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Grease filter exchange in Hayes, Greater London
A scheduled grease filter exchange, swapping dirty canopy filters for clean ones in Hayes, surveyed first and signed off with a written report and pictures. Call for a fixed quote.
- Smoke and heat lingering under the hood
- Grease building up behind the canopy filters
- Staff short of time to wash filters
Grease filter exchange in Hayes, done properly
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’s why the whole system still needs cleaning to TR19 at the right interval. If you have a canopy running with filters missing and staff short of time to wash filters, we can put it right, from school and hospital kitchens, baffle filters and wall canopies onwards.
Across London, many commercial kitchens are squeezed into basements and narrow back-of-house spaces, and the duct may run up through several floors before it discharges at the roof. In Hayes, as elsewhere in the capital, a long duct run means more access points to open and more grease to remove.
It’s worth checking any contractor’s accreditations. Ours are BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, plus CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, with full insurance on top.
- Place
- Hayes (UB3, UB4, UB8, UB10)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Reporting
- Written report with pictures
- Price
- A fixed price before work begins
- Working hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Common questions in Hayes
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Hayes?
The local authority for Hayes is Hillingdon council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. Have your latest TR19® certificate and photo report to hand, as an officer may ask how the extract is maintained.
Which fire service covers Hayes?
Fire safety enforcement in Hayes is handled by London Fire Brigade. If a fire safety officer visits a commercial kitchen, they may ask about the fire risk assessment and how the extract is kept clean.
Do you recommend a next date?
Yes. The interval depends on how much the system is used and what we find and the report sets out why.
Do you offer emergency callouts?
Yes, day and night, every day of the year. Our office is open from 8am to 6pm on weekdays, and the emergency line covers the rest.
What’s TR19?
It’s BESA’s specification and the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to. It covers how systems are inspected, cleaned and checked, and it takes a risk-based approach.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes, of course. Send details of the systems and how they’re used, and we will suggest a schedule and quote for it.
How do you protect the area?
Floors and surfaces near the work are sheeted before we start, and waste is contained as we go. At the end, the area is cleaned down.
Do we need to close the kitchen while filters are changed?
Not for long, and we can time it to avoid service. Cooking shouldn’t happen with the filters out so the swap is done promptly.
What your team can do, and what needs us
Staff cleaning and specialist work are not the same thing. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but they don’t reach the grease that builds up further in. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. What they can’t safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, and that is where we come in.
Multi-site and managed buildings
From a single site to a large estate, you get the same standard: the system surveyed, the price fixed, the visit fitted around trading and everything written up afterwards.
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare in Hayes and across Greater London. Work can be phased by floor, building or site around the people who use them.
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Other services in Hayes
How we price grease filter exchange
Some jobs are bigger than they look, and some smaller. What affects the quote:
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- The times the site is available
- What state the system is in
- Travel, parking and unloading
Working hours, access and the scale of the site can all change the price. We take each of them into account, and the price is fixed before we start.
Helping us quote
There’s no need for technical detail. Just send:
- The site address and the type of premises
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
- Wide photos of the system and the area around it
- Any previous report or certificate
Need a price for grease filter exchange? Please call 0345 646 2711, or email photos with a few details about the site. We’ll talk you through the work and give you a fixed quote before anything is booked.
Leave it or put it right?
Clogged filters choke the extract. Heat and fumes hang in the kitchen while the fan strains. Keeping filters clean keeps the extract working properly. For a site in Hayes, fitting the work in overnight now is far easier than closing at short notice later.
Putting the work off seldom saves money. Build-up, wear and faults tend to get worse, not better, and a neglected system can mean more work. If you are unsure, call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we’ll give you an honest view and a fixed quote.
Why book with us
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
- Every job surveyed first
- One number for every site across the South East and London
- A written report with photos after each visit
Read our cost guide or how to check a contractor.
Part by part
Mesh filters
Mesh filters are still found in many canopies. They can be on the same exchange schedule as baffle filters.
School, care home and staff kitchens
Visits can be planned around holidays and quieter periods, keeping the filters ready for the busy weeks.
Grease, kitchens and Hayes
The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 170 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 83 takeaways in and around Hayes, up to about a mile and a half out. Clogged filters slow the airflow, and busy kitchens like these clog them fast. Kitchens in Hayes get their food hygiene inspections from Hillingdon council. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready. Hayes sits within the area of London Fire Brigade. 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.
If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Hayes Cottage Hospital about under half a mile north, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen. Commuter trade near Hayes & Harlington station can mean long cooking hours, and long hours put a kitchen into BESA’s more frequent cleaning bands.
Hayes is about 8 miles east of Slough, in Greater London. Anywhere in UB3, we can take on grease filter exchange. Across Greater London, we cover 764 places, and Hayes is one of them. Our London page covers sites nearby (14 miles or so).
Postcode districts we cover here for grease filter exchange: UB3, UB4, UB8 and UB10. We cover sites on Church Road, Drenon Square and Townfield Square and nearby roads. Hayes sits on or near the A312, so getting to you is simple for evening and night visits. Nearby, we also carry out grease filter exchange in Hillingdon (2 miles north-west), Yiewsley (2 miles west), West Drayton (2 miles west), Cowley (3 miles west) and Uxbridge (3 miles north-west). Within a short drive, we also cover London (14 miles east), City of Westminster (12 miles east), Marylebone (12 miles east), Kensington (9 miles east), St Pancras (13 miles east) and Shoreditch (15 miles east).
Local landmarks in Hayes
Typical jobs here are in premises near Dr Triplett's CofE Primary School, Rosedale College and Barra Hall Park. The closest station to Hayes is Hayes & Harlington station, roughly 0.9 miles south of the centre. A little further out are Hillingdon Museum and Archives Services (3.2 miles north-west) and Hayes Cottage Hospital (under half a mile north). Green spaces nearby include Middle Lake and Yeading Brook Meadows.
What we do, step by step
Our technicians bring everything the work needs, from protective sheeting to tools and access equipment. All we need from you is clear access and the right equipment switched off. The visit takes less than an hour in most kitchens. We fit London jobs around the building rather than the other way round, so a visit in Hayes is usually out of hours.
- We record the number, size and type of your filters.
- We set the interval with you.
- On each visit, we remove the greasy filters.
- Clean filters go in and we check they sit snugly.
- We take the greasy set away and confirm the next date.
How to prepare
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
Ask for a quote
For grease filter exchange in Hayes, call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form. Let us know the site type and the opening hours, plus photos or the previous report if they’re to hand. We typically send a fixed quote within one working day.
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What we’re called out for in Hayes
Kitchens in Hayes, as everywhere, find filter washing slips down the list on busy weeks. It only takes a couple of missed weeks for a filter bank to clog.
Look out for any of the following:
- A canopy running with filters missing
- Drips falling from the filters onto equipment
- Grease collecting in the filter channels
- Filters left unwashed on busy weeks
If you run catering at a historic house or estate in the area (Northolt Manor is about 3 miles north-east), event kitchens in older buildings often have awkward duct runs that need planning.
Before you book anyone
- Whether they recommend a next date
- Whether they’re fully insured
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them