Oxfordshire · Grease filter exchange
Grease filter exchange in Charlton-on-Otmoor, Oxfordshire
Grease filter exchange across Charlton-on-Otmoor and nearby, booked around your opening hours and finished with a written report and pictures.
- A canopy that drips grease
- Damaged filters letting grease past
- Filters so greasy the air can barely pass
Grease filter exchange in Charlton-on-Otmoor, done properly
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 have staff short of time to wash filters and a canopy that drips grease, we can help, from island canopies, mesh filters and restaurants and pubs onwards.
For a kitchen in or near Charlton-on-Otmoor, the visit is planned around opening hours and the journey, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy to discharge, then a TR19® certificate and a photo report.
For insurers and inspectors, the record counts. That’s why every job is written up in a report with photos, and grease extract cleans come with a TR19® certificate issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Where
- Charlton-on-Otmoor (OX5)
- Wider area
- Oxfordshire
- Records
- Report and photos after the visit
- Quote
- A fixed price before work begins
- Working hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Questions from Charlton-on-Otmoor
Do you work overnight in Charlton-on-Otmoor?
Yes, evening, overnight and weekend work is normal for us. That way a site in Charlton-on-Otmoor does not have to lose a day’s trading. Let us know the hours you’re closed and we will book within them.
Which fire service covers Charlton-on-Otmoor?
That’s Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service. Records of extract cleaning are a sensible thing to have ready if a fire safety officer carries out an audit.
What paperwork should we keep on file?
Every certificate and report from each visit, kept together in your maintenance log, along with your own cleaning log. BESA says certificates should show the date, location and technician.
Is TR19 a legal requirement?
No. The law sets the duty; TR19® is the benchmark used to show it’s met. Under the Fire Safety Order 2005, the responsible person must reduce fire risk, and many insurers can refuse or reduce a claim without proof of cleaning.
Does the report say when we need you again?
Yes. The recommended date is on the report. BESA’s minimum intervals for kitchen extracts range from 3-monthly for heavy use to 12-monthly for light use, while fire dampers are tested at least annually.
Which accreditations do you hold?
CHAS, SafeContractor, ISO 9001 and BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We are fully insured and have been trading since 2009.
Is Charlton-on-Otmoor in your area?
Yes. We work across Greater London, Surrey, Kent, Sussex, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Hertfordshire and Essex, Charlton-on-Otmoor included.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes, every time. We diagnose before we treat: the survey tells us what the system needs and how to reach it and the fixed quote is built on it.
Towns and villages near Charlton-on-Otmoor
What else we do in Charlton-on-Otmoor
Between visits
Simple habits between visits make a real difference. We recommend:
- Let us know if your cooking hours increase
- Clean the canopy surfaces regularly
- Make sure we can reach the canopy on exchange day
- Always run the extract while cooking
If the plenum behind the filters looks greasy, we say so. That might mean bringing a TR19® clean forward and we can book that in.
If cooking has stepped up, the filter schedule should too. Changing the interval early stops grease building up unseen behind the canopy.
Why it’s worth doing now in Charlton-on-Otmoor
In Charlton-on-Otmoor, as everywhere, a filter service isn’t a substitute for TR19 cleaning. But clean filters do help the system between cleans, and that shows when the next clean comes round. With notice, the visit to Charlton-on-Otmoor can be fitted around your bookings and events.
Every site is different, 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 book with us
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- We are fully insured
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Fixed quotes from a survey or pictures
See our cost guide and our accreditations.
Honest limits
We’d rather tell you now than book work that will not help, so these are the things it won’t cover:
- A canopy that does not capture the vapour properly
- Grease deep in the extract system
- A heavily greased plenum or canopy, which needs cleaning to TR19
If in doubt, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we’ll say what we think.
Parts of the system we cover
- Island canopies
- Wall canopies
- Mesh filters
- Restaurants and pubs
- School and hospital kitchens
- Baffle filters
Grease filter exchange in Charlton-on-Otmoor: the local picture
Charlton-on-Otmoor is covered by Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service. Fire and rescue authorities enforce the Fire Safety Order in most non-domestic premises, and in a kitchen that fire risk includes the grease in the extract. At about 52 miles from central London, Charlton-on-Otmoor sits well inside the area we cover. Evening, overnight and weekend visits are all possible.
Historic houses near Charlton-on-Otmoor, such as Boarstall Tower about 4 miles east, are a reminder that older buildings with event kitchens can have long, awkward duct routes. If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Church of St Mary the Virgin or elsewhere in Charlton-on-Otmoor, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
Charlton-on-Otmoor is about 5 miles south of Bicester, in Oxfordshire. Charlton-on-Otmoor gets the same approach as every site we work on: a survey first, a fixed quote, work timed around your hours and a report with photos. Across Oxfordshire, we cover 443 places, and Charlton-on-Otmoor is one of them. Our Oxford page covers sites nearby, about 6 miles away.
Here we cover the OX5 postcode area for grease filter exchange. If you need grease filter exchange at premises on High Street, Blacksmiths Lane and Church Lane or a nearby road, our technicians can take on the work. Nearby, we also carry out grease filter exchange in Fencott (1 mile east), Murcott (1 mile east), Merton (1 mile north-east), Wendlebury (2 miles north) and Horton-cum-Studley (3 miles south-east). We also work in nearby towns such as Oxford (6 miles south), Bicester (5 miles north), Abingdon-on-Thames (12 miles south), Witney (13 miles west), Thame (11 miles south-east) and Kidlington (4 miles west).
Around Charlton-on-Otmoor
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to The Crown pub. The closest station to Charlton-on-Otmoor is Islip station, about 2.3 miles west of the centre. Nearby you will also find Bicester Community Hospital (4.2 miles north) and Bicester Avenue (3.6 miles north). The countryside around Charlton-on-Otmoor includes Graven Hill and Otmoor RSPB reserve.
What we’re called out for in Charlton-on-Otmoor
Missing filters are more common than you’d think. A missing filter leaves an open route into the system where it settles out of sight.
It’s time to book a visit if you see:
- Filter washing that keeps being missed
- Grease filters clogged with grease
- Smoke and heat lingering under the hood
- Grease building up behind the canopy filters
Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as Bicester Community Hospital (about 4.2 miles north), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands.
What your quote should include
- Whether they recommend a next date
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- Proof of insurance
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
The process
We work around your opening hours, not the other way round. We book the visit for a time the area is closed, whether that is an evening, overnight or a weekend. Once we are in, the area is sheeted and anything that has to be off is turned off and cooled, and the job takes less than an hour in most kitchens. We agree a date with you, plan the drive to Charlton-on-Otmoor and turn up when the site is quiet.
- 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.
How to prepare
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
Ask for a quote
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, either from pictures and details you send or from a site visit. After that, you get a fixed price for the work so you know the cost before we start.
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Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Whether it’s one building or many, the standard is the same: diagnosis, a fixed price, work booked around your hours and a written report with photos.
For anyone managing more than one site, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Each site gets its own report and pictures, so each one has its own record.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
A few tasks are always specialist work: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease call for the right kit, training and safe access. That is our job.
Staff cleaning doesn’t replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but hidden parts of the system still need specialist attention.