Surrey · Grease filter exchange
Grease Filter Exchange in Burpham
Our technicians work in Burpham on a scheduled grease filter exchange, swapping dirty canopy filters for clean ones. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports as standard.
- A canopy that drips grease
- Damaged filters letting grease past
- A greasy plenum behind the filters
Multi-site and managed buildings
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare in Burpham and across Surrey. Larger estates can be phased building by building around the people who use them.
When the building owner and the occupier are different, the lease normally sets out who maintains what. We can quote either party and send the paperwork to whoever needs it.
About our grease filter exchange in Burpham
Grease filters are the first line of defence in a kitchen extract. Their job is to stop grease getting further into the system and they do it best when they’re clean. Our grease filter exchange service swaps dirty filters for clean ones on a schedule. If you are dealing with a canopy running with filters missing and grease building up behind the canopy filters, we can help, from baffle filters, island canopies and school and hospital kitchens onwards.
For a smaller kitchen near Burpham, a TR19® clean is the same job as anywhere: canopy, filters, plenum, duct, fan and discharge. The visit is booked around your opening hours, and the journey is planned ahead.
Insurers, fire officers and environmental health officers all look at records. That is why every job is written up in a report with photos, plus a TR19® certificate through the BESCA VHE portal where the work is a TR19® Grease clean.
- Location
- Burpham (GU4, GU1)
- Wider area
- Surrey
- Records
- Report and pictures after the visit
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
When something else is needed
We’d rather tell you now than book work that will not help, so here are the limits:
- A fan that is failing or too weak for the system
- A canopy too small for the cooking beneath it
- Grease deep in the extract system
Not sure which it is? You can ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we’ll tell you honestly.
Parts of the system we cover
- Mesh filters
- School and hospital kitchens
- Island canopies
- Baffle filters
- Wall canopies
- Restaurants and pubs
Aftercare tips
Aftercare is simple, and it helps at the next visit:
- Look out for drips from the canopy
- Book full TR19 cleans alongside filter changes
- Make sure we can reach the canopy on exchange day
- Tell us if the menu or opening hours change
Keep an eye out for filters that have been taken out. Gaps let grease into the plenum so tell us if you need a replacement.
Dripping filters are a clear sign they’re full. Changing them now reduces the fuel above the cooking and the plenum may need a clean as well.
Leave it or put it right?
Once filters are saturated, more grease gets past them. That makes the next full clean a bigger job, and grease may build up faster than the cleaning interval allows. A planned visit to Burpham fits your hours; an emergency does not.
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 make a difference.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Burpham
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
- Fixed quotes from a survey or photos
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
Take a look at how cleaning jobs are priced and our accreditations.
What staff can safely do
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
A few tasks are always specialist work: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings need training, the right equipment and safe access. That’s our job.
Also near Burpham
What else we do in Burpham
Your questions about grease filter exchange in Burpham
Do you clean school canteen extracts around Burpham out of term?
Yes. The holidays are the usual time for school work. There are about 15 schools, colleges and universities on the FSA’s food hygiene register within about 1.5 miles of Burpham. You can give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form with the dates the site is empty.
Do you work at weekends in Burpham?
Yes, out-of-hours work is a big part of what we do. The site is handed back ready to open. Just phone us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line with your opening times and we will plan around them.
What types of filter do you exchange?
The common types of grease filter: baffle and mesh. Tell us what you have when you give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we will confirm it on site.
What does TR19 mean?
BESA’s ventilation hygiene specification in two main parts: TR19® Grease for kitchen extracts and TR19® Air for supply and extract systems. It isn’t legislation, but it’s the standard people check against.
Can you look after several sites?
Yes. Tell us the addresses and what each needs and we’ll quote them together.
What paperwork should we keep on file?
Each report and certificate we give you, kept together in your maintenance log with your in-house cleaning records. BESA says certificates should show the date, location and technician.
Do you provide a certificate or report?
Yes, on every job. The report is dated and includes photos, plus a certificate via the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal for TR19® Grease cleans. Keep it in your maintenance log.
What’s the right interval for changing filters?
It depends on how much and what the kitchen cooks. Kitchens that fry and grill all day need changes more often than lighter ones. We agree the interval with you.
What happens on the day
There’s very little for your team to do on the day. A contact on site lets us in at the agreed time and points us to the system, and the rest is down to us. Before we leave, the area is tidied and the paperwork follows. For a site near Burpham, the work is booked around your opening hours, evenings and weekends included.
- The filters in each canopy are measured and counted.
- We set the interval with you.
- On each visit, we remove the greasy filters.
- Clean filters go in and we check they sit snugly.
- We take the greasy set away and confirm the next date.
Before we arrive
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Clear loose items from the work area
Get a fixed quote
To get a fixed quote, phone us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email with the site type, your trading hours and a short description of the system. Photos and the last report, if you have one, make the quote quicker. We normally come back within one working day.
Related advice
Kitchen extracts in Burpham
Food Standards Agency data counts about 26 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 11 takeaways and sandwich shops in and around Burpham, up to about a mile and a half out. Clogged filters slow the airflow, and busy kitchens like these clog them fast. Kitchens in Burpham get their food hygiene inspections from Guildford council. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. Before-and-after photos from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. Burpham is covered by Surrey Fire and Rescue Service. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk.
Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; St. Luke’s Hospital is the nearest hospital to Burpham, about 1.5 miles south. Term dates shape school work: for a school like George Abbot School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
Burpham is about 1 mile north-east of Guildford, in Surrey. Sites in Burpham get the same service as everywhere we cover: a survey first, a fixed quote, work timed around your hours and a report with pictures. Burpham is one of 395 towns, villages and districts in Surrey we cover for commercial clients.
Work in GU4 and GU1 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. Whether your site is on Clay Lane, Wells Road and London Road or anywhere close by, our technicians can take on the work. Close by, we work in Merrow (1 mile south-east), Jacobs Well (1 mile north-west), Abbotswood (1 mile south-west), Guildford (1 mile south-west) and Bellfields (1 mile west). Within a short drive, we also cover Woking (4 miles north), Camberley (10 miles north-west), Epsom (13 miles north-east), Farnham (11 miles west), Ewell (14 miles north-east) and Egham (12 miles north).
Local landmarks in Burpham
Around Burpham, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Burpham Foundation Primary School, Riverside Park and St Peter's Catholic School. The nearest railway station is London Road (Guildford) station, about 1.4 miles south-west. A little further out are Guildford Castle (2 miles south-west) and Surrey Infantry Museum (1.4 miles east). Open spaces near Burpham include Silent Pool and Pewley Down.
Do you need grease filter exchange in Burpham?
Filters get bent and damaged with handling. Damaged filters do not sit flush, leaving gaps for grease to slip through.
These are the problems we see most often:
- Drips falling from the filters onto equipment
- Grease filters clogged with grease
- Filters that leave gaps in the canopy
- Smoke and heat lingering under the hood
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Church of the Holy Spirit or elsewhere in Burpham, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.
Before booking anyone
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- What happens if part of the system cannot be accessed
- Whether a written report and pictures are included
- Whether the price is fixed