Essex · Grease filter exchange
Aldham grease filter exchange
Grease filter exchange for Aldham, from a team that has been trading since 2009. Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus a 24/7 emergency line.
- Weak extraction at the canopy
- Grease left in baffles after washing
- A canopy that drips grease
Grease filter exchange for kitchens and businesses in Aldham
Washing filters in the kitchen sink is messy and easily missed on a busy week. An exchange service means clean filters arrive and greasy ones leave, so the canopy is never left without filters. The work covers restaurants and pubs, wall canopies and island canopies, and people most often call us about filter washing that keeps being missed and drips falling from the filters onto equipment.
Rural kitchens often have long, low duct runs through a roof space or along an outside wall, where grease settles in the flat sections. We agree access and timings in advance.
Think of the report as the system’s health record: dated, with photos, and showing what was done. Grease extract cleans are also certificated to TR19® Grease through the BESCA VHE portal, ready for your insurer.
- Place
- Aldham (CO6)
- Region
- Essex
- Paperwork
- Photo report after each visit
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Your questions about grease filter exchange in Aldham
Do you work overnight in Aldham?
Yes, we can come after you close and finish before you open. The site is handed back ready to open. Let us know the hours you are closed and we will book within them.
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Aldham?
The local authority for Aldham is Colchester council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. It helps to keep the extract cleaning records with your food safety paperwork, so they’re ready if asked for.
How much notice should we give?
The more notice, the better, especially for out-of-hours work. We usually quote within one working day, and emergencies are covered by our 24/7 line.
Do you provide a certificate or report?
Yes, on every job. It’s a dated, written report with photos, plus a certificate via the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal for TR19® Grease cleans. File it with your fire safety records.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. You deal with one contact for every site in our area, with visits on a regular schedule.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes, any time. For anything urgent, such as a fan failure or damage after a fire, ring the 24/7 line and we’ll talk you through the next steps.
Do you take the used filters away?
We do. The dirty filters are taken away for cleaning and the clean set stays in the canopy.
Who has the legal duty for fire safety?
That depends on who controls the premises. Under the Fire Safety Order 2005, it’s the responsible person, which can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, an FM or a managing agent.
How the job changes from site to site
Baffle filters
Baffle filters are robust and widely used in commercial canopies. They don’t clean themselves as the collected grease builds up between the blades.
The plenum
A greasy plenum is a sign filters have been left too long or that the next TR19 clean is due.
When something else is needed
Grease filter exchange cannot fix everything, and we will tell you before we start. It won’t put right:
- A canopy that doesn’t capture the vapour properly
- Smell complaints that need odour control equipment
- A canopy that needs a proper clean
If you are not sure, just phone us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we’ll give you a straight answer.
What the work covers
- Baffle filters
- Wall canopies
- Restaurants and pubs
- Island canopies
- School and hospital kitchens
- Mesh filters
Aldham kitchens: local notes
Food Standards Agency records list about 8 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 3 takeaways and sandwich shops in and around Aldham, up to about a mile and a half out. Each canopy among them has filters that load with grease and need swapping or cleaning. Aldham sits within the area of Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises. Food hygiene inspections in Aldham are the job of Colchester council’s environmental health team. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after.
Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Essex County Hospital is the nearest hospital to Aldham, about 4.4 miles east. A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Church of St Margaret and St Catherine or elsewhere in Aldham, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.
Aldham is about 5 miles west of Colchester, in Essex. We provide grease filter exchange for commercial premises of every kind in Aldham and the rest of Essex. Our area takes in 644 places across Essex, from busy centres to quieter spots. Chelmsford is in our area too, around 17 miles away.
Postcode districts we cover here for grease filter exchange: CO6. Whether your site is on Green Lane, Hardings Close and Church Grove or a nearby road, we can help. Other places close to Aldham include Copford (1 mile south-east), Marks Tey (2 miles south-west), Little Tey (2 miles south-west), Mulberry Green (2 miles south) and Easthorpe (3 miles south). Within a short drive, we also cover Colchester (5 miles east), Braintree (10 miles west), Maldon (13 miles south), Witham (9 miles south-west), Camulodunum (4 miles east) and Halstead (7 miles north-west).
Landmarks near Aldham
Typical jobs here are in premises near The Queen's Head Public House and the streets around them. The closest station to Aldham is Marks Tey station, about 1.2 miles south of the centre. A little further out are Birch Castle (4.1 miles south) and Essex County Hospital (4.4 miles east). For a walk, there’s Iron Latch.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Aldham
When the building owner and the occupier are different, the lease normally sets out who maintains what. We’re happy to deal with either side and send the paperwork to whoever needs it.
Facilities teams in offices, schools and healthcare sites book us too across Essex. Work can be phased by floor, building or site to keep disruption down.
Why act early in Aldham
Changing filters on schedule costs far less disruption than a blocked extract. Few maintenance jobs are as easy and few are as easy to forget. A fault that closes a site in a village like Aldham affects everyone who depends on it.
The price reflects the work, not guesswork. That is why every job is surveyed first, and why the quote is fixed before work begins.
Why us?
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Trading since 2009
- A written report with photos after every visit
Between visits
How long the results last depends on use and care. We suggest:
- Report damaged filters so they can be replaced
- Watch for grease drips between visits
- Always run the extract while cooking
- Never leave gaps in the filter bank
The next exchange is already in the diary. If cooking increases, we can change filters more often to match.
Bent or missing filters let grease straight past. Sorting them now keeps grease where it can be caught.
Common problems we fix in Aldham
However long the kitchen cooks each day, the filters see every minute of it. A kitchen that cooks all day loads its filters quickly, so it needs more frequent changes.
If you notice any of these, it’s worth a diagnosis:
- Gaps where filters have been removed
- Filters that come out of the sink still dirty
- A greasy plenum behind the filters
- Smoke and heat lingering under the hood
For schools such as Holy Trinity CofE Primary School, kitchen extract cleaning is typically booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
Comparing quotes
- What hours they’ll be on site
- How areas they can’t reach will be recorded
- Whether a written report and pictures are included
- Whether the quote shows VAT
How the visit works
When we arrive, we check the system against the survey or the photos you sent. If anything is different, we talk it through with the person on site before carrying on. From there, it takes a short visit, depending on how many filters the canopies hold. In a small place like Aldham, the journey is planned ahead and the visit arranged around the site’s hours.
- First, we check the canopies and the filters in them.
- We note any filters that are bent, damaged or missing.
- We exchange the dirty filters for a clean set.
- We check the filters are seated and the canopy is ready to use.
- We tell you if the plenum or canopy needs a clean.
Getting ready for the visit
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Let us know about parking and loading
How to get a quote
Getting a quote does not take long. Send a few details and pictures, and we usually reply with a fixed quote within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.