Oxfordshire · Grease filter exchange
Littlemore grease filter exchange
Our technicians work in Littlemore on a scheduled grease filter exchange, swapping dirty canopy filters for clean ones. Out-of-hours visits, a fixed quote and a written report with photos on every job.
- Grease collecting in the filter channels
- Weak extraction at the canopy
- Blocked baffle filters
About our grease filter exchange in Littlemore
Washing filters in the kitchen sink is messy and easily missed on a busy week. An exchange service means clean filters arrive and greasy ones leave, so the canopy is never left without filters. We’re often asked to deal with filters that leave gaps in the canopy and filters that come out of the sink still dirty, on mesh filters, island canopies and wall canopies.
Size does not change the work: a kitchen in a place like Littlemore gets the whole system cleaned, canopy to discharge. The visit is booked around your opening hours, and the journey is planned ahead.
The paperwork matters as much as the work. You get a written report with pictures after each visit, covering the work done, any areas we couldn’t access and a recommended next date. Keep it with your fire safety records so it’s to hand when an insurer or inspector asks.
- Place
- Littlemore (OX4, OX3)
- Region
- Oxfordshire
- Records
- Written report with photos
- Quote
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- Working hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
What we’re called out for in Littlemore
What a kitchen cooks affects how fast filters clog. Frying, grilling and chargrilling produce far more grease than steaming or baking, so the right exchange interval varies.
Keep an eye out for any of the following:
- Grease filters clogged with grease
- Staff short of time to wash filters
- Poor airflow through the filters
- A greasy plenum behind the filters
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Church of St Mary and St Nicholas, or anywhere in Littlemore, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Before booking anyone
- Proof of accreditation you can verify
- What happens if part of the system cannot be accessed
- What insurance they carry
- When the next visit should be, and why
Nearby places to Littlemore
Other services in Littlemore
Why act early in Littlemore
Washing filters in-house is an option for kitchens in Littlemore, and that can work if it’s done thoroughly and on time. Where it slips, an exchange service takes the job off staff. Even a site near Littlemore that’s only busy part of the week needs its system checked on a schedule.
The price reflects the work, not guesswork. That is why every job is surveyed first, and why the quote is fixed before work begins.
Why Littlemore businesses choose us
- Each visit written up, with photos
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
- Fixed quotes from a survey or pictures
Read our cost guide or our accreditations.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but the parts you can’t see still need a specialist at the right interval.
Keep a record of what your team does. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, next to our reports.
Littlemore questions
Which fire authority looks after Littlemore?
Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Littlemore. TR19® isn’t law, but it’s the benchmark many fire officers and insurers look to when they ask how often the extract is cleaned.
Can the work in Littlemore be done at night or at weekends?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. Your customers, staff or residents in Littlemore needn’t be disturbed. Tell us your opening hours when you ask for a quote.
Do we lose a day’s trading?
Not typically. We need the work area to ourselves while we are on site, so the visit goes in a quiet slot.
What’s TR19?
A BESA specification in two main parts: TR19® Grease for kitchen extracts and TR19® Air for supply and extract systems. It is not law, but it’s the benchmark.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes. Scheduled maintenance plans are part of what we do, set at the interval the system needs. Each report recommends when the next visit should be.
Where do the greasy filters go?
They leave with us. That is how an exchange works: clean filters in, dirty ones out and nothing greasy left on site.
How do you protect the area?
Floors and surfaces near the work are sheeted before any work starts, and anything we remove is contained. At the end, the area is cleaned down.
Can one contract cover all our sites?
Yes. Our area covers London and the South East, so sites at different addresses can be planned together as one programme. Every site has its own report.
Kitchen extracts in Littlemore
The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 53 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 25 takeaways across Littlemore and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Where they cook under a canopy, the grease filters are the first line of defence and clog quickly. Fire safety in Littlemore falls to 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. Food hygiene inspections in Littlemore are the job of Oxford City council’s environmental health team. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after.
Holywell Manor, about 2.7 miles north, is one of the historic houses near Littlemore; if you run event catering at a venue like that, cleans can be booked between functions. If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Littlemore Hospital about less than half a mile south, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen.
Littlemore is about 2 miles south of Oxford, in Oxfordshire. Every kind of commercial site in Littlemore, we can take on grease filter exchange. We can work out of hours so the site keeps running. Our area takes in 443 places across Oxfordshire, large and small.
Here we cover the OX4 and OX3 postcode area for grease filter exchange. We cover sites on Giles Road, Astrop Lane and Grange Road and the roads around them. Littlemore is on the A4074, so it’s easy for us to get to for grease filter exchange. We also cover the places around Littlemore: Sandford-on-Thames (1 mile south), Blackbird Leys (1 mile east), Iffley (1 mile north), Kennington (1 mile south-west) and Cowley (1 mile north-east). Within a short drive, we also cover Didcot (8 miles south), Bicester (13 miles north), Abingdon-on-Thames (4 miles south-west), Witney (12 miles west), Thame (11 miles east) and Wantage (12 miles south-west).
What’s near Littlemore
Typical jobs here are in premises near John Henry Newman Academy, The Catherine Wheel pub and The Oxford Academy and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Radley station, about 2.4 miles south of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Oxford Castle and earlier settlement remains (2.7 miles north-west) and Littlemore Hospital (under half a mile south). Green spaces nearby include Headington Hill and CS Lewis Nature Reserve.
For landlords and multi-site operators
Where a tenant occupies the premises but the landlord owns the building, it’s worth checking the lease for who maintains the systems. We can quote either party, and the report can go to both.
If you look after several sites, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Each site gets its own report and pictures, so each one has its own record.
Keeping the system healthy
Simple habits between visits make a real difference. We recommend:
- Look out for drips from the canopy
- Wipe the outside of the canopy as part of daily cleaning
- Always run the extract while cooking
- Let us know if your cooking hours increase
The canopy looks cleaner and the air moves better right away. Always run the extract during cooking so they catch grease as intended.
Clean filters plus regular full cleans keep the system in good health. A maintenance plan that covers both keeps everything on track.
Honest limits
Before you book, it helps to know what’s not included:
- A noisy or failed extract fan
- Grease behind the filters that a swap can’t remove
- An extract that was undersized from the start
If in doubt, call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we will say what we think.
Where we work
- Restaurants and pubs
- Mesh filters
- Island canopies
- Wall canopies
- Baffle filters
- School and hospital kitchens
What happens on the day
A visit follows the same order every time: sheeting and protection first, isolate whatever needs isolating, carry out the grease filter exchange, clear away and hand over the paperwork. On site, the work takes a few minutes per canopy, longer for a large kitchen with several canopies. Everything the job in Littlemore needs is worked out beforehand, from the survey.
- First, we check the canopies and the filters in them.
- We note any filters that are bent, damaged or missing.
- 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.
Getting ready for the visit
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
How to get a quote
Quotes are quick. Call or email with a few details and you’ll usually have a fixed price within one working day. Where a survey is needed, we arrange a time that suits the site.