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Grease filter exchange in Great Burgh, Surrey
Our technicians work in Great Burgh on 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.
- Grease building up behind the canopy filters
- Smoke and heat lingering under the hood
- Damaged filters letting grease past
Grease filter exchange in Great Burgh
A filter service works alongside TR19® cleaning, not instead of it. Clean filters reduce the grease reaching the ducts, but some grease still passes through as vapour. So the canopy, plenum and ducts still need their full TR19 clean. The work covers island canopies, wall canopies and mesh filters, and common reasons people get in touch are bent or damaged filters that don’t sit properly and poor airflow through the filters.
For a smaller kitchen near Great Burgh, a TR19® clean is the same job as anywhere: canopy, filters, plenum, duct, fan and discharge. The visit is booked around your opening hours, and the journey is planned ahead.
The paperwork matters as much as the work. You get a written report with photos after each visit, covering the work done, any areas we couldn’t access and a recommended next date. Keep it with your fire safety records so it’s to hand when an insurer or inspector asks.
- Where
- Great Burgh (KT18, KT17, KT20)
- Wider area
- Surrey
- Records
- Report and pictures after the visit
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
What affects the quote in Great Burgh
A fixed price needs a few facts first. We look at:
- The condition of the system
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- How big the system is
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
Putting the work off seldom saves money. Problems in a system tend to grow, which can make the next visit longer. If you’re not sure what’s needed, ring 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we will give you an honest view and a fixed quote.
What to send for a quote
We can often survey from pictures. The most useful are:
- Wide photos of the system and the area around it
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
Every quote begins with a look at the system, from your pictures and details or, where that isn’t enough, a survey on site. Then we send a fixed price, before any work starts.
Grease filter exchange in Great Burgh: the local picture
The FSA’s food hygiene register includes about 11 pubs and bars within about 1.5 miles of central Great Burgh. Where they serve hot food, their kitchen extracts need cleaning to TR19® like any restaurant’s. Fire safety in Great Burgh falls to Surrey Fire and Rescue Service. Fire and rescue authorities enforce the Fire Safety Order in most non-domestic premises, and in a kitchen that fire risk includes the grease in the extract. Food hygiene inspections in Great Burgh are the job of Reigate and Banstead council’s environmental health team. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready.
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near St Mark or elsewhere in Great Burgh, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event. A hospital like Epsom General Hospital, about 1.9 miles north-west, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day.
Great Burgh is about 2 miles south-east of Epsom, in Surrey. Every kind of commercial site in Great Burgh, we can take on grease filter exchange. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so the site keeps running. Great Burgh is one of 395 places in Surrey we cover for commercial clients. Our London page covers sites nearby (14 miles or so).
We cover every part of the KT18, KT17 and KT20 postcode area for grease filter exchange and the roads nearby. We cover sites on Upland Drive, Upland Way and Downland Way and nearby roads. Great Burgh sits on or near the B290 and B2221, which makes travel easy for evening and night visits. If your site is just outside Great Burgh, we cover Tattenham Corner (1 mile west), Burgh Heath (1 mile east), Epsom Downs (1 mile north-west), Nork (1 mile north-east) and Langley Vale (1 mile west). Larger places within reach include Guildford (15 miles west), Woking (15 miles west), Horley (10 miles south), Redhill (6 miles south-east), Ewell (3 miles north) and Reigate (5 miles south).
Around Great Burgh
Typical jobs here are in premises near Merland Rise Recreational Ground, Aberdour School and The Beacon School. There’s a railway station in Great Burgh itself: Tattenham Corner station. Other landmarks nearby include The Ashley Centre (2.1 miles north-west) and Cockney Museum (3.7 miles north). The countryside around Great Burgh includes Cuddington Meadows and Colley Hill.
How the visit works
Our technicians bring everything the work needs, including protection sheets, the right tools and access kit. You only need to give us clear access and switch off what needs to be off. On site, the work takes a short visit, depending on how many filters the canopies hold. For a place like Great Burgh, we load the van from the survey notes so the work can be done in one visit where possible.
