Essex · Grease filter exchange
Long Green grease filter exchange
Grease filter exchange for Long Green and the surrounding area: diagnosis first, then a fixed quote, the work and a report with photos. Call for a fixed quote.
- Weak extraction at the canopy
- Filters left unwashed on busy weeks
- Grease left in baffles after washing
The process
Your staff don’t need to do much on the day. A contact on site lets us in at the agreed time and points us to the system, and the rest is down to us. Before we leave, the area is tidied and the paperwork follows. Seeing the system in pictures first means the trip to Long Green can be planned properly.
- First, we record the size, type and number of filters in each canopy.
- A change schedule is agreed to match the kitchen’s cooking hours.
- Each visit starts with the used filters being removed.
- Clean filters go straight back in, seated properly with no gaps.
- If a filter is damaged or the plenum needs attention, we tell you.
Preparing for the visit
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Clear the space around the work
How to get a 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, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
Related advice
Grease filter exchange in Long Green
The filters in the canopy are the first thing cooking vapour meets. Their job is to stop grease getting further into the system, but only while they’re reasonably clean. With grease filter exchange, clean filters replace greasy ones at regular intervals. If you’re dealing with filters that come out of the sink still dirty and grease filters clogged with grease, we can put it right.
Somewhere as small as Long Green, commercial kitchens are few: perhaps a pub, a school or care home kitchen, or a hall used for events. Every one of them still needs its extract kept clear of grease.
Insurers, fire officers and environmental health officers all look at records. That’s why every job is written up in a report with pictures, plus a TR19® certificate through the BESCA VHE portal where the work is a TR19® Grease clean.
- Location
- Long Green (CM77)
- Region
- Essex
- Reporting
- Report and photos after the visit
- Price
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- When we work
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
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Your questions about grease filter exchange in Long Green
Do you do school kitchen extract cleaning in Long Green in the summer holidays?
Yes, out-of-term visits are normal for schools. With about 9 schools and colleges on the FSA’s register within roughly a mile and a half of Long Green, it pays to plan holiday dates ahead. Just phone us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email with your term dates and we will plan around them.
Which fire authority looks after Long Green?
That’s Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
What’s TR19?
TR19® is the BESA specification for keeping ventilation systems clean. Since 2019, TR19® Grease has been a standalone specification for grease in kitchen extract systems, while TR19® Air covers other supply and extract ductwork.
Do you work in Long Green?
Yes. We cover Long Green and across Essex, as part of our work across South East England and London. For a fixed quote, ring 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.
Where do the greasy filters go?
We take them away. That is the point of an exchange: you always have a clean set fitted and nothing greasy left on site.
Will I get paperwork for my records?
Yes. It’s the record insurers and inspectors ask to see: a dated report with photos, listing the work and any areas we couldn’t reach.
What paperwork should we keep on file?
Everything that shows the system is looked after: reports, certificates, photos and your own cleaning or check logs. A single log for each site works best.
How regularly do grease filters need exchanging?
It varies with the type and amount of cooking. If filters clog early, the interval needs shortening and we’ll adjust it.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Keep a record of what your team does. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, alongside our reports.
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 send you a fixed quote.
Between visits
How long the results last depends on use and care. Here’s what we suggest:
- Make sure no filter is left out
- Tell us if the menu or opening hours change
- Report a dripping canopy early
- Don’t refit a filter that is bent
The canopy looks cleaner and the air moves better straight away. Keep the extract running while you cook so they catch grease as intended.
If cooking has stepped up, the filter schedule should too. Changing the interval early stops grease building up unseen behind the canopy.
How the job changes from site to site
Baffle filters
In a baffle filter, the air zigzags through metal baffles. Grease is thrown out of the airstream and collects on the baffles.
Canopy filter housings
The trough or channel under the filters fills with grease. If it needs attention, we will tell you.
Fixed quotes for grease filter exchange in Long Green
Before we fix a price, we need to know a few things. We look at:
- The scale of the work
- Parking and loading at the site
- A single visit or a regular plan
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
Every site is different, so we price each one individually. The size of the job, how we reach it, its condition and the working hours all make a difference.
What we need to know
A few details help us quote accurately. With your enquiry, please include:
- A few general shots of the system
- Any previous report or certificate
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
Want a quote for grease filter exchange? Please give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form with a few details about the site. We’ll explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before anything is booked.
Grease filter exchange around Long Green
Look up Long Green on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you will find about 31 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 10 takeaways within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Long Green. Swapping filters on a schedule keeps kitchens like these drawing air properly. Long Green is covered by 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. Food hygiene inspections in Long Green are the job of Braintree council’s environmental health team. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after.
If you run a café or takeaway near Braintree Freeport station, early starts and late finishes leave little time to clean, so overnight extract cleaning suits. Church and community hall kitchens, near St Barnabas or anywhere around Long Green, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other.
Long Green is about 2 miles south-east of Braintree, in Essex. Whatever kind of site you run in Long Green, we can take on grease filter exchange. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so the site keeps running. Our area takes in 644 places across Essex, large and small. For sites nearby, see our Chelmsford page (10 miles or so).
We work across the CM77 postcode area for grease filter exchange and the roads nearby. Grease filter exchange is available to premises on Pine Road, Fir Drive and Long Green and nearby roads. Other places close to Long Green include Tye Green (1 mile south), Hawbush Green (1 mile south-east), Black Notley (1 mile south-west), The Green (1 mile south-west) and Braintree (2 miles north-west). Larger places within reach include Colchester (13 miles east), Chelmsford (10 miles south-west), Maldon (10 miles south-east), Witham (5 miles south-east), Camulodunum (12 miles east) and Halstead (6 miles north).
Near you in Long Green
Typical jobs here are in premises near Alec Hunter Academy, Bocking Blackwater and Fowlers Farm pub. The nearest railway station is Braintree Freeport station, roughly 0.8 miles west. A little further out are William Julien Courtauld Hospital (2 miles west) and Tudor House Museum (Braintree) (2 miles north-west). Open spaces near Long Green include Belcher's and Broadfield Woods.
What grease filter exchange can’t fix
We will always give you a straight diagnosis, so here’s what this work cannot put right:
- A heavily greased plenum or canopy, which needs cleaning to TR19
- Grease already built up in the ductwork, which needs a full TR19 clean
- Odours from the discharge that filters will not stop
If in doubt, ring 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we will say what we think before booking.
What we work on in Long Green
- Island canopies
- Wall canopies
- School and hospital kitchens
- Restaurants and pubs
- Baffle filters
- Mesh filters
Signs you need grease filter exchange in Long Green
Every fry, grill and sauté sends grease-laden vapour upwards. Much of it is trapped by the filters so they gradually clog and airflow falls away.
The symptoms we’re asked about most include:
- Filters that leave gaps in the canopy
- Hand-washed filters that still look greasy
- Missing filters in the filter bank
- Weak extraction at the canopy
Term dates shape school work: for a school like Cressing Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
Questions to ask before booking
- Proof of insurance
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or photos
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed