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Nunhead grease filter exchange
A scheduled grease filter exchange, swapping dirty canopy filters for clean ones for commercial sites in Nunhead and across Greater London. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and fully insured.
- Damaged filters letting grease past
- Grease building up behind the canopy filters
- Gaps where filters have been removed
Grease filter exchange for kitchens and businesses in Nunhead
Washing filters in the kitchen sink is messy and easily missed on a busy week. An exchange service means clean filters arrive and greasy ones leave, so the canopy is never left without filters. If you’re dealing with a canopy that drips grease and damaged filters letting grease past, we can put it right, from baffle filters, wall canopies and restaurants and pubs onwards.
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 Nunhead, as elsewhere in the capital, a long duct run means more access points to open and more grease to remove.
Accreditations are easy to claim and worth checking. Ours are BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, plus CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, with full insurance on top.
- Location
- Nunhead (SE15, SE4, SE14)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Paperwork
- Report and photos after the visit
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Questions from Nunhead
Do you do school kitchen extract cleaning in Nunhead in the summer holidays?
Yes, and it’s the easiest time to do it. With about 69 schools and colleges on the FSA’s register within roughly a mile and a half of Nunhead, it pays to plan holiday dates ahead. You can phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email with the dates the site is empty.
Does London parking affect a job in Nunhead?
London parking can be tight, so details of loading bays and permits help. Much of our London work is done overnight, which helps.
Which grease filters does the service cover?
Baffle and mesh filters are both covered. The first step is recording what you have and set up the service around them.
What do you do with what you remove?
Anything we remove is contained as we work and taken away with us, from grease and debris to used cleaning water. None of it is left on site.
Do you deal with bent or broken filters?
A bent filter leaves a gap for grease. We flag any we find so they can be replaced.
Can you come out in an emergency?
Yes, day and night, every day of the year. Our office is open from 8am to 6pm on weekdays, with the emergency line covering every other hour.
How far ahead should we book?
The more notice, the better, especially for out-of-hours work. Quotes normally come back within one working day, and emergencies are covered by our 24/7 line.
How do you protect the area?
We cover floors and nearby surfaces with sheeting before any work starts, and anything we remove is contained. Before we leave, we tidy up and clean down.
Towns and villages near Nunhead
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Nunhead kitchens: local notes
According to Food Standards Agency records, there are about 71 bars, pubs and nightclubs and about 5 hotels and guest houses within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Nunhead. Breakfasts, bar meals and functions all put grease into the extract wherever they’re cooked. Overnight is the normal time to clean a London kitchen extract, so trading isn’t affected. Environmental health officers from Lewisham council inspect food businesses in Nunhead. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready.
A hospital like Southwark Adult Education Institute, about 0.7 miles north, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day. Church and community hall kitchens, near Saint Antony with Saint Silas or anywhere around Nunhead, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other.
Nunhead is about 1 mile south-west of New Cross, in Greater London. For grease filter exchange in and around Nunhead, it’s easy to get a fixed quote: please call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email. Our area covers London and the South East, including Nunhead. Our Greater London coverage runs to 764 places, and Nunhead is one of them.
All of SE15, SE4 and SE14 is covered for grease filter exchange, from busy streets to back roads. That includes premises on Rye Road, Nash Road and Kitto Road and the roads around them. If your site is just outside Nunhead, we cover Telegraph Hill (1 mile north-east), Honor Oak (1 mile south), Peckham (1 mile north-west), New Cross (1 mile north-east) and Brockley (1 mile south-east). Further out, we also cover London (3 miles north-west), City of Westminster (6 miles north-west), Marylebone (6 miles north-west), Kensington (7 miles west), St Pancras (5 miles north-west) and Shoreditch (5 miles north).
Near you in Nunhead
Typical jobs here are in premises near The Ivy House, Peckham Rye and Allenby Tutorial Trust. There’s a railway station in Nunhead itself: Nunhead station. Nearby you’ll also find Greenwich Castle (2.4 miles north-east) and Lewisham Shopping Centre (1.7 miles east). For a walk, there’s Knight's Hill and One Tree Hill.
What your team can do, and what needs us
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but hidden parts of the system still need specialist attention.
What the work involves, part by part
Baffle filters
Baffle filters are a common choice for commercial canopies. They still need regular cleaning, because the grease they collect builds up.
Mesh filters
Grease lodges deep in the layers of a mesh filter, so a quick rinse rarely gets it clean.
How the visit works
We turn up at the time agreed with you, often in the evening, overnight or at the weekend so the site keeps working. Equipment that has to be off is switched off and allowed to cool before work begins, and the area around the work is covered and protected. On site, it takes less than an hour in most kitchens. For a job in Nunhead, tell us about loading bays, permits, lifts and roof access when you book.
- We start by noting how many filters you have and what type they are.
- We agree a schedule that suits how much the kitchen cooks.
- At each visit, the greasy filters are lifted out.
- Clean, dry filters are fitted in their place, with no gaps left between them.
- We flag any damaged filters or anything wrong with the canopy.
Preparing for the visit
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
Get a fixed quote
Quotes are quick. Call or email with a few details and you’ll typically have a fixed price within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.
Advice
Fixed quotes for grease filter exchange in Nunhead
We quote each job individually. This is what makes a difference:
- The times the site is available
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
- Parking and loading at the site
One small site or a whole estate, we price it on the same basis: the work involved, the access and the timing. You’ll have a fixed price before we start.
Helping us quote
Photos and a few facts are often enough to price the work. Send what you can of the following:
- The site address and the type of premises
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- Any previous report or certificate
To help us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, pictures of the system and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Then call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email.
When something else is needed
Not every problem is solved by grease filter exchange, and we’d rather say so up front. It won’t put right:
- A canopy too small for the cooking beneath it
- Cooking smells reaching neighbours, which need odour control
- Grease deep in the extract system
If you’re not sure, just call us on 0345 646 2711 or email us and we will give you a straight answer before you book.
Where we work
- Restaurants and pubs
- Baffle filters
- Island canopies
- Mesh filters
- School and hospital kitchens
- Wall canopies
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Tell us the site, the work and the access arrangements, and we will send a fixed quote.
We work for landlords, managing agents and facilities managers as well as the people running the site. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we can quote for the whole system.
What we are called out for in Nunhead
Washing filters by hand does not always get them clean. Grease hides in the folds of a baffle or the layers of a mesh, and a quick rinse leaves it there.
Any of these means the system needs a check-up:
- Gaps where filters have been removed
- Hand-washed filters that still look greasy
- Staff short of time to wash filters
- Filters that leave gaps in the canopy
For schools such as Ivydale Primary School, kitchen extract cleaning is normally booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
What to look for in a quote
- Proof of insurance
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or photos
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor