West Sussex · Grease filter exchange
Littlehampton grease filter exchange
Our technicians work in Littlehampton on grease filter exchange. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports as standard.
- Grease building up behind the canopy filters
- Blocked baffle filters
- A canopy that drips grease
Littlehampton questions
Do you clean school canteen extracts around Littlehampton out of term?
Yes, out-of-term visits are normal for schools. Food Standards Agency records list about 18 schools, colleges and universities with registered kitchens within about a mile and a half of Littlehampton. You can call 0345 646 2711, or email photos with the dates the site is empty.
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Littlehampton?
That’s West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. Records of extract cleaning are a sensible thing to have ready if a fire safety officer carries out an audit.
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 rather than letting it spread.
Do you deal with bent or broken filters?
We check every filter at each visit. We tell you about any that are damaged since a poor fit lets grease past.
Do you handle baffle and mesh filters?
Baffle and mesh filters are both covered. The first step is recording what you have and plan the exchange around them.
Where do the greasy filters go?
The greasy set leaves with us for cleaning and your staff do not have to deal with them. A clean set is fitted in their place.
Will we have to stop cooking for a filter change?
Visits are short, and we can come before or after service. The clean set goes in as soon as the dirty one comes out.
Can you give a price for filter changes?
We price it on the number of filters and the visit frequency. Send us details or photos and we’ll quote quickly.
Grease filter exchange in Littlehampton
Baffle filters and mesh filters both fill with grease. Clogged filters choke the airflow and the extract struggles. A steady cycle of clean filters keeps extraction strong. Common call-outs are for grease dripping from the canopy and a canopy running with filters missing, across school and hospital kitchens, mesh filters and wall canopies.
Kitchens in towns like Littlehampton are often in older buildings that were never designed for them, which can mean awkward duct routes, long flat runs and not enough access panels. Where the duct can’t be reached, new panels can be fitted, and anything left uncleaned is recorded on the report.
The sign-off is always in writing: a dated report with pictures of the work, and for TR19® Grease cleans, a certificate issued through the BESCA VHE portal. It shows what was done and what, if anything, couldn’t be reached.
- Location
- Littlehampton (BN17, BN16)
- Region
- West Sussex
- Records
- Photo report after every visit
- Price
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- Working hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
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Between visits
Looking after the system between visits is straightforward, and it helps at the next visit:
- Keep every filter in place during service
- Clean the canopy surfaces regularly
- Tell us if the menu or opening hours change
- Keep the extract on whenever the range is in use
Nothing changes for your staff, except one less greasy job. Make sure we can reach the canopy on exchange day and tell us if service times change.
Saturated filters let more grease through. A regular cycle keeps the rest of the system cleaner until the next TR19 clean.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. What they cannot safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, which is where we come in.
Staff cleaning and specialist work aren’t the same thing. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
Littlehampton kitchens: local notes
Littlehampton is within about 1 mile of the coast. Near the sea, the fan and discharge at the top of a kitchen extract corrode faster than they would inland. Look up Littlehampton on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you will find about 67 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 39 takeaways in and around Littlehampton, up to about a mile and a half out. Swapping filters on a schedule keeps kitchens like these drawing air properly. The fire and rescue service for Littlehampton is West Sussex 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.
A hospital like Zachary Merton Hospital, about 1.4 miles east, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day. Bursars and site managers at schools such as The Littlehampton Academy tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
Littlehampton is about 6 miles west of Worthing, in West Sussex. Whatever kind of site you run in Littlehampton, we can take on grease filter exchange. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so trading is not interrupted. Our area takes in 371 places across West Sussex, from busy centres to quieter spots. Our Brighton page covers sites nearby, about 18 miles away.
Work in BN17 and BN16 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. You’ll find streets such as High Street, Parkside Avenue and Norman Close, and we cover them all for grease filter exchange. Main roads around Littlehampton include the A259 and A284, so getting to you is simple for grease filter exchange. We also cover the places around Littlehampton: Toddington (1 mile north), Rustington (1 mile east), Wick (1 mile north-west), Lyminster (1 mile north-west) and Climping (2 miles west). Within a short drive, we also cover Worthing (6 miles east), Bognor Regis (7 miles west), Chichester (11 miles west), Selsey (12 miles south-west), Shoreham-by-Sea (12 miles east) and Lancing (9 miles east). Littlehampton is among the bigger places we cover in West Sussex for grease filter exchange.
Landmarks near Littlehampton
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around River Beach Primary School, New Inn Hotel and Littlehampton College and the streets around them. Littlehampton’s nearest station is Littlehampton station, about 0.7 miles west. Well-known places in the area include Zachary Merton Hospital (1.4 miles east) and Lyminster Siege Castle (2.8 miles north). Green spaces nearby include Highdown Hill and WWT Arundel.
What grease filter exchange cannot fix
It’s worth knowing the limits before booking:
- An extract that was undersized from the start
- Grease deep in the extract system
- Grease behind the filters that a swap cannot remove
Not sure which it is? You can ring 0345 646 2711 or email us and we’ll tell you honestly.
Where we work
- Island canopies
- Wall canopies
- Restaurants and pubs
- Baffle filters
- School and hospital kitchens
- Mesh filters
How the job changes from site to site
School, care home and staff kitchens
Visits can be planned around holidays and quieter periods so the filters are clean when cooking picks up.
Busy restaurant and pub kitchens
Heavy cooking means more grease reaching every part of the system. Regular changes help protect the ductwork.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Littlehampton
Running several sites is easier with one contractor. We work across London and the South East, so visits at different addresses can be planned together and kept to a regular schedule.
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
What we do, step by step
We are used to working while the site is closed. Evenings, nights and weekends are when much of our work happens, so the site can open as normal afterwards. The visit itself takes anything from a few minutes to an hour or so, depending on the number of filters. In Littlehampton, the visit is planned around your opening hours, parking and access to the system.
- We record the number, size and type of your filters.
- We set the interval with you.
- On each visit, we remove the greasy filters.
- A clean set is fitted and checked for gaps.
- We take the greasy set away and confirm the next date.
Getting ready for the visit
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
Get a fixed quote
Photos are enough for some jobs, while others need a look on site. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, you get a fixed price before we start.
Advice
Do you need grease filter exchange in Littlehampton?
Missing filters are more common than you’d think. A missing filter leaves an open route into the system where it settles out of sight.
Any of these means the system needs a check-up:
- Weak extraction at the canopy
- Staff short of time to wash filters
- Missing filters in the filter bank
- Grease dripping from the canopy
Church and community hall kitchens, near The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin or anywhere around Littlehampton, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other.
Before booking anyone
- What paperwork you get at the end
- When the next visit should be, and why
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- Whether the quote shows VAT