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Grease filter exchange in Hempton, Oxfordshire
Grease filter exchange across Hempton and nearby, booked around your opening hours and finished with a written report and photos.
- Smoke and heat lingering under the hood
- Bent or damaged filters that don’t sit properly
- Filters left unwashed on busy weeks
Hempton kitchens: local notes
The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 3 restaurants, cafés and canteens across Hempton and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Where they cook under a canopy, the grease filters are the first line of defence and clog quickly. Kitchens in Hempton get their food hygiene inspections from Cherwell council. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after. Hempton sits within the area of Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service. 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 historic house or estate in the area (Broughton Castle is about 4.3 miles north-west), event kitchens in older buildings often have awkward duct runs that need planning. Healthcare kitchens cannot easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Hempton is Horton General Hospital, about 4.9 miles north. A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Saint John the Evangelist or elsewhere in Hempton, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.
Hempton is about 6 miles south of Banbury, in Oxfordshire. We provide grease filter exchange for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Hempton and the rest of Oxfordshire. Across Oxfordshire, we cover 443 places, and Hempton is one of them. For sites nearby, see our Oxford page, about 17 miles away.
Work in OX15 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. Streets in the area include Hempton Road, The Lane and St John's Way, and we cover them all for grease filter exchange. Other places close to Hempton include Barford St Michael (1 mile north-west), Barford St John (1 mile north-west), Deddington (1 mile east), Nether Worton (2 miles south-west) and Dane Hill (2 miles south-east). Further out, we also cover Banbury (6 miles north), Bicester (10 miles south-east), Witney (15 miles south-west), Kidlington (12 miles south), Bure Park (10 miles south-east) and Chipping Norton (9 miles west).
Local landmarks in Hempton
Typical jobs here are in premises near George Inn. For rail, the closest station is Kings Sutton station, roughly 4 miles north-east. A little further out are Bloxham Village Museum (2.5 miles north) and Deddington Castle (1.6 miles east). For a walk, there’s Crouch Hill.
Grease filter exchange for kitchens and businesses in Hempton
Good filters only work when they fit properly. Gaps in the filter bank are a direct route into the plenum and every filter is checked when we swap them. We point out any that need replacing. If you’re dealing with staff short of time to wash filters and blocked baffle filters, we can help, from mesh filters, baffle filters and restaurants and pubs onwards.
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. We agree access and timings in advance.
A written report with pictures follows each visit, so there’s a dated record of the work. Where the work is a TR19® Grease clean, the certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Place
- Hempton (OX15)
- Wider area
- Oxfordshire
- Records
- Report and photos after the visit
- Price
- A fixed price before we start
- Working hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
What a clean won’t put right
To be straight with you, some problems need a different fix:
- An extract that was undersized from the start
- Grease deep in the extract system
- Odours from the discharge that filters won’t stop
Not sure which it is? You can ring 0345 646 2711 or email us and we’ll tell you honestly.
What the work covers
- Baffle filters
- Mesh filters
- Wall canopies
- School and hospital kitchens
- Restaurants and pubs
- Island canopies
What the work involves, part by part
Canopy filter housings
The filter housing holds each filter at an angle in the canopy. If it’s bent or greasy, filters will not seat properly.
Busy restaurant and pub kitchens
When service is non-stop, filters get forgotten. A regular exchange means nobody has to remember.
How we price grease filter exchange
Before we fix a price, we need to know a few things. We check:
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
- Travel, parking and unloading
- How many systems or sites are involved
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
What you pay reflects the actual work. That’s why every job is surveyed first, and the price is agreed before we start.
Asking for a quote
To speed up the quote, please include:
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- The site address and the type of premises
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
Every quote begins with a look at the system, either from photos and details you send or from a site visit. Then we send a fixed price, before we start.
Common questions in Hempton
Which environmental health team covers Hempton?
Kitchens in Hempton are inspected by Cherwell council’s environmental health officers. Have your latest TR19® certificate and photo report to hand, as an officer may ask how the extract is maintained.
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Hempton?
Fire safety enforcement in Hempton is handled by Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service. If a fire safety officer visits a commercial kitchen, they may ask about the fire risk assessment and how the extract is kept clean.
How much does a filter exchange service cost?
Every kitchen is different, so we quote once we know your filters and schedule. We give you a fixed quote before the first visit.
How long does the visit take?
The work itself takes anything from a few minutes to an hour or so, depending on the number of filters. Larger systems naturally take longer, and the quote will say how long.
What if parts of the system cannot be reached?
Anything we cannot reach goes on the report, with a note of where it is, and we explain what access is needed, for example new access panels.
Can you set up regular visits?
Yes. We run scheduled maintenance contracts, with visits at the interval your system needs. The report from each visit recommends the next date.
What’s the right interval for changing filters?
It varies from kitchen to kitchen. The schedule is based on how heavily you cook and can change if your kitchen gets busier.
Do we need to close the kitchen while filters are changed?
A filter change is quick and can be timed around service. The canopy shouldn’t be used without filters so the swap is done promptly.
What else we do in Hempton
What happens if it’s left?
Grease-loaded filters are a fire risk in their own right. A flare-up on the range can reach them and grease in the duct can carry a fire further. Keeping filters clean takes some of that fuel away. Equipment tucked in a roof space or outbuilding near Hempton rarely gets looked at unless someone books it.
We do not list prices on the website, because the cost depends on the site in front of us. For a fixed quote, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form, and we will talk you through it.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Hempton
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
- Trading since 2009
- We are fully insured
- Photo reports with every job
See how cleaning jobs are priced or how to check a contractor.
The process
Your staff don’t need to do much on the day. A contact on site lets us in at the agreed time and points us to the system, and we take it from there. Before we leave, the area is tidied and the paperwork follows. The timing of a visit to Hempton is set by you, and the travel is our side of the planning.
- 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.
- Anything that needs attention, such as a greasy plenum, is pointed out.
Getting ready for the visit
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
- Clear the space around the work
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
How to get a quote
Need a price for grease filter exchange? Please ring 0345 646 2711 or email us with a few details about the site. We will explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before you commit to anything.
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Landlords, agents and facilities managers
When the building owner and the occupier are different, the lease normally sets out who maintains what. We can quote either party, and the report can go to both.
We regularly work with managing agents. Tell us the site, the work and the access arrangements and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
When your team notices a problem between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We’ll take a look and give you a fixed quote.