Brighton and Hove · Grease filter exchange
Grease filter exchange in Moulsecoomb, Brighton and Hove
Grease filter exchange across Moulsecoomb and nearby, booked around your opening hours and signed off in writing with pictures.
- A canopy running with filters missing
- Grease building up behind the canopy filters
- Grease filters clogged with grease
For landlords and multi-site operators
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare across Brighton and Hove. Larger estates can be phased building by building to keep disruption down.
Keeping records across a portfolio is half the battle. Every visit ends with a dated report and photos, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.
About our grease filter exchange in Moulsecoomb
Across Moulsecoomb, our filter exchange suits restaurants, pubs, cafés, schools, care homes and other kitchens, from a single canopy to several. Visits can be timed around your service, so cooking is not interrupted. We are often asked to deal with a canopy running with filters missing and drips falling from the filters onto equipment, across baffle filters, school and hospital kitchens and wall canopies.
In a smaller place like Moulsecoomb, many kitchens sit in older buildings or later extensions, where the duct may cross a roof void or climb an outside wall. Long horizontal runs like that hold grease and need access panels to reach.
Insurers, fire officers and environmental health officers all look at records. That’s why every job is written up in a report with photos, plus a TR19® certificate through the BESCA VHE portal where the work is a TR19® Grease clean.
- Location
- Moulsecoomb (BN2, BN1)
- Wider area
- Brighton and Hove
- Paperwork
- Photo report after each visit
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
What affects the cost of grease filter exchange
We don’t publish a price list, because sites vary so much. What we look at:
- The condition we find in the survey
- The size of the system
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
- Any permits to work or inductions
When the work has to happen, how we reach it and how big the site is can all change the price. Each of those is built into the quote and give you a fixed price before any work starts.
What we need to know
Photos and a few facts are often enough to price the work. Useful things to send:
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- Problems your staff have spotted
- A few general shots of the system
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
Here’s what helps us quote: the address, the type of site and when it’s open, a few photos and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Once you have those, call us on 0345 646 2711 or email us.
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Looking after it afterwards
To keep the system working properly between visits:
- Never leave gaps in the filter bank
- Book full TR19 cleans alongside filter changes
- Don’t refit a filter that is bent
- Let us know if your cooking hours increase
The next exchange is already in the diary. If the kitchen gets busier, the interval can be shortened to keep up.
Bent or missing filters let grease straight past. Sorting them now keeps grease where it can be caught.
FAQs for Moulsecoomb
Do you clean school canteen extracts around Moulsecoomb out of term?
Yes, holiday work suits schools best. Around Moulsecoomb, the Food Standards Agency lists about 33 schools and colleges with registered kitchens within a mile and a half or so. You can phone us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos with the dates the site is empty.
Can you get to a site in Moulsecoomb?
Yes, Moulsecoomb is part of our area, however small the site. A survey first, from photos or a visit, means we arrive with the right kit.
Do you offer emergency callouts?
Yes. Our emergency line runs 24/7 for anything that can’t wait until a planned visit. Call us any time and explain what’s happened.
What happens to the waste?
It leaves the site with us when we go. While we work, it’s kept contained to keep the area clean.
Do you take the used filters away?
We take them away. That is how an exchange works: you always have a clean set fitted, with no washing for your team.
What accreditations do you have?
We are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we carry full insurance.
Can we skip TR19 cleans if the filters are changed regularly?
No. The rest of the system still collects grease at an interval set by risk assessment.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes, always. Diagnosis comes before treatment: the survey tells us what the system needs and how to reach it, and the quote is based on that.
What happens on the day
There are three stages on the day: getting the area ready, doing the work and signing it off. Set-up means sheeting and making equipment safe, and the sign-off is a written report with pictures. The middle part takes longest, which takes less than an hour in most kitchens. Evenings, weekends or a closed day all work for a site in a place like Moulsecoomb.
- The filters in each canopy are measured and counted.
- 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.
Before we arrive
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
Get a fixed quote
Getting a quote does not take long. Send a few details and photos, and we typically reply with a fixed quote within one working day. Where a survey is needed, we arrange a time that suits the site.
Advice
What happens if it’s left?
Dripping canopies and greasy smells often start with the filters. Drips land on surfaces and equipment below and that is the kind of thing inspectors look for. It’s easy to lose track of when the work was last done on a quieter site.
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 unsure, call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email for straight advice and a fixed quote.
Why book with us
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
- Fixed quotes from a survey or photos
Read our cost guide or our accreditations.
What the work involves, part by part
Busy restaurant and pub kitchens
The more a kitchen cooks, the more grease the filters see. Regular changes help protect the ductwork.
Baffle filters
When baffles fill with grease, less air gets through. A clean exchange set brings the airflow back.
When to call us in Moulsecoomb
The type of cooking matters. Frying, grilling and chargrilling produce far more grease than steaming or baking so no single schedule suits every kitchen.
Most sites get in touch after spotting something like this:
- Drips falling from the filters onto equipment
- Filters that leave gaps in the canopy
- A greasy plenum behind the filters
- Blocked baffle filters
Church and community hall kitchens, near St. Andrew's or anywhere around Moulsecoomb, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other.
What to look for in a quote
- When the next visit should be, and why
- Whether they’re fully insured
- If they look at the system before pricing
- What paperwork you get at the end
Grease filter exchange around Moulsecoomb
Sea air reaches Moulsecoomb, which sits within about 3 miles of the coast. Near the sea, the fan and discharge at the top of a kitchen extract corrode faster than they would inland. There are about 73 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 30 sandwich bars and takeaways in Moulsecoomb and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Any of those kitchens with a canopy relies on its filters to catch grease before it reaches the duct. Fire safety in Moulsecoomb falls to East 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.
Bursars and site managers at schools such as Moulsecoomb Primary School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty. If you cook for passing trade around Moulsecoomb station, the extract can be cleaned between your last and first customer.
Moulsecoomb is about 1 mile north-east of Brighton, in Brighton and Hove. Every kind of commercial site in Moulsecoomb, we can take on grease filter exchange. We can work out of hours so the site keeps running. Across Brighton and Hove, we cover 30 places, and Moulsecoomb is one of them.
Postcode districts we cover here for grease filter exchange: BN2 and BN1. Streets in the area include Natal Road, Lewes Road and The Avenue, and we cover them all for grease filter exchange. Close by, we work in Bevendean (1 mile south-east), Hollingdean (1 mile west), Hollingbury (1 mile north-west), Brighton (1 mile south-west) and Hanover (1 mile south-west). Further out, we also cover Brighton and Hove (4 miles west), Hove (3 miles west), Aldrington (4 miles west), Hangleton (4 miles west), Saltdean (4 miles south-east) and West Blatchington (3 miles west).
Local landmarks in Moulsecoomb
Typical jobs here are in premises near The Bevy pub, University of Sussex Library and Brighton Aldridge Community Academy and the streets around them. Moulsecoomb has its own railway station: Moulsecoomb station. Other landmarks nearby include Churchill Square (2.3 miles south-west) and Clayton Castle (4.6 miles north). For a walk, there’s Bevendean Down and Newmarket Hill.