Kent · Grease filter exchange
Chilmington Green grease filter exchange
One call covers a scheduled grease filter exchange, swapping dirty canopy filters for clean ones in Chilmington Green: survey, fixed quote, work and sign-off. Fully insured, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001.
- Gaps where filters have been removed
- Filter washing that keeps being missed
- Filters that come out of the sink still dirty
Grease filter exchange in Chilmington 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 is why the whole system still needs cleaning to TR19 at the right interval. The work covers mesh filters, island canopies and school and hospital kitchens, and the jobs we see most are grease building up behind the canopy filters and grease dripping from the canopy.
Somewhere as small as Chilmington Green, commercial kitchens are few: perhaps a pub, a school or care home kitchen, or a hall used for events. Each still has a canopy and duct that collect grease.
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, and we’re fully insured.
- Location
- Chilmington Green (TN23)
- Region
- Kent
- Records
- Photo report after every visit
- Price
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Working hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
What affects the cost of grease filter exchange
There’s no set price list, because sites vary so much. The quote depends on:
- The condition we find in the survey
- A single visit or a regular plan
- Whether several sites go on one quote
- Travel, parking and unloading
When the work has to happen, how we reach it and how big the site is can all change the price. We take each of them into account, and the price is fixed before work begins.
Asking for a quote
A few details help us quote accurately. With your enquiry, please include:
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
To get a fixed quote, ring 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and tell us the type of site, your opening hours and roughly what the system looks like. A few photos and your last certificate or report help a lot. You’ll typically have a quote within one working day.
Chilmington Green: your questions answered
Which environmental health team covers Chilmington Green?
Food hygiene inspections in Chilmington Green are carried out by Ashford council. Have your latest TR19® certificate and photo report to hand, as an officer may ask how the extract is maintained.
Is Chilmington Green within the area you cover?
Yes, Chilmington Green is part of our area, however small the site. Photos of the system and directions to the site help us plan the visit.
Does a filter exchange disrupt service?
A filter change is quick and can be timed around service. The canopy shouldn’t be used without filters, so we swap them in one go.
How long does the visit take?
That depends on how much there is to do, but for a typical site it takes a few minutes per canopy, longer for a large kitchen with several canopies. We’ll confirm it with the quote.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
Any commercial site with kitchens or ventilation, from a single café to a large school. We work with hotels, schools, care homes, offices, retail and leisure sites.
Which records should we keep?
Visit reports, certificates and your in-house cleaning logs. They’re what an insurer, fire officer or EHO may ask for, so keep them where they can be found quickly.
How far ahead should we book?
The more notice, the better, particularly for night and weekend visits. Quotes normally come back within one working day, and there’s a 24/7 line for emergencies.
Where do the greasy filters go?
We take them away. That is how an exchange works: you always have a clean set fitted and nothing greasy left on site.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Chilmington Green
Where a tenant occupies the premises but the landlord owns the building, it’s worth checking the lease for who maintains the systems. We can quote either party, and the report can go to both.
Multi-site operators often want one contractor and one number. We work across London and the South East, so a run of sites can go into one programme and kept to a regular schedule.
Kitchen extracts in Chilmington Green
There are about 7 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 6 sandwich bars and takeaways across Chilmington Green and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half), according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Clogged filters slow the airflow, and busy kitchens like these clog them fast. Chilmington Green sits within the area of Kent Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order. Environmental health officers from Ashford council inspect food businesses in Chilmington Green. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand.
If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Chilmington Green (Godinton House is about 1.9 miles north), fitting access panels needs care. School kitchens, at schools like Great Chart Primary School for example, are usually cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost.
Chilmington Green is about 2 miles west of Ashford, in Kent. Sites in Chilmington Green get the same service as everywhere we cover: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where necessary and a written report with photos. Across Kent, we cover 922 places, Chilmington Green among them. You can also see our page for Maidstone, roughly 16 miles from Chilmington Green.
Work in TN23 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. Streets in the area include Mock Lane, Oakwood Mews and Hays Mews, and we cover them all for grease filter exchange. Other places close to Chilmington Green include Great Chart (1 mile north-east), Fleeden (1 mile west), Daniel's Water (1 mile north-west), Stanhope (1 mile east) and Stubb's Cross (2 miles south-east). Larger places within reach include Canterbury (15 miles north-east), Sittingbourne (15 miles north), Folkestone (15 miles east), Faversham (13 miles north), Hythe (12 miles east) and Davington (13 miles north).
Near you in Chilmington Green
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around John Wallis Academy, Ashford Community Woodland and The Little Black Dog pub and the streets around them. Chilmington Green’s nearest station is Ashford International station, about 2.3 miles east. Well-known places in the area include County Square (2.3 miles north-east) and William Harvey Hospital (3.9 miles east). Not far away are Orlestone Forest.
Aftercare tips
Results last longer with the right care. We suggest:
- Keep the canopy clear for exchange visits
- Watch for grease drips between visits
- Tell us if a filter is bent or damaged
- Clean the canopy surfaces regularly
Fresh filters improve airflow at the canopy from the moment they’re fitted. Keep the extract running while you cook so they catch grease as intended.
Saturated filters let more grease through. Getting onto a regular exchange now keeps grease out of the plenum and ductwork until the next TR19 clean.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
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, next to our reports.
In-house cleaning and specialist cleaning do different jobs. Wiping filters daily and washing them weekly keeps the visible parts in order, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
When it’s something else
Grease filter exchange cannot fix everything, and we will tell you before we start. It doesn’t solve:
- Extraction problems caused by the fan rather than the filters
- Grease behind the filters that a swap can’t remove
- Grease deep in the extract system
If you are not sure, just give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we will give you a straight answer before you book.
Where we work
- Restaurants and pubs
- Island canopies
- Mesh filters
- Wall canopies
- Baffle filters
- School and hospital kitchens
When to call us in Chilmington Green
Cooking vapour carries grease into the canopy. Much of it is trapped by the filters, and day by day they load up until the air can barely get through.
Common reasons sites call us are:
- Hand-washed filters that still look greasy
- Grease dripping from the canopy
- Poor airflow through the filters
- Bent or damaged filters that don’t sit properly
Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; William Harvey Hospital is the nearest hospital to Chilmington Green, about 3.9 miles east.
Before you book anyone
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- Whether a survey comes first
- What records you will receive afterwards
- Whether VAT is included
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What happens on the day
We work around your opening hours, not the other way round. Most visits are booked for when the area is out of use, such as evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends. When the team arrives, the work area is protected and the relevant equipment is switched off to cool, and the job takes less than an hour in most kitchens. For a village or hamlet like Chilmington Green, tell us about narrow lanes, gates and parking when you book.
- First, we check the canopies and the filters in them.
- Any damaged or missing filters are noted.
- We exchange the dirty filters for a clean set.
- The filters are checked for fit before we go.
- We tell you if the plenum or canopy needs a clean.
Before we arrive
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Find the previous report, if there is one
How to get a quote
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: the system from a couple of angles, plus any access panels or hatches. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.