Do you have a grease trap? Do you have a baffle in your grease trap? Well, you may not know how many restaurants and kitchens that have had our team of professionals evaluate their grease traps and the number one thing their traps are missing is a baffle. Now you may ask yourself “What is a baffle?” That is a great question and also the focus of this post today as we are going to explain to you what a baffle is and why it is important for your grease trap to have one.
A baffle is basically a divider that is in place in your grease trap with the purpose of creating a separation from one side of the trap from the other. It usually looks like a thick wedge of material that slides in perpendicular to the walls of the grease trap where you desire the separation to be. There is an indent in the bottom of the material that allows for the water to flow freely underneath. This is what efficiently traps the grease. The grease is caught by the baffle and left to accumulate for removal while the water and less bulky liquids are expelled with ease. A grease trap comes to malfunction and not perform its job properly when the baffle is missing, dislodged, or rotted out.
A grease trap that has a missing or damaged baffle may still help to pump grease out, but it is not trapping the grease as its job is intended. A grease trap that cannot trap the grease has a defeated purpose! Some grease traps have more than one separation between sections, but the minimum is one separation. The consequences of a worthless grease trap begin to accumulate in your pipes in the form of hardening fats, oils, and grease. The expense of calling a local sewer repair professional and ordering a baffle replacement or installation for your grease trap is always going to be significantly less than the pipe replacement or cleaning that will have to be made when your pipes become clogged or corroded from the accumulation.
If you suspect that your grease trap is not working properly, or you want to avoid the mess of inspecting your grease trap, give Sewer Surgeons a call at 973-579-3322 today. After getting your grease trap up and running like new, we can also evaluate your pipes to see how they might have been affected since the grease trap encountered a problem. Our sewer & water pipe replacement services will leave your kitchen or restaurant working smoothly in no time!
Does My Grease Trap Have A Working Baffle & Why Does It Need One? - Sewer Surgeons
SYNOPSIS: Do you have a grease trap? Do you have a baffle in your grease trap? Well, you may not know how many restaurants and kitchens that have had our team of professionals evaluate their grease traps and the number one thing their traps are missing is a ba
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Do you have a grease trap? Do you have a baffle in your grease trap? Well, you may not know how many restaurants and kitchens that have had our team of professionals evaluate their grease traps and the number one thing their traps are missing is a baffle. Now you may ask yourself “What is a baffle?” That is a great question and also the focus of this post today as we are going to explain to you what a baffle is and why it is important for your grease trap to have one.
A baffle is basically a divider that is in place in your grease trap with the purpose of creating a separation from one side of the trap from the other. It usually looks like a thick wedge of material that slides in perpendicular to the walls of the grease trap where you desire the separation to be. There is an indent in the bottom of the material that allows for the water to flow freely underneath. This is what efficiently traps the grease. The grease is caught by the baffle and left to accumulate for removal while the water and less bulky liquids are expelled with ease. A grease trap comes to malfunction and not perform its job properly when the baffle is missing, dislodged, or rotted out.
A grease trap that has a missing or damaged baffle may still help to pump grease out, but it is not trapping the grease as its job is intended. A grease trap that cannot trap the grease has a defeated purpose! Some grease traps have more than one separation between sections, but the minimum is one separation. The consequences of a worthless grease trap begin to accumulate in your pipes in the form of hardening fats, oils, and grease. The expense of calling a local sewer repair professional and ordering a baffle replacement or installation for your grease trap is always going to be significantly less than the pipe replacement or cleaning that will have to be made when your pipes become clogged or corroded from the accumulation.
If you suspect that your grease trap is not working properly, or you want to avoid the mess of inspecting your grease trap, give Sewer Surgeons a call at 973-579-3322 today. After getting your grease trap up and running like new, we can also evaluate your pipes to see how they might have been affected since the grease trap encountered a problem. Our sewer & water pipe replacement services will leave your kitchen or restaurant working smoothly in no time!
