Kent · Grease filter exchange
Grease filter exchange in Otham, Kent
A scheduled grease filter exchange, swapping dirty canopy filters for clean ones for Otham, with a survey first and a report with photos at the end. Ask us for a fixed quote.
- Damaged filters letting grease past
- Grease left in baffles after washing
- A canopy running with filters missing
About our grease filter exchange in Otham
A clean set of filters is a simple, regular dose of prevention. Between full cleans, it keeps the airflow healthy, and it saves your staff a greasy job. The full TR19 clean then gives the system its clean bill of health. If you’re dealing with poor airflow through the filters and bent or damaged filters that don’t sit properly, we can put it right, from school and hospital kitchens, restaurants and pubs and baffle filters onwards.
In a smaller place like Otham, many kitchens sit in older buildings or later extensions, with the duct running through a roof space or up an outside wall. Long horizontal runs like that hold grease and need access panels to reach.
Think of the report as the system’s health record: dated, with pictures, and showing what was done. Grease extract cleans are also certificated to TR19® Grease through the BESCA VHE portal, ready for your insurer.
- Place
- Otham (ME15, ME17)
- Region
- Kent
- Reporting
- Photo report after each visit
- Quotes
- A fixed price before we start
- Working hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
What your team can do, and what needs us
If your staff spot something between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that won’t come clean, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We can diagnose it and quote.
A few tasks are always specialist work: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease need training, the right equipment and safe access. Leave those to us.
Towns and villages near Otham
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What the work involves, part by part
Busy restaurant and pub kitchens
Kitchens that fry and grill all day load their filters fast. They often need the shortest exchange interval.
School, care home and staff kitchens
Kitchens that cook for set mealtimes still load their filters though normally at a gentler pace.
Otham questions
Can a school canteen extract in Otham be done out of term time?
Yes. The holidays are the usual time for school work. The FSA’s register shows about 17 schools and colleges with food registrations within roughly a mile and a half of Otham. Booking early in the term gives the best choice of holiday dates.
Who inspects food businesses in Otham?
The local authority for Otham is Maidstone council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. An officer may look up into the canopy, so clean filters on the day and a recent certificate on file both help.
Will I get paperwork for my records?
Yes. Each visit ends with a written report and pictures, showing what was done, anything we couldn’t reach and when the next visit is due. Where the work is a TR19® Grease clean, there’s also a certificate issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
What types of filter do you exchange?
Baffle and mesh filters are both covered. The first step is recording what you have and plan the exchange around them.
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 we quote.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
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.
Do you have insurance?
Yes, fully. We also hold CHAS and SafeContractor, for sites that check contractor safety.
What types of premises do you cover?
Restaurants and pubs, hotels, schools and colleges, hospitals and care homes, offices and retail, plus food production and leisure sites.
Grease filter exchange in Otham: the local picture
The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 16 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 16 sandwich bars and takeaways within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Otham. Swapping filters on a schedule keeps kitchens like these drawing air properly. Kitchens in Otham get their food hygiene inspections from Maidstone council. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked. Kent Fire and Rescue Service covers Otham. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order.
Bursars and site managers at schools such as Senacre Technology College tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty. If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Otham (Stoneacre is about 0.6 miles north-east), fitting access panels needs care. Healthcare kitchens cannot easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Otham is KIMS hospital, about 2.8 miles north.
Otham is about 2 miles south-east of Maidstone, in Kent. Whatever kind of site you run in Otham, we can take on grease filter exchange. We can work out of hours so trading isn’t interrupted. We cover 922 places across Kent, large and small.
Every address in ME15 and ME17 is within our area for grease filter exchange, from the main roads to the quietest streets. If you need grease filter exchange at premises on Church Road, Spartall Drive and Ellis Field or anywhere close by, our technicians can take on the work. Neighbouring places we cover for grease filter exchange include Willington (1 mile north-west), Park Wood (1 mile south-west), Langley (1 mile south-east), Shepway (1 mile north-west) and Caring (1 mile north-east). Within a short drive, we also cover Ashford (15 miles south-east), Sittingbourne (10 miles north-east), Royal Tunbridge Wells (15 miles south-west), Gravesend (15 miles north-west), Tonbridge (13 miles west) and Faversham (15 miles east).
Landmarks near Otham
Around Otham, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near New Line Learning Academy, Senacre Wood Primary School and Mote Park. For rail, the closest station is Bearsted station, about 2.1 miles north. Well-known places in the area include Kent Fire Brigade Museum (2.4 miles west) and KIMS hospital (2.8 miles north). For a walk, there’s Detling Hill.
What happens on the day
The visit has three parts: getting the area ready, doing the work and signing it off. Getting ready means protecting surfaces and switching off what needs to be off, and the sign-off is a written report with pictures. Most of the time goes on the work itself, and that takes well under an hour for most canopies. Tell us when your site near Otham is quiet and the visit will be booked for then.
- We record the number, size and type of your filters.
- We set the interval with you.
- On each visit, we remove the greasy filters.
- Clean filters go in and we check they sit snugly.
- We take the greasy set away and confirm the next date.
Before we arrive
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Find the previous report, if there is one
Ask for a quote
Want a quote for grease filter exchange? Please call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and tell us about the site. We will explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before anything is booked.
Related advice
What affects the cost of grease filter exchange
Your quote is based on your site. We consider:
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
- The condition of the system
- How many systems or sites are involved
Working hours, access and the scale of the site can all change the price. Each of those is built into the quote and give you a fixed price before work begins.
What we need to know
Photos let us diagnose from a distance. The most useful are:
- Problems your staff have spotted
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
- A few general shots of the system
- The postcode and the type of business
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: the system from a couple of angles, plus any access panels or hatches. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.
Multi-site and managed buildings
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.
When the building owner and the occupier are different, the lease normally sets out who maintains what. We can quote either party, and the report can go to both.
Looking after it afterwards
Here’s the after-treatment advice, short and simple:
- Keep filter exchange and TR19 cleaning on the same plan
- Clear anything stored on or near the canopy
- Tell us if a filter is bent or damaged
- Look out for drips from the canopy
Your next visit is scheduled before we leave. If cooking increases, we can change filters more often to match.
If filters are already dripping, they’re overdue. A clean set right away cuts the grease in the canopy, and it’s worth checking the plenum too.
Why act early in Otham
Some kitchens in Otham wash filters themselves to save the cost of a service, and it works when it’s done well and never skipped. Where it slips, an exchange service takes the job off staff. A visit arranged in advance is far less disruptive than a callout on a busy day.
Leaving it longer rarely makes the work cheaper. Build-up, wear and faults tend to get worse, not better, and a neglected system can mean more work. If you’re not sure what’s needed, call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we will give you an honest view and a fixed quote.
What you get with us
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
- Every visit written up, with photos