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Grease filter exchange in Clare Market, Greater London
Professional grease filter exchange in and around Clare Market, booked around your opening hours and signed off in writing with pictures.
- Grease left in baffles after washing
- Grease filters clogged with grease
- A canopy that drips grease
About our grease filter exchange in Clare Market
Cleaning filters by hand takes staff time and is easy to put off. An exchange service means clean filters arrive and greasy ones leave and the canopy is refilled straight away. The work covers restaurants and pubs, wall canopies and mesh filters, and the jobs we see most are bent or damaged filters that don’t sit properly and filter washing that keeps being missed.
In London, few kitchens can spare a day to close, so work in Clare Market is normally booked for the night or the early hours. Parking, loading and access to the roof are agreed with the building before the night of the clean.
Think of the report as the system’s health record: a dated account with photos of everything we did. Grease extract cleans are also certificated to TR19® Grease through the BESCA VHE portal and sits alongside the report.
- Location
- Clare Market (WC2H, W1D, WC2B)
- Region
- Greater London
- Records
- Photo report after every visit
- Quotes
- A fixed price before we start
- Hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
What we do, step by step
We start by comparing what we find with the survey or your pictures. Anything unexpected is raised with you before we go further. After that, the work takes anything from a few minutes to an hour or so, depending on the number of filters. Before any visit in Clare Market, we agree where the van can stop and how equipment reaches the system.
- The filters in each canopy are measured and counted.
- We set the interval with you.
- On each visit, we remove the greasy filters.
- Clean filters go in and we check they sit snugly.
- The dirty filters leave with us and the next visit is booked.
How to prepare
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
Getting a quote
There’s no standard price list, because no two systems are the same. Instead, we look at your site first, from pictures or a survey, and then give you a fixed quote. To get going, ring 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.
Advice
What grease filter exchange looks like in Clare Market
Food Standards Agency data counts about 4,487 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 857 takeaways within about 1.5 miles of central Clare Market. Where they cook under a canopy, the grease filters are the first line of defence and clog quickly. Fire safety in Clare Market falls to London Fire Brigade. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel. London jobs normally start after the last service, with loading and roof access agreed with the building first.
Where a hall near Enon Chapel, or anywhere in Clare Market, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does. Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; St Philip's Hospital is the nearest hospital to Clare Market, about less than half a mile north-west.
Clare Market is about 1 mile south of St Pancras, in Greater London. Whatever kind of site you run in Clare Market, we can take on grease filter exchange. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so the site keeps running. Our Greater London coverage runs to 764 places, and Clare Market is one of them.
Postcode districts we cover here for grease filter exchange: WC2H, W1D and WC2B. We cover sites on Drury Lane, New Square and Old Square and the roads around them. You’ll find Clare Market on the A4 and A301, so it’s easy for us to get to for out-of-hours visits. We also cover Aldwych (1 mile south), Temple Bar (1 mile east), Covent Garden (1 mile south-west), Temple (1 mile south-east) and Seven Dials (1 mile west). Within a short drive, we also cover Kensington (4 miles west), Walthamstow (6 miles north-east), Hampstead (4 miles north-west), Ruislip (13 miles west), Stockwell (3 miles south) and Orpington (13 miles south-east).
What’s near Clare Market
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Lincoln's Inn Fields, London Nautical School and LSE Shaw Library and the streets around them. Nearby too are Ye Old White Horse pub (less than half a mile north) and Mercers' School (under half a mile north-east). For rail, the closest station is London Charing Cross station, about 0.6 miles south-west. Nearby you will also find St Philip's Hospital (under half a mile north-west) and Montfichet's Tower (0.7 miles east). Open spaces near Clare Market include Ludgate Hill and St. James's Park Lake.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
Staff cleaning and specialist work aren’t the same thing. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
Aftercare tips
Aftercare is simple, and it helps at the next visit:
- Tell us if a filter is bent or damaged
- Clean the canopy surfaces regularly
- Tell us if the menu or opening hours change
- Do not let the full clean slip because filters are changed
Once the clean filters are in, the kitchen can cook straight away. The dirty set leaves with us to be cleaned.
Clean filters plus regular full cleans keep the system in good health. Setting both up on a schedule means neither slips.
How the job changes from site to site
The plenum
Clean filters reduce the grease reaching the plenum, but it still needs cleaning as part of TR19.
School, care home and staff kitchens
A longer exchange interval may suit lighter cooking. We agree the schedule to match.
Signs you need grease filter exchange in Clare Market
Hand-washed filters often come back still greasy. Grease lodges deep in baffles and mesh, and a quick rinse leaves it there.
Signs it’s time to call us include:
- Grease building up behind the canopy filters
- Grease left in baffles after washing
- Filter washing that keeps being missed
- Drips falling from the filters onto equipment
If you cook for passing trade around London Charing Cross station, the extract can be cleaned between your last and first customer.
Before you book anyone
- When the next visit should be, and why
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
- How areas they cannot reach will be recorded
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What a clean will not put right
A few issues sit outside what this work can do:
- Smell complaints that need odour control equipment
- Grease behind the filters that a swap cannot remove
- A noisy or failed extract fan
Not sure which it is? You can ring 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we’ll tell you honestly before you book.
Parts of the system we cover
- Mesh filters
- Restaurants and pubs
- Baffle filters
- School and hospital kitchens
- Wall canopies
- Island canopies
Questions from Clare Market
Which fire service covers Clare Market?
London Fire Brigade is the fire and rescue service for Clare Market. If a fire safety officer visits a commercial kitchen, they may ask about the fire risk assessment and how the extract is kept clean.
Does London parking affect a job in Clare Market?
A loading bay, a visitor permit or off-street space near the site in Clare Market makes the visit easier to plan. Night visits tend to make loading easier on London streets.
Will we have to stop cooking for a filter change?
Most changes take less than an hour in most kitchens, so the impact is small. We plan visits outside your busiest times wherever possible.
How regularly do grease filters need exchanging?
It varies with the type and amount of cooking. If filters are dripping or clogging before the next change, it’s too long and we will adjust it.
Will I get paperwork for my records?
Yes. It’s the record insurers and inspectors ask to see: a dated report with pictures, listing the work and any areas we couldn’t reach.
Can you clean our existing filters instead?
We can. Some kitchens prefer their own filters cleaned on a schedule, and others prefer a straight swap. We make sure the canopy is ready for service either way.
Does a filter exchange replace TR19 cleaning?
No. Filter exchange works between full cleans, not instead of them. A TR19® clean deals with the whole system, with a certificate and photo report.
How much does a filter exchange service cost?
Filters, canopies and how often you need visits all affect the price. Tell us what you have and we’ll come back with a fixed quote quickly.
Leave it or put it right?
Filters full of grease are fuel sitting right above the cooking. Flames from the range can be drawn up into the canopy and grease in the duct can carry a fire further. Clean filters mean less fuel in the canopy. A booked night’s work in Clare Market costs you no trading time; an unplanned closure does.
Combining work into one visit or one programme can make for a more efficient booking. Mention every system or site you need covered and we’ll price it together.
Why book with us
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
- We are fully insured
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
Read what affects the cost or our accreditations.