Greater London · Grease filter exchange
Cranham grease filter exchange
We cover Cranham for a scheduled grease filter exchange, swapping dirty canopy filters for clean ones. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports on every job.
- Filters so greasy the air can barely pass
- A canopy running with filters missing
- A canopy that drips grease
What staff can safely do
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
If your staff spot something between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that won’t come clean, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We can diagnose it and quote.
Grease filter exchange for kitchens and businesses in Cranham
Washing filters in the kitchen sink is messy and easily missed on a busy week. With a filter exchange, we bring a clean set and take the dirty one away and the canopy is refilled straight away. If you’re dealing with smoke and heat lingering under the hood and grease left in baffles after washing, we can put it right.
London kitchens are often tucked into basements or the back of a building, with extract ducts that can climb several floors to discharge at roof level. For a kitchen in Cranham, that usually means a longer system to clean and more access panels to plan around.
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, with full insurance on top.
- Place
- Cranham (RM14)
- Region
- Greater London
- Reporting
- Photo report after each visit
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Looking after it afterwards
A little care between visits keeps the system in better shape. Our advice:
- Make sure no filter is left out
- Report damaged filters so they can be replaced
- Keep the canopy clear for exchange visits
- Report a dripping canopy early
Keep an eye out for filters that have been taken out. 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 between full cleans.
Why it’s worth doing now in Cranham
Dripping canopies and greasy smells often start with the filters. Left, it ends up on equipment, food areas and staff and that’s the kind of thing inspectors look for. London sites work long hours, and the longer a job is left, the bigger it gets.
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.
Why us?
- Photo reports with every job
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
- Every job surveyed first
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
Read what affects the cost and our accreditations and certificates.
Part by part
Busy restaurant and pub kitchens
High-output kitchens clog filters quickly. Their exchange schedule is normally the tightest.
School, care home and staff kitchens
For kitchens closed in the holidays, visits can be timed around term or rota, keeping the filters ready for the busy weeks.
Also near Cranham
Also in Cranham
When to call us in Cranham
Cooking vapour carries grease into the canopy. Much of it is trapped by the filters so they gradually clog and airflow falls away.
What we are most often called out for:
- Filters that leave gaps in the canopy
- Grease filters clogged with grease
- Hand-washed filters that still look greasy
- Grease dripping from the canopy
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near St Luke's Cranham, or anywhere in Cranham, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
What to look for in a quote
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- Whether VAT is included
- When the next visit should be, and why
How it works
We work around your opening hours, not the other way round. We book the visit for a time the area is closed, whether that’s an evening, overnight or a weekend. When the team arrives, the work area is protected and the relevant equipment is switched off to cool, and the work takes well under an hour for most canopies. We fit London jobs around the building rather than the other way round, so a visit in Cranham is typically out of hours.
- We look at the canopies and the condition of the filters.
- 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
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Clear the space around the work
How to get a quote
To help us quote: the address, the type of site and when it’s open, a few photos and any previous report or certificate. Once you have those, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line.
Advice
Your questions about grease filter exchange in Cranham
Can a school canteen extract in Cranham be done out of term time?
Yes, and it’s the easiest time to do it. The FSA’s register shows about 13 schools and colleges with food registrations within roughly a mile and a half of Cranham. Just call 0345 646 2711 or email us with your term dates and we’ll plan around them.
Does London parking affect a job in Cranham?
Parking and loading in London need planning, so tell us about bays, permits and building rules when you book. Night visits tend to make loading easier on London streets.
What types of premises do you cover?
All kinds of commercial and public premises: from restaurants, pubs and hotels to schools, hospitals, care homes, offices, shops and food production sites. Work is timed around how each site runs.
Can damaged filters stay in the canopy?
Filters that no longer fit properly need replacing. We will tell you which ones and why on the visit.
Can you give a price for filter changes?
We price it on the number of filters and the visit frequency. Send us details or pictures and we will quote quickly.
Do you clean filters as well as exchanging them?
Yes, filters can be cleaned on a schedule as well as exchanged. We will explain the options when we quote.
Does the report say when we need you again?
Yes. How often depends on use and condition and the report sets out why.
What should go in our maintenance log?
The reports and certificates from each visit, plus your own logs. They’re what an insurer, fire officer or EHO may ask for, so keep them where they can be found quickly.
What affects the cost of grease filter exchange
We quote each job individually. This is what makes a difference:
- How big the system is
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- How easy every part is to reach
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
Several systems or sites on one quote often makes better use of the time. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at and we’ll price it together.
What to send for a quote
When you call or email, it’s useful to have:
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- The site address and the type of premises
To get a fixed quote, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line 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. You’ll typically have a quote within one working day.
Kitchen extracts in Cranham
According to Food Standards Agency records, there are about 11 pubs, bars and clubs within about 1.5 miles of central Cranham. Any of them serving cooked food has an extract to keep clean, from canopy to discharge. Most London extract cleaning happens at night, after the last service. Fire safety in Cranham falls to London Fire Brigade. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk.
Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; St George's Hospital is the nearest hospital to Cranham, about 2.4 miles south-west. If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Hall Mead School or anywhere near Cranham, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean.
Cranham is about 2 miles east of Hornchurch, in Greater London. We carry out grease filter exchange for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Cranham and the rest of Greater London. Across Greater London, we cover 764 places, and Cranham is one of them. Chelmsford is in our area too, about 15 miles from Cranham.
Grease filter exchange in RM14 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. Whether your site is on Avon Road, Moor Lane and Front Lane or a nearby road, our technicians can take on the work. If your site is just outside Cranham, we cover Upminster (1 mile west), Puddle Dock (1 mile east), Upminster Bridge (1 mile west), North Ockendon (2 miles south-east) and Emerson Park (2 miles north-west). Further out, we also cover Shoreditch (15 miles west), Walthamstow (13 miles west), Hoxton (15 miles west), Whitechapel (15 miles west), Orpington (14 miles south-west) and Plaistow (11 miles west).
What’s near Cranham
In Cranham, that means kitchens and buildings near The James Oglethorpe Primary School, The Crumpled Horn pub and St. Andrew's Park, among other places. The closest station to Cranham is Upminster station, about 0.7 miles west of the centre. Nearby you will also find The Mercury Mall (3.7 miles west) and Upminster Tithe Barn Museum of Nostalgia (0.6 miles north-west). Open spaces near Cranham include Cranham Brickfields.