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Grease filter exchange in Chazey Heath, Reading
Professional grease filter exchange in and around Chazey Heath, booked around your opening hours and signed off in writing with photos.
- Filters that leave gaps in the canopy
- Grease building up behind the canopy filters
- Missing filters in the filter bank
Common questions in Chazey Heath
Can school kitchens in Chazey Heath be cleaned in the holidays?
Yes, holiday work suits schools best. With about 4 schools and colleges on the FSA’s register within roughly a mile and a half of Chazey Heath, it pays to plan holiday dates ahead. Send us your term dates when you call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form, and we will fit the work in.
Can the work in Chazey Heath be done at night or at weekends?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. That way a site in Chazey Heath does not have to lose a day’s trading. When you call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form, mention when the site is quiet.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. Tell us the addresses and what each needs and you’ll get one fixed quote.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes. We always survey first, either from photos and details you send or on a site visit. A fixed quote follows.
Which accreditations do you hold?
We hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, alongside BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. Vent Hygiene Elite is run by BESCA and independently audited.
How regularly do grease filters need exchanging?
It varies from kitchen to kitchen. We look at your cooking and set an interval to match and can change if your kitchen gets busier.
How far ahead should we book?
The more notice, the better, especially for out-of-hours work. Quotes typically come back within one working day, and emergencies are covered by our 24/7 line.
Is TR19 cleaning required by law?
No. The law sets the duty; TR19® is the benchmark used to show it’s met. Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person has to manage fire risk, and many insurers can refuse or reduce a claim without proof of cleaning.
Grease filter exchange in Chazey Heath, done properly
Filter exchange sits between full TR19® cleans. Fresh filters help limit what gets into the ductwork though vapour still carries some grease past them. That is why the whole system still needs cleaning to TR19 at the right interval. Typical jobs include grease left in baffles after washing and filters left unwashed on busy weeks, across school and hospital kitchens, wall canopies and island canopies.
For a kitchen in or near Chazey Heath, 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.
A written report with pictures follows every visit, so you have a record of what was done and when. Kitchen extract cleaning to TR19® Grease is certificated through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Where
- Chazey Heath (RG4)
- Region
- Reading
- Records
- Written report with pictures
- Quotes
- A fixed price before we start
- When we work
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
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What your team can do, and what needs us
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but hidden parts of the system still need specialist attention.
A few tasks are always specialist work: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease need training, the right equipment and safe access. That is our job.
What happens if it’s left?
Dripping canopies and greasy smells often start with the filters. Drips land on surfaces and equipment below and that is the kind of thing inspectors look for. If the system at a site near Chazey Heath fails, there may be nowhere nearby to move to.
Every site is different, so each one gets its own fixed quote. The size of the job, how we reach it, its condition and the working hours all play a part.
Why book with us
- A fixed price before any work starts
- We diagnose before we treat
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
How the visit works
A visit follows the same order every time: sheeting and protection first, make the system safe, do the work, clear away and hand over the paperwork. On site, the work takes a few minutes per canopy, longer for a large kitchen with several canopies. If you can send pictures, we can arrive in Chazey Heath knowing what to expect.
- We start by noting how many filters you have and what type they are.
- We agree a schedule that suits how much the kitchen cooks.
- On each visit, the dirty filters come out of the canopy.
- Clean, dry filters are fitted in their place, with no gaps left between them.
- We flag any damaged filters or anything wrong with the canopy.
How to prepare
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
- Find the previous report, if there is one
Ask for a quote
To get a fixed quote, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and tell us the type of site, your opening hours and roughly what the system looks like. Photos and the last report, if you have one, make the quote quicker. We usually come back within one working day.
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Grease filter exchange around Chazey Heath
Chazey Heath is covered by Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises. Food hygiene inspections in Chazey Heath are the job of South Oxfordshire council’s environmental health team. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after.
Healthcare kitchens cannot easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Chazey Heath is Battle Hospital, about 2.4 miles south. Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Church of St John the Baptist, or anywhere in Chazey Heath, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it. Bursars and site managers at schools such as Kidmore End Church of England Primary School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
Chazey Heath is about 2 miles north-west of Caversham, in Reading. From the centre of Chazey Heath to the outskirts, grease filter exchange is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from small sites to large estates. Our Reading coverage runs to 34 places, Chazey Heath among them.
All of RG4 is covered for grease filter exchange, from busy streets to back roads. That includes premises on Rokeby Drive and Chazey Close and nearby roads. Other places close to Chazey Heath include Trench Green (1 mile west), Mapledurham (2 miles west), Purley on Thames (2 miles south-west), Norcot (3 miles south-west) and Tilehurst (3 miles south-west). Larger places within reach include West Reading (3 miles south), Shinfield (6 miles south), Arborfield Garrison (9 miles south-east), Horncastle (3 miles south), Whitley Wood (6 miles south) and Fords Farm (4 miles south).
What’s near Chazey Heath
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre, The Pack Saddle pub and The Warwick School. The nearest railway station is Tilehurst station, roughly 1.9 miles south-west. Nearby you will also find Battle Hospital (2.4 miles south) and Royal Berkshire Regiment Museum (2.4 miles south). Not far away are Fobney Island Wetland Reserve and Sonning Hill.
How the job changes from site to site
Baffle filters
A clogged baffle filter restricts airflow. A clean exchange set brings the airflow back.
Canopy filter housings
Every exchange includes a check of how the filters sit, because gaps let grease through.
What grease filter exchange cannot fix
To be straight with you, there are a few things this work won’t fix:
- A fan that is failing or too weak for the system
- An extract that was undersized from the start
- Smell complaints that need odour control equipment
If you are not sure, just phone us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we’ll give you a straight answer.
What we work on in Chazey Heath
- Island canopies
- Mesh filters
- School and hospital kitchens
- Restaurants and pubs
- Baffle filters
- Wall canopies
Between visits
Once we have finished, these simple steps help:
- Make sure we can reach the canopy on exchange day
- Do not let the full clean slip because filters are changed
- Keep canopy surfaces wiped down
- Tell us if the menu or opening hours change
Between visits, check that every filter is still in place. Gaps let grease into the plenum, so let us know if one goes missing or gets damaged.
Filters that are left too long stop protecting the system. Getting onto a regular exchange now keeps grease out of the plenum and ductwork until the next TR19 clean.
For landlords and multi-site operators
The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.
Whether it’s one building or many, you get the same standard: a survey first, a fixed quote, the work timed around the site and a report with pictures.