Hertfordshire · Grease filter exchange
Grease filter exchange in Little Hadham, Hertfordshire
Grease filter exchange across Little Hadham and nearby, timed so the site keeps working and signed off in writing with photos.
- Filters that come out of the sink still dirty
- Grease building up behind the canopy filters
- Damaged filters letting grease past
About our grease filter exchange in Little Hadham
In Little Hadham, our filter exchange runs on a schedule set by how much the kitchen cooks. Busy kitchens need changes more often while a lighter kitchen can go longer. The interval is agreed before the first visit. The work covers island canopies, mesh filters and wall canopies, and people most often call us about staff short of time to wash filters and weak extraction at the canopy.
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.
The sign-off is always in writing: a written report, dated and illustrated with photos, plus a certificate through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal when the work is a TR19® Grease clean. It shows what was done and what, if anything, couldn’t be reached.
- Place
- Little Hadham (SG11)
- Wider area
- Hertfordshire
- Records
- Written report with photos
- Quote
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Working hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
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.
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
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What we do, step by step
We work around your opening hours, not the other way round. Most visits are booked for when the area is out of use, such as evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends. Once we’re in, the area is sheeted and anything that has to be off is turned off and cooled, and the job takes a few minutes per canopy, longer for a large kitchen with several canopies. Somewhere as small as Little Hadham, the date and timings are agreed with you well before the day.
- 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.
- The filters are checked for fit before we go.
- We tell you if the plenum or canopy needs a clean.
Before we arrive
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
How to get a quote
Every quote begins with a look at the system, either from photos and details you send or from a site visit. Then we send a fixed price, before work begins.
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What affects the cost of grease filter exchange
We quote each job individually. This is what makes a difference:
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- The size of the system
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- Parking and loading at the site
Combining work into one visit or one programme can make for a more efficient booking. Mention every system or site you need covered and we will price it together.
What to send for a quote
To help us quote quickly, send us:
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- The postcode and the type of business
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
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.
Honest limits
An honest diagnosis matters more to us than a booking, so here’s what this work can’t put right:
- A fan that is failing or too weak for the system
- A heavily greased plenum or canopy, which needs cleaning to TR19
- Smell complaints that need odour control equipment
If in doubt, ring 0345 646 2711 or email us and we will say what we think.
Where we work
- Restaurants and pubs
- Wall canopies
- School and hospital kitchens
- Mesh filters
- Island canopies
- Baffle filters
Questions from Little Hadham
Can a school canteen extract in Little Hadham be done out of term time?
Yes, holiday work suits schools best. Around Little Hadham, the Food Standards Agency lists about 2 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.
Who is the fire and rescue service for Little Hadham?
It’s Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service, which covers Little Hadham. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes. Photos often do the job, while bigger or harder-to-see systems are surveyed on site.
What paperwork should we keep on file?
Each report and certificate we give you, filed in the maintenance log with your in-house cleaning records. BESA says certificates should show the date, location and technician.
Can damaged filters stay in the canopy?
Damaged filters do not seat properly and let grease through. We flag any we find and explain what’s needed.
Where does the waste go?
We contain it and take it with us. Grease, debris and waste water are collected as the work goes on, so it does not spread.
Will we have to stop cooking for a filter change?
A change takes well under an hour for most canopies, so disruption is small. We’ll fit it around your service wherever possible.
What about areas you cannot get to?
The report shows them clearly. Often the fix is extra access, such as new panels in ductwork, which we can install.
Grease, kitchens and Little Hadham
The fire and rescue service for Little Hadham is Hertfordshire 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. At about 28 miles from central London, Little Hadham sits well inside the area we cover. Visits are booked around your hours, evenings and weekends included.
Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Herts and Essex Hospital is the nearest hospital to Little Hadham, about 3.7 miles east. If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Little Hadham Primary School or anywhere near Little Hadham, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean. Church and community hall kitchens, near Parish Church of St Cecilia or anywhere around Little Hadham, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other.
Little Hadham is about 3 miles west of Bishop's Stortford, in Hertfordshire. We provide grease filter exchange for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Little Hadham and the rest of Hertfordshire. We cover 381 places across Hertfordshire, from busy centres to quieter spots. Chelmsford is in our area too, about 20 miles from Little Hadham.
All of SG11 is within our area for grease filter exchange, from the main roads to the quietest streets. Streets in the area include Chalk Gardens, Albury Road and Stortford Road, and we cover them all for grease filter exchange. Other places close to Little Hadham include Hadham Ford (1 mile south-west), Bromley (2 miles south-west), Much Hadham (2 miles south-west), Green Tye (3 miles south) and Standon (3 miles west). Within a short drive, we also cover Stevenage (12 miles west), Bishop's Stortford (3 miles east), Welwyn Garden City (14 miles south-west), Hoddesdon (10 miles south-west), Cheshunt (13 miles south-west) and Hertford (9 miles south-west).
Near you in Little Hadham
Around Little Hadham, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near The Angel pub, among other places. The nearest railway station is Bishops Stortford station, about 3.3 miles east of the centre. A little further out are Herts and Essex Hospital (3.7 miles east) and Moated mound (0.8 miles east). Green spaces nearby include Rushy Mead.
Different parts, different methods
School, care home and staff kitchens
Lighter kitchens can often go longer between changes. We agree the schedule to match.
Baffle filters
Baffle filters are robust and widely used in commercial canopies. They don’t clean themselves as the collected grease builds up between the blades.
For landlords and multi-site operators
We work for landlords, managing agents and facilities managers as well as the people running the site. Shared systems, like a riser serving several units, need a clear agreement on who books the work, and we can quote for the whole system.
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works, and we will send a fixed quote.
Why it’s worth doing now in Little Hadham
For any kitchen in Little Hadham, filters cannot stand in for a full TR19 clean. But clean filters do help the system between cleans, and that shows when the next clean comes round. A planned visit to Little Hadham is easier to arrange than an emergency callout.
Leaving it longer rarely makes the work cheaper. Problems in a system tend to grow, and a neglected system can mean more work. If you are not sure what’s needed, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email for straight advice and a fixed quote.
Why book with us
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Each visit written up, with pictures
- Fixed quotes from a survey or photos
- We diagnose before we treat