Surrey · Grease filter exchange
Chaldon grease filter exchange
For a scheduled grease filter exchange, swapping dirty canopy filters for clean ones in Chaldon, one call is all it takes: survey, fixed quote, work and sign-off. Fully insured, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001.
- Bent or damaged filters that do not sit properly
- Blocked baffle filters
- Gaps where filters have been removed
Grease filter exchange in Chaldon
Good filters only work when they fit properly. Gaps in the filter bank are a direct route into the plenum and every filter is checked when we swap them. Damaged filters are flagged so they can be replaced. Common call-outs are for filters that come out of the sink still dirty and staff short of time to wash filters, on restaurants and pubs, mesh filters and wall canopies.
Work in a small place like Chaldon starts with a call to agree access and timings, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy, filters, duct, fan and discharge, with a certificate and photo report at the end.
The report is your system’s health record: a dated account with photos of everything we did. For TR19® Grease cleans, the certificate comes through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal and sits alongside the report.
- Where
- Chaldon (CR3)
- Wider area
- Surrey
- Records
- Written report with photos
- Quote
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- When we work
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Common questions in Chaldon
Do you do school kitchen extract cleaning in Chaldon in the summer holidays?
Yes. Half-terms and the summer break are the natural time for school work. Food Standards Agency records list about 12 schools, colleges and universities with registered kitchens within about a mile and a half of Chaldon. Send us your term dates when you phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email, and we’ll fit the work in.
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Chaldon?
Food hygiene inspections in Chaldon are carried out by Tandridge 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 sectors do you work in?
We work for restaurants, pubs, hotels, schools, colleges, hospitals, care homes, offices and shops, plus food production and leisure sites.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes. Every job is surveyed first, from your photos and details, or with a visit where needed. Then you get a fixed quote.
Do you have insurance?
Yes. We carry full insurance, and we have been trading since 2009.
Can you give a price for filter changes?
It depends on the number and type of filters and how often they’re changed. Just phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us for a fixed quote, typically within one working day.
What does TR19 mean?
It’s the industry benchmark for cleaning ventilation and kitchen extract systems, written by BESA. It sets out inspection, cleaning and record keeping and expects a risk-based approach.
Do you provide a certificate or report?
Yes. You get a written report with photos after each visit, covering the work, any areas we couldn’t access and the recommended next date. Where the work is a TR19® Grease clean, there’s also a certificate issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
Honest limits
A few issues sit outside what this work can do:
- Grease deep in the extract system
- A canopy too small for the cooking beneath it
- Grease behind the filters that a swap can’t remove
If in doubt, call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we will say what we think.
Where we work
- School and hospital kitchens
- Island canopies
- Wall canopies
- Mesh filters
- Restaurants and pubs
- Baffle filters
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Keep a record of what your team does. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, next to our reports.
If your staff spot something between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We’ll take a look and send you a fixed quote.
How it works
At the end of the visit, someone from your team can look over the work with us. Anything we couldn’t reach or that needs attention is pointed out there and then, and it goes on the report too. The visit takes a short visit, depending on how many filters the canopies hold. If you can send pictures, we can arrive in Chaldon knowing what to expect.
- The filters in each canopy are measured and counted.
- We set the interval with you.
- The dirty set is lifted out.
- Clean filters go in and we check they sit snugly.
- We take the greasy set away and confirm the next date.
Getting ready for the visit
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Find the previous report, if there is one
How to get a quote
Need a price for grease filter exchange? Please phone us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form with a few details about the site. We will explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before anything is booked.
Advice
Why deal with it now?
For any kitchen in Chaldon, filters cannot stand in for a full TR19 clean. But clean filters do help the system between cleans and the canopy and plenum stay cleaner. Our emergency line runs 24/7, but a planned visit to Chaldon is calmer for everyone.
Several systems or sites on one quote often makes better use of the time. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at, and you will get one fixed quote.
Why book with us
- One number for every site across the South East and London
- Every job surveyed first
- Fully insured
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
Take a look at our cost guide and how to check a contractor.
Do you need grease filter exchange in Chaldon?
Hand-washed filters often come back still greasy. Grease lodges deep in baffles and mesh, and a quick rinse leaves it there.
These are the problems we see most often:
- Filters left unwashed on busy weeks
- Hand-washed filters that still look greasy
- Blocked baffle filters
- Grease collecting in the filter channels
Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; St Lawrence's Hospital is the nearest hospital to Chaldon, about 0.5 miles north-east.
What your quote should include
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
- Whether a survey comes first
- Whether the figure could change on the day
How the job changes from site to site
Busy restaurant and pub kitchens
Heavy cooking means more grease reaching every part of the system. Changing them on time protects the ducts behind.
The plenum
Clean filters reduce the grease reaching the plenum, but it still needs cleaning as part of TR19.
More services for Chaldon
Grease, kitchens and Chaldon
The FSA’s food hygiene register includes about 9 pubs and bars in Chaldon and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Any of them serving cooked food has an extract to keep clean, from canopy to discharge. Chaldon is covered by Surrey Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order. In Chaldon, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Tandridge council. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector.
Bursars and site managers at schools such as St Peter and St Paul CofE Infant School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty. Where a hall near Church of St Peter and St Paul, or anywhere in Chaldon, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does.
Chaldon is about 1 mile south-west of Caterham, in Surrey. We carry out grease filter exchange for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Chaldon and the rest of Surrey. Chaldon is one of 395 places in Surrey we cover for commercial clients. You can also see our page for London, about 15 miles away.
Every address in CR3 is covered for grease filter exchange, from the main roads to the quietest streets. Whether your site is on Mount Avenue, Linden Drive and Marshall Close or anywhere close by, our technicians can take on the work. You will find Chaldon on the B2031, so it’s easy for us to get to for out-of-hours visits. Nearby, we also carry out grease filter exchange in Netherne on-the-Hill (2 miles north-west), Merstham (2 miles west), Brewer Street (2 miles south), South Merstham (2 miles south-west) and Hooley (2 miles west). Further out, we also cover Epsom (8 miles north-west), Horley (7 miles south), Redhill (4 miles south-west), Ewell (8 miles north-west), Reigate (5 miles south-west) and Walton-on-Thames (15 miles north-west).
Landmarks near Chaldon
In Chaldon, that means kitchens and buildings near de Stafford School, Kitchen Copse and The King And Queen Public House and the streets around them. Chaldon’s nearest station is Caterham station, about 1.2 miles east. Other landmarks nearby include Bletchingley Castle (2.8 miles south) and St Lawrence's Hospital (0.5 miles north-east). Green spaces nearby include South London Downs National Nature Reserve and Nore Hill.
Multi-site and managed buildings
The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
For anyone managing more than one site, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Each site gets its own report and pictures, so records stay tidy.