Essex · Grease filter exchange
Grease filter exchange in Latton, Essex
Professional grease filter exchange in and around Latton, booked around your opening hours and signed off in writing with photos.
- Filters that come out of the sink still dirty
- Weak extraction at the canopy
- Gaps where filters have been removed
Grease filter exchange for kitchens and businesses in Latton
An exchange visit in Latton does not take long. We lift out the dirty filters and fit a clean set, and we check they’re seated with no gaps. Anything that needs attention is pointed out. If you have grease dripping from the canopy and grease building up behind the canopy filters, we can help, from mesh filters, school and hospital kitchens and restaurants and pubs onwards.
In a small place like Latton, kitchens are often in older or extended buildings, with long single-storey duct runs, and those horizontal sections are where grease settles. Access, parking and timings are agreed before the day.
We’re CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, we hold ISO 9001 and we are fully insured. On top of that, we’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, trading since 2009.
- Location
- Latton (CM17, CM18, CM20)
- Region
- Essex
- Paperwork
- Report and pictures after the visit
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
What affects the cost of grease filter exchange
Before we fix a price, we need to know a few things. We check:
- Parking and loading at the site
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
- How big the system is
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
We do not list prices on the website, because the cost depends on the site in front of us. Call for a fixed quote, and we’ll explain what it covers.
Asking for a quote
Photos and a few facts are often enough to price the work. Send what you can of the following:
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
- Any previous report or certificate
- Wide photos of the system and the area around it
Every quote begins with a look at the system, from your photos and details or, where that is not enough, a survey on site. After that, you get a fixed price for the work so you know the cost before work begins.
Questions from Latton
Can you get to a site in Latton?
Yes, we work in villages as well as towns, and Latton is covered. Photos of the system and directions to the site help us plan the visit.
Do you clean school canteen extracts around Latton out of term?
Yes, out-of-term visits are normal for schools. Around Latton, the Food Standards Agency lists about 29 schools and colleges with registered kitchens within a mile and a half or so. Booking early in the term gives the best choice of holiday dates.
Which grease filters does the service cover?
Baffle and mesh filters are both covered. We check what’s in your canopies first and plan the exchange around them.
Can you come out in an emergency?
Yes. If something urgent happens, like a fan failing or damage after a fire, call our 24/7 line and we’ll talk you through the next steps.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. One number covers all your sites in our area, with visits on a regular schedule.
What happens to the waste?
It’s contained and taken away. We collect grease, debris and waste water as we go, so it does not spread.
Are you accredited?
We are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we’re fully insured.
How long does the visit take?
It depends on the size of the system, but for a typical site it takes anything from a few minutes to an hour or so, depending on the number of filters. We will confirm it with the quote.
Grease filter exchange around Latton
According to Food Standards Agency records, there are about 30 pubs, bars and clubs and about 5 hotels and B&Bs in and around Latton, up to about a mile and a half out. Where they serve hot food, their kitchen extracts need cleaning to TR19® like any restaurant’s. Latton sits within the area of Essex County 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. It’s Harlow council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Latton. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector.
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Church Langley Community Primary School or anywhere near Latton, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean. Healthcare kitchens cannot easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Latton is Princess Alexandra Hospital, about 1.7 miles west. Church and community hall kitchens, near Church of St Andrew or anywhere around Latton, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other.
Latton is about 1 mile south-east of Harlow, in Essex. Sites in Latton get the same service as everywhere we cover: a survey first, a fixed quote, work timed around your hours and a report with photos. We cover 644 places across Essex, large and small. We also work in Chelmsford, about 16 miles from Latton.
Every address in CM17, CM18 and CM20 is within our area for grease filter exchange, from busy streets to back roads. Grease filter exchange is available to premises on London Road, Minton Lane and Tumbler Road and nearby roads. Latton is on the A414, so it’s easy for us to get to for out-of-hours visits. We also cover the places around Latton: Harlow (1 mile north-west), Mark Hall South (1 mile north-west), Newhall (1 mile north-east), Bush Fair (1 mile south-west) and Netteswell (1 mile north-west). Further out, we also cover Brentwood (12 miles south-east), Loughton (8 miles south), Waltham Abbey (7 miles south-west), Great Dunmow (13 miles north-east), Epping (5 miles south) and Stansted Mountfitchet (10 miles north).
Landmarks near Latton
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Passmores Academy, Harlow Marsh and Purple Emperor pub. Latton’s nearest station is Harlow Town station, roughly 1.7 miles north-west. Other landmarks nearby include Princess Alexandra Hospital (1.7 miles west) and Mark Hall Cycle Museum (0.9 miles north). Green spaces nearby include Hunsdon Mead.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Whether it’s one building or many, you get the same standard: a survey first, a fixed quote, the work timed around the site and a report with pictures.
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works, and we’ll send a fixed quote.
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The process
At the end of the visit, someone from your team can look over the work with us. Anything we couldn’t reach or that needs attention is pointed out there and then, and it goes on the report too. The visit takes less than an hour in most kitchens. Rural roads and tight entrances are worth telling us about before a visit to Latton.
- First, we record the size, type and number of filters in each canopy.
- We agree a schedule that suits how much the kitchen cooks.
- Each visit starts with the used filters being removed.
- We fit clean filters and check they sit snugly in the housing.
- We flag any damaged filters or anything wrong with the canopy.
Before we arrive
- Clear the space around the work
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
Ask for a quote
If you need grease filter exchange in Latton, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form. Let us know the site type and the opening hours, and send pictures or your last report if you can. We typically send a fixed quote within one working day.
Advice
Why deal with it now?
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 one of the easiest to let slip. It’s worth booking a check, because nobody sees inside a duct day to day.
A single site or a whole portfolio, we price it on the same basis: what needs doing, how we get to it and when. The price is fixed before we start.
Why us?
- We are fully insured
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
- Photo reports with every job
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
What your team can do, and what needs us
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 will take a look and give you a fixed quote.
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, and that’s where we come in.
Different parts, different methods
Mesh filters
Mesh filters are still found in many canopies. We exchange them on the same basis as baffles.
The plenum
Clean filters reduce the grease reaching the plenum, but it still needs cleaning as part of TR19.
What grease filter exchange can’t fix
A few issues sit outside what this work can do:
- A canopy that doesn’t capture the vapour properly
- A heavily greased plenum or canopy, which needs cleaning to TR19
- Odours from the discharge that filters will not stop
If in doubt, call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we will say what we think before booking.
What the work covers
- Baffle filters
- Mesh filters
- School and hospital kitchens
- Island canopies
- Wall canopies
- Restaurants and pubs