Isle of Wight · Grease filter exchange
Great Thorness grease filter exchange
Grease filter exchange for Great Thorness, from a team that has been trading since 2009. Out-of-hours visits and 24/7 emergency callout.
- Damaged filters letting grease past
- Drips falling from the filters onto equipment
- A canopy running with filters missing
How we handle grease filter exchange in Great Thorness
A clean set of filters is a simple, regular dose of prevention. Between full cleans, it keeps the airflow healthy and takes a messy task off your team. Full TR19 cleaning still comes at the right interval, with a certificate. The work covers wall canopies, baffle filters and school and hospital kitchens, and the jobs we see most are grease dripping from the canopy and gaps where filters have been removed.
Work in a small place like Great Thorness starts with a call to agree access and timings, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy, filters, duct, fan and discharge, with a certificate and photo report at the end.
We are CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, we hold ISO 9001 and we’re fully insured. On top of that, we are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, trading since 2009.
- Location
- Great Thorness (PO31)
- Wider area
- Isle of Wight
- Records
- Report and pictures after the visit
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- When we work
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
How we price grease filter exchange
You will get a fixed price before we start. It’s based on:
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- How easy every part is to reach
- The condition we find in the survey
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
One small site or a whole estate, the quote is built the same way: the work involved, the access and the timing. You’ll have a fixed price before work begins.
Helping us quote
Photos let us diagnose from a distance. The most useful are:
- Any previous report or certificate
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
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, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
Common questions in Great Thorness
Does being near the coast affect grease filter exchange in Great Thorness?
It can, as Great Thorness is within about 1 mile of the sea, where salt in the air is hard on metal. Rooftop fans, discharge cowls and fixings are checked for corrosion as well as grease.
Which environmental health team covers Great Thorness?
Food hygiene inspections in Great Thorness are carried out by Isle of Wight council. An officer may look up into the canopy, so clean filters on the day and a recent certificate on file both help.
What do you do to protect the area?
We cover floors and nearby surfaces with sheeting before any work starts, and anything we remove is contained. Before we leave, we tidy up and clean down.
Can you clean our existing filters instead?
Yes, filters can be cleaned on a schedule as well as exchanged. We’ll explain the options when you get in touch.
Does a filter exchange disrupt service?
A change takes less than an hour in most kitchens, so disruption is small. We will fit it around your service wherever we can.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes. For many sites, photos and a few details are enough, and larger or hidden systems get a visit.
How regularly do grease filters need exchanging?
There’s no single answer. The schedule is based on how heavily you cook and can change if your kitchen gets busier.
What do you do with what you remove?
It leaves the site with us when we go. During the work, it’s contained so the area stays clean.
What grease filter exchange looks like in Great Thorness
Great Thorness is within about 1 mile of the coast. Salt in the air is hard on rooftop fans, discharge cowls and fixings, so we check them for corrosion as well as grease. Food hygiene inspections in Great Thorness are the job of Isle of Wight council’s environmental health team. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. Great Thorness is covered by Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk.
Healthcare kitchens cannot easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Great Thorness is St Mary's Hospital, about 2.8 miles south-east.
Great Thorness is about 3 miles south-west of Cowes, in the Isle of Wight. If you need grease filter exchange in Great Thorness, it’s easy to get a fixed quote: please call 0345 646 2711 or send us an email. We work across South East England and London, Great Thorness included. Across the Isle of Wight, we cover 125 places, and Great Thorness is one of them. For sites nearby, see our Southampton page, about 13 miles away.
Postcode districts we cover here for grease filter exchange: PO31. Neighbouring places we cover for grease filter exchange include Porchfield (1 mile south-west), Locksgreen (1 mile south-west), Rew Street (2 miles north-east), Newtown (2 miles south-west) and Northwood (2 miles north-east). We also work in nearby towns such as Newport (3 miles south-east), Ryde (9 miles east), Cowes (3 miles north-east), Sandown (10 miles south-east), Shanklin (10 miles south-east) and Ventnor (11 miles south-east). Remote and island sites need a little more planning, so tell us where you are when you ask for a quote for grease filter exchange.
What’s near Great Thorness
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Sportsman's Rest pub and the streets around them. Nearby you will also find Carisbrooke Castle (3.5 miles south-east) and St Mary's Hospital (2.8 miles south-east). The countryside around Great Thorness includes Mill Hill.
Leave it or put it right?
In Great Thorness, as everywhere, a filter service isn’t a substitute for TR19 cleaning. But clean filters do help the system between cleans, and that shows when the next clean comes round. Our emergency line runs 24/7, but a planned visit to Great Thorness is calmer for everyone.
When the work has to happen, how we reach it and how big the site is all affect the cost. Each of those is built into the quote and give you a fixed price before any work starts.
What you get with us
- A written report with photos after every visit
- In business since 2009
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
Read how cleaning jobs are priced or how to check a contractor.
Between visits
Think of this as the after-treatment advice, in brief:
- Keep every filter in place during service
- Mention it if the kitchen gets busier
- Keep filter exchange and TR19 cleaning on the same plan
- Keep the extract on whenever the range is in use
If the plenum behind the filters looks greasy, we say so. That might mean bringing a TR19® clean forward, and we can arrange it.
Filter exchange and TR19 cleaning work best together. Setting both up on a schedule keeps everything on track.
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What the work involves, part by part
School, care home and staff kitchens
Visits can be planned around holidays and quieter periods so the filters are clean when cooking picks up.
Mesh filters
Mesh traps grease between its layers, which makes hand-washing hard work.
What happens on the day
We’re used to working while the site is closed. A lot of visits happen overnight or at weekends, so the site can open as normal afterwards. On site, the work takes a few minutes per canopy, longer for a large kitchen with several canopies. Somewhere as small as Great Thorness, the date and timings are agreed with you well before the day.
- We count and measure the filters in every canopy.
- We agree a schedule that suits how much the kitchen cooks.
- Each visit starts with the used filters being removed.
- Clean filters go straight back in, seated properly with no gaps.
- Anything we notice, such as bent filters or a dirty plenum, is pointed out.
Getting ready for the visit
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
Get a fixed quote
For a fixed quote, ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos with the site type, your trading hours and a short description of the system. A few photos and your last certificate or report help a lot. We usually come back within one working day.
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Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. Shared systems, like a riser serving several units, need a clear agreement on who books the work, and we can quote for the whole system.
The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, 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.
What we’re called out for in Great Thorness
Hand-washed filters often come back still greasy. Grease lodges deep in baffles and mesh, and a quick rinse leaves it there.
The symptoms we’re asked about most are:
- Grease dripping from the canopy
- Filters left unwashed on busy weeks
- Grease filters clogged with grease
- Grease building up behind the canopy filters
Swainston Manor, about 3 miles south, is one of the historic houses near Great Thorness; if you run event catering at a venue like that, cleans can be booked between functions.
What your quote should include
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or photos
- Whether they recommend a next date
- Whether they’re fully insured
- What happens if part of the system cannot be accessed