Oxfordshire · Grease filter exchange
Grease Filter Exchange in Great Western Park
Professional grease filter exchange in and around Great Western Park, timed so the site keeps working and finished with a written report and photos.
- Grease collecting in the filter channels
- A canopy that drips grease
- Gaps where filters have been removed
What we’re called out for in Great Western Park
Hand-washed filters often come back still greasy. Grease lodges deep in baffles and mesh and a sink wash rarely reaches it.
Keep an eye out for any of the following:
- Gaps where filters have been removed
- Poor airflow through the filters
- Drips falling from the filters onto equipment
- Damaged filters letting grease past
If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Abingdon Community Hospital about 4.7 miles north, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen.
Before booking anyone
- Whether a survey comes first
- Proof of accreditation you can verify
- Whether the price is fixed
- Proof of insurance
Grease filter exchange for kitchens and businesses in Great Western Park
In Great Western Park, our filter exchange runs on a schedule set by how much the kitchen cooks. The heavier the cooking, the more often filters need changing, lighter ones less. The interval is agreed before the first visit. If you have a canopy that drips grease and filters so greasy the air can barely pass, we can put it right, from wall canopies, baffle filters and school and hospital kitchens onwards.
Size doesn’t change the work: a kitchen in a place like Great Western Park gets the whole system cleaned, canopy to discharge. The visit is booked around your opening hours, and the journey is planned ahead.
Good records are part of the job. 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 ready for an insurer, fire officer or EHO.
- Location
- Great Western Park (OX11)
- Region
- Oxfordshire
- Reporting
- Written report with photos
- Quote
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
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Great Western Park questions
Can you work in Great Western Park outside opening hours?
Yes. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends. Your customers, staff or residents in Great Western Park needn’t be disturbed. When you give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line, mention when the site is quiet.
Do you do school kitchen extract cleaning in Great Western Park in the summer holidays?
Yes. The holidays are the usual time for school work. Around Great Western Park, the Food Standards Agency lists about 5 schools and colleges with registered kitchens within a mile and a half or so. You can call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email with the dates the site is empty.
Can damaged filters stay in the canopy?
A bent filter leaves a gap for grease. We flag any we find so they can be replaced.
What if parts of the system cannot be reached?
They’re marked on the report. In ductwork, new access panels are often the answer, and we can fit those.
Do you clean filters as well as exchanging them?
Yes, filter cleaning is available. The first step is looking at the filters you have, as damaged ones may be better replaced.
Can one contract cover all our sites?
Yes. Tell us the addresses and what each needs and we’ll quote them together.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes, of course. Send details of the systems and how they’re used and we’ll propose a schedule with a fixed quote.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
By covering it before any work starts. We keep the work contained and leave the area clean.
When it’s something else
Before booking, it helps to know what’s not included:
- Grease already built up in the ductwork, which needs a full TR19 clean
- A heavily greased plenum or canopy, which needs cleaning to TR19
- An extract that was undersized from the start
If in doubt, phone us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we’ll say what we think before booking.
Where we work
- Restaurants and pubs
- School and hospital kitchens
- Mesh filters
- Island canopies
- Baffle filters
- Wall canopies
How the job changes from site to site
Baffle filters
Baffle filters use overlapping metal blades that force the air to change direction. Grease is thrown out of the airstream and collects on the baffles.
Mesh filters
Older or smaller canopies often use mesh filters. They can be on the same exchange schedule as baffle filters.
Kitchen extracts in Great Western Park
According to Food Standards Agency records, there are about 9 pubs and bars across Great Western Park and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). A pub or hotel kitchen that cooks every day builds up grease in its extract like any other. Food hygiene inspections in Great Western Park are the job of Vale of White Horse council’s environmental health team. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked. Great Western Park is covered by Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order.
Clifton Hampden Manor, about 4.4 miles north-east, is one of the historic houses near Great Western Park; if you run event catering at a venue like that, cleans can be booked between functions. Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Church of St Matthew, or anywhere in Great Western Park, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Great Western Park is about 1 mile west of Didcot, in Oxfordshire. Wherever you are in the OX11 postcode area, we can take on grease filter exchange. Our Oxfordshire coverage runs to 443 places, and Great Western Park is one of them. There’s also a page for Oxford, roughly 10 miles from Great Western Park.
All of OX11 is covered for grease filter exchange, from the main roads to the quietest streets. That includes premises on Holly Lane, Maple Road and Slade Road and nearby roads. If your site is just outside Great Western Park, we cover Didcot (1 mile east), Milton (2 miles north-west), Sutton Courtenay (2 miles north), Appleford-on-Thames (3 miles north-east) and Culham (3 miles north). We also work in nearby towns such as Oxford (10 miles north), Abingdon-on-Thames (5 miles north), Wantage (7 miles west), Grove (7 miles west), Faringdon (14 miles west) and Kidlington (15 miles north).
Around Great Western Park
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around The Wheatsheaf pub, UTC Oxfordshire and UTC Oxfordshire, among other places. Great Western Park’s nearest station is Didcot Parkway station, roughly 1.3 miles east of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Atlas Computer Laboratory (2.8 miles south-west) and Abingdon Community Hospital (4.7 miles north). Green spaces nearby include Churn Hill and Mowbray Fields.
How it works
At the end of the visit, someone from your team can look over the work with us. Anything we couldn’t reach or that needs attention is pointed out there and then, and the same goes into the written report. All told, the work takes a few minutes per canopy, longer for a large kitchen with several canopies. Because the survey comes first, a visit to Great Western Park can usually be finished without a second trip.
- We count and measure the filters in every canopy.
- Together we set how often the filters should be changed.
- At every visit, the greasy filters are lifted out.
- 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.
Before we arrive
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Clear loose items from the work area
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
Ask for a 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 work begins.
Related advice
Multi-site and managed buildings
When the building owner and the occupier are different, it’s worth checking the lease for who maintains the systems. We can quote either party and send the paperwork to whoever needs it.
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we can quote for the whole system.
Leave it or put it right?
Washing filters in-house is an option for kitchens in Great Western Park, and it works when it’s done well and never skipped. Where it slips, an exchange service takes the job off staff. A site near Great Western Park that has to close at short notice is hard to cover for.
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 the price is fixed before we start.
Why book with us
- Photo reports with every job
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- One number for every site across the South East and London
- In business since 2009
Take a look at what affects the cost or our accreditations.
Aftercare tips
Results last longer with the right care. Here’s what we suggest:
- Watch for grease drips between visits
- Tell us if the menu or opening hours change
- Tell us if a filter is bent or damaged
- Never cook with the extract switched off
If the plenum behind the filters looks greasy, we say so. It can be a sign that a full TR19® clean is due and we can book that in.
If filters are already dripping, they’re overdue. A clean set straight away cuts the grease in the canopy, and it’s worth checking the plenum too.