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Grease Filter Exchange in New Cross
A scheduled grease filter exchange, swapping dirty canopy filters for clean ones in New Cross, surveyed first and signed off with a written report and pictures. Ask us for a fixed quote.
- Filters that come out of the sink still dirty
- Damaged filters letting grease past
- A greasy plenum behind the filters
Grease filter exchange in New Cross, done properly
Washing filters in the kitchen sink is messy and easily missed on a busy week. With a filter exchange, we bring a clean set and take the dirty one away and the canopy is refilled right away. The work covers mesh filters, wall canopies and island canopies, and people most often call us about filters left unwashed on busy weeks and grease filters clogged with grease.
London kitchens are often tucked into basements or the back of a building, and the duct may run up through several floors before it discharges at the roof. In New Cross, as elsewhere in the capital, a long duct run means more access points to open and more grease to remove.
Insurers, fire officers and environmental health officers all look at records. That is why every job is written up in a report with pictures, and grease extract cleans come with a TR19® certificate issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Place
- New Cross (SE8, SE14, SE4)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Records
- Written report with photos
- Quote
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Working hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
The process
Your staff do not need to do much on the day. Someone lets us in at the agreed time and shows us where everything is, and we take it from there. Afterwards, the area is left tidy and the written report follows. Expect the work in New Cross to happen after your last customer leaves, not during trading.
- The filters in each canopy are measured and counted.
- An exchange schedule is agreed to suit your cooking.
- The dirty set is lifted out.
- A clean set is fitted and checked for gaps.
- The dirty filters leave with us and the next visit is booked.
Preparing for the visit
- Clear the space around the work
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
Get a fixed quote
For grease filter exchange in New Cross, call 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form. Tell us what kind of premises it is and when it’s open, and send photos or your last report if you can. We typically send a fixed quote within one working day.
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Part by part
The plenum
Behind the filters sits the plenum, where air gathers before the duct. It collects whatever grease the filters miss.
School, care home and staff kitchens
For kitchens closed in the holidays, visits can be timed around term or rota, keeping the filters ready for the busy weeks.
When something else is needed
Some problems need a different service or another trade:
- Grease already built up in the ductwork, which needs a full TR19 clean
- A canopy that needs a proper clean
- A canopy too small for the cooking beneath it
If in doubt, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we’ll say what we think before booking.
Where we work
- Restaurants and pubs
- Wall canopies
- School and hospital kitchens
- Mesh filters
- Baffle filters
- Island canopies
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
Keep a record of what your team does. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, alongside our reports.
Why it’s worth doing now in New Cross
Changing filters on schedule costs far less disruption than a blocked extract. It’s one of the simplest parts of looking after the system and few are as easy to forget. For a site in New Cross, fitting the work in overnight now is far easier than closing at short notice later.
The cost depends on the size of the system, what state it’s in and access to every part of it. We give you a fixed price before we start, so you know where you stand.
Why book with us
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Full insurance on every job
See how cleaning jobs are priced and how to check a contractor.
Kitchen extracts in New Cross
The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 434 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 273 takeaways in and around New Cross, up to about a mile and a half out. Any of those kitchens with a canopy relies on its filters to catch grease before it reaches the duct. Most London extract cleaning happens at night, after the last service. The fire and rescue service for New Cross is London Fire Brigade. 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.
School kitchens, at schools like Myatt Garden Primary School for example, are normally cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost. A kitchen near New Cross station that serves breakfast and dinner can run its extract twelve hours or more, which shortens the cleaning interval. Healthcare kitchens can’t easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to New Cross is Miller General Hospital, about 0.6 miles north-east.
New Cross is about 3 miles south-east of London, in Greater London. From the centre of New Cross to the outskirts, grease filter exchange is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from a single unit to a large public building. Our Greater London coverage runs to 764 places, and New Cross is one of them.
Work in SE8, SE14 and SE4 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. Streets in the area include Ivy Road, Mona Road and Avon Road, all of which we cover for grease filter exchange. Being close to the A2209 and A2210, New Cross is simple for us to get to at any hour. We also cover St Johns (1 mile east), Telegraph Hill (1 mile south-west), Deptford (1 mile north-east), Nunhead (1 mile south-west) and Lewisham (1 mile south-east). Within a short drive, we also cover London (3 miles north-west), City of Westminster (6 miles north-west), Marylebone (6 miles north-west), Kensington (8 miles west), St Pancras (5 miles north-west) and Shoreditch (4 miles north-west).
Landmarks near New Cross
Typical jobs here are in premises near Wickham Arms, Fordham Park and Addey and Stanhope School and the streets around them. Other local landmarks include St. Paul's (0.7 miles north-east) and Laban Centre (0.9 miles north-east). There’s a railway station in New Cross itself: New Cross station. Well-known places in the area include Fan Museum (1.2 miles north-east) and Greenwich Castle (1.5 miles east). Not far away are St. James's Park Lake and Tower Hill.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
When the building owner and the occupier are different, the lease normally sets out who maintains what. We’re happy to deal with either side, and the report can go to both.
For anyone managing more than one site, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Each site gets its own report and pictures, so each one has its own record.
FAQs for New Cross
Who inspects food businesses in New Cross?
That’s Lewisham council, whose environmental health officers carry out food hygiene inspections in New Cross. Ratings are published by the Food Standards Agency, so a clean extract and good records are worth keeping up.
Is parking a problem for work in New Cross?
Tell us where a van can stop near your site in New Cross, and about any building rules on loading. If the building has a loading slot system, we’ll book into it.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes. For many sites, pictures and a few details are enough, and larger or hidden systems get a visit.
Can you come out in an emergency?
Yes, day and night, every day of the year. Office hours are Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm, and the emergency line covers the rest.
How far ahead should we book?
For planned work, earlier is better, especially if the next clean or test is due soon. For emergencies, we take calls 24/7.
What do you do to 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.
Does the report say when we need you again?
Yes. The interval depends on how much the system is used and what we find, and we explain the reasoning on the report.
Can damaged filters stay in the canopy?
A bent filter leaves a gap for grease. We flag any we find so they can be replaced.
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How we price grease filter exchange
Before we fix a price, we need to know a few things. We check:
- The number of sites or systems
- What state the system is in
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
- How big the system is
Putting the work off seldom saves money. Build-up, wear and faults tend to get worse, not better, which can make the next visit longer. If you are not sure what’s needed, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or email us for straight advice and a fixed quote.
Asking for a quote
A few details help us quote accurately. With your enquiry, please include:
- Any previous report or certificate
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
We don’t publish a price list, because no two systems are the same. We look at your system first, from pictures or on a visit, and then give you a fixed quote. To start, call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.