West Sussex · Grease filter exchange
Grease filter exchange in Lyminster, West Sussex
Grease filter exchange for commercial sites in Lyminster and across West Sussex. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and fully insured.
- Drips falling from the filters onto equipment
- Missing filters in the filter bank
- Filters left unwashed on busy weeks
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 few are as easy to forget. Systems in rural buildings are often out of sight and out of mind.
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 play a part.
Why book with us
- One number for every site across the South East and London
- Every job surveyed first
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
- Fully insured
Take a look at how cleaning jobs are priced and our accreditations and certificates.
How we handle grease filter exchange in Lyminster
A filter that does not sit right lets grease straight past. Bent, damaged or missing filters leave gaps, so we check every one at each visit. Damaged filters are flagged so they can be replaced. The work covers mesh filters, baffle filters and island canopies, and people most often call us about missing filters in the filter bank and drips falling from the filters onto equipment.
In a village or hamlet like Lyminster, the kitchens that need extract cleaning are normally a pub, a school, a care home or a hall kitchen, wherever there is one. Each still has a canopy and duct that collect grease, whatever the size of the place.
A written report with pictures follows each visit, so you have a record of what was done and when. Kitchen extract cleaning to TR19® Grease is certificated through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Place
- Lyminster (BN17)
- Region
- West Sussex
- Paperwork
- Written report with pictures
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Nearby places to Lyminster
What else we do in Lyminster
What a clean will not put right
We’d rather tell you now than book work that will not help, so these are the things it won’t cover:
- A canopy too small for the cooking beneath it
- Odours from the discharge that filters won’t stop
- A heavily greased plenum or canopy, which needs cleaning to TR19
Not sure which it is? You can ring 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we’ll tell you honestly before you book.
Parts of the system we cover
- Island canopies
- School and hospital kitchens
- Baffle filters
- Wall canopies
- Restaurants and pubs
- Mesh filters
Common problems we fix in Lyminster
Hand-washed filters often come back still greasy. Grease lodges deep in baffles and mesh and a sink wash rarely reaches it.
The symptoms we are asked about most are:
- Filter washing that keeps being missed
- Grease building up behind the canopy filters
- Grease filters clogged with grease
- Smoke and heat lingering under the hood
A hospital like Arundel and District Hospital, about 1.9 miles north-west, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day.
What to look for in a quote
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or photos
- Whether a written report and pictures are included
- When they can work, and whether that is outside your opening hours
- How VAT is shown on the quote
Your questions about grease filter exchange in Lyminster
Who inspects food businesses in Lyminster?
Food hygiene inspections in Lyminster are carried out by Arun council. An officer may look up into the canopy, so clean filters on the day and a recent certificate on file both help.
Can a school canteen extract in Lyminster be done out of term time?
Yes, and it’s the easiest time to do it. The FSA’s register shows about 10 schools and colleges with food registrations within roughly a mile and a half of Lyminster. Booking early in the term gives the best choice of holiday dates.
How much notice should we give?
Book as early as you can for planned work, especially if the next clean or test is due soon. For emergencies, we take calls 24/7.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes. Every job is surveyed first, either from photos and details you send or on a site visit. Then you get a fixed quote.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. Regular plans can run on 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycles, depending on what the system needs.
Do you clean filters as well as exchanging them?
Yes, filters can be cleaned on a schedule as well as exchanged. We will talk you through which suits your kitchen when you get in touch.
What paperwork should we keep on file?
The reports and certificates from each visit, plus your own logs. Insurers, fire officers and EHOs may all ask to see them, so keep them where they can be found quickly.
Do you take the used filters away?
Yes. The dirty filters are taken away for cleaning and the clean set stays in the canopy.
Fixed quotes for grease filter exchange in Lyminster
We quote each job individually. These are the things that affect it:
- The times the site is available
- How many systems or sites are involved
- The condition we find in the survey
- A single visit or a regular plan
One small site or a whole estate, the quote is built the same way: what needs doing, how we get to it and when. The price is fixed before work begins.
What to send for a quote
Before you ask for a quote, gather:
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- The site address and the type of premises
- Problems your staff have spotted
Every quote begins with a look at the system, either from pictures and details you send or from a site visit. Then we send a fixed price so you know the cost before work begins.
Different parts, different methods
Canopy filter housings
Filters sit in a housing or channel in the canopy. If it’s bent or greasy, filters will not seat properly.
Mesh filters
Grease lodges deep in the layers of a mesh filter, which makes hand-washing hard work.
How the visit works
Before we leave, we walk the area with whoever is on site. We point out anything that couldn’t be reached or needs a follow-up, and the same goes into the written report. The visit takes less than an hour in most kitchens. Pictures of the system and its access let us plan the work in Lyminster before we set off.
- The filters in each canopy are measured and counted.
- An exchange schedule is agreed to suit your cooking.
- On each visit, we remove the greasy filters.
- Clean filters go in and we check they sit snugly.
- The dirty filters leave with us and the next visit is booked.
Before we arrive
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
How to get a quote
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.
Advice
What grease filter exchange looks like in Lyminster
Lyminster is within about 2 miles of the coast. Salt air speeds up corrosion of roof-level fans, discharge cowls and their fixings. Food Standards Agency records include about 23 pubs, bars and clubs and about 12 hotels and guest houses across Lyminster and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). A pub or hotel kitchen that cooks every day builds up grease in its extract like any other. Environmental health officers from Arun council inspect food businesses in Lyminster. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector.
If you run catering at a historic house or estate in the area (Ecclesden Manor is about 3.3 miles east), event kitchens in older buildings often have awkward duct runs that need planning. Where a hall near The Parish Church of St Mary Magdalen, or anywhere in Lyminster, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does.
Lyminster is about 1 mile north-west of Littlehampton, in West Sussex. Every kind of commercial site in Lyminster, we can take on grease filter exchange. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so trading is not interrupted. We cover 371 places across West Sussex, large and small. Brighton is in our area too, around 18 miles away.
Here we cover the BN17 postcode area for grease filter exchange. Streets in the area include Arundel Drive, Old Mead Road and Lyminster Road, and we cover them all for grease filter exchange. Neighbouring places we cover for grease filter exchange include Wick (1 mile south), Toddington (1 mile south-east), Crossbush (1 mile north-east), Tortington (1 mile west) and Littlehampton (1 mile south-east). Larger places within reach include Worthing (6 miles east), Bognor Regis (7 miles south-west), Chichester (10 miles west), Selsey (12 miles south-west), Shoreham-by-Sea (12 miles east) and Lancing (10 miles east).
What’s near Lyminster
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around The 6 Bells Public House, The Littlehampton Academy and Littlehampton College, among other places. The closest station to Lyminster is Arundel station, roughly 1.3 miles north. Well-known places in the area include Arundel and District Hospital (1.9 miles north-west) and Rustington Museum (2.3 miles south-east). Open spaces near Lyminster include Highdown Hill and WWT Arundel.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Some jobs should never be done in-house: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings call for the right kit, training and safe access. Leave those to us.
Staff cleaning and specialist work are not 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.