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Grease filter exchange in Broadfield, West Sussex
Looking for grease filter exchange in Broadfield? We survey first, send you a fixed quote and work around your opening hours, then sign off with a report and photos.
- Filters left unwashed on busy weeks
- Grease left in baffles after washing
- Smoke and heat lingering under the hood
Broadfield: your questions answered
Which council inspects kitchens in Broadfield?
Food hygiene inspections in Broadfield are carried out by Crawley council. Have your latest TR19® certificate and photo report to hand, as an officer may ask how the extract is maintained.
Do you clean school canteen extracts around Broadfield out of term?
Yes, holiday work suits schools best. With about 13 schools and colleges on the FSA’s register within roughly a mile and a half of Broadfield, it pays to plan holiday dates ahead. Tell us your holiday dates and we will book the visit for when the site is empty.
What if parts of the system cannot be reached?
Anything we can’t reach goes on the report, with a note of where it is, and we explain what access is needed, for example new access panels.
Do you cover Broadfield?
Yes. Broadfield is part of the area we cover, as part of our area across London and the South East.
Does a filter exchange disrupt service?
Visits are short, and we can come before or after service. There’s no wait between removing and refitting.
Is there a cleaning option for the filters we have?
We can. Cleaning your existing filters is an option while others want an exchange. We make sure the canopy is ready for service either way.
Where do the greasy filters go?
The greasy set leaves with us for cleaning, so your staff don’t have to wash them. A clean set is fitted in their place.
What if some of our filters are damaged?
A badly damaged filter should be replaced. We will show you which ones on the visit.
Grease filter exchange in Broadfield
Each visit is quick and tidy. 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. The work covers school and hospital kitchens, mesh filters and baffle filters, and the jobs we see most are smoke and heat lingering under the hood and grease building up behind the canopy filters.
In a smaller place like Broadfield, many kitchens sit in older buildings or later extensions, with the duct running through a roof space or up an outside wall. Long horizontal runs like that hold grease and need access panels to reach.
Insurers, fire officers and environmental health officers all look at records. That’s why every job is written up in a report with pictures, plus a TR19® certificate through the BESCA VHE portal where the work is a TR19® Grease clean.
- Place
- Broadfield (RH11, RH10)
- Region
- West Sussex
- Reporting
- Report and pictures after the visit
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
What happens if it’s left?
Some kitchens in Broadfield wash filters themselves to save the cost of a service, and that can work if it’s done thoroughly and on time. Where it slips, an exchange service takes the job off staff. In a smaller place like Broadfield, a site that has to close is felt quickly.
No two sites are the same, so we price each one individually. The size of the job, how we reach it, its condition and the working hours all play a part.
Why book with us
- Every job surveyed first
- Trading since 2009
- Fully insured
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
Take a look at how cleaning jobs are priced or our accreditations and certificates.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Broadfield
Whether it’s one building or many, you get the same standard: a survey first, a fixed quote, the work timed around the site and a report with photos.
We work for landlords, managing agents and facilities managers as well as the people running the site. Shared systems, like a riser serving several units, need a clear agreement on who books the work, and we are happy to quote for all of it.
What grease filter exchange cannot fix
Some problems need a different service or another trade:
- An extract that was undersized from the start
- A fan that is failing or too weak for the system
- Grease already built up in the ductwork, which needs a full TR19 clean
If you’re not sure, just ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we will give you a straight answer before booking.
Parts of the system we cover
- Wall canopies
- Baffle filters
- Island canopies
- School and hospital kitchens
- Restaurants and pubs
- Mesh filters
The process
Everything the job needs comes with us, from protective sheeting to tools and access equipment. You only need to give us clear access and switch off what needs to be off. On site, the work takes less than an hour in most kitchens. Around Broadfield, access is typically simpler than in a town centre, though gates and roof access are worth mentioning.
- The filters in each canopy are measured and counted.
- An exchange schedule is agreed to suit your cooking.
- The dirty set is lifted out.
- A clean set is fitted and checked for gaps.
- We take the greasy set away and confirm the next date.
Before we arrive
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
How to get a quote
Every quote begins with a look at the system, from your pictures and details or, where that is not enough, a survey on site. Then we send a fixed price, before any work starts.
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When to call us in Broadfield
The type of cooking matters. Frying, grilling and chargrilling produce far more grease than steaming or baking so no single schedule suits every kitchen.
Signs it’s time to call us include:
- Missing filters in the filter bank
- Filters that come out of the sink still dirty
- Weak extraction at the canopy
- A greasy plenum behind the filters
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Seymour Primary School or anywhere near Broadfield, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean.
Before booking anyone
- How areas they can’t reach will be recorded
- Whether a survey comes first
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
What affects the quote in Broadfield
Before we fix a price, we need to know a few things. We look at:
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- What state the system is in
- Any permits to work or inductions
- How easy every part is to reach
We do not list prices on the website, because the cost depends on the site in front of us. For a fixed quote, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or email photos, and we’ll talk you through it.
What we need to know
A few details help us quote accurately. When you get in touch, it helps to send:
- Problems your staff have spotted
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- The postcode and the type of business
- Wide pictures of the system and the area around it
For a fixed quote, call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email with the site type, your trading hours and a short description of the system. A few photos and your last certificate or report help a lot. We normally come back within one working day.
Nearby places to Broadfield
Other services in Broadfield
Kitchen extracts in Broadfield
According to Food Standards Agency records, there are about 12 pubs and bars and about 4 hotels and B&Bs within about 1.5 miles of central Broadfield. Wherever they cook, the canopy, duct and fan collect grease just as a restaurant’s do. West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service covers Broadfield. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises. Food hygiene inspections in Broadfield are the job of Crawley council’s environmental health team. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand.
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Christ The Lord or elsewhere in Broadfield, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often. Older buildings often hide long, awkward duct runs, and if you run a kitchen at a historic venue in the area (Tyes Place is about 4.4 miles south-east), access may need planning.
Broadfield is about 1 mile south-west of Crawley, in West Sussex. From the centre of Broadfield to the outskirts, we cover grease filter exchange for every kind of premises, from small sites to large estates. Our area takes in 371 places across West Sussex, large and small. Brighton is in our area too, about 18 miles from Broadfield.
Our technicians cover all of the RH11 and RH10 postcode area for grease filter exchange and the roads nearby. Streets in the area include Terry Road, Hobbs Road and Clark Road, and we cover them all for grease filter exchange. Nearby, we also carry out grease filter exchange in Kilnwood Vale (2 miles west), Colgate (2 miles south-west), Faygate (2 miles west), Handcross (3 miles south) and Plummers Plain (4 miles south). Further out, we also cover Horsham (5 miles west), Haywards Heath (8 miles south-east), Burgess Hill (10 miles south), East Grinstead (9 miles east), Billingshurst (12 miles south-west) and Roffey (4 miles west).
Near you in Broadfield
Around Broadfield, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Cottesmore School, Target Hill Park and The New Moon pub and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Crawley station, about 1.4 miles north-east. Well-known places in the area include Crawley Hospital (1.5 miles north) and Crawley Museum (1.7 miles north-east). For a walk, there’s Tilgate Lake.
What your team can do, and what needs us
Staff cleaning and specialist work are not the same thing. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
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. That’s our job.