- We count and measure the filters in every canopy.
- We agree a schedule that suits how much the kitchen cooks.
- At each visit, the greasy filters are lifted out.
- Clean, dry filters are fitted in their place, with no gaps left between them.
- Anything we notice, such as bent filters or a dirty plenum, is pointed out.
Before we arrive
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
Get a fixed quote
Photos are enough for some jobs, while others need a look on site. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, you get a fixed price before any work starts.
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Why deal with it now?
Grease-loaded filters are a fire risk in their own right. Flames from the range can be drawn up into the canopy and grease in the duct can carry a fire further. Clean filters mean less fuel in the canopy. Booking ahead lets us plan the trip to Great Burgh at a time that suits you.
Several systems or sites on one quote often makes better use of the time. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at, and you will get one fixed quote.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Great Burgh
- In business since 2009
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Photo reports with every job
Take a look at what affects the cost or our accreditations and certificates.
When it’s something else
Grease filter exchange cannot fix everything, and we’d rather say so up front. It will not put right:
- Smell complaints that need odour control equipment
- Grease deep in the extract system
- A noisy or failed extract fan
Not sure which it is? You can phone us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we will tell you honestly.
What we work on in Great Burgh
- Restaurants and pubs
- Wall canopies
- Island canopies
- School and hospital kitchens
- Baffle filters
- Mesh filters
FAQs for Great Burgh
Do you work overnight in Great Burgh?
Yes, we can come after you close and finish before you open. Your customers, staff or residents in Great Burgh needn’t be disturbed. Tell us your opening hours when you ask for a quote.
Which fire service covers Great Burgh?
Fire safety enforcement in Great Burgh is handled by Surrey Fire and Rescue Service. Records of extract cleaning are a sensible thing to have ready if a fire safety officer carries out an audit.
How long does grease filter exchange take?
That depends on how much there is to do, but for many sites it takes anything from a few minutes to an hour or so, depending on the number of filters. We will give you a better idea when we quote.
Which records should we keep?
Everything that shows the system is looked after: our reports and photos, any certificates and your in-house logs. One maintenance log per site keeps it simple.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes. We run scheduled maintenance contracts, with visits at the interval your system needs. The report from each visit recommends the next date.
Are you fully insured?
Yes, fully. We also hold CHAS and SafeContractor, for sites that check contractor safety.
Do you cover Great Burgh?
Yes. We cover Great Burgh and across Surrey, as part of our work across South East England and London. To book, call 0345 646 2711, or email photos.
Do you deal with bent or broken filters?
A badly damaged filter should be replaced. We will tell you which ones and why on the visit.
Looking after it afterwards
Good habits slow the build-up between visits. A few tips:
- Do not let the full clean slip because filters are changed
- Mention it if the kitchen gets busier
- Keep canopy surfaces wiped down
- Always run the extract while cooking
There’s no waiting: the canopy is ready as soon as the clean set is fitted. The dirty set leaves with us to be cleaned.
Saturated filters let more grease through. A regular cycle keeps the rest of the system cleaner until the next TR19 clean.
Different parts, different methods
Baffle filters
When baffles fill with grease, less air gets through. A clean exchange set brings the airflow back.
The plenum
With good filters, less grease ends up in the plenum, but it still needs cleaning as part of TR19.
What we’re called out for in Great Burgh
What a kitchen cooks affects how fast filters clog. Frying, grilling and chargrilling produce far more grease than steaming or baking, so the right exchange interval varies.
These are the problems we see most often:
- Filters that come out of the sink still dirty
- Filters so greasy the air can barely pass
- A greasy plenum behind the filters
- Drips falling from the filters onto equipment
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Shawley Community Primary School or anywhere near Great Burgh, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean.
What your quote should include
- When they can work, and whether that is outside your opening hours
- If they look at the system before pricing
- How areas they can’t reach will be recorded
- What paperwork you get at the end