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Grease filter exchange in Paddington Green, Greater London
Professional grease filter exchange in and around Paddington Green, timed so the site keeps working and signed off in writing with photos.
- Grease building up behind the canopy filters
- A canopy that drips grease
- A canopy running with filters missing
About our grease filter exchange in Paddington Green
Each visit is quick and tidy. The greasy filters come out, clean ones go in and make sure there are no gaps between them. Anything that needs attention is pointed out. The work covers school and hospital kitchens, island canopies and mesh filters, and the jobs we see most are a canopy that drips grease and missing filters in the filter bank.
In London, few kitchens can spare a day to close, so work in Paddington Green is normally booked for the night or the early hours. Before the clean, we agree loading, parking and roof access with whoever manages the building.
The paperwork matters as much as the work. Each visit is written up with pictures, covering the work done, any areas we couldn’t access and a recommended next date. Keep it with your fire safety records so it’s ready for an insurer, fire officer or EHO.
- Place
- Paddington Green (W2, W1H, NW8)
- Region
- Greater London
- Paperwork
- Written report with pictures
- Quote
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Working hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Part by part
Baffle filters
In a baffle filter, the air zigzags through metal baffles. Grease is thrown out of the airstream and collects on the baffles.
The plenum
Clean filters reduce the grease reaching the plenum, but it’s still cleaned during a full TR19 clean.
What affects the cost of grease filter exchange
Your quote is based on your site. We consider:
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- Whether several sites go on one quote
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
Working hours, access and the scale of the site all affect the cost. We take each of them into account, and the price is fixed before we start.
What to send for a quote
Many jobs can be priced from photos and some basics. Send what you can of the following:
- Problems your staff have spotted
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
- The postcode and the type of business
We do not publish a price list, because no two systems are the same. We look at your system first, from photos or on a visit, and then send you a fixed quote. To start, ring 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line.
Grease filter exchange around Paddington Green
Food Standards Agency records list about 1,735 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 150 takeaways across Paddington Green and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Clogged filters slow the airflow, and busy kitchens like these clog them fast. Most London extract cleaning happens at night, after the last service. Paddington Green sits within the area of London Fire Brigade. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order.
Healthcare kitchens cannot easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Paddington Green is Maida Vale Hospital for Nervous Diseases, about 0.5 miles north-west. Church and community hall kitchens, near St Mary on Paddington Green Church or anywhere around Paddington Green, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other. Commuter trade near London Paddington station can mean long cooking hours, and long hours put a kitchen into BESA’s more frequent cleaning bands.
Paddington Green is about 1 mile north-west of City of Westminster, in Greater London. Every kind of commercial site in Paddington Green, we can take on grease filter exchange. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so trading isn’t interrupted. We cover 764 places across Greater London, large and small.
Grease filter exchange in W2, W1H and NW8 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. If you need grease filter exchange at premises on Harrow Road, Craven Road and Lanark Road or anywhere close by, our technicians can take on the work. Paddington Green sits on or near the A5 and A40, which makes travel easy for evening and night visits. We also cover the places around Paddington Green: Paddington (1 mile south-east), Little Venice (1 mile west), Lisson Grove (1 mile north-east), Hyde Park Estate (1 mile south-east) and Connaught Village (1 mile south-east). Larger places within reach include London (4 miles south-east), St Pancras (3 miles east), Shoreditch (4 miles east), Walthamstow (8 miles north-east), Hoxton (4 miles east) and Whitechapel (5 miles east).
Around Paddington Green
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Royal Society of Medicine Library, International Community School and Sir Alexander Fleming pub, among other places. Other local landmarks include North Westminster Community School (under half a mile east) and Kensington Gardens (0.9 miles south). Paddington Green has its own railway station: London Paddington station. Well-known places in the area include Harrods (1.5 miles south) and London Toy & Model Museum (0.6 miles south-west). Not far away are The Long Water and Greville Place nature reserve.
Why deal with it now?
Dripping canopies and greasy smells often start with the filters. Drips land on surfaces and equipment below, which an EHO may well notice. In Paddington Green, as across London, ductwork often passes through shared risers and other people’s space.
A single site or a whole portfolio, the quote is built the same way: what needs doing, how we get to it and when. You’ll have a fixed price before we start.
What you get with us
- Fixed quotes from a survey or pictures
- