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Botolphs grease filter exchange
Grease filter exchange in Botolphs from ventilation hygiene specialists trading since 2009. Out-of-hours visits and 24/7 emergency callout.
- Bent or damaged filters that do not sit properly
- Grease collecting in the filter channels
- Gaps where filters have been removed
What we do, step by step
Your staff don’t need to do much on the day. A contact on site lets us in at the agreed time and points us to the system, and we take it from there. Afterwards, the area is left tidy and the written report follows. In a small place like Botolphs, the journey is planned ahead and the visit arranged around the site’s hours.
- First, we record the size, type and number of filters in each canopy.
- Together we set how often the filters should be changed.
- At every visit, the greasy filters are lifted out.
- Clean filters go straight back in, seated properly with no gaps.
- Anything we notice, such as bent filters or a dirty plenum, is pointed out.
Preparing for the visit
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
Getting a quote
Getting a quote doesn’t 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.
Related advice
Grease filter exchange in Botolphs, done properly
Cleaning filters by hand takes staff time and is easy to put off. An exchange service means clean filters arrive and greasy ones leave and the canopy is refilled right away. We are often asked to deal with staff short of time to wash filters and grease building up behind the canopy filters, across mesh filters, island canopies and restaurants and pubs.
In a village or hamlet like Botolphs, the kitchens that need extract cleaning are typically a pub, a school, a care home or a hall kitchen, wherever there is one. Each still has a canopy and duct that collect grease, whatever the size of the place.
We’ve been trading since 2009, and we’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we’re fully insured.
- Where
- Botolphs (BN44)
- Region
- West Sussex
- Paperwork
- Written report with pictures
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Kitchen extracts in Botolphs
Look up Botolphs on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you will find about 10 restaurants, cafés and canteens in and around Botolphs, up to about a mile and a half out. Each canopy among them has filters that load with grease and need swapping or cleaning. It’s Horsham council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Botolphs. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked. Botolphs sits within the area of West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order.
If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Botolphs (Portslade Manor is about 4.6 miles south-east), fitting access panels needs care. Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as Southlands Hospital (about 3.3 miles south-east), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands.
Botolphs is about 3 miles north-west of Shoreham-by-Sea, in West Sussex. For grease filter exchange in and around Botolphs, please call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email for a fixed quote. We work across South East England and London, Botolphs included. Our West Sussex coverage runs to 371 places, and Botolphs is one of them. Our Brighton page covers sites nearby (8 miles or so).
Postcode districts we cover here for grease filter exchange: BN44. If your site is just outside Botolphs, we cover Upper Beeding (1 mile north-east), Bramber (1 mile north), Steyning (1 mile north-west), Sompting (3 miles south-west) and Lancing (3 miles south). Within a short drive, we also cover Horsham (13 miles north), Worthing (5 miles south-west), Haywards Heath (13 miles north-east), Burgess Hill (10 miles north-east), Littlehampton (11 miles south-west) and Shoreham-by-Sea (3 miles south-east).
Near you in Botolphs
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Steyning Grammar School and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Shoreham-By-Sea station, about 3.2 miles south-east of the centre. Nearby you will also find Steyning Museum (1.3 miles north-west) and Old Castle (4.9 miles south-west). Open spaces near Botolphs include Steep Down and Mill Hill.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare across West Sussex. Larger estates can be phased building by building around the people who use them.
The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
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Your questions about grease filter exchange in Botolphs
Can you clean school kitchen extracts in Botolphs during the holidays?
Yes, holiday work suits schools best. With about 6 schools and colleges on the FSA’s register within roughly a mile and a half of Botolphs, it pays to plan holiday dates ahead. Send us your term dates when you give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or email us, and we’ll fit the work in.
Will you come out to Botolphs?
Yes, Botolphs is part of our area, however small the site. Photos of the system and directions to the site help us plan the visit.
Is there a cleaning option for the filters we have?
Yes, filter cleaning is available. We’ll check your filters first because bent or damaged ones may need replacing.
How much does a filter exchange service cost?
It depends on the number and type of filters and how often they’re changed. We will send you a fixed quote once we know your canopies.
What about areas you cannot get to?
We record them on the report, with a note of where it is, and we explain what access is needed, for example new access panels.
Will we have to stop cooking for a filter change?
An exchange does not take long, and we can come before or after service. The clean set goes in as soon as the dirty one comes out.
How long will you be on site?
It depends on the size of the system, but for many sites it takes anything from a few minutes to an hour or so, depending on the number of filters. We’ll confirm it with the quote.
Where do the greasy filters go?
We take them away. That’s the point of an exchange: clean filters in, dirty ones out, with no washing for your team.
How we price grease filter exchange
The diagnosis comes before the price. The main factors are:
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- Where the site is and how we reach it
- What state the system is in
A single site or a whole portfolio, we price it on the same basis: the work involved, the access and the timing. You will have a fixed price before any work starts.
What we need to know
A few details help us quote accurately. With your enquiry, please include:
- Wide pictures of the system and the area around it
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
Every quote begins with a look at the system, from your photos and details or, where that is not enough, a survey on site. After that, you get a fixed price for the work so you know the cost before we start.
What the work involves, part by part
Busy restaurant and pub kitchens
Heavy cooking means more grease reaching every part of the system. Changing them on time protects the ducts behind.
The plenum
With good filters, less grease ends up in the plenum, but it still needs cleaning as part of TR19.
Honest limits
It’s worth knowing the limits before booking:
- Grease behind the filters that a swap cannot remove
- Cooking smells reaching neighbours, which need odour control
- Grease already built up in the ductwork, which needs a full TR19 clean
If you are not sure, just call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we will give you a straight answer.
What the work covers
- School and hospital kitchens
- Mesh filters
- Restaurants and pubs
- Baffle filters
- Wall canopies
- Island canopies
Do you need grease filter exchange in Botolphs?
Hand-washed filters often come back still greasy. Grease hides in the folds of a baffle or the layers of a mesh and a sink wash rarely reaches it.
Most sites get in touch when they notice something like this:
- Missing filters in the filter bank
- A canopy that drips grease
- Weak extraction at the canopy
- Filters that leave gaps in the canopy
Where a hall near St Botolph's Church, or anywhere in Botolphs, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does.
Questions to ask before you book
- When they can work, and whether that’s outside your opening hours
- Proof of insurance
- What happens if part of the system cannot be accessed
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or pictures
Between visits
Looking after the system between visits is straightforward, and it helps at the next visit:
- Make sure no filter is left out
- Report a dripping canopy early
- Keep canopy surfaces wiped down
- Make sure we can reach the canopy on exchange day
Nothing changes for your staff, except one less greasy job. Make sure we can reach the canopy on exchange day and tell us if service times change.
Bent or missing filters let grease straight past. Replacing them early protects the plenum and ductwork.