East Sussex · Grease filter exchange
Ashburnham grease filter exchange
One call covers a scheduled grease filter exchange, swapping dirty canopy filters for clean ones in Ashburnham: survey, fixed quote, work and sign-off. CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, ISO 9001 and fully insured.
- Missing filters in the filter bank
- Grease building up behind the canopy filters
- Grease dripping from the canopy
About our grease filter exchange in Ashburnham
Filter exchange sits between full TR19® cleans. Fresh filters help limit what gets into the ductwork though vapour still carries some grease past them. So the canopy, plenum and ducts still need their full TR19 clean. Typical jobs include grease dripping from the canopy and filter washing that keeps being missed, across mesh filters, baffle filters and school and hospital kitchens.
In a small place like Ashburnham, kitchens are often in older or extended buildings, with long single-storey duct runs, where grease settles in the flat sections. We agree access and timings in advance.
Our accreditations include CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured. On top of that, we’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, trading since 2009.
- Where
- Ashburnham (TN33)
- Wider area
- East Sussex
- Paperwork
- Report and pictures after the visit
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- Hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Facilities teams in offices, schools and healthcare sites book us too in Ashburnham and across East Sussex. Larger estates can be phased building by building to keep disruption down.
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.
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What else we do in Ashburnham
Questions from Ashburnham
Is Ashburnham within the area you cover?
Yes, we work in villages as well as towns, and Ashburnham is covered. A survey first, from photos or a visit, means we arrive with the right kit.
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for Ashburnham?
East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Ashburnham. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
Which accreditations do you hold?
BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, plus CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001. We have been trading since 2009 and we’re fully insured.
Do you deal with bent or broken filters?
We check every filter at each visit. Any that are bent or damaged are flagged since a poor fit lets grease past.
Which grease filters does the service cover?
We work with both baffle and mesh filters. We check what’s in your canopies first and plan the exchange around them.
How long does grease filter exchange take?
It depends on the size of the system, but for a typical site it takes less than an hour in most kitchens. We will confirm it with the quote.
Can you set up regular visits?
Yes. Scheduled maintenance plans are part of what we do, set at the interval the system needs. The report from each visit recommends the next date.
Do you recommend a next date?
Yes. How often depends on use and condition, and we explain the reasoning on the report.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Staff cleaning and specialist work are not the same thing. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but they don’t reach the grease that builds up further in. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
How the visit works
Your trading hours come first. We book the visit for a time the area is closed, whether that is an evening, overnight or a weekend. When the team arrives, the work area is protected and the relevant equipment is switched off to cool, and the job takes well under an hour for most canopies. Rural roads and tight entrances are worth telling us about before a visit to Ashburnham.
- The filters in each canopy are measured and counted.
- We set the interval with you.
- The dirty set is lifted out.
- Clean filters go in and we check they sit snugly.
- The dirty filters leave with us and the next visit is booked.
Getting ready for the visit
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
Get a fixed quote
To get a fixed quote, ring 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and tell us the type of site, your opening hours and roughly what the system looks like. A few pictures and your last certificate or report help a lot. We typically come back within one working day.
Related advice
How we price grease filter exchange
There’s no set price list, because sites vary so much. What we look at:
- A single visit or a regular plan
- The condition of the system
- How easy every part is to reach
- The number of sites or systems
Leaving it longer rarely makes the work cheaper. Problems in a system tend to grow, which can make the next visit longer. If you’re not sure what’s needed, call 0345 646 2711, or email photos for straight advice and a fixed quote.
What we need to know
Before you ask for a quote, gather:
- Any previous report or certificate
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
Need a price for grease filter exchange? Please call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and tell us about the site. We will explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before anything is booked.
Between visits
No system stays clean for ever, but care slows the build-up. Our tips:
- Keep every filter in place during service
- Don’t let the full clean slip because filters are changed
- Never cook with the extract switched off
- Keep canopy surfaces wiped down
The next exchange is already in the diary. If cooking increases, we can change filters more often to match.
If cooking has stepped up, the filter schedule should too. Adjusting the schedule now prevents a build-up behind the canopy.
When to call us in Ashburnham
Hand-washed filters often come back still greasy. Grease lodges deep in baffles and mesh, and a quick rinse leaves it there.
Signs it’s time to call us include:
- Grease collecting in the filter channels
- A canopy running with filters missing
- Hand-washed filters that still look greasy
- Damaged filters letting grease past
Where a hall near Parish Church of St Peter, or anywhere in Ashburnham, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does.
Before booking anyone
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- How they set the interval to the next visit
- Whether the price is fixed
- What insurance they carry
When it’s something else
We will not sell you work that doesn’t address the problem, so these are the things it won’t cover:
- Extraction problems caused by the fan rather than the filters
- Cooking smells reaching neighbours, which need odour control
- Grease behind the filters that a swap cannot remove
Not sure which it is? You can call 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we will tell you honestly.
What we work on in Ashburnham
- Wall canopies
- School and hospital kitchens
- Island canopies
- Restaurants and pubs
- Baffle filters
- Mesh filters
Ashburnham kitchens: local notes
It’s Rother council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Ashburnham. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service covers Ashburnham. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises.
Healthcare kitchens cannot easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Ashburnham is Bexhill Hospital, about 5.5 miles south-east.
Ashburnham is about 5 miles north-west of Bexhill-on-Sea, in East Sussex. If you need grease filter exchange in Ashburnham, please call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email for a fixed quote. We work across South East England and London, Ashburnham included. Across East Sussex, we cover 289 places, Ashburnham among them. For sites nearby, see our Brighton page (24 miles or so).
Here we cover the TN33 postcode area for grease filter exchange. You will find streets such as Church Road and The Forge, all of which we cover for grease filter exchange. We also cover the places around Ashburnham: Brownbread Street (1 mile west), The Pound (1 mile south), Bodle Street Green (2 miles west), Wood's Corner (3 miles north-west) and Dallington (3 miles north-west). We also work in nearby towns such as Eastbourne (10 miles south-west), Hastings (8 miles east), Bexhill-on-Sea (5 miles south-east), Hailsham (7 miles south-west), Crowborough (14 miles north-west) and St Leonards (8 miles south-east).
Landmarks near Ashburnham
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Ashburnham Park and The Ash Tree Inn and the streets around them. The closest station to Ashburnham is Battle station, roughly 4.4 miles east of the centre. A little further out are Old Castle (3.1 miles north-west) and Battle Museum of Local History (3.9 miles east). Green spaces nearby include Senlac Hill.