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Grease Filter Exchange in East Lavington
Grease filter exchange in East Lavington from ventilation hygiene specialists trading since 2009. Out-of-hours visits and 24/7 emergency callout.
- Gaps where filters have been removed
- Smoke and heat lingering under the hood
- A canopy that drips grease
How we handle grease filter exchange in East Lavington
The filters in the canopy are the first thing cooking vapour meets. They catch grease before it reaches the plenum and ductwork, but only while they’re reasonably clean. Our grease filter exchange service swaps dirty filters for clean ones on a schedule. Typical jobs include filters so greasy the air can barely pass and smoke and heat lingering under the hood, across mesh filters, school and hospital kitchens and island canopies.
For a kitchen in or near East Lavington, the visit is planned around opening hours and the journey, and the clean itself is the same full TR19® job as in any town: canopy to discharge, then a TR19® certificate and a photo report.
The report is your system’s health record: a dated account with photos of everything we did. For TR19® Grease cleans, the certificate comes through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal, ready for your insurer.
- Where
- East Lavington (GU28)
- Region
- West Sussex
- Reporting
- Written report with photos
- Price
- A fixed price before we start
- Working hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
In-house cleaning and specialist cleaning do different jobs. 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. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
What grease filter exchange looks like in East Lavington
Food Standards Agency records list about 3 restaurants, cafés and canteens in East Lavington and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Any of those kitchens with a canopy relies on its filters to catch grease before it reaches the duct. West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service covers East Lavington. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises. It’s Chichester council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in East Lavington. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after.
Church and community hall kitchens, near The Parish Church of St Peter or anywhere around East Lavington, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other. Bursars and site managers at schools such as Graffham CofE Infant School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
East Lavington is about 9 miles north-east of Chichester, in West Sussex. Every kind of commercial site in East Lavington, we can take on grease filter exchange. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so the site keeps running. We cover 371 places across West Sussex, from busy centres to quieter spots. There’s also a page for Portsmouth, about 20 miles away.
Here we cover the GU28 postcode area for grease filter exchange. Neighbouring places we cover for grease filter exchange include Duncton (1 mile north-east), Graffham (1 mile north-west), Sutton (2 miles south-east), Rotherbridge (3 miles north-east) and Selham (3 miles north). Further out, we also cover Worthing (14 miles south-east), Bognor Regis (10 miles south), Chichester (9 miles south-west), Selsey (15 miles south), Littlehampton (10 miles south-east) and Emsworth (14 miles south-west).
Around East Lavington
Around East Lavington, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near The Parish Church of St Giles, among other places. Nearby you’ll also find Coultershaw Heritage Site (2.6 miles north-east) and Midhurst Community Hospital (5.1 miles north-west). Not far away are Bignor Hill and Graffham Common.
What affects the quote in East Lavington
There’s no set price list, because sites vary so much. The quote depends on:
- Travel, parking and unloading
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- The number of sites or systems
One small site or a whole estate, 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 we need to know
There’s no need for technical detail. It helps if you can send:
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- Your last certificate, test record or report
Quotes are quick. Call or email with a few details and you will usually have a fixed price within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.
The process
The first job on site is protection: sheeting goes over floors and surfaces close to the work. After that, the system is made safe and the work begins. It takes anything from a few minutes to an hour or so, depending on the number of filters, and the area is cleaned down before we leave. The timing of a visit to East Lavington is set by you, and the travel is our side of the planning.
- We look at the canopies and the condition of the filters.
- We note any filters that are bent, damaged or missing.
- Greasy filters are swapped for clean ones.
- 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.
How to prepare
- Move anything stored near the system
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
Get a fixed quote
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Add the site type and your opening hours, and we can price many jobs without a visit.
Advice
Between visits
Think of this as the after-treatment advice, in brief:
- Don’t refit a filter that’s bent
- Report a dripping canopy early
- Let us know if your cooking hours increase
- Always run the extract while cooking
We tell you if we spot anything in the canopy that needs attention. That might mean bringing a TR19® clean forward and we can book that in.
Damaged filters leave gaps in the defence. Replacing them early protects the plenum and ductwork.
Places near East Lavington
Also in East Lavington
Signs you need grease filter exchange in East Lavington
Kitchens in East Lavington, as everywhere, find filter washing slips down the list on busy weeks. A missed wash or two is all it takes for filters to fill with grease.
What we’re most often called out for:
- Missing filters in the filter bank
- Filters left unwashed on busy weeks
- Filters so greasy the air can barely pass
- Grease dripping from the canopy
Bignor Roman Villa, about 2.9 miles south-east, is one of the historic houses near East Lavington; if you run event catering at a venue like that, cleans can be booked between functions.
Questions to ask before you book
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- What records you’ll receive afterwards
- Whether a survey comes first
- Proof of accreditation you can verify
Honest limits
We’d rather tell you now than book work that won’t help, so these are the things it won’t cover:
- An extract that was undersized from the start
- Grease already built up in the ductwork, which needs a full TR19 clean
- A fan that’s failing or too weak for the system
If in doubt, call 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we’ll say what we think.
Parts of the system we cover
- School and hospital kitchens
- Island canopies
- Mesh filters
- Wall canopies
- Baffle filters
- Restaurants and pubs
Multi-site and managed buildings
For anyone managing more than one site, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Every building has its own written report, so each one has its own record.
Facilities teams in offices, schools and healthcare sites book us too across West Sussex. Work can be phased by floor, building or site to keep disruption down.
FAQs for East Lavington
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in East Lavington?
It’s West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service, which covers East Lavington. TR19® is not law, but it’s the benchmark many fire officers and insurers look to when they ask how often the extract is cleaned.
Which council inspects kitchens in East Lavington?
The local authority for East Lavington is Chichester council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. Ratings are published by the Food Standards Agency, so a clean extract and good records are worth keeping up.
What happens if you cannot reach some of it?
Anything we cannot reach goes on the report, with a note of where it is, and we explain what access is needed, for example new access panels.
Will you tell us when the next visit is due?
Yes. Every report includes a recommended date for the next visit, based on use and what we found.
How regularly do grease filters need exchanging?
It varies from kitchen to kitchen. The schedule is based on how heavily you cook and can change if your kitchen gets busier.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
We cover floors and nearby surfaces with sheeting before we start, and waste is contained as we go. Before we leave, we tidy up and clean down.
What paperwork should we keep on file?
Visit reports, certificates and your in-house cleaning logs. They’re what an insurer, fire officer or EHO may ask for, so keep them together and easy to find.
What happens to the dirty filters?
The greasy set leaves with us for cleaning, so your staff don’t have to wash them. A clean set is fitted in their place.