West Sussex · Grease filter exchange
Church Norton grease filter exchange
Professional grease filter exchange in and around Church Norton, booked around your opening hours and finished with a written report and photos.
- Bent or damaged filters that do not sit properly
- Poor airflow through the filters
- Grease filters clogged with grease
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Staff cleaning doesn’t replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Regular in-house cleaning slows the build-up, but hidden parts of the system still need specialist attention.
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, and that is where we come in.
Grease filter exchange in Church Norton, done properly
Filter exchange sits between full TR19® cleans. Clean filters reduce the grease reaching the ducts, but some grease still passes through as vapour. That’s why the whole system still needs cleaning to TR19 at the right interval. The work covers restaurants and pubs, island canopies and baffle filters, and the jobs we see most are gaps where filters have been removed and blocked baffle filters.
In a village or hamlet like Church Norton, the kitchens that need extract cleaning are typically a pub, a school, a care home or a hall kitchen, wherever there is one. Each still has a canopy and duct that collect grease.
Good records are part of the job. You get a written report with pictures after every visit, listing what was done, anything we couldn’t reach and when the next visit is due. File it in your maintenance log so it’s to hand when an insurer or inspector asks.
- Place
- Church Norton (PO20)
- Region
- West Sussex
- Reporting
- Report and photos after the visit
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
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Church Norton: your questions answered
Will you come out to Church Norton?
Yes, Church Norton is part of our area, however small the site. Photos of the system and directions to the site help us plan the visit.
Which fire service covers Church Norton?
Fire safety enforcement in Church Norton is handled by West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
Does a filter exchange replace TR19 cleaning?
No. Filter exchange works between full cleans, not instead of them. TR19® cleaning covers the canopy, plenum, ductwork and fan, with a certificate and photo report.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. We work across South East England and London, so we can schedule a run of sites on one programme. Every site has its own report.
How far ahead should we book?
The more notice, the better, especially for out-of-hours work. We typically quote within one working day, and emergencies are covered by our 24/7 line.
How much does a filter exchange service cost?
Every kitchen is different, so we quote once we know your filters and schedule. You get a fixed price before the first visit.
What if some of our filters are damaged?
We check every filter at each visit. Any that are bent or damaged are flagged, because gaps let grease into the plenum.
What does TR19 mean?
A BESA specification, with two parts that matter most here: TR19® Grease for kitchen extract systems and TR19® Air for general ventilation. It isn’t legislation, but it’s the standard people check against.
How the job changes from site to site
School, care home and staff kitchens
A longer exchange interval may suit lighter cooking. The interval is set to fit.
Mesh filters
Layers of mesh catch grease droplets. In a busy kitchen, mesh soon blocks, so they need changing often.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Church Norton
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.
From a single site to a large estate, you get the same standard: diagnosis, a fixed price, work booked around your hours and a written report with photos.
Grease filter exchange around Church Norton
Sea air reaches Church Norton, which sits within about 1 mile of the coast. Corrosion on the fan housing and cowl is worth a look at every clean, alongside the grease. There are about 9 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 5 takeaways in Church Norton and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Each canopy among them has filters that load with grease and need swapping or cleaning. Fire safety in Church Norton falls to West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel.
For schools such as The Academy, kitchen extract cleaning is typically booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed. Where a hall near St Wilfrid's Chapel, or anywhere in Church Norton, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does.
Church Norton is about 1 mile north-east of Selsey, in West Sussex. Across the PO20 area, we can take on grease filter exchange. Our West Sussex coverage runs to 371 places, Church Norton among them. For sites nearby, see our Portsmouth page, about 14 miles away.
Every address in PO20 is within our area for grease filter exchange, from the main roads to the quietest streets. Grease filter exchange is available to premises on Grange Lane and Rectory Lane and the roads around them. Nearby, we also carry out grease filter exchange in Selsey (1 mile south-west), Keynor Estate (2 miles north-west), Pagham (2 miles north-east), Sidlesham (2 miles north) and Nyetimber (2 miles north-east). We also work in nearby towns such as Bognor Regis (5 miles north-east), Chichester (6 miles north), Littlehampton (11 miles east), Emsworth (10 miles north-west), Rustington (12 miles east) and Angmering (14 miles north-east).
Local landmarks in Church Norton
The nearest railway station is Bognor Regis station, roughly 4.9 miles north-east of the centre. Nearby you will also find Selsey Lifeboat Museum (1.5 miles south) and Bognor Regis War Memorial Hospital (5.1 miles north-east).
How it works
On the day, we arrive at the time agreed with you, which is often after service, overnight or at a weekend. Equipment that has to be off is switched off and allowed to cool before we start, and floors and nearby surfaces are sheeted. The work itself takes a few minutes per canopy, longer for a large kitchen with several canopies. In a small place like Church Norton, the journey is planned ahead and the visit arranged around the site’s hours.
- 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.
- We check the filters are seated and the canopy is ready to use.
- We tell you if the plenum or canopy needs a clean.
Before we arrive
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
Ask for a quote
The quickest way to a quote is to send pictures: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.
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Honest limits
Not every problem is solved by grease filter exchange, and we will tell you before work begins. It doesn’t solve:
- Cooking smells reaching neighbours, which need odour control
- A heavily greased plenum or canopy, which needs cleaning to TR19
- Extraction problems caused by the fan rather than the filters
If in doubt, ring 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we will say what we think.
What the work covers
- Mesh filters
- School and hospital kitchens
- Restaurants and pubs
- Wall canopies
- Island canopies
- Baffle filters
What affects the cost of grease filter exchange
Your quote is based on your site. We take into account:
- The number of sites or systems
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- The scale of the work
- How easy every part is to reach
A single site or a whole portfolio, we price it on the same basis: the work involved, the access and the timing. The price is fixed before any work starts.
Asking for a quote
You don’t need the technical terms. It helps if you can send:
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- Problems your staff have spotted
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
Every quote begins with a look at the system, either from photos and details you send or from a site visit. Then we send a fixed price, before work begins.
What we are called out for in Church Norton
The type of cooking matters. Frying, grilling and chargrilling produce far more grease than steaming or baking, so the right exchange interval varies.
It’s time to book a visit if you see:
- Filters that come out of the sink still dirty
- Grease filters clogged with grease
- Gaps where filters have been removed
- Grease collecting in the filter channels
Healthcare kitchens cannot easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Church Norton is Bognor Regis War Memorial Hospital, about 5.1 miles north-east.
Comparing quotes
- How areas they can’t reach will be recorded
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
- What hours they’ll be on site