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Grease Filter Exchange in Ealing
Professional grease filter exchange in and around Ealing, booked around your opening hours and finished with a written report and pictures.
- Filter washing that keeps being missed
- Missing filters in the filter bank
- Drips falling from the filters onto equipment
Grease filter exchange in Ealing
Washing filters in the kitchen sink is messy and easily missed on a busy week. An exchange service means clean filters arrive and greasy ones leave and the canopy is refilled right away. Common call-outs are for gaps where filters have been removed and weak extraction at the canopy, on island canopies, restaurants and pubs and mesh filters.
Kitchens in Ealing, like many across London, can share a building with flats or offices, with the duct running up through shared risers. Grease in a duct like that is a fire risk to the whole building, not just the kitchen, which is why keeping it clean to TR19® matters.
Duct Doctor has been trading since 2009, and we are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we carry full insurance.
- Place
- Ealing (W5, W13, W3, NW10)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Records
- Photo report after each visit
- Price
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- Hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
The process
The first job on site is protection: floors, worktops and anything near the work are covered. After that, the system is made safe and the work begins. The work on site takes less than an hour in most kitchens, and the area is cleaned down before we leave. A name and number for whoever controls access to the building in Ealing saves time on the night.
- 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.
- Anything that needs attention, such as a greasy plenum, is pointed out.
Preparing for the visit
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
Ask for a quote
For a fixed quote, ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos and tell us the type of site, your opening hours and roughly what the system looks like. A few photos and your last certificate or report help a lot. We typically come back within one working day.
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Staff cleaning versus 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.
When your team notices a problem between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We can diagnose it and quote.
Honest limits
We won’t sell you work that doesn’t address the problem, so these are the things it will not cover:
- A fan that is failing or too weak for the system
- Smell complaints that need odour control equipment
- A heavily greased plenum or canopy, which needs cleaning to TR19
Not sure which it is? You can ring 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we’ll tell you honestly before booking.
What the work covers
- School and hospital kitchens
- Island canopies
- Wall canopies
- Mesh filters
- Baffle filters
- Restaurants and pubs
How the job changes from site to site
School, care home and staff kitchens
Even kitchens with fixed meal times build up grease, though often more slowly.
Baffle filters
Baffle filters are a common choice for commercial canopies. They still need regular cleaning as the collected grease builds up between the blades.
Ealing questions
Which council inspects kitchens in Ealing?
Kitchens in Ealing are inspected by Ealing council’s environmental health officers. It helps to keep the extract cleaning records with your food safety paperwork, so they’re ready if asked for.
Does London parking affect a job in Ealing?
We plan it in advance, so let us know about loading bays, permits and access rules at the building. Where restrictions apply in the day, an evening or overnight visit usually gets round them.
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.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. Tell us the addresses and what each needs and you will get one fixed quote.
Do you deal with bent or broken filters?
We check every filter at each visit. We tell you about any that are damaged since a poor fit lets grease past.
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 will come back with a fixed quote, normally within one working day.
How long does the visit take?
We will confirm the time with your quote. For a typical site, it takes less than an hour in most kitchens.
Does a filter exchange disrupt service?
Visits are short, and can be booked outside service times. There’s no wait between removing and refitting.
What affects the cost of grease filter exchange
Before we fix a price, we need to know a few things. We look at:
- The size of the system
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
You won’t find a price list here, because the cost depends on the site in front of us. For a fixed quote, ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos, and we will talk you through it.
Helping us quote
You don’t need the technical terms. Just send:
- The postcode and the type of business
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
If you need grease filter exchange in Ealing, call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email. Tell us what kind of premises it is and when it’s open, plus photos or the previous report if they’re to hand. We typically send a fixed quote within one working day.
Grease filter exchange around Ealing
The FSA’s data shows about 78 pubs and bars and about 10 hotels and B&Bs registered within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Ealing. A pub or hotel kitchen that cooks every day builds up grease in its extract like any other. Fire safety in Ealing 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. Most London extract cleaning happens at night, after the last service.
If you run a café or takeaway near Ealing Broadway station, early starts and late finishes leave little time to clean, so overnight extract cleaning suits. A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near St Saviour's Church or elsewhere in Ealing, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often. A hospital like Ealing Hospital, about 1.6 miles west, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day.
Ealing is about 7 miles west of City of Westminster, in Greater London. Sites in Ealing get the same service as everywhere we cover: a survey first, a fixed quote, work timed around your hours and a report with photos. Across Greater London, we cover 764 places, and Ealing is one of them. There’s also a page for London, about 9 miles away.
All of W5, W13, W3 and NW10 is covered for grease filter exchange, from the main roads to the quietest streets. We cover sites on High Street, Coleridge Square and Station Road and the roads around them. Being close to the A40 and B452, Ealing is easy for our technicians to reach at any hour. If your site is just outside Ealing, we cover South Ealing (1 mile south), Pitshanger (1 mile north), Brentham Garden Suburb (1 mile north), Hanwell (1 mile west) and West Ealing (1 mile west). We also work in nearby towns such as London (9 miles east), City of Westminster (7 miles east), Marylebone (7 miles east), Kensington (5 miles east), St Pancras (8 miles east) and Shoreditch (10 miles east).
Near you in Ealing
In Ealing, that means kitchens and buildings near The Red Lion pub, Christ the Saviour Church of England Primary School and Great Ealing School, among other places. Nearby too are Walpole Park (within half a mile north-east) and Library for Iranian Studies (1.5 miles east). The closest station to Ealing is Ealing Broadway station, roughly 0.5 miles north-east of the centre. A little further out are London Designer Outlet (3.3 miles north) and Gunnersbury Park House - Large Mansion (1.2 miles south-east). For a walk, there’s Castlebar Hill and Middle Lake.
Aftercare tips
Here’s the after-treatment advice, in brief:
- Report a dripping canopy early
- Keep canopy surfaces wiped down
- Do not refit a filter that’s bent
- Book full TR19 cleans alongside filter changes
Between visits, check that every filter is still in place. 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.
What happens if it’s left?
Some kitchens in Ealing wash filters themselves to save the cost of a service, and it works when it’s done well and never skipped. Where it slips, an exchange service takes the job off staff. London sites work long hours, and the longer a job is left, the bigger it gets.
Every site is different, so each one gets its own fixed quote. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all make a difference.
What you get with us
- A fixed price before any work starts
- In business since 2009
- A written report with photos after every visit
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
See our cost guide and our accreditations.