West Sussex · Grease filter exchange
Grease filter exchange in Heath Common, West Sussex
Need grease filter exchange in Heath Common? We survey first, send you a fixed quote and work around your opening hours, finishing with a written report and pictures.
- Grease filters clogged with grease
- A canopy that drips grease
- Smoke and heat lingering under the hood
What we do, step by step
Your trading hours come first. We book the visit for a time the area is closed, whether that’s an evening, overnight or a weekend. When the team arrives, the work area is protected and the relevant equipment is switched off to cool, and the work takes well under an hour for most canopies. Somewhere like Heath Common, lanes, gates and parking are worth mentioning in advance.
- The filters in each canopy are measured and counted.
- We set the interval with you.
- On each visit, we remove the greasy filters.
- Clean filters go in and we check they sit snugly.
- The dirty filters leave with us and the next visit is booked.
Before we arrive
- Move anything stored near the system
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
Getting a quote
For a fixed quote, ring 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form with the site type, your trading hours and a short description of the system. Photos and the last report, if you have one, make the quote quicker. We usually come back within one working day.
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About our grease filter exchange in Heath Common
Whether your canopy has baffle or mesh filters, they load up with grease. Clogged filters choke the airflow and the extract struggles. Regular exchange keeps the air moving. Typical jobs include filter washing that keeps being missed and poor airflow through the filters, across baffle filters, restaurants and pubs and island canopies.
Rural kitchens often have long, low duct runs through a roof space or along an outside wall, and those horizontal sections are where grease settles. Access, parking and timings are agreed before the day.
It’s worth checking any contractor’s accreditations. We are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, with full insurance on top.
- Where
- Heath Common (RH20)
- Wider area
- West Sussex
- Records
- Photo report after each visit
- Quote
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Nearby places to Heath Common
What else we do in Heath Common
What happens if it’s left?
For any kitchen in Heath Common, filters cannot stand in for a full TR19 clean. But clean filters do help the system between cleans, and that shows when the next clean comes round. Somewhere as small as Heath Common, losing a kitchen or building to a fault is felt by everyone who uses it.
Kitchens, offices, schools and hospitals are all priced the same way: the size of the job, access, condition and working hours. Ask for a fixed quote and we will go through it with you.
Why book with us
- Every job surveyed first
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
- Each visit written up, with photos
See what affects the cost or our accreditations and certificates.
Common problems we fix in Heath Common
Cooking vapour carries grease into the canopy. Much of it is trapped by the filters so they gradually clog and airflow falls away.
The symptoms we’re asked about most include:
- Smoke and heat lingering under the hood
- Drips falling from the filters onto equipment
- A canopy running with filters missing
- Filter washing that keeps being missed
School kitchens, at schools like Thakeham Primary School for example, are normally cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost.
Questions to ask before booking
- Whether the figure could change on the day
- What records you’ll receive afterwards
- Proof of accreditation you can verify
- How areas they can’t reach will be recorded
What the work involves, part by part
Baffle filters
A clogged baffle filter restricts airflow. Swapping them for a clean set restores it.
Busy restaurant and pub kitchens
When service is non-stop, filters get forgotten. A regular exchange means nobody has to remember.
Questions from Heath Common
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Heath Common?
Kitchens in Heath Common are inspected by Horsham council’s environmental health officers. Ratings are published by the Food Standards Agency, so a clean extract and good records are worth keeping up.
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for Heath Common?
West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Heath Common. TR19® isn’t law, but it’s the benchmark many fire officers and insurers look to when they ask how often the extract is cleaned.
Do you provide a certificate or report?
Yes, always. It’s a dated, written report with pictures, and TR19® Grease cleans come with a certificate through the BESCA VHE portal. Keep it in your maintenance log.
How do you protect the area?
By covering it before any work starts. The work is kept contained and clean down when we finish.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes, every time. Diagnosis comes before treatment: the survey tells us what the system needs and how to reach it and the fixed quote is built on it.
What is TR19?
TR19® is BESA’s specification for ventilation hygiene. Since 2019, TR19® Grease has been a standalone specification for grease in kitchen extract systems, while TR19® Air covers other supply and extract ductwork.
How long will you be on site?
On site, it takes a few minutes per canopy, longer for a large kitchen with several canopies. Bigger or more complicated systems take longer, and we’ll tell you what to expect.
Do you deal with bent or broken filters?
Filters that no longer fit properly need replacing. We will show you which ones on the visit.
How we price grease filter exchange
Your quote is based on your site. We consider:
- Travel, parking and unloading
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- What state the system is in
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
What you pay reflects the actual work. That is why we survey first, from photos or on site, and the price is agreed before we start.
Asking for a quote
A few details help us quote accurately. When you get in touch, it helps to send:
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- Wide photos of the system and the area around it
- The site address and the type of premises
Getting a quote does not take long. Call or email with a few details and you will typically have a fixed price within one working day. Where a survey is needed, we arrange a time that suits the site.
Keeping the system healthy
To keep the system working properly between visits:
- Watch for grease drips between visits
- Mention it if the kitchen gets busier
- Keep the canopy clear for exchange visits
- Tell us if a filter is bent or damaged
There’s no waiting: the canopy is ready as soon as the clean set is fitted. The dirty set leaves with us for cleaning.
Bent or missing filters let grease straight past. Replacing them early protects the plenum and ductwork.
Grease filter exchange around Heath Common
Look up Heath Common on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you will find about 12 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 5 sandwich bars and takeaways within about 1.5 miles of central Heath Common. Clogged filters slow the airflow, and busy kitchens like these clog them fast. Food hygiene inspections in Heath Common are the job of Horsham council’s environmental health team. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector. Heath Common sits within the area of West Sussex 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.
Historic houses near Heath Common, such as Parham House about 3.1 miles west, are a reminder that older buildings with event kitchens can have long, awkward duct routes. Where a hall near Church of the Holy Sepulchre, or anywhere in Heath Common, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does.
Heath Common is about 1 mile east of Storrington, in West Sussex. Sites in Heath Common get the same service as everywhere we cover: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where necessary and a written report with photos. Our West Sussex coverage runs to 371 places, and Heath Common is one of them. We also work in Brighton, about 14 miles from Heath Common.
Our technicians cover all of RH20 for grease filter exchange and the roads nearby. We cover sites on Rock Road, Hampers Lane and Bracken Lane and the roads around them. If your site is just outside Heath Common, we cover Abingworth (1 mile north-west), Rock (1 mile south-east), Warminghurst (1 mile north-east), Storrington (1 mile west) and Sullington (1 mile south-west). Larger places within reach include Horsham (11 miles north-east), Worthing (7 miles south), Bognor Regis (15 miles south-west), Haywards Heath (15 miles east), Burgess Hill (13 miles east) and Littlehampton (9 miles south-west).
Around Heath Common
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Rydon Community College. The closest station to Heath Common is Pulborough station, about 4.7 miles north-west. A little further out are The Storrington And District Museum (1.2 miles south-west). The countryside around Heath Common includes Chanctonbury Hill and Amberley Wildbrooks RSPB Reserve.
When something else is needed
To be straight with you, some problems need a different fix:
- Cooking smells reaching neighbours, which need odour control
- Grease already built up in the ductwork, which needs a full TR19 clean
- An extract that was undersized from the start
If you are not sure, just give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we’ll give you a straight answer.
What we work on in Heath Common
- Island canopies
- Wall canopies
- Restaurants and pubs
- School and hospital kitchens
- Mesh filters
- Baffle filters