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Grease Filter Exchange in Ickleton
Grease filter exchange across Ickleton and nearby, booked around your opening hours and finished with a written report and pictures.
- A canopy that drips grease
- Weak extraction at the canopy
- Damaged filters letting grease past
What affects the quote in Ickleton
We quote each job individually. This is what makes a difference:
- How big the system is
- A single visit or a regular plan
- How easy every part is to reach
- What state the system is in
What you pay reflects the actual work. That is why we survey first, from pictures or on site, and the price is agreed before any work starts.
What to send for a quote
Photos let us diagnose from a distance. Try to include:
- The postcode and the type of business
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
Some systems can be priced from pictures; others need a survey. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
About our grease filter exchange in Ickleton
We run grease filter exchange for all kinds of kitchens in Ickleton, whether there’s one canopy or many. Visits can be timed around your service, so cooking isn’t interrupted. Typical jobs include drips falling from the filters onto equipment and filters that leave gaps in the canopy, on school and hospital kitchens, baffle filters and island canopies.
In a small place like Ickleton, kitchens are often in older or extended buildings, with long single-storey duct runs, where grease settles in the flat sections. We agree access and timings in advance.
A written report with photos follows each visit, so you have a record of what was done and when. Where the work is a TR19® Grease clean, the certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Where
- Ickleton (CB10)
- Region
- Essex
- Paperwork
- Written report with pictures
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Your questions about grease filter exchange in Ickleton
Who is the fire and rescue service for Ickleton?
Essex County Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Ickleton. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Ickleton?
That is South Cambridgeshire council, whose environmental health officers carry out food hygiene inspections in Ickleton. Have your latest TR19® certificate and photo report to hand, as an officer may ask how the extract is maintained.
Do you deal with bent or broken filters?
Damaged filters do not seat properly and let grease through. We point them out on the visit so they can be replaced.
Is there a cleaning option for the filters we have?
Yes, filters can be cleaned on a schedule as well as exchanged. We’ll explain the options when we quote.
What types of filter do you exchange?
The common types of grease filter: baffle and mesh. Tell us what you have when you call us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we will confirm it on site.
Is filter exchange enough instead of a full extract clean?
It isn’t. Clean filters help keep grease down, but the ducts and plenum still need cleaning at the right interval.
Can you look after several sites?
Yes. Our area covers London and the South East, so we can schedule a run of sites on one programme. Every site has its own report.
What is TR19?
BESA’s ventilation hygiene specification in two main parts: TR19® Grease for kitchen extract systems and TR19® Air for general ventilation. It isn’t legislation, but it’s the standard people check against.
When to call us in Ickleton
Missing filters are more common than you’d think. A missing filter leaves an open route into the system and on into the ductwork.
Signs it’s time to call us include:
- Drips falling from the filters onto equipment
- Filters left unwashed on busy weeks
- Blocked baffle filters
- Damaged filters letting grease past
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Great Chesterford Church of England Primary Academy or anywhere near Ickleton, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean.
Comparing quotes
- How they set the interval to the next visit
- Proof of insurance
- Proof of accreditation you can verify
- What records you’ll receive afterwards
Different parts, different methods
Busy restaurant and pub kitchens
When service is non-stop, filters get forgotten. An exchange service takes it off the rota.
School, care home and staff kitchens
Visits can be planned around holidays and quieter periods, keeping the filters ready for the busy weeks.
Places near Ickleton
Other services in Ickleton
What we do, step by step
There’s very little for your team to do on the day. A contact on site lets us in at the agreed time and points us to the system, and the rest is down to us. Afterwards, the area is left tidy and the written report follows. We agree a date with you, plan the drive to Ickleton and turn up when the site is quiet.
- The filters in each canopy are measured and counted.
- 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.
Before we arrive
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
Ask for a quote
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: the system from a couple of angles, plus any access panels or hatches. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.
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Leave it or put it right?
Clogged filters choke the extract. The kitchen gets hotter and smokier, and the fan works harder to pull air through. Keeping filters clean keeps the extract working properly. In a small place like Ickleton, a system that fails can take a site out of use.
You will not find a price list here, because the cost depends on the site in front of us. For a fixed quote, ring 0345 646 2711, or send details by email, and we will talk you through it.
Why Ickleton businesses choose us
- We’re fully insured
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
- A written report with photos after each visit
- Fixed quotes from a survey or photos
What a clean won’t put right
Not every problem is solved by grease filter exchange, and we will tell you before any work starts. It does not solve:
- Extraction problems caused by the fan rather than the filters
- A heavily greased plenum or canopy, which needs cleaning to TR19
- Grease deep in the extract system
If you’re not sure, just ring 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we’ll give you a straight answer before booking.
What we work on in Ickleton
- Wall canopies
- Island canopies
- Mesh filters
- Restaurants and pubs
- School and hospital kitchens
- Baffle filters
Grease, kitchens and Ickleton
Food Standards Agency records include about 5 pubs and bars in and around Ickleton, up to about a mile and a half out. Breakfasts, bar meals and functions all put grease into the extract wherever they’re cooked. Ickleton is covered by Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order. Kitchens in Ickleton get their food hygiene inspections from South Cambridgeshire council. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked.
If you run catering at a historic house or estate in the area (Audley End House is about 4 miles south-east), event kitchens in older buildings often have awkward duct runs that need planning. Church and community hall kitchens, near Parish Church of St Mary Magdalen or anywhere around Ickleton, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other.
Ickleton is about 5 miles north-west of Saffron Walden, in Essex. Whether your site is in the middle of Ickleton or further out, grease filter exchange is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from small sites to large estates. Ickleton is one of 644 places in Essex where we work for commercial clients. You can also see our page for Chelmsford, roughly 27 miles from Ickleton.
All of CB10 is within our area for grease filter exchange, from busy streets to back roads. If you need grease filter exchange at premises on Abbey Street, Southfield and Back Lane or anywhere close by, we can help. Neighbouring places we cover for grease filter exchange include Hinxton (1 mile north), Great Chesterford (1 mile south-east) and Elmdon (3 miles south-west). We also work in nearby towns such as Saffron Walden (5 miles south-east), Stansted Mountfitchet (12 miles south), Elsenham (11 miles south), Church End (15 miles south-east), Thaxted (11 miles south-east) and Newport (6 miles south).
What’s near Ickleton
In Ickleton, that means kitchens and buildings near Red Lion Public House, among other places. The nearest railway station is Great Chesterford station, about 1.1 miles south-east of the centre. Nearby you will also find American Air Museum (2.6 miles north-west) and Saffron Walden Community Hospital (4.8 miles south-east).
Looking after it afterwards
How long the results last depends on use and care. Here’s what we suggest:
- Clear anything stored on or near the canopy
- Always run the extract while cooking
- Tell us if the menu or opening hours change
- Do not let the full clean slip because filters are changed
Keep an eye out for filters that have been taken out. A missing filter leaves a gap for grease so tell us if you need a replacement.
Saturated filters let more grease through. Getting onto a regular exchange now keeps grease out of the plenum and ductwork until the next TR19 clean.