Windsor and Maidenhead · Grease filter exchange
Grease Filter Exchange in Dedworth
Grease filter exchange for Dedworth, from a team that has been trading since 2009. Out-of-hours visits and 24/7 emergency callout.
- Damaged filters letting grease past
- Grease collecting in the filter channels
- Filters that come out of the sink still dirty
Grease filter exchange in Dedworth, done properly
Filter exchange sits between full TR19® cleans. Clean filters reduce the grease reaching the ducts though vapour still carries some grease past them. So the canopy, plenum and ducts still need their full TR19 clean. Common call-outs are for bent or damaged filters that don’t sit properly and grease filters clogged with grease, on school and hospital kitchens, mesh filters and baffle filters.
In a smaller place like Dedworth, the kitchens with extract systems are more likely to be a pub, a café, a takeaway or a school or care home kitchen than a big restaurant. A kitchen that cooks fewer hours still builds up grease, so cleaning is planned around how much it cooks and what the readings show.
Accreditations are easy to claim and worth checking. We’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, with full insurance on top.
- Where
- Dedworth (SL4)
- Wider area
- Windsor and Maidenhead
- Reporting
- Report and photos after the visit
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Honest limits
An honest diagnosis matters more to us than a booking, so here’s what grease filter exchange won’t do:
- A canopy too small for the cooking beneath it
- A heavily greased plenum or canopy, which needs cleaning to TR19
- Smell complaints that need odour control equipment
If you are not sure, just call 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we will give you a straight answer.
Parts of the system we cover
- School and hospital kitchens
- Island canopies
- Wall canopies
- Mesh filters
- Restaurants and pubs
- Baffle filters
Dedworth kitchens: local notes
Look up Dedworth on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you’ll find about 120 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 18 sandwich bars and takeaways in and around Dedworth, up to about a mile and a half out. Where they cook under a canopy, the grease filters are the first line of defence and clog quickly. Fire safety in Dedworth falls to Royal Berkshire 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. In Dedworth, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Windsor and Maidenhead council. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after.
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near All Saints Church or elsewhere in Dedworth, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event. For schools such as Dedworth Green First School, kitchen extract cleaning is typically booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
Dedworth is about 1 mile west of Windsor, in Windsor and Maidenhead. If you need grease filter exchange in Dedworth, it’s easy to get a fixed quote: please ring 0345 646 2711, or send details by email. Our area covers London and the South East, Dedworth included. Our Windsor and Maidenhead coverage runs to 57 places, Dedworth among them. Reading is in our area too, around 14 miles away.
Postcode districts we cover here for grease filter exchange: SL4. Grease filter exchange is available to premises on Ash Lane, Wolf Lane and Roses Lane and nearby roads. Other places close to Dedworth include Windsor (1 mile east), Oakley Green (1 mile west), Boveney (1 mile north), Clewer (1 mile north-east) and Water Oakley (1 mile north-west). Further out, we also cover Maidenhead (5 miles north-west), Boyn Hill (5 miles north-west), North Ascot (5 miles south-west), Cookham (7 miles north-west), Furze Platt (6 miles north-west) and Broomhall (6 miles south). Dedworth is one of the larger places we cover in Windsor and Maidenhead for grease filter exchange.
Local landmarks in Dedworth
Typical jobs here are in premises near Windsor Girls' School, Windsor Girls' School and The Greene Oak pub, among other places. For rail, the closest station is Windsor & Eton Central station, about 1.7 miles east of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Windsor Castle (1.9 miles east) and King Edward VII Hospital (1.5 miles east). For a walk, there’s Bray Pit and Taplow Lake.
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What happens on the day
Our technicians bring everything the work needs, from protective sheeting to tools and access equipment. All we need from you is clear access and the right equipment switched off. The visit takes anything from a few minutes to an hour or so, depending on the number of filters. Around Dedworth, access is typically simpler than in a town centre, though gates and roof access are worth mentioning.
- We record the number, size and type of your filters.
- We set the interval with you.
- The dirty set is lifted out.
- A clean set is fitted and checked for gaps.
- The dirty filters leave with us and the next visit is booked.
Preparing for the visit
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
Getting a quote
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.
Advice
What affects the quote in Dedworth
The quote reflects the site in front of us. We take into account:
- The size of the system
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
- Where the site is and how we reach it
- Any permits to work or inductions
A single site or a whole portfolio, we price it on the same basis: what needs doing, how we get to it and when. The price is fixed before any work starts.
What to send for a quote
Photos let us diagnose from a distance. Try to include:
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- Wide pictures of the system and the area around it
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, either from photos and details you send or from a site visit. Then we send a fixed price, before work begins.
Do you need grease filter exchange in Dedworth?
Washing filters by hand does not always get them clean. Grease lodges deep in baffles and mesh and a sink wash rarely reaches it.
Most sites get in touch after spotting something like this:
- Filters left unwashed on busy weeks
- Filters so greasy the air can barely pass
- Gaps where filters have been removed
- A canopy that drips grease
Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; King Edward VII Hospital is the nearest hospital to Dedworth, about 1.5 miles east.
Questions to ask before booking
- Whether a survey comes first
- Whether they’re fully insured
- When they can work, and whether that is outside your opening hours
- Whether the figure could change on the day
Part by part
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.
Mesh filters
Layers of mesh catch grease droplets. They clog quickly in a busy kitchen, so they need changing often.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
Logging matters as much as cleaning. 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.
Dedworth: your questions answered
Can you work in Dedworth outside opening hours?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. Your customers, staff or residents in Dedworth needn’t be disturbed. Your opening times are the first thing we ask for.
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for Dedworth?
Dedworth is in the area of Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service. If a fire safety officer visits a commercial kitchen, they may ask about the fire risk assessment and how the extract is kept clean.
How do you protect the area?
With sheeting and covers, before anything else happens. The work is kept contained and clean down when we finish.
Do we need to close while you work?
Not usually. We need the work area to ourselves while we are on site, so we book a time when it would be closed anyway.
Is filter exchange enough instead of a full extract clean?
No. The rest of the system still collects grease at the right interval.
What does grease filter exchange cost?
The cost depends on your filters and the schedule. Just ring 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line for a fixed quote, normally within one working day.
Which grease filters does the service cover?
Baffle and mesh filters are both covered. The first step is recording what you have and plan the exchange around them.
Who has the legal duty for fire safety?
That depends on who controls the premises. The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty on the responsible person, which can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, an FM or a managing agent.
For landlords and multi-site operators
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.
Running several sites is easier with one contractor. We cover South East England and London, so visits at different addresses can be planned together and kept on a regular cycle.