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Grease Filter Exchange in Paddington
Grease filter exchange for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Paddington. BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease.
- Filters so greasy the air can barely pass
- A canopy that drips grease
- Damaged filters letting grease past
For landlords and multi-site operators
Facilities teams in offices, schools and healthcare sites book us too in Paddington and across Greater London. Work can be phased by floor, building or site to keep disruption down.
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Grease filter exchange in Paddington
A filter that does not sit right lets grease straight past. Bent, damaged or missing filters leave gaps, so we check every one at each visit. Damaged filters are flagged so they can be replaced. If you have staff short of time to wash filters and a greasy plenum behind the filters, we can put it right.
In London, few kitchens can spare a day to close, so extract cleaning in Paddington is typically done overnight, after the last service. Before the clean, we agree loading, parking and roof access with whoever manages the building.
Accreditations are easy to claim and worth checking. We’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured.
- Where
- Paddington (W2, W1H, W1U)
- Region
- Greater London
- Reporting
- Photo report after each visit
- Price
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- Working hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
How we price grease filter exchange
We quote each job individually. These are the things that affect it:
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- How many systems or sites are involved
- The condition of the system
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
Working hours, access and the scale of the site all affect the cost. Each of those is built into the quote, and the price is fixed before we start.
Asking for a quote
When you call or email, these details help:
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- Problems your staff have spotted
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
- Your last certificate, test record or report
To get a fixed quote, call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and tell us the type of site, your opening hours and roughly what the system looks like. A few pictures and your last certificate or report help a lot. You’ll usually have a quote within one working day.
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What else we do in Paddington
The process
Protection comes first: floors, worktops and anything near the work are covered. Then we make the system safe and start. The work on site takes less than an hour in most kitchens, and we clear up before we go. In Paddington, as across London, we normally work overnight or at weekends and hand the site back ready to open.
- We count and measure the filters in every canopy.
- We agree a schedule that suits how much the kitchen cooks.
- On each visit, the dirty filters come out of the canopy.
- We fit clean filters and check they sit snugly in the housing.
- If a filter is damaged or the plenum needs attention, we tell you.
Preparing for the visit
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
- Move anything stored near the system
Ask for a quote
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.
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What staff can safely do
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, which is where we come in.
When your team notices a problem between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We will take a look and send you a fixed quote.
When to call us in Paddington
Repeated removal and washing takes its toll on filters. Damaged filters do not sit flush, leaving gaps for grease to slip through.
Look out for these warning signs:
- Grease dripping from the canopy
- Blocked baffle filters
- A canopy running with filters missing
- Damaged filters letting grease past
Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as Maida Vale Hospital for Nervous Diseases (about 0.7 miles north-west), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands.
Before booking anyone
- Whether a written report and photos are included
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
- Proof of insurance
Grease, kitchens and Paddington
Look up Paddington on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you will find about 1,564 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 124 takeaways and sandwich shops within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Paddington. Clogged filters slow the airflow, and busy kitchens like these clog them fast. London Fire Brigade covers Paddington. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel. Kitchens in Paddington get their food hygiene inspections from Westminster council. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after.
For schools such as International Community School, kitchen extract cleaning is normally booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed. For kitchens close to London Paddington station, where the day often starts early and ends late, the extract can be cleaned overnight.
Paddington is about 1 mile west of City of Westminster, in Greater London. Sites in Paddington get the same service as everywhere we cover: a survey first, a fixed quote, work timed around your hours and a report with pictures. Paddington is one of 764 places in Greater London we cover for commercial clients.
Here we cover the W2, W1H and W1U postcode area for grease filter exchange. If you need grease filter exchange at premises on Harrow Road, Craven Road and Harbet Road or a nearby road, we can help. You will find Paddington on the A5 and A40, which makes it straightforward for our technicians to reach for grease filter exchange. Nearby, we also carry out grease filter exchange in Paddington Green (1 mile north-west), Hyde Park Estate (1 mile south-east), Connaught Village (1 mile south-east), Tyburn (1 mile south-east) and Little Venice (1 mile north-west). We also work in nearby towns such as London (4 miles east), Shoreditch (4 miles east), Walthamstow (8 miles north-east), Hoxton (4 miles east), Whitechapel (4 miles east) and Ruislip (11 miles west).
Around Paddington
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Royal Society of Medicine Library, Fountains Abbey pub and Royal Parks of London, among other places. Other local landmarks include North Westminster Community School (less than half a mile north-east) and Hampden Gurney CofE Primary School (under half a mile east). There’s a railway station in Paddington itself: London Paddington station. Well-known places in the area include Harrods (1.3 miles south) and London Toy & Model Museum (0.5 miles south-west). The countryside around Paddington includes Greville Place nature reserve and The Long Water.
When it’s something else
Some problems need a different service or another trade:
- Greasy ducts and risers that a filter change will not reach
- A canopy too small for the cooking beneath it
- Extraction problems caused by the fan rather than the filters
If you’re not sure, just call us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we will give you a straight answer.
What we work on in Paddington
- Restaurants and pubs
- Baffle filters
- School and hospital kitchens
- Island canopies
- Wall canopies
- Mesh filters
Paddington: your questions answered
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Paddington?
The local authority for Paddington is Westminster council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. Ratings are published by the Food Standards Agency, so a clean extract and good records are worth keeping up.
Who is the fire and rescue service for Paddington?
Fire safety enforcement in Paddington is handled by London Fire Brigade. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
Do you cover Paddington?
Yes. Our area takes in London and the counties of South East England, Paddington included.
How long does grease filter exchange take?
Your quote will say how long we expect to be there. For a typical site, it takes well under an hour for most canopies.
Do you recommend a next date?
Yes. The report recommends when the next visit should be, based on what we found and how the system is used.
How do you protect the area?
By covering it before any work starts. We keep the work contained and clean down when we finish.
Do you offer emergency callouts?
Yes, 24/7. Office hours are Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm, with the emergency line covering every other hour.
Do I get a report after the visit?
Yes. You get a written report with pictures after every visit, 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.
Why act early in Paddington
Grease-loaded filters are a fire risk in their own right. A flare-up on the range can reach them, and from there into the duct. Keeping filters clean takes some of that fuel away. Every month a London system goes without attention adds to what has to be done later.
Leaving it longer rarely makes the work cheaper. 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, phone us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we will give you an honest view and a fixed quote.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Paddington
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
- Trading since 2009
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
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