East Sussex · Grease filter exchange
Grease Filter Exchange in Houghton Green
Grease filter exchange for commercial sites in Houghton Green and across East Sussex. BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease.
- Staff short of time to wash filters
- Hand-washed filters that still look greasy
- A greasy plenum behind the filters
How we handle grease filter exchange in Houghton Green
Each visit is quick and tidy. We lift out the dirty filters and fit a clean set, and we check they’re seated with no gaps. If something looks wrong, we tell you. Typical jobs include a greasy plenum behind the filters and damaged filters letting grease past, on baffle filters, mesh filters and wall 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. Ours are BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, plus CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured.
- Where
- Houghton Green (TN31)
- Wider area
- East Sussex
- Reporting
- Photo report after every visit
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Questions from Houghton Green
Do you do school kitchen extract cleaning in Houghton Green in the summer holidays?
Yes, out-of-term visits are normal for schools. There are about 2 schools, colleges and universities on the FSA’s food hygiene register within about 1.5 miles of Houghton Green. Just phone us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form with your term dates and we will plan around them.
Will you come out to Houghton Green?
Yes, we work in villages as well as towns, and Houghton Green is covered. A survey first, from photos or a visit, means we arrive with the right kit.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes. Every job is surveyed first, from your pictures and details, or with a visit where needed. Then you get a fixed quote.
Which accreditations do you hold?
We hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. Vent Hygiene Elite is run by BESCA and independently audited.
What paperwork should we keep on file?
Anything that proves the system is maintained: our reports and pictures, any certificates and your in-house logs. One maintenance log per site keeps it simple.
What do you do with what you remove?
Waste is contained during the work and removed when we leave, including grease, debris and dirty water. None of it is left on site.
Can you clean our existing filters instead?
Yes, filters can be cleaned on a schedule as well as exchanged. We’ll talk you through which suits your kitchen when we quote.
Does a filter exchange replace TR19 cleaning?
No. Filter exchange works between full cleans, not instead of them. TR19® cleaning covers the canopy, plenum, ductwork and fan, with a certificate and photo report.
Kitchen extracts in Houghton Green
The coast is only about 3 miles from Houghton Green. Salt in the air is hard on rooftop fans, discharge cowls and fixings, so we check them for corrosion as well as grease. There are about 45 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 6 sandwich bars and takeaways within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Houghton Green, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Any of those kitchens with a canopy relies on its filters to catch grease before it reaches the duct. The fire and rescue service for Houghton Green is East 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.
If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Houghton Green (Lamb House is about 1.5 miles south), fitting access panels needs care. School kitchens, at schools like St Michael's Church of England Primary School for example, are usually cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost.
Houghton Green is about 11 miles north-east of Hastings, in East Sussex. Wherever you are in the TN31 postcode area, we can take on grease filter exchange. Houghton Green is one of 289 places in East Sussex we cover for commercial clients. You can also see our page for Maidstone, roughly 23 miles from Houghton Green.
Postcode districts we cover here for grease filter exchange: TN31. Nearby, we also carry out grease filter exchange in Playden (1 mile south-west), East Guldeford (1 mile south-east), Iden (1 mile north-west), Rye (1 mile south) and Rye Foreign (2 miles west). Further out, we also cover Hastings (11 miles south-west), Bexhill-on-Sea (15 miles south-west), St Leonards (11 miles south-west), Hastings Old Town (10 miles south-west), Belmont (10 miles south-west) and Hollington (11 miles south-west).
What’s near Houghton Green
Typical jobs here are in premises near Kings Head Inn and Rye College, among other places. The nearest railway station is Rye station, about 1.3 miles south-west. Other landmarks nearby include Rye Castle Museum (East Street) (1.4 miles south) and Ypres Tower (1.5 miles south). Green spaces nearby include Rye Harbour Nature Reserve.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
For anyone managing more than one site, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Each site gets its own report and pictures, so records stay tidy.
When the building owner and the occupier are different, the lease normally sets out who maintains what. We’re happy to deal with either side, and the report can go to both.
Leave it or put it right?
Washing filters in-house is an option for kitchens in Houghton Green, and that can work if it’s done thoroughly and on time. Where it slips, an exchange service takes the job off staff. Equipment tucked in a roof space or outbuilding near Houghton Green rarely gets looked at unless someone books it.
The price reflects the work, not guesswork. That is why every job is surveyed first, and why the quote is fixed before we start.
Why book with us
- Trading since 2009
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Photo reports with every job
- A fixed price before any work starts
Read what affects the cost and our accreditations.
When it’s something else
We won’t sell you work that does not address the problem, so here are the limits:
- A canopy too small for the cooking beneath it
- Greasy ducts and risers that a filter change won’t reach
- Cooking smells reaching neighbours, which need odour control
If in doubt, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or email us and we will say what we think before you book.
What the work covers
- Baffle filters
- Mesh filters
- Wall canopies
- Island canopies
- School and hospital kitchens
- Restaurants and pubs
How the job changes from site to site
Canopy filter housings
Filters sit in a housing or channel in the canopy. If it’s bent or greasy, filters won’t seat properly.
Busy restaurant and pub kitchens
Heavy cooking means more grease reaching every part of the system. Regular changes help protect the ductwork.
Towns and villages near Houghton Green
What else we do in Houghton Green
What we do, step by step
The visit has three parts: getting the area ready, doing the work and signing it off. Set-up means sheeting and making equipment safe, while signing off means the written report and pictures. Most of the time goes on the work itself, and that takes a short visit, depending on how many filters the canopies hold. Somewhere like Houghton Green, lanes, gates and parking are worth mentioning in advance.
- We record the number, size and type of your filters.
- We set the interval with you.
- On each visit, we remove the greasy filters.
- A clean set is fitted and checked for gaps.
- The dirty filters leave with us and the next visit is booked.
How to prepare
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Clear loose items from the work area
Ask for a quote
To help us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, photos of the system and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Then phone us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form.
Advice
What we are called out for in Houghton Green
Missing filters are more common than you’d think. A missing filter leaves an open route into the system and on into the ductwork.
The symptoms we’re asked about most are:
- A canopy running with filters missing
- Smoke and heat lingering under the hood
- Drips falling from the filters onto equipment
- Filters that come out of the sink still dirty
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near The Parish Church of St Michael or elsewhere in Houghton Green, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.
What your quote should include
- What happens if part of the system cannot be accessed
- Whether the figure could change on the day
- What records you’ll receive afterwards
- Whether a survey comes first
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Staff cleaning doesn’t replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but hidden parts of the system still need specialist attention.
Staff cleaning and specialist work aren’t the same thing. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but they do not reach the grease that builds up further in. That part needs specialist access and equipment.