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Grease Trap Problem

  • 16-06-2009 4:33pm
    #1
    whitelightrider
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,100 ✭✭✭


    Hi guys,

    I just emptied the grease trap outside our new house. We're in the house since last September and Ive emptied it 3 times now.

    I noticed that its holding alot of water. When I drained the water and grease out of the trap I noticed an outlet near the bottom of the trap. I assuming the water should be flowing out this pipe?

    Im going to get my fathers rods tomorrow and see if its blocked but I wanted to be sure first.


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  • #2
    De_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 552 ✭✭✭De_man


    whitelightrider wrote: »
    Hi guys,

    Im going to get my fathers rods tomorrow and see if its blocked but I wanted to be sure first.


    hi most likely you won't need any rods!! we installed a JFC grease trap,
    like yourself i thought that i had a blockage between the trap and the outlet
    pipe (to septic tank) because the flow of water was very slow....

    easy to say now with hindsight, no one had a grease trap & i had never worked with these things before and proceeded to rod etc etc to try and unblock a blockage that didn't exist:eek: ( i also thought concrete went down the trap - that's another story;))

    if you're using the JFC , clean out your grease trap, turn on kitchen taps etc the water in the trap should fill up to about 3quarters of the way, once it reaches this point, further outflow out of the trap to the septic tank will be very very slow, this is how the grease is "caught".

    btw it appears your trap is working extremely well don't mess with it!!!!

    i empty mine every 4months (i put the washing machine outlet through it aswell all kitchen waste water)

    for those that aren't familiar with the JFC i've attached a diagram.

    don't mess with it:D


  • #3
    whitelightrider
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,100 ✭✭✭whitelightrider


    De_man wrote: »
    hi most likely you won't need any rods!! we installed a JFC grease trap,
    like yourself i thought that i had a blockage between the trap and the outlet
    pipe (to septic tank) because the flow of water was very slow....

    easy to say now with hindsight, no one had a grease trap & i had never worked with these things before and proceeded to rod etc etc to try and unblock a blockage that didn't exist:eek: ( i also thought concrete went down the trap - that's another story;))

    if you're using the JFC , clean out your grease trap, turn on kitchen taps etc the water in the trap should fill up to about 3quarters of the way, once it reaches this point, further outflow out of the trap to the septic tank will be very very slow, this is how the grease is "caught".

    btw it appears your trap is working extremely well don't mess with it!!!!

    i empty mine every 4months (i put the washing machine outlet through it aswell all kitchen waste water)

    for those that aren't familiar with the JFC i've attached a diagram.

    don't mess with it:D

    Looks as though thats the way ours works also! Have to put my hands up and say I was wrong here. Thanks DeMan for that.


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