Kent · Grease filter exchange
Boughton Lees grease filter exchange
A scheduled grease filter exchange, swapping dirty canopy filters for clean ones for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Boughton Lees. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and fully insured.
- Damaged filters letting grease past
- Grease left in baffles after washing
- Missing filters in the filter bank
About our grease filter exchange in Boughton Lees
Grease filters are the first line of defence in a kitchen extract. They catch grease before it reaches the plenum and ductwork and they do it best when they’re clean. With grease filter exchange, clean filters replace greasy ones at regular intervals. The work covers mesh filters, school and hospital kitchens and island canopies, and common reasons people get in touch are a canopy running with filters missing and weak extraction at the canopy.
In a small place like Boughton Lees, kitchens are often in older or extended buildings, with long single-storey duct runs, and those horizontal sections are where grease settles. Access, parking and timings are agreed before the day.
Each visit ends with a written report and pictures, 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.
- Location
- Boughton Lees (TN25)
- Region
- Kent
- Reporting
- Report and photos after the visit
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
We work for landlords, managing agents and facilities managers as well as the people running the site. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we can quote for the whole system.
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. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.
What a clean won’t put right
To be straight with you, there are a few things this work will not fix:
- Extraction problems caused by the fan rather than the filters
- Smell complaints that need odour control equipment
- Grease already built up in the ductwork, which needs a full TR19 clean
If in doubt, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we’ll say what we think.
What we work on in Boughton Lees
- Baffle filters
- Restaurants and pubs
- Mesh filters
- Wall canopies
- Island canopies
- School and hospital kitchens
Grease filter exchange in Boughton Lees: the local picture
Food Standards Agency records list about 5 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens within about 1.5 miles of central Boughton Lees. Swapping filters on a schedule keeps kitchens like these drawing air properly. Kitchens in Boughton Lees get their food hygiene inspections from Ashford council. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after. Fire safety in Boughton Lees falls to Kent Fire and Rescue Service. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel.
If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Boughton Lees (Godinton House is about 3.4 miles south-west), fitting access panels needs care. For schools such as Towers School and Sixth Form Centre, kitchen extract cleaning is normally booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
Boughton Lees is about 4 miles north of Ashford, in Kent. From the centre of Boughton Lees to the outskirts, grease filter exchange is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from a single unit to a large public building. Boughton Lees is one of 922 places in Kent where we work for commercial clients. We also work in Maidstone, about 17 miles from Boughton Lees.
Work in TN25 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. We cover sites on Wye Road, Pilgrims Way and Faversham Road and the roads around them. Neighbouring places we cover for grease filter exchange include Kennington (2 miles south), Bockhanger (2 miles south-west), Potters Corner (2 miles south-west), Westwell (2 miles west) and Godinton (3 miles south-west). We also work in nearby towns such as Ashford (4 miles south), Canterbury (10 miles north-east), Sittingbourne (13 miles north-west), Folkestone (14 miles south-east), Whitstable (13 miles north-east) and Faversham (9 miles north).
Around Boughton Lees
Typical jobs here are in premises near Flying Horse Inn and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Wye station, about 1.4 miles east of the centre. A little further out are William Harvey Hospital (3.3 miles south) and County Square (2.9 miles south-west). The countryside around Boughton Lees includes Hatch Park.
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Staff cleaning versus specialist work
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.
When your team notices a problem between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that will not come clean, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We can diagnose it and quote.
Fixed quotes for grease filter exchange in Boughton Lees
A fixed price needs a few facts first. We check:
- Parking and loading at the site
- The number of sites or systems
- The condition of the system
- The times the site is available
Whatever the type of site, the quote works 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 go through it with you.
What to send for a quote
Photos let us diagnose from a distance. The most useful are:
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
Quotes are quick. Call or email with a few details and you will typically have a fixed price within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.
Questions from Boughton Lees
Which fire service covers Boughton Lees?
Fire safety enforcement in Boughton Lees is handled by Kent Fire and Rescue Service. A recent cleaning certificate and a note of the next clean date show that grease in the extract is being managed.
Can you get to a site in Boughton Lees?
Yes. Boughton Lees is within the area we cover across London and the South East. Just mention lanes, gates or anything else about the site when you book.
What happens to the dirty filters?
The greasy set leaves with us for cleaning and your staff don’t have to deal with them. A clean set is fitted in their place.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
Protection goes down first: floor sheeting and covers over nearby surfaces and equipment. We tidy up and take our waste away before we leave.
What types of premises do you cover?
All kinds of commercial and public premises: kitchens, offices, schools, healthcare, retail, leisure and food production. We fit the work around how the site operates.
Which accreditations do you hold?
We’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured.
Do you offer emergency callouts?
Yes. If something urgent happens, like a fan failing or damage after a fire, call our 24/7 line, and we will advise on what to do next.
How long will you be on site?
It depends on the size of the system, but for a typical site it takes well under an hour for most canopies. We’ll give you a better idea when we quote.
The process
We start by comparing what we find with the survey or your photos. Anything unexpected is raised with you before we go further. After that, the work takes well under an hour for most canopies. Visits to a village like Boughton Lees are booked in advance, at a time that suits whoever runs the site.
- We count and measure the filters in every canopy.
- A change schedule is agreed to match the kitchen’s cooking hours.
- At each 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.
Getting ready for the visit
- Clear loose items from the work area
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
- Let us know about parking and loading
Ask for a quote
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and we can price many jobs without a visit.
Advice
Signs you need grease filter exchange in Boughton Lees
However long the kitchen cooks each day, the filters see every minute of it. Heavy daily use means fast build-up so changes need to come round sooner.
The symptoms we’re asked about most include:
- Filters that come out of the sink still dirty
- Grease filters clogged with grease
- Gaps where filters have been removed
- Filters that leave gaps in the canopy
A hospital like William Harvey Hospital, about 3.3 miles south, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day.
Comparing quotes
- What happens if part of the system cannot be accessed
- Whether the price is fixed
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
- How VAT is shown on the quote
Looking after it afterwards
So the system stays in good health:
- Keep canopy surfaces wiped down
- Don’t refit a filter that’s bent
- Never leave gaps in the filter bank
- Look out for drips from the canopy
The canopy looks cleaner and the air moves better straight away. Keep the extract running while you cook so the filters do their job.
If filters are already dripping, they’re overdue. Changing them now reduces the fuel above the cooking, and it’s worth checking the plenum too.