Kent · Grease filter exchange
Grease filter exchange in Herne, Kent
Grease filter exchange for Herne, from a team that has been trading since 2009. Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus a 24/7 emergency line.
- Grease collecting in the filter channels
- Gaps where filters have been removed
- Filter washing that keeps being missed
Grease filter exchange for kitchens and businesses in Herne
An exchange visit in Herne doesn’t take long. The greasy filters come out, clean ones go in, and we check they’re seated with no gaps. If something looks wrong, we tell you. Common call-outs are for filters that come out of the sink still dirty and grease dripping from the canopy, on school and hospital kitchens, mesh filters and restaurants and pubs.
Kitchens around a place like Herne are often in older buildings or single-storey extensions, where the duct may cross a roof void or climb an outside wall. Flat runs collect grease and need proper access to clean.
Duct Doctor has been trading since 2009, and we are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we are fully insured.
- Place
- Herne (CT6)
- Region
- Kent
- Paperwork
- Written report with photos
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Part by part
Canopy filter housings
The trough or channel under the filters fills with grease. If it needs attention, we’ll tell you.
Busy restaurant and pub kitchens
In a busy kitchen, filter washing is easy to skip. An exchange service takes it off the rota.
Other services in Herne
When something else is needed
We’ll always give you a straight diagnosis, so here’s what grease filter exchange will not do:
- Smell complaints that need odour control equipment
- Extraction problems caused by the fan rather than the filters
- An extract that was undersized from the start
If in doubt, ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we will say what we think before booking.
What we work on in Herne
- School and hospital kitchens
- Island canopies
- Wall canopies
- Restaurants and pubs
- Mesh filters
- Baffle filters
Questions from Herne
Do you work in villages like Herne?
Yes. Villages and rural sites across the South East are part of our work, Herne included. Photos of the system and directions to the site help us plan the visit.
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Herne?
The local authority for Herne is Canterbury City council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. Ratings are published by the Food Standards Agency, so a clean extract and good records are worth keeping up.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. Send the list of sites and the work at each and you will get one fixed quote.
How far ahead should we book?
The more notice, the better, particularly for night and weekend visits. Quotes usually come back within one working day, and emergencies are covered by our 24/7 line.
How long does grease filter exchange take?
That depends on how much there is to do, but for many sites it takes a few minutes per canopy, longer for a large kitchen with several canopies. We’ll give you a better idea when we quote.
Are you fully insured?
Yes, fully. CHAS and SafeContractor accreditation sit alongside it for clients who vet their contractors.
Can damaged filters stay in the canopy?
A badly damaged filter should be replaced. We’ll show you which ones when we find them.
Are you accredited?
Our accreditations are CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. Vent Hygiene Elite is run by BESCA and independently audited.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Herne
For anyone managing more than one site, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Each site gets its own report and pictures, so records stay tidy.
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare across Kent. Larger estates can be phased building by building around the people who use them.
Grease filter exchange in Herne: the local picture
Sea air reaches Herne, which sits within about 2 miles of the coast. Near the sea, the fan and discharge at the top of a kitchen extract corrode faster than they would inland. There are about 79 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 30 takeaways and sandwich shops within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Herne, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Where they cook under a canopy, the grease filters are the first line of defence and clog quickly. Food hygiene inspections in Herne are the job of Canterbury City council’s environmental health team. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after.
If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Whitstable and Tankerton Hospital about 3.7 miles west, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen. Bursars and site managers at schools such as Herne Church of England Infant School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
Herne is about 1 mile south of Herne Bay, in Kent. Every kind of commercial site in Herne, grease filter exchange is something we can help with. We can work out of hours so trading is not interrupted. 922 places in Kent are on our list, large and small. Our Maidstone page covers sites nearby (27 miles or so).
We cover every part of the CT6 postcode area for grease filter exchange and the roads nearby. That includes premises on St Martin's View, Ridley Close and Herne Street and nearby roads. Neighbouring places we cover for grease filter exchange include Hunters Forstal (1 mile north-east), Eddington (1 mile north-west), Herne Common (1 mile south-west), Bullockstone (1 mile west) and Broomfield (1 mile north-east). Further out, we also cover Canterbury (5 miles south-west), Margate (11 miles east), Ramsgate (12 miles east), Broadstairs (13 miles east), Whitstable (4 miles west) and Deal (15 miles south-east).
Around Herne
In Herne, that means kitchens and buildings near Curtis Wood and Herne Bay High School. The nearest railway station is Herne Bay station, roughly 1.2 miles north-west. A little further out are Whitstable and Tankerton Hospital (3.7 miles west) and Tankerton Castle (4.4 miles west). The countryside around Herne includes West Blean and Thornden Woods.
How it works
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. Once we’re in, the area is sheeted and anything that has to be off is turned off and cooled, and the work takes a short visit, depending on how many filters the canopies hold. We plan the journey to Herne and bring what the job is likely to need.
- The filters in each canopy are measured and counted.
- We set the interval with you.
- The dirty set is lifted out.
- A clean set is fitted and checked for gaps.
- We take the greasy set away and confirm the next date.
Preparing for the visit
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
- Move anything stored near the system
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
Getting a quote
Some systems can be priced from pictures; others need a survey. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in photos, get a survey first. Either way, you get a fixed price before any work starts.
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Keeping the system healthy
A little care between visits keeps the system in better shape. Our advice:
- Keep the canopy clear for exchange visits
- Make sure no filter is left out
- Do not let the full clean slip because filters are changed
- Mention it if the kitchen gets busier
The next exchange is already in the diary. If the kitchen gets busier, the interval can be shortened to match.
If cooking has stepped up, the filter schedule should too. Changing the interval early stops grease building up unseen behind the canopy.
Do you need grease filter exchange in Herne?
Missing filters are more common than you’d think. Every gap in the filter bank lets grease straight into the plenum and on into the ductwork.
The symptoms we’re asked about most include:
- Filter washing that keeps being missed
- Gaps where filters have been removed
- Hand-washed filters that still look greasy
- Poor airflow through the filters
Church and community hall kitchens, near Church of St Martin or anywhere around Herne, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other.
What your quote should include
- What records you will receive afterwards
- Proof of accreditation you can verify
- Whether the figure could change on the day
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
Why deal with it now?
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. Systems on quieter sites still build up dirt and wear, just more slowly.
When the work has to happen, how we reach it and how big the site is all affect the cost. We take each of them into account and give you a fixed price before work begins.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Herne
- Fixed quotes from a survey or pictures
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
Take a look at what affects the cost or our accreditations.