Oxfordshire · Grease filter exchange
Grease filter exchange in Kencot, Oxfordshire
Specialist grease filter exchange for Kencot: a survey, a fixed price, careful work and proper paperwork. Ask us for a fixed quote.
- Hand-washed filters that still look greasy
- Damaged filters letting grease past
- A canopy running with filters missing
How we handle grease filter exchange in Kencot
Baffle filters and mesh filters both fill with grease. Once they’re clogged, airflow drops and the extract struggles. A steady cycle of clean filters keeps extraction strong. If you have grease left in baffles after washing and bent or damaged filters that don’t sit properly, we can put it right.
Somewhere as small as Kencot, commercial kitchens are few: perhaps a pub, a school or care home kitchen, or a hall used for events. Each still has a canopy and duct that collect grease, whatever the size of the place.
Accreditations are easy to claim and worth checking. Ours are BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, plus CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured.
- Where
- Kencot (OX18)
- Wider area
- Oxfordshire
- Records
- Photo report after each visit
- Price
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- Hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
What staff can safely do
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.
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, which is where we come in.
Grease filter exchange in Kencot: the local picture
There are about 3 takeaways and sandwich shops in Kencot and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out, 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. It’s West Oxfordshire council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Kencot. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector. Kencot 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.
Kelmscott Manor, about 4 miles south, is one of the historic houses near Kencot; if you run event catering at a venue like that, cleans can be booked between functions. Church and community hall kitchens, near Church of St Peter or anywhere around Kencot, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other.
Kencot is about 2 miles south-west of Carterton, in Oxfordshire. We carry out grease filter exchange for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Kencot and the rest of Oxfordshire. Our area takes in 443 places across Oxfordshire, large and small. There’s also a page for Oxford, about 16 miles away.
Postcode districts we cover here for grease filter exchange: OX18. Other places close to Kencot include Alvescot (1 mile south-east), Shilton (2 miles north) and Bradwell (3 miles north-west). Larger places within reach include Abingdon-on-Thames (15 miles east), Witney (6 miles north-east), Wantage (13 miles south-east), Grove (12 miles south-east), Faringdon (6 miles south) and Kidlington (15 miles east).
Around Kencot
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around The Plough pub and Carterton Community College, among other places. Nearby you’ll also find Swinford Museum (1.9 miles west) and Longworth Hospital (5.9 miles south).
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FAQs for Kencot
Which council inspects kitchens in Kencot?
In Kencot, it’s West Oxfordshire council that carries out food hygiene inspections. Ratings are published by the Food Standards Agency, so a clean extract and good records are worth keeping up.
Will you come out to Kencot?
Yes. Kencot is within the area we cover across London and the South East. Let us know about access, parking and anything unusual about getting there when you book.
Will we have to stop cooking for a filter change?
A change takes anything from a few minutes to an hour or so, depending on the number of filters, so disruption is small. We’ll fit it around your service wherever possible.
What do you do with what you remove?
We take it away when we go. While we work, it’s kept contained to keep the area clean.
Is filter exchange enough instead of a full extract clean?
No. Filter exchange works between full cleans, not instead of them. A TR19® clean deals with the whole system and comes with a certificate and photo report.
What happens to the dirty filters?
Yes. The dirty filters are taken away for cleaning while a clean set goes in.
Can one contract cover all our sites?
Yes. We work across South East England and London, so we can schedule a run of sites on one programme. Every site has its own report.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes. Our emergency line runs 24/7, for problems that cannot wait. Ring any time and tell us what’s happened.
Honest limits
It’s worth knowing the limits before booking:
- A canopy that doesn’t capture the vapour properly
- A noisy or failed extract fan
- Greasy ducts and risers that a filter change won’t reach
If you are not sure, just give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we will give you a straight answer before you book.
What the work covers
- School and hospital kitchens
- Restaurants and pubs
- Mesh filters
- Baffle filters
- Wall canopies
- Island canopies
Fixed quotes for grease filter exchange in Kencot
The survey tells us what the work involves. We look at:
- How big the system is
- A single visit or a regular plan
- How many systems or sites are involved
- What state the system is in
What you pay depends on the size of the system, the condition it’s in and access to every part of it. You get a fixed price before we start, so there are no surprises.
Helping us quote
A few details help us quote accurately. When you get in touch, it helps to send:
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- The site address and the type of premises
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- Any previous report or certificate
Some systems can be priced from photos; others need a survey. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in pictures, get a survey first. Either way, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Kencot
Facilities teams in offices, schools and healthcare sites book us too across Oxfordshire. Work can be phased by floor, building or site to keep disruption down.
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.
Leave it or put it right?
Dripping canopies and greasy smells often start with the filters. Left, it ends up on equipment, food areas and staff, which an EHO may well notice. Equipment tucked in a roof space or outbuilding near Kencot rarely gets looked at unless someone books it.
What you pay reflects the actual work. That is why every job is surveyed first, and why the quote is fixed before work begins.
Why Kencot businesses choose us
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Trading since 2009
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
Take a look at our cost guide or our accreditations.
Signs you need grease filter exchange in Kencot
Cooking vapour carries grease into the canopy. Much of it is trapped by the filters, and day by day they load up and airflow falls away.
Most sites get in touch when they notice something like this:
- Filters that leave gaps in the canopy
- A greasy plenum behind the filters
- Filters that come out of the sink still dirty
- Grease filters clogged with grease
For schools such as St Peter's Church of England School, kitchen extract cleaning is usually booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
What your quote should include
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
- What hours they’ll be on site
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- When the next visit should be, and why
What we do, step by step
We are used to working while the site is closed. A lot of visits happen overnight or at weekends, so the site can open as normal afterwards. The visit itself takes well under an hour for most canopies. In a small place like Kencot, 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.
- Greasy filters are swapped for clean ones.
- We check the filters are seated and the canopy is ready to use.
- We tell you if the plenum or canopy needs a clean.
Before we arrive
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
Getting a quote
Getting a quote does not take long. Call or email with a few details and you’ll usually have a fixed price within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.