually find their own private pipes blocked due to those substances going down the sink. Commercial kitchens contribute more to fatbergs in the main sewer lines due to the nature of their business. There are also a lot of internal pipes that block with fat, oil and grease in commercial kitchens.
You can reduce the amount of fat, oil and grease that goes into your pipe system. You can do things like scraping fat off plates. or draining the fat through a sieve into a container. The main way of stopping those substances going into the pipe altogether would be to install a grease trap.
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Grease traps explained
Grease traps can be installed inside or outside the property and are a requirement for commercial kitchens. The role of the grease trap is to stop fat, oil and grease from entering into the pipework and main sewage system. Grease traps retain fat, oil and grease and once it cools it will separate from the water. Once the substances harden they can be removed and disposed of.
At Daily Drains we can install and maintain a grease trap for you. For an installation we can source the grease trap specific to your needs. As a business it might be you have five sinks that need to be connected to the trap. We regularly empty grease traps for our customers, we also have a license to carry waste so dispose it for them legally. If your in need of a grease trap that needs emptying or want one installed then please get in touch with Daily Drains.