Medway · Grease filter exchange
Grease filter exchange in Chatham, Medway
Need grease filter exchange in Chatham? We survey first, send you a fixed quote and work around your opening hours, then sign off with a report and photos.
- Grease collecting in the filter channels
- Filter washing that keeps being missed
- Filters that leave gaps in the canopy
About our grease filter exchange in Chatham
We run grease filter exchange for all kinds of kitchens in Chatham, whether there’s one canopy or many. Visits can be timed around your service so nobody has to stop cooking. The work covers baffle filters, mesh filters and restaurants and pubs, and the jobs we see most are grease filters clogged with grease and weak extraction at the canopy.
In Chatham, extract cleaning fits around service: after the last cover, before breakfast or on a day the kitchen is shut. Sites with more than one kitchen can be cleaned in phases.
Accreditations are easy to claim and worth checking. Ours are BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, plus CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, with full insurance on top.
What the work involves, part by part
Busy restaurant and pub kitchens
In a busy kitchen, filter washing is easy to skip. A regular exchange means nobody has to remember.
The plenum
The plenum is the space behind the filters. It collects whatever grease the filters miss.
How we price grease filter exchange
The diagnosis comes before the price. The main factors are:
- Parking and loading at the site
- The condition of the system
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
- A single visit or a regular plan
One small site or a whole estate, we price it on the same basis: what needs doing, how we get to it and when. You’ll have a fixed price before we start.
Asking for a quote
Before you ask for a quote, gather:
- The postcode and the type of business
- A few general shots of the system
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
Need a price for grease filter exchange? Please give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and tell us about the site. We’ll explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before you commit to anything.
What else we do in Chatham
When it’s something else
An honest diagnosis matters more to us than a booking, so here’s what this work can’t put right:
- Grease already built up in the ductwork, which needs a full TR19 clean
- A canopy too small for the cooking beneath it
- A canopy that needs a proper clean
Not sure which it is? You can ring 0345 646 2711 or email us and we’ll tell you honestly.
Parts of the system we cover
- Island canopies
- Wall canopies
- Restaurants and pubs
- Baffle filters
- School and hospital kitchens
- Mesh filters
What grease filter exchange looks like in Chatham
According to Food Standards Agency records, there are about 13 bars, pubs and nightclubs and about 4 hotels and guest houses within about 1.5 miles of central Chatham. Where they serve hot food, their kitchen extracts need cleaning to TR19® like any restaurant’s. Kent Fire and Rescue Service covers Chatham. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk. Environmental health officers from Medway council inspect food businesses in Chatham. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand.
Church and community hall kitchens, near Christ the King or anywhere around Chatham, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other. Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Medway Maritime Hospital is the nearest hospital to Chatham, about 1.7 miles north.
Chatham is about 29 miles east of London, in Medway. If you need grease filter exchange in Chatham, please phone us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos for a fixed quote. We work across South East England and London, including Chatham. We cover 68 places across Medway, from busy centres to quieter spots. There’s also a page for Maidstone, about 6 miles away.
All of ME5, ME4, ME7 and ME1 is within our area for grease filter exchange, from the main roads to the quietest streets. Whether your site is on Luton High Street, Market Place and High Street or anywhere close by, our technicians can take on the work. Chatham sits on or near the A2 and A229, so getting to you is simple for evening and night visits. Neighbouring places we cover for grease filter exchange include Luton (1 mile north), Hale (1 mile north-east), Darland (1 mile east), Capstone (1 mile east) and Walderslade (1 mile south). Within a short drive, we also cover Rochester (3 miles north-west), Rainham (3 miles east), Strood (3 miles north-west), Park Wood (3 miles east), Twydall (3 miles north-east) and Hoo St Werburgh (5 miles north). As one of the bigger places in Medway, Chatham has a wide mix of commercial premises, all within our area for grease filter exchange.
Near you in Chatham
Typical jobs here are in premises near The Huntsman pub, Walderslade Girls' School and Darland Banks and the streets around them. Chatham’s nearest station is Chatham station, roughly 1.7 miles north. Other landmarks nearby include Six Poor Travellers House (2.5 miles north-west) and Rochester Castle (2.6 miles north-west). Open spaces near Chatham include Blue Bell Hill and Burham Down.
Your questions about grease filter exchange in Chatham
Can a school canteen extract in Chatham be done out of term time?
Yes, holiday work suits schools best. With about 22 schools and colleges on the FSA’s register within roughly a mile and a half of Chatham, it pays to plan holiday dates ahead. Send us your term dates when you phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us, and we will fit the work in.
Who is the fire and rescue service for Chatham?
Fire safety enforcement in Chatham is handled by Kent Fire and Rescue Service. TR19® is not law, but it’s the benchmark many fire officers and insurers look to when they ask how often the extract is cleaned.
Which records should we keep?
The reports and certificates from each visit, plus your own logs. Insurers, fire officers and EHOs may all ask to see them, so keep them where they can be found quickly.
Where does the waste go?
Anything we remove is contained as we work and taken away with us, from grease and debris to used cleaning water. We do not leave it behind.
Are you accredited?
BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, plus CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001. We’re fully insured and have been trading since 2009.
Do you recommend a next date?
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, and fire dampers need testing at least once a year.
Can damaged filters stay in the canopy?
We check every filter at each visit. Any that are bent or damaged are flagged since a poor fit lets grease past.
Do you take the used filters away?
The greasy set leaves with us for cleaning, so your staff do not have to wash them. Clean filters go straight in.
Signs you need grease filter exchange in Chatham
Filters get bent and damaged with handling. Damaged filters don’t sit flush and grease passes round them.
It’s time to book a visit if you see:
- Poor airflow through the filters
- Gaps where filters have been removed
- Filters so greasy the air can barely pass
- Filters left unwashed on busy weeks
School kitchens, at schools like Wayfield Primary School for example, are typically cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost.
Before booking anyone
- How areas they cannot reach will be recorded
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
- What hours they’ll be on site
- Whether they’re fully insured
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 grease in the duct can carry a fire further. Clean filters mean less fuel in the canopy. We can set up 3, 6 or 12-monthly visits so nothing on a site in Chatham gets missed.
Every site is different, so each one gets its own fixed quote. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all play a part.
What you get with us
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
Take a look at our cost guide and our accreditations.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Chatham
Facilities teams in offices, schools and healthcare sites book us too in Chatham and across Medway. Work can be phased by floor, building or site around the people who use them.
When the building owner and the occupier are different, it’s worth checking the lease for who maintains the systems. We can quote either party, and the report can go to both.
What we do, step by step
The visit has three parts: set-up, the treatment itself and the sign-off. Set-up means sheeting and making equipment safe, and the sign-off is a written report with photos. The middle part takes longest, which takes well under an hour for most canopies. We’ll ask where we can park in Chatham and how to get equipment to the system, as those shape the visit.
- We look at the canopies and the condition of the filters.
- We note any filters that are bent, damaged or missing.
- We exchange the dirty filters for a clean set.
- The filters are checked for fit before we go.
- Anything that needs attention, such as a greasy plenum, is pointed out.
How to prepare
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
How to get a quote
There’s no standard price list, because every site is different. We look at your system first, from pictures or on a visit, then send a fixed quote. To start, ring 0345 646 2711 or email us.