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Grease Filter Exchange in Bowmans
Specialist grease filter exchange for Bowmans: diagnosis first, then a fixed quote, the work and a report with photos. Call for a fixed quote.
- Staff short of time to wash filters
- A canopy that drips grease
- Bent or damaged filters that don’t sit properly
When something else is needed
We’d rather tell you now than book work that will not help, so here are the limits:
- Cooking smells reaching neighbours, which need odour control
- A canopy too small for the cooking beneath it
- A heavily greased plenum or canopy, which needs cleaning to TR19
Not sure which it is? You can phone us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we will tell you honestly.
Parts of the system we cover
- Baffle filters
- School and hospital kitchens
- Wall canopies
- Restaurants and pubs
- Island canopies
- Mesh filters
How we handle grease filter exchange in Bowmans
Cleaning filters by hand takes staff time and is easy to put off. With a filter exchange, we bring a clean set and take the dirty one away and the canopy is refilled straight away. The work covers restaurants and pubs, baffle filters and mesh filters, and the jobs we see most are filters that come out of the sink still dirty and filters left unwashed on busy weeks.
In a smaller place like Bowmans, many kitchens sit in older buildings or later extensions, with the duct running through a roof space or up an outside wall. Flat runs collect grease and need proper access to clean.
Accreditations are easy to claim and worth checking. We’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured.
- Location
- Bowmans (DA1, DA2, DA5)
- Region
- Kent
- Records
- Photo report after every visit
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
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Bowmans questions
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Bowmans?
Food hygiene inspections in Bowmans are carried out by Dartford council. How often a business is inspected depends on the risk rating the council gives it, so it’s worth staying ready all year.
Which fire authority looks after Bowmans?
Kent Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Bowmans. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
Is Bowmans in your area?
Yes. We work across Greater London, Surrey, Kent, Sussex, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Hertfordshire and Essex, and that includes Bowmans.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes, always. We diagnose before we treat: the survey shows what needs doing and what access we need, and the quote is based on that.
Are you insured?
Yes, we’re fully insured. CHAS and SafeContractor accreditation sit alongside it for clients who vet their contractors.
Will you tell us when the next visit is due?
Yes. The recommended date is on the report. For kitchen extracts, BESA’s minimum intervals run from every 3 months for heavy use to every 12 months for light use, and fire dampers need testing at least once a year.
What is TR19?
It’s BESA’s specification and the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to. It sets out inspection, cleaning and record keeping and expects a risk-based approach.
Can you set up regular visits?
Yes, of course. Send details of the systems and how they’re used, and we’ll suggest a schedule and quote for it.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but the parts you cannot see still need a specialist at the right interval.
Some jobs should never be done in-house: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings call for the right kit, training and safe access. Leave those to us.
What happens on the day
There are three stages on the day: set-up, the treatment itself and the sign-off. Set-up means sheeting and making equipment safe, and the sign-off is a written report with photos. Most of the time goes on the work itself, which takes a short visit, depending on how many filters the canopies hold. In a place like Bowmans, we fit the visit around your hours.
- The filters in each canopy are measured and counted.
- An exchange schedule is agreed to suit your cooking.
- On each visit, we remove the greasy filters.
- 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
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Move anything stored near the system
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
Get a fixed quote
For grease filter exchange in Bowmans, 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 usually send a fixed quote within one working day.
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Fixed quotes for grease filter exchange in Bowmans
You’ll get a fixed price before any work starts. It takes into account:
- Whether several sites go on one quote
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
- What state the system is in
- Where the site is and how we reach it
Every site is different, so each one gets its own fixed quote. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all make a difference.
What to send for a quote
Before you ask for a quote, gather:
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
- The postcode and the type of business
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
Here’s what helps us quote: the address, the type of site and when it’s open, a few photos and any previous report or certificate. Once you have those, ring 0345 646 2711 or email us.
Aftercare tips
How long the results last depends on use and care. We suggest:
- Report a dripping canopy early
- Don’t refit a filter that’s bent
- Make sure no filter is left out
- Keep the canopy clear for exchange visits
There’s no waiting: the canopy is ready as soon as the clean set is fitted. We take the greasy filters with us for cleaning.
Dripping filters are a clear sign they’re full. A clean set straight away cuts the grease in the canopy and the plenum may need a clean as well.
What the work involves, part by part
Baffle filters
Baffle filters use overlapping metal blades that force the air to change direction. Grease is thrown out of the airstream and collects on the baffles.
The plenum
Behind the filters sits the plenum, where air gathers before the duct. Grease that gets past the filters settles there.
Grease, kitchens and Bowmans
Look up Bowmans on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you’ll find about 86 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 60 sandwich bars and takeaways within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Bowmans. Clogged filters slow the airflow, and busy kitchens like these clog them fast. Bowmans sits within the area of Kent Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order. Kitchens in Bowmans get their food hygiene inspections from Dartford 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 Wentworth Primary School for example, are usually cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost. If you cook for passing trade around Crayford station, the extract can be cleaned between your last and first customer. A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near St Barnabas or elsewhere in Bowmans, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.
Bowmans is about 2 miles west of Dartford, in Kent. Whatever kind of site you run in Bowmans, grease filter exchange is something we can help with. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so the site keeps running. Bowmans is one of 922 towns, villages and districts in Kent where we work for grease filter exchange. We also work in London, about 13 miles from Bowmans.
Every address in DA1, DA2 and DA5 is covered for grease filter exchange, from the main roads to the quietest streets. If you need grease filter exchange at premises on Swan Lane, Dale Road and Ross Road or a nearby road, our technicians can take on the work. You’ll find Bowmans on the A2018, so it’s easy for us to get to for grease filter exchange. Close by, we work in Wilmington (1 mile south), Crayford (1 mile north), Coldblow (1 mile west), Joyden's Wood (1 mile south-west) and Barnes Cray (1 mile north-east). We also work in nearby towns such as Sevenoaks (11 miles south), Gravesend (9 miles east), Northfleet (7 miles east), Swanley (3 miles south), Kings Hill (15 miles south-east) and Swanscombe (5 miles east).
Near you in Bowmans
Typical jobs here are in premises near Wilmington Grammar School for Girls, Bird in Hand pub and St Columba's Catholic Boys' School, among other places. For rail, the closest station is Crayford station, about 0.6 miles north of the centre. A little further out are Stone Castle (4.1 miles east) and West Hill Hospital (1.3 miles east). Open spaces near Bowmans include Wansunt Pit.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Bowmans
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare across Kent. Work can be phased by floor, building or site to keep disruption down.
Running several sites is easier with one contractor. We cover South East England and London, so a run of sites can go into one programme and kept to a regular schedule.