Brighton and Hove · Grease filter exchange
Grease Filter Exchange in East Saltdean
We cover East Saltdean for grease filter exchange. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports on every job.
- Filters left unwashed on busy weeks
- Damaged filters letting grease past
- Drips falling from the filters onto equipment
East Saltdean: your questions answered
Do you work in villages like East Saltdean?
Yes. Villages and rural sites across the South East are part of our work, East Saltdean included. A survey first, from photos or a visit, means we arrive with the right kit.
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in East Saltdean?
Fire safety enforcement in East Saltdean is handled by East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. TR19® isn’t law, but it’s the benchmark many fire officers and insurers look to when they ask how often the extract is cleaned.
What is TR19?
It’s the industry benchmark for cleaning ventilation and kitchen extract systems, written by BESA. It sets out inspection, cleaning and record keeping, and it takes a risk-based approach.
Do you provide a certificate or report?
Yes, on every job. It’s a dated, written report with photos, plus a certificate via the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal for TR19® Grease cleans. File it with your fire safety records.
Can you come out in an emergency?
Yes, 24/7. Office hours are Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm, with the emergency line covering every other hour.
Are you accredited?
We’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured.
Do we need to close the kitchen while filters are changed?
A filter change is quick and can be timed around service. The canopy shouldn’t be used without filters, so we swap them in one go.
What happens to the dirty filters?
Yes. Used filters go with us to be cleaned while a clean set goes in.
How we handle grease filter exchange in East Saltdean
We set up grease filter exchange for kitchens in East Saltdean on a schedule that suits their cooking. The heavier the cooking, the more often filters need changing while a lighter kitchen can go longer. We agree the interval with you at the start. The work covers mesh filters, school and hospital kitchens and baffle filters, and the jobs we see most are filters so greasy the air can barely pass and drips falling from the filters onto equipment.
For a smaller kitchen near East Saltdean, a TR19® clean is the same job as anywhere: canopy, filters, plenum, duct, fan and discharge. We plan the visit around your hours, with the journey sorted in advance.
Our accreditations include CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured. On top of that, we are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we’ve been trading since 2009.
- Place
- East Saltdean (BN2)
- Wider area
- Brighton and Hove
- Records
- Report and photos after the visit
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- When we work
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. What they cannot safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, which is where we come in.
A few tasks are always specialist work: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings call for the right kit, training and safe access. That is our job.
When something else is needed
Not every problem is solved by grease filter exchange, and we’ll tell you before work begins. It does not solve:
- Smell complaints that need odour control equipment
- Greasy ducts and risers that a filter change won’t reach
- A canopy that needs a proper clean
If you’re not sure, just phone us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we’ll give you a straight answer.
Parts of the system we cover
- Restaurants and pubs
- Baffle filters
- Island canopies
- Mesh filters
- Wall canopies
- School and hospital kitchens
What happens if it’s left?
In East Saltdean, as everywhere, a filter service isn’t a substitute for TR19 cleaning. They do help keep the system in better shape between cleans, and that shows when the next clean comes round. When a site near East Saltdean shuts unexpectedly, the people who rely on it notice at once.
What you pay depends on the size of the system, what state it’s in and access to every part of it. We give you a fixed price before we start, so you know where you stand.
Why us?
- In business since 2009
- We diagnose before we treat
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
- Fixed quotes from a survey or photos
Take a look at what affects the cost or how to check a contractor.
What affects the cost of grease filter exchange
Before we fix a price, we need to know a few things. We look at:
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- The number of sites or systems
- What state the system is in
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
You will not find a price list here, because each job is priced on what it involves. For a fixed quote, call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email, and we’ll explain what it covers.
What to send for a quote
The more you tell us, the more accurate the quote. When you get in touch, it helps to send:
- Problems your staff have spotted
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- A few general shots of the system
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: the system from a couple of angles, plus any access panels or hatches. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.
How the job changes from site to site
School, care home and staff kitchens
Visits can be planned around holidays and quieter periods, keeping the filters ready for the busy weeks.
Mesh filters
Mesh traps grease between its layers, which makes hand-washing hard work.
Grease, kitchens and East Saltdean
The coast is only about 1 mile from East Saltdean. Corrosion on the fan housing and cowl is worth a look at every clean, alongside the grease. Look up East Saltdean on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you’ll find about 24 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 13 takeaways within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of East Saltdean. Each canopy among them has filters that load with grease and need swapping or cleaning. Food hygiene inspections in East Saltdean are the job of Brighton and Hove council’s environmental health team. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand.
Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; French Convalescent Home is the nearest hospital to East Saltdean, about 3.5 miles west. Volunteers running a hall kitchen near St Nicholas, or anywhere in East Saltdean, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it. Term dates shape school work: for a school like Saltdean Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
East Saltdean is about 4 miles west of Newhaven, in Brighton and Hove. We carry out grease filter exchange for businesses, landlords and public buildings in East Saltdean and the rest of Brighton and Hove. Our Brighton and Hove coverage runs to 30 places, East Saltdean among them.
Every address in BN2 is covered for grease filter exchange, from busy streets to back roads. Grease filter exchange is available to premises on Wicklands Avenue, Oaklands Avenue and Brambletyne Avenue and the roads around them. Nearby, we also carry out grease filter exchange in Saltdean (1 mile west), Telscombe (1 mile east), Rottingdean (2 miles north-west), Ovingdean (2 miles north-west) and Rodmell (3 miles north-east). We also work in nearby towns such as Brighton (5 miles north-west), Brighton and Hove (7 miles west), Hove (7 miles west), Carlton Hill (5 miles west), Hanover (5 miles north-west) and West Hill (5 miles west).
What’s near East Saltdean
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Beacon Hill, Smugglers Rest pub and Peacehaven Community School, among other places. The nearest railway station is Southease station, about 3.3 miles north-east of the centre. Nearby you will also find French Convalescent Home (3.5 miles west) and Planet Earth Museum (3.7 miles east). Not far away are Newmarket Hill and Beacon Hill Local Nature Reserve.
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The process
There’s very little for your team to do on the day. Someone lets us in at the agreed time and shows us where everything is, and the rest is down to us. Before we leave, the area is tidied and the paperwork follows. In a smaller place like East Saltdean, parking is rarely the issue, but tell us about gates, roof access and opening hours.
- We record the number, size and type of your filters.
- We set the interval with you.
- The dirty set is lifted out.
- Clean filters go in and we check they sit snugly.
- The dirty filters leave with us and the next visit is booked.
Getting ready for the visit
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
Getting a quote
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, either from photos and details you send or from a site visit. After that, you get a fixed price for the work, before any work starts.
Advice
Aftercare tips
After the visit, a few habits help the work last:
- Tell us if the menu or opening hours change
- Don’t refit a filter that’s bent
- Keep the extract on whenever the range is in use
- Keep filter exchange and TR19 cleaning on the same plan
Your team carries on as normal, without the filter washing. Just keep the canopy clear for the next visit and let us know of any changes to opening hours.
Dripping filters are a clear sign they’re full. A clean set straight away cuts the grease in the canopy, and it’s worth checking the plenum too.