Surrey · Grease filter exchange
Irons Bottom grease filter exchange
Looking for grease filter exchange in Irons Bottom? We survey first, send you a fixed quote and work around your opening hours, then sign off with a report and pictures.
- Grease left in baffles after washing
- Bent or damaged filters that do not sit properly
- Gaps where filters have been removed
Grease filter exchange in Irons Bottom
The filters in the canopy are the first thing cooking vapour meets. They catch grease before it reaches the plenum and ductwork and they do it best when they’re clean. Our grease filter exchange service swaps dirty filters for clean ones on a schedule. The work covers mesh filters, island canopies and wall canopies, and people most often call us about filters so greasy the air can barely pass and a greasy plenum behind the filters.
For a kitchen in or near Irons Bottom, the visit is planned around opening hours and the journey, and the clean itself is the same full TR19® job as in any town: canopy, filters, duct, fan and discharge, with a certificate and photo report at the end.
The paperwork matters as much as the work. You get a written report with pictures after every visit, listing what was done, anything we couldn’t reach and when the next visit is due. File it in your maintenance log so it’s to hand when an insurer or inspector asks.
- Where
- Irons Bottom (RH2)
- Region
- Surrey
- Reporting
- Written report with photos
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
What happens on the day
We work around your opening hours, not the other way round. We book the visit for a time the area is closed, whether that’s an evening, overnight or a weekend. Once we are in, the area is sheeted and anything that has to be off is turned off and cooled, and the job takes less than an hour in most kitchens. In a small place like Irons Bottom, the journey is planned ahead and the visit arranged around the site’s hours.
- First, we check the canopies and the filters in them.
- Any damaged or missing filters are noted.
- We exchange the dirty filters for a clean set.
- We check the filters are seated and the canopy is ready to use.
- We tell you if the plenum or canopy needs a clean.
Preparing for the visit
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
How to get a quote
The quickest way to a quote is to send pictures: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Add the site type and your opening hours, and we can price many jobs without a visit.
Related advice
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
A few tasks are always specialist work: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings call for the right kit, training and safe access. That’s our job.
If your staff spot something between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We can diagnose it and quote.
Why it’s worth doing now in Irons Bottom
A filter exchange is a few minutes; a choked extract affects a whole service. It’s one of the simplest parts of looking after the system and few are as easy to forget. It’s simpler to plan the work at Irons Bottom now than to arrange it in a hurry later.
Every site is different, so each one gets its own fixed quote. The size of the job, how we reach it, its condition and the working hours all play a part.
Why book with us
- 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
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
Take a look at how cleaning jobs are priced or our accreditations.
Irons Bottom kitchens: local notes
The FSA’s food hygiene register includes about 4 bars, pubs and nightclubs across Irons Bottom and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Any of them serving cooked food has an extract to keep clean, from canopy to discharge. Environmental health officers from Reigate and Banstead council inspect food businesses in Irons Bottom. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after. Irons Bottom is covered by Surrey Fire and Rescue Service. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises.
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Emmanuel Church, or anywhere in Irons Bottom, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it. If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Burys Court School or anywhere near Irons Bottom, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean.
Irons Bottom is about 2 miles south of Reigate, in Surrey. From the centre of Irons Bottom to the outskirts, grease filter exchange is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from a single unit to a large public building. Across Surrey, we cover 395 places, Irons Bottom among them. There’s also a page for Guildford, about 16 miles away.
Postcode districts we cover here for grease filter exchange: RH2. We also cover Sidlow (1 mile north-east), South Park (2 miles north), Leigh (2 miles west), Dawesgreen (2 miles west) and Reigate (2 miles north). We also work in nearby towns such as Epsom (9 miles north), Horley (3 miles south-east), Redhill (3 miles north-east), Ewell (11 miles north), Walton-on-Thames (15 miles north-west) and Caterham (8 miles north-east).
Near you in Irons Bottom
Typical jobs here are in premises near Earlswood Common and Reigate School and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Salfords station, roughly 2.1 miles east. Nearby you’ll also find Reigate Castle (2.5 miles north) and Reigate Priory Museum (2.2 miles north). Not far away are Mercers Lake and Colley Hill.
Common problems we fix in Irons Bottom
Wherever you are, Irons Bottom included, filter washing is the job that gets skipped when the kitchen is busy. It only takes a couple of missed weeks for filters to fill with grease.
These are the problems we see most often:
- Filters that come out of the sink still dirty
- Damaged filters letting grease past
- Weak extraction at the canopy
- Grease building up behind the canopy filters
A hospital like East Surrey Hospital, about 2.3 miles north-east, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day.
What to look for in a quote
- Whether the price is fixed
- If they look at the system before pricing
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
Fixed quotes for grease filter exchange in Irons Bottom
The price is fixed before any work begins. It takes into account:
- What state the system is in
- Parking and loading at the site
- A single visit or a regular plan
- How easy every part is to reach
Kitchens, offices, schools and hospitals are all priced the same way: the size of the job, access, condition and working hours. Call for a fixed quote and we’ll go through it with you.
What to send for a quote
There’s no need for technical detail. It helps if you can send:
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- Problems your staff have spotted
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
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, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
Between visits
Looking after the system between visits is straightforward, and it makes the next visit easier:
- Mention it if the kitchen gets busier
- Book full TR19 cleans alongside filter changes
- Report a dripping canopy early
- Keep the canopy clear for exchange visits
If the plenum behind the filters looks greasy, we say so. That might mean bringing a TR19® clean forward and we can book that in.
If filters are already dripping, they’re overdue. A clean set straight away cuts the grease in the canopy and the plenum may need a clean as well.
Irons Bottom questions
Do you work at weekends in Irons Bottom?
Yes. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends. That way a site in Irons Bottom does not have to lose a day’s trading. Your opening times are the first thing we ask for.
Do you do school kitchen extract cleaning in Irons Bottom in the summer holidays?
Yes, holiday work suits schools best. There are about 3 schools, colleges and universities on the FSA’s food hygiene register within about 1.5 miles of Irons Bottom. Tell us your holiday dates and we will book the visit for when the site is empty.
Can you set up regular visits?
Yes. Regular plans can run on 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycles, to suit the system and how it’s used.
Do you take the used filters away?
The greasy set leaves with us for cleaning, so your staff do not have to wash them. Clean filters go straight in.
Which sectors do you work in?
All kinds of commercial and public premises: kitchens, offices, schools, healthcare, retail, leisure and food production. Work is timed around how each site runs.
Is Irons Bottom in your area?
Yes. Irons Bottom is part of the area we cover, within the South East and London area we cover.
What do you do to protect the area?
We cover floors and nearby surfaces with sheeting before we start, and waste is contained as we go. At the end, the area is cleaned down.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes. For anything urgent, such as a fan failure or damage after a fire, ring the 24/7 line and we will talk you through the next steps.
When it’s something else
We will always give you a straight diagnosis, so here’s what this work can’t put right:
- Smell complaints that need odour control equipment
- Extraction problems caused by the fan rather than the filters
- Grease already built up in the ductwork, which needs a full TR19 clean
Not sure which it is? You can call 0345 646 2711 or email us and we will tell you honestly.
Parts of the system we cover
- Wall canopies
- School and hospital kitchens
- Restaurants and pubs
- Island canopies
- Mesh filters
- Baffle filters