Essex · Grease filter exchange
Grease filter exchange in Broad Street Green, Essex
Looking for grease filter exchange in Broad Street Green? We survey first, send you a fixed quote and work around your opening hours, then sign off with a report and pictures.
- Filters so greasy the air can barely pass
- Filters that leave gaps in the canopy
- A greasy plenum behind the filters
How it works
The visit has three parts: getting the area ready, doing the work and signing it off. Set-up means sheeting and making equipment safe, and the sign-off is a written report with photos. The middle part takes longest, which takes a short visit, depending on how many filters the canopies hold. Pictures of the system and its access let us plan the work in Broad Street Green before we set off.
- The filters in each canopy are measured and counted.
- An exchange schedule is agreed to suit your cooking.
- 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
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Find the previous report, if there is one
Ask for a quote
Photos are enough for some jobs, while others need a look on site. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
Advice
About our grease filter exchange in Broad Street Green
An exchange visit in Broad Street Green does not take long. The greasy filters come out, clean ones go in and make sure there are no gaps between them. Anything that needs attention is pointed out. If you have filters that leave gaps in the canopy and hand-washed filters that still look greasy, we can help, from wall canopies, school and hospital kitchens and island canopies onwards.
In a small place like Broad Street Green, kitchens are often in older or extended buildings, with long single-storey duct runs, and those horizontal sections are where grease settles. We agree access and timings in advance.
The sign-off is always in writing: a dated report with pictures of the work, plus a certificate through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal when the work is a TR19® Grease clean. It shows what was done and what, if anything, couldn’t be reached.
- Place
- Broad Street Green (CM9)
- Region
- Essex
- Reporting
- Written report with photos
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
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Honest limits
Some problems need a different service or another trade:
- Grease deep in the extract system
- Odours from the discharge that filters will not stop
- Extraction problems caused by the fan rather than the filters
Not sure which it is? You can give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we will tell you honestly.
What the work covers
- Baffle filters
- School and hospital kitchens
- Mesh filters
- Wall canopies
- Island canopies
- Restaurants and pubs
Managing agents and facilities teams in Broad Street Green
If you look after several sites, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Every building has its own written report, so each one has its own record.
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. 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.
Grease filter exchange around Broad Street Green
Sea air reaches Broad Street Green, which sits within about 3 miles of the coast. Salt air speeds up corrosion of roof-level fans, discharge cowls and their fixings. Look up Broad Street Green on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you’ll find about 14 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 11 sandwich bars and takeaways within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Broad Street Green. Any of those kitchens with a canopy relies on its filters to catch grease before it reaches the duct. It’s Maldon council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Broad Street Green. 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.
Term dates shape school work: for a school like Heybridge Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
Broad Street Green is about 2 miles north of Maldon, in Essex. Wherever you are in the CM9 postcode area, we cover grease filter exchange for commercial sites. Our Essex coverage runs to 644 places, and Broad Street Green is one of them. Chelmsford is in our area too, about 9 miles from Broad Street Green.
We cover every part of CM9 for grease filter exchange and the streets around it. If your site is just outside Broad Street Green, we cover Heybridge (1 mile south), Great Totham (1 mile north), Langford (1 mile west), Wickham Bishops (2 miles north-west) and Beacon Hill (2 miles north). Further out, we also cover Colchester (13 miles north-east), Chelmsford (9 miles west), Braintree (10 miles north-west), Billericay (15 miles south-west), Rayleigh (12 miles south) and Witham (4 miles north-west).
Near you in Broad Street Green
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Plume Library and Plume School and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is Witham station, about 4.2 miles north-west of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Maldon & District Agricultural & Domestic Museum (2.8 miles east). The countryside around Broad Street Green includes Chigborough Lakes.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, which is where we come in.
Staff cleaning doesn’t replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but the parts you can’t see still need a specialist at the right interval.
Part by part
School, care home and staff kitchens
For kitchens closed in the holidays, visits can be timed around term or rota, keeping the filters ready for the busy weeks.
Mesh filters
Mesh filters are still found in many canopies. They can be on the same exchange schedule as baffle filters.
Looking after it afterwards
Aftercare is simple, and it helps at the next visit:
- Never cook with the extract switched off
- Watch for grease drips between visits
- Report damaged filters so they can be replaced
- Keep the canopy clear for exchange visits
Fresh filters improve airflow at the canopy from the moment they’re fitted. Always run the extract during cooking so they catch grease as intended.
If cooking has stepped up, the filter schedule should too. Changing the interval early stops grease building up unseen in the ducts.
Common questions in Broad Street Green
Which council inspects kitchens in Broad Street Green?
Kitchens in Broad Street Green are inspected by Maldon council’s environmental health officers. Have your latest TR19® certificate and photo report to hand, as an officer may ask how the extract is maintained.
Does coastal air change anything about grease filter exchange in Broad Street Green?
It can. Broad Street Green is within about 3 miles of the coast, and salt air speeds up corrosion. A fan housing that is rusting near the coast can fail sooner, so it’s worth catching early.
Do we need to close the kitchen while filters are changed?
A filter change is quick and can be timed around service. Cooking shouldn’t happen with the filters out so the swap is done promptly.
Which accreditations do you hold?
Our accreditations are CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. Vent Hygiene Elite is run by BESCA and independently audited.
How do you protect the area?
We start with protection: floor sheeting and covers over nearby surfaces and equipment. We tidy up and take our waste away before we leave.
Where do the greasy filters go?
The greasy set leaves with us for cleaning and your staff do not have to deal with them. Clean filters go straight in.
Do you work in Broad Street Green?
Yes. Our area takes in London and the counties of South East England, and that includes Broad Street Green.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes. Our emergency line runs 24/7, for problems that cannot wait. Ring any time and tell us what’s happened.
When to call us in Broad Street Green
Washing filters by hand doesn’t always get them clean. Grease hides in the folds of a baffle or the layers of a mesh, and a quick rinse leaves it there.
It’s time to book a visit if you see:
- Weak extraction at the canopy
- Damaged filters letting grease past
- Missing filters in the filter bank
- Filters so greasy the air can barely pass
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Church of St Peter or elsewhere in Broad Street Green, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
What to look for in a quote
- When they can work, and whether that is outside your opening hours
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
- Proof of accreditation you can verify
- What paperwork you get at the end