Essex · Grease filter exchange
Harlow grease filter exchange
Our technicians work in Harlow on grease filter exchange. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports as standard.
- Filter washing that keeps being missed
- Missing filters in the filter bank
- Grease dripping from the canopy
When it’s something else
Before you book, it helps to know what’s not included:
- Grease behind the filters that a swap can’t remove
- A canopy too small for the cooking beneath it
- Extraction problems caused by the fan rather than the filters
Not sure which it is? You can phone us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we will tell you honestly.
Parts of the system we cover
- Island canopies
- Mesh filters
- Restaurants and pubs
- School and hospital kitchens
- Wall canopies
- Baffle filters
About our grease filter exchange in Harlow
A filter service works alongside TR19® cleaning, not instead of it. Clean filters reduce the grease reaching the ducts though vapour still carries some grease past them. That is why the whole system still needs cleaning to TR19 at the right interval. We’re often asked to deal with gaps where filters have been removed and smoke and heat lingering under the hood, on restaurants and pubs, school and hospital kitchens and wall canopies.
For a pub, café or restaurant in a town like Harlow, losing a day’s trade to cleaning is not an option, so cleans are booked after closing, early in the morning or on a quiet day. The kitchen is handed back clean and ready to cook.
Think of the report as the system’s health record: a dated account with photos of everything we did. Grease extract cleans are also certificated to TR19® Grease through the BESCA VHE portal and sits alongside the report.
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What your team can do, and what needs us
Some jobs should never be done in-house: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings call for the right kit, training and safe access. Leave those to us.
In-house cleaning and specialist cleaning do different jobs. Wiping filters daily and washing them weekly keeps the visible parts in order, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
What happens on the day
We work around your opening hours, not the other way round. Most visits are booked for when the area is out of use, such as evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends. Once we’re in, the area is sheeted and anything that has to be off is turned off and cooled, and the work takes less than an hour in most kitchens. A few pictures of the system and its access points help us plan a visit in Harlow.
- 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.
- The filters are checked for fit before we go.
- We tell you if the plenum or canopy needs a clean.
Before we arrive
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Clear loose items from the work area
How to get a 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. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and we can price many jobs without a visit.
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Leave it or put it right?
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. Before an inspection or an insurer’s visit in Harlow, it helps to have up-to-date records.
We do not list prices on the website, because the cost depends on the site in front of us. For a fixed quote, call 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form, and we will explain what it covers.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Harlow
- Fixed quotes from a survey or pictures
- We’re fully insured
- In business since 2009
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
See our cost guide or our accreditations.
What the work involves, part by part
Baffle filters
In a baffle filter, the air zigzags through metal baffles. Grease is thrown out of the airstream and collects on the baffles.
School, care home and staff kitchens
Visits can be planned around holidays and quieter periods so the filters are clean when cooking picks up.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
We regularly work with managing agents. Tell us the site, the work and the access arrangements, and we will send a fixed quote.
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare in Harlow and across Essex. Larger estates can be phased building by building to keep disruption down.
Kitchen extracts in Harlow
Food Standards Agency records list about 100 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 40 takeaways and sandwich shops within about 1.5 miles of central Harlow. Swapping filters on a schedule keeps kitchens like these drawing air properly. Environmental health officers from Harlow council inspect food businesses in Harlow. 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. Fire safety in Harlow falls to Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order.
Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as Princess Alexandra Hospital (about 1.2 miles west), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands. Bursars and site managers at schools such as Cooks Spinney Primary Academy and Nursery tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty. Volunteers running a hall kitchen near St Andrew's Methodist Church, or anywhere in Harlow, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Harlow is about 21 miles north-east of London, in Essex. We carry out grease filter exchange for commercial premises of every kind in Harlow and the rest of Essex. Harlow is one of 644 towns, villages and districts in Essex we cover for grease filter exchange. There’s also a page for Chelmsford, roughly 16 miles from Harlow.
All of CM17, CM20, CM18 and CM19 is within our area for grease filter exchange, from the main roads to the quietest streets. Local streets include London Road, Soper Square and Square Street, and we cover them all for grease filter exchange. Harlow is on the A414 and A1019, so it’s easy for us to get to for out-of-hours visits. We also cover the places around Harlow: Mark Hall South (1 mile north-east), Netteswell (1 mile west), Latton (1 mile south-east), Mark Hall North (1 mile north) and Bush Fair (1 mile south). We also work in nearby towns such as Brentwood (13 miles south-east), Loughton (9 miles south), Waltham Abbey (7 miles south-west), Great Dunmow (13 miles north-east), Epping (5 miles south) and Stansted Mountfitchet (10 miles north). Being one of Essex’s larger places, Harlow has a wide mix of commercial premises, all within our area for grease filter exchange.
Near you in Harlow
Around Harlow, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Harlow Marsh, Purple Emperor pub and BMAT STEM Academy, among other places. The closest station to Harlow is Harlow Town station, roughly 1.2 miles north-west of the centre. A little further out are Princess Alexandra Hospital (1.2 miles west) and Mark Hall Cycle Museum (0.7 miles north-east). Open spaces near Harlow include Hunsdon Mead.
Questions from Harlow
Can you come to Harlow after we close?
Yes, evening, overnight and weekend work is normal for us. The site is handed back ready to open. Just call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form with your opening times and we will plan around them.
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Harlow?
The local authority for Harlow is Harlow council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. How often a business is inspected depends on the risk rating the council gives it, so it’s worth staying ready all year.
What accreditations do you have?
BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, plus CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001. We are fully insured and have been trading since 2009.
Will you tell us when the next visit is due?
Yes. How often depends on use and condition, and we explain the reasoning on the report.
What about areas you can’t get to?
The report shows them clearly. In ductwork, new access panels are often the answer, which we can install.
What’s TR19?
BESA’s ventilation hygiene specification in two main parts: TR19® Grease for kitchen extract systems and TR19® Air for general ventilation. It isn’t legislation, but it’s the standard people check against.
Do you work in Harlow?
Yes. Our area takes in London and the counties of South East England, Harlow included.
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.
Between visits
To keep the system working properly between visits:
- Wipe the outside of the canopy as part of daily cleaning
- Tell us if the menu or opening hours change
- Clear anything stored on or near the canopy
- Book full TR19 cleans alongside filter changes
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.
Filters that are left too long stop protecting the system. A regular cycle keeps the rest of the system cleaner until the next TR19 clean.