Grease filter exchange in North Street, Kent

Grease filter exchange around North Street

There are about 3 restaurants, cafés and canteens within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of North Street, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Each canopy among them has filters that load with grease and need swapping or cleaning. North Street is covered by Kent Fire and Rescue Service. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel. Environmental health officers from Swale council inspect food businesses in North Street. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready.

For schools such as Sheldwich Primary School, kitchen extract cleaning is typically booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed. If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around North Street (Belmont House and Gardens is about 2 miles south-west), fitting access panels needs care.

North Street is about 2 miles south of Faversham, in Kent. North Street gets the same approach as every site we work on: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where needed and a written report with photos. Our area takes in 922 places across Kent, from busy centres to quieter spots. We also work in Maidstone, about 16 miles from North Street.

Here we cover the ME13 postcode area for grease filter exchange. Other places close to North Street include Sheldwich (1 mile south), Sheldwich Lees (1 mile south), Painter's Forstal (1 mile north-west), Badlesmere (2 miles south) and Throwley (2 miles south-west). We also work in nearby towns such as Ashford (10 miles south), Canterbury (8 miles east), Sittingbourne (8 miles north-west), Whitstable (8 miles north-east), Herne Bay (12 miles north-east) and Minster (10 miles north).

Landmarks near North Street

In North Street, that means kitchens and buildings near The Abbey School and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Faversham station, about 1.8 miles north of the centre. A little further out are Newnham Castle (3.7 miles west).

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 cannot see still need a specialist at the right interval.

Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. What they cannot safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, which is where we come in.

Why deal with it now?

Clogged filters choke the extract. The kitchen gets hotter and smokier, and the fan works harder to pull air through. A regular exchange keeps the airflow where it should be. Equipment tucked in a roof space or outbuilding near North Street rarely gets looked at unless someone books it.

One small site or a whole estate, the quote is built the same way: the work involved, the access and the timing. The price is fixed before work begins.

Why us?

• Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
• Full insurance on every job
• One number for every site across the South East and London
• We diagnose before we treat

Take a look at how cleaning jobs are priced or our accreditations.

Part by part

Baffle filters

Baffle filters use overlapping metal blades that force the air to change direction. Grease drops out as it does.

Canopy filter housings

Filters sit in a housing or channel in the canopy. If it’s bent or greasy, filters will not seat properly.