West Berkshire · Grease filter exchange
Grease Filter Exchange in Chilton Foliat
For grease filter exchange in Chilton Foliat, one call is all it takes: survey, fixed quote, work and sign-off. Fully insured, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001.
- Grease left in baffles after washing
- Grease building up behind the canopy filters
- Damaged filters letting grease past
Grease filter exchange in Chilton Foliat
We run grease filter exchange for all kinds of kitchens in Chilton Foliat, from a single canopy to several. We can come before or after service so nobody has to stop cooking. The work covers wall canopies, mesh filters and baffle filters, and people most often call us about filters left unwashed on busy weeks and grease filters clogged with grease.
Somewhere as small as Chilton Foliat, 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.
It’s worth checking any contractor’s accreditations. Ours are BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, plus CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, with full insurance on top.
- Where
- Chilton Foliat (RG17)
- Wider area
- West Berkshire
- Paperwork
- Written report with photos
- Quotes
- A fixed price before we start
- Working hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
How it works
On the day, we arrive at the time agreed with you, often in the evening, overnight or at the weekend so the site keeps working. Equipment that has to be off is switched off and allowed to cool first, and floors and nearby surfaces are sheeted. On site, it takes a few minutes per canopy, longer for a large kitchen with several canopies. Somewhere as small as Chilton Foliat, the date and timings are agreed with you well before the day.
- We record the number, size and type of your filters.
- 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.
- We take the greasy set away and confirm the next date.
Getting ready for the visit
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Move anything stored near the system
Ask for a quote
Need a price for grease filter exchange? Please phone us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and tell us about the site. We’ll explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before you commit to anything.
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What your team can do, and what needs us
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Regular in-house cleaning slows the build-up, but the parts you can’t see still need a specialist at the right interval.
What a clean won’t put right
We’d rather tell you now than book work that will not help, so here are the limits:
- A heavily greased plenum or canopy, which needs cleaning to TR19
- Grease deep in the extract system
- A canopy that does not capture the vapour properly
If you are not sure, just call 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we’ll give you a straight answer before booking.
What the work covers
- Restaurants and pubs
- Baffle filters
- School and hospital kitchens
- Mesh filters
- Wall canopies
- Island canopies
Why act early in Chilton Foliat
In Chilton Foliat, as everywhere, a filter service is not a substitute for TR19 cleaning. But clean filters do help the system between cleans, and that shows when the next clean comes round. It’s worth booking a check, because nobody sees inside a duct day to day.
What you pay depends on the size of the system, what state it’s in and access to every part of it. We give you a fixed price before we start, so there are no surprises.
Why book with us
- Each visit written up, with pictures
- One number for every site across the South East and London
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
- Trading since 2009
Take a look at our cost guide and our accreditations and certificates.
What affects the quote in Chilton Foliat
The price is fixed before any work begins. It takes into account:
- What state the system is in
- How easy every part is to reach
- A single visit or a regular plan
- How big the system is
No two sites are the same, so we price each one individually. The size of the job, how we reach it, its condition and the working hours all play a part.
Asking for a quote
To speed up the quote, please include:
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
Some systems can be priced from pictures; others need a survey. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, you get a fixed price before work begins.
Grease, kitchens and Chilton Foliat
Look up Chilton Foliat on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you will find about 6 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens across Chilton Foliat and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Swapping filters on a schedule keeps kitchens like these drawing air properly. Kitchens in Chilton Foliat get their food hygiene inspections from West Berkshire council. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. Chilton Foliat sits within the area of Royal Berkshire 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.
Older buildings often hide long, awkward duct runs, and if you run a kitchen at a historic venue in the area (Ramsbury Manor is about 4 miles west), access may need planning. School kitchens, at schools like Chilton Foliat Church of England Primary School for example, are normally cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost. Church and community hall kitchens, near Church of St Mary or anywhere around Chilton Foliat, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other.
Chilton Foliat is about 10 miles west of Newbury, in West Berkshire. Whatever kind of site you run in Chilton Foliat, we can take on grease filter exchange. We can work out of hours so trading isn’t interrupted. Across West Berkshire, we cover 155 places, and Chilton Foliat is one of them. We also work in Reading, around 24 miles away.
Grease filter exchange in RG17 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. We cover sites on Popham Close, Stag Hill and Whitelocks Piece and nearby roads. Other places close to Chilton Foliat include Leverton (1 mile south-east), Upper Eddington (1 mile south-east), Eddington (2 miles south-east), Hungerford (2 miles south-east) and Woodlands St Mary (3 miles north). We also work in nearby towns such as Newbury (10 miles east), Thatcham (12 miles east), Speenhamland (9 miles east), Lambourn (5 miles north), Shaw (10 miles east) and Kingsclere (15 miles south-east).
Around Chilton Foliat
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around John O'Gaunt School, among other places. Chilton Foliat’s nearest station is Hungerford station, roughly 1.7 miles south-east of the centre. For a walk, there’s Watts Bank.
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Questions from Chilton Foliat
Do you cover smaller places like Chilton Foliat?
Yes, we work in villages as well as towns, and Chilton Foliat is covered. A survey first, from photos or a visit, means we arrive with the right kit.
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Chilton Foliat?
The local authority for Chilton Foliat is West Berkshire council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. How often a business is inspected depends on the risk rating the council gives it, so it’s worth staying ready all year.
Is filter exchange enough instead of a full extract clean?
No. Filters do not catch everything, so grease still reaches the ductwork and the whole system still needs its TR19 clean.
Do you recommend a next date?
Yes. The interval depends on how much the system is used and what we find, and we explain the reasoning on the report.
Do you deal with bent or broken filters?
Damaged filters do not seat properly and let grease through. We flag any we find and explain what’s needed.
What does TR19 mean?
It’s the industry benchmark for cleaning ventilation and kitchen extract systems, written by BESA. It covers how systems are inspected, cleaned and checked and expects a risk-based approach.
What paperwork should we keep on file?
Visit reports, certificates and your in-house cleaning logs. Insurers, fire officers and EHOs may all ask to see them, so keep them together and easy to find.
Do we need to close the kitchen while filters are changed?
Not for long, and we can time it to avoid service. Cooking shouldn’t happen with the filters out, so we swap them in one go.
How the job changes from site to site
The plenum
Heavy grease in the plenum often follows clogged or missing filters or that the next TR19 clean is due.
School, care home and staff kitchens
Visits can be planned around holidays and quieter periods so the filters are clean when cooking picks up.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Chilton Foliat
Running several sites is easier with one contractor. We cover South East England and London, so a run of sites can go into one programme and kept to a regular schedule.
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. Shared systems, like a riser serving several units, need a clear agreement on who books the work, and we’re happy to quote for all of it.