Essex · Grease filter exchange
Grease filter exchange in Chatham Green, Essex
Looking for grease filter exchange in Chatham Green? We diagnose first, fix the price and book the work around your hours, finishing with a written report and pictures.
- A canopy that drips grease
- Gaps where filters have been removed
- Damaged filters letting grease past
Do you need grease filter exchange in Chatham Green?
Every fry, grill and sauté sends grease-laden vapour upwards. Much of it is trapped by the filters so they gradually clog and airflow falls away.
What we are most often called out for:
- Grease building up behind the canopy filters
- Staff short of time to wash filters
- Gaps where filters have been removed
- Poor airflow through the filters
A hospital like Broomfield Hospital, about 2.9 miles south, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day.
Before booking anyone
- What happens if part of the system cannot be accessed
- Whether a written report and pictures are included
- Whether VAT is included
- What hours they’ll be on site
Grease filter exchange in Chatham Green
Filter exchange sits between full TR19® cleans. Clean filters reduce the grease reaching the ducts though vapour still carries some grease past them. That’s why the whole system still needs cleaning to TR19 at the right interval. If you have drips falling from the filters onto equipment and filters that come out of the sink still dirty, we can put it right.
In a small place like Chatham 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.
Good records are part of the job. Each visit is written up with photos, covering the work done, any areas we couldn’t access and a recommended next date. Keep it with your fire safety records so it’s ready for an insurer, fire officer or EHO.
- Place
- Chatham Green (CM3)
- Region
- Essex
- Paperwork
- Photo report after each visit
- Quote
- A fixed price before we start
- When we work
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
How the job changes from site to site
The plenum
A greasy plenum is a sign filters have been left too long, or that a full clean is due.
Mesh filters
Grease lodges deep in the layers of a mesh filter, so a quick rinse rarely gets it clean.
Common questions in Chatham Green
Who is the fire and rescue service for Chatham Green?
Fire safety enforcement in Chatham Green is handled by Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. Records of extract cleaning are a sensible thing to have ready if a fire safety officer carries out an audit.
Is Chatham Green within the area you cover?
Yes, smaller places are covered as well as towns. The journey is planned ahead, so a few details about the route help.
What should go in our maintenance log?
Visit reports, certificates and your in-house cleaning logs. They’re what an insurer, fire officer or EHO may ask for, so keep them together and easy to find.
Can you come out in an emergency?
Yes. Our emergency line runs 24/7, for problems that cannot wait. Ring any time and tell us what’s happened.
Will you tell us when the next visit is due?
Yes. Every report includes a recommended date for the next visit, based on what we found and how the system is used.
What happens to the waste?
We contain it and take it with us. We collect grease, debris and waste water as we go rather than letting it spread.
How do you protect the area?
Protection goes down first: floor sheeting and covers over nearby surfaces and equipment. The area is left tidy, with our waste taken away.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes. Regular plans can run on 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycles, to suit the system and how it’s used.
Multi-site and managed buildings
Keeping records across a portfolio is half the battle. Each visit produces a dated report with pictures, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Tell us the site, the work and the access arrangements, and we will send a fixed quote.
Fixed quotes for grease filter exchange in Chatham Green
The diagnosis comes before the price. The main factors are:
- The scale of the work
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
- Any permits to work or inductions
- How easy every part is to reach
A single site or a whole portfolio, the quote is built the same way: the work involved, the access and the timing. The price is fixed before work begins.
What to send for a quote
A few details help us quote accurately. When you get in touch, it helps to send:
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
To get a fixed quote, ring 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.
Why deal with it now?
Filters full of grease are fuel sitting right above the cooking. A flare-up on the range can reach them, and from there into the duct. Keeping filters clean takes some of that fuel away. If the system at a site near Chatham Green fails, there may be nowhere nearby to move to.
We do not list prices on the website, because the cost depends on the site in front of us. For a fixed quote, call us on 0345 646 2711 or email us, and we’ll explain what it covers.
What you get with us
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Photo reports with every job
See what affects the cost or our accreditations and certificates.
Places near Chatham Green
Other services in Chatham Green
How the visit works
On the day, we arrive at the time agreed with you, which is often after service, overnight or at a weekend. Anything that needs to be off for the work is switched off and left to cool first, and floors and nearby surfaces are sheeted. The work itself takes a few minutes per canopy, longer for a large kitchen with several canopies. We agree a date with you, plan the drive to Chatham Green and turn up when the site is quiet.
- We count and measure the filters in every canopy.
- We agree a schedule that suits how much the kitchen cooks.
- Each visit starts with the used filters being removed.
- Clean, dry filters are fitted in their place, with no gaps left between them.
- If a filter is damaged or the plenum needs attention, we tell you.
Preparing for the visit
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
Get a fixed 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 any work starts.
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In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Keep a record of what your team does. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, alongside our reports.
A few tasks are always specialist work: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings call for the right kit, training and safe access. Leave those to us.
Kitchen extracts in Chatham Green
The FSA’s data shows about 3 pubs, bars and clubs registered in and around Chatham Green, up to about a mile and a half out. Wherever they cook, the canopy, duct and fan collect grease just as a restaurant’s do. Environmental health officers from Chelmsford council inspect food businesses in Chatham Green. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked. Chatham Green is covered by Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order.
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Church of St John the Evangelist or elsewhere in Chatham Green, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
Chatham Green is about 5 miles north of Chelmsford, in Essex. Sites in Chatham Green get the same service as everywhere we cover: a survey first, a fixed quote, work timed around your hours and a report with photos. Across Essex, we cover 644 places, Chatham Green among them.
Work in CM3 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. Other places close to Chatham Green include Little Leighs (1 mile north-east), Howe Street (1 mile south-west), Hartford End (2 miles north-west), Willows Green (2 miles north) and Ford End (3 miles west). Further out, we also cover Chelmsford (5 miles south), Braintree (6 miles north-east), Brentwood (15 miles south-west), Maldon (10 miles south-east), Billericay (13 miles south) and Witham (6 miles east).
Near you in Chatham Green
For rail, the closest station is Beaulieu Park station, about 4.1 miles south of the centre. A little further out are Broomfield Hospital (2.9 miles south). Green spaces nearby include Sandylay and Moat Woods.