Oxfordshire · Grease filter exchange
Bicester grease filter exchange
Looking for grease filter exchange in Bicester? We survey first, give you a fixed quote and work around your opening hours, finishing with a written report and pictures.
- Grease filters clogged with grease
- Smoke and heat lingering under the hood
- Damaged filters letting grease past
Grease filter exchange in Bicester, done properly
Baffle filters and mesh filters both fill with grease. Clogged filters choke the airflow and the fan has to work harder. A steady cycle of clean filters keeps extraction strong. If you are dealing with filters left unwashed on busy weeks and drips falling from the filters onto equipment, we can put it right, from wall canopies, mesh filters and island canopies onwards.
For a pub, café or restaurant in a town like Bicester, losing a day’s trade to cleaning is not an option, so the work is done after service, overnight or on a closed day. The kitchen is handed back clean and ready to cook.
A written report with pictures follows every visit, so you have a record of what was done and when. Where the work is a TR19® Grease clean, the certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Where
- Bicester (OX26, OX27)
- Wider area
- Oxfordshire
- Reporting
- Photo report after each visit
- Price
- A fixed price before work begins
- Working hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Between visits
Think of this as the after-treatment advice, in brief:
- Tell us if a filter is bent or damaged
- Clear anything stored on or near the canopy
- Look out for drips from the canopy
- Keep canopy surfaces wiped down
Fresh filters improve airflow at the canopy straight away. Keep the extract running while you cook so they catch grease as intended.
Filters that are left too long stop protecting the system. A regular cycle keeps the rest of the system cleaner between full cleans.
For landlords and multi-site operators
Whether it’s one building or many, you get the same standard: diagnosis, a fixed price, work booked around your hours and a written report with pictures.
Multi-site operators often want one contractor and one number. We cover South East England and London, so a run of sites can go into one programme and kept to a regular schedule.
Your questions about grease filter exchange in Bicester
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for Bicester?
Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Bicester. TR19® is not law, but it’s the benchmark many fire officers and insurers look to when they ask how often the extract is cleaned.
Do you clean school canteen extracts around Bicester out of term?
Yes, and it’s the easiest time to do it. There are about 10 schools, colleges and universities on the FSA’s food hygiene register within about 1.5 miles of Bicester. Just call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email with your term dates and we’ll plan around them.
What is TR19?
TR19® is BESA’s specification for ventilation hygiene. TR19® Grease, a standalone specification since 2019, covers grease in kitchen extract systems, while TR19® Air covers other supply and extract ductwork.
How much notice do you need?
For planned work, earlier is better, particularly if your next visit is nearly due. Emergencies are different, because our line is open 24/7.
What if some of our filters are damaged?
We check every filter at each visit. Any that are bent or damaged are flagged, because gaps let grease into the plenum.
What do you do to protect the area?
We cover floors and nearby surfaces with sheeting before work begins, and waste is contained as we go. Before we leave, we tidy up and clean down.
Is there a cleaning option for the filters we have?
Yes, filters can be cleaned on a schedule as well as exchanged. We’ll talk you through which suits your kitchen when you get in touch.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. We run scheduled maintenance contracts, with visits at the interval your system needs. Each report recommends when the next visit should be.
What grease filter exchange cannot fix
We won’t sell you work that doesn’t address the problem, so these are the things it will not cover:
- A canopy too small for the cooking beneath it
- Smell complaints that need odour control equipment
- Grease behind the filters that a swap can’t remove
If in doubt, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we will say what we think.
What the work covers
- Restaurants and pubs
- Wall canopies
- Baffle filters
- School and hospital kitchens
- Island canopies
- Mesh filters
Also near Bicester
Also in Bicester
The process
We start by comparing what we find with the survey or your pictures. Anything unexpected is raised with you before we go further. From there, it takes less than an hour in most kitchens. For a site in a town like Bicester, tell us your opening hours, where we can park and how we reach the roof or plant.
- First, we record the size, type and number of filters in each canopy.
- A change schedule is agreed to match the kitchen’s cooking hours.
- At each visit, the greasy filters are lifted out.
- Clean, dry filters are fitted in their place, with no gaps left between them.
- Anything we notice, such as bent filters or a dirty plenum, is pointed out.
How to prepare
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
How to get a quote
If you need grease filter exchange in Bicester, call 0345 646 2711 or email us. Tell us what kind of premises it is and when it’s open, and send pictures or your last report if you can. We normally send a fixed quote within one working day.
Advice
When to call us in Bicester
Sometimes a filter is taken out and never put back. Every gap in the filter bank lets grease straight into the plenum where it settles out of sight.
It’s time to book a visit if you see:
- Hand-washed filters that still look greasy
- Smoke and heat lingering under the hood
- Gaps where filters have been removed
- Grease building up behind the canopy filters
Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Bicester Community Hospital is the nearest hospital to Bicester, about within half a mile south.
Before you book anyone
- Whether VAT is included
- How areas they can’t reach will be recorded
- How they set the interval to the next visit
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
What staff can safely do
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but hidden parts of the system still need specialist attention.
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
What grease filter exchange looks like in Bicester
The FSA’s food hygiene register includes about 10 pubs and bars and about 5 hotels and B&Bs within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Bicester. Where they serve hot food, their kitchen extracts need cleaning to TR19® like any restaurant’s. The fire and rescue service for Bicester is Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service. Fire and rescue authorities enforce the Fire Safety Order in most non-domestic premises, and in a kitchen that fire risk includes the grease in the extract. Kitchens in Bicester get their food hygiene inspections from Cherwell council. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. Before-and-after photos from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand.
School kitchens, at schools like Brookside Primary School for example, are typically cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost. Where a hall near Church of St Edburg, or anywhere in Bicester, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does.
Bicester is about 11 miles north of Oxford, in Oxfordshire. Anywhere in OX26, we can carry out grease filter exchange at your premises. Our Oxfordshire coverage runs to 443 places, and Bicester is one of them. We also work in Oxford, around 11 miles away.
Grease filter exchange in OX26 and OX27 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. If you need grease filter exchange at premises on Market Square, Market End Way and London Road or anywhere close by, our technicians can take on the work. You’ll find Bicester on the A4095 and B4100, so it’s easy for us to get to for out-of-hours visits. We also cover the places around Bicester: Bure Park (1 mile north), Caversfield (1 mile north), Bucknell (2 miles north-west), Stratton Audley (3 miles north-east) and Stoke Lyne (3 miles north). We also work in nearby towns such as Oxford (11 miles south), Banbury (14 miles north-west), Thame (13 miles south-east), Kidlington (8 miles south-west), Headington Quarry (10 miles south) and St John Street area (11 miles south-west). Being one of Oxfordshire’s larger places, Bicester has a wide mix of commercial premises, all within our area for grease filter exchange.
Local landmarks in Bicester
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Bicester Technology Studio and The Plough pub, among other places. There’s a railway station in Bicester itself: Bicester North station. A little further out are Bicester Community Hospital (under half a mile south) and Bicester Village (0.7 miles south). For a walk, there’s Graven Hill and Woodsides Meadow.
Fixed quotes for grease filter exchange in Bicester
We do not publish a price list, because sites vary so much. What we look at:
- The size of the system
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
- How many systems or sites are involved
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
Kitchens, offices, schools and hospitals are all priced the same way: how much there is, how we reach it, what state it’s in and when we can work. Call for a fixed quote and we’ll explain each part.
What to send for a quote
When you contact us, these details help:
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- Problems your staff have spotted
- A few general shots of the system
To help us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, a few photos and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Once you have those, call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email.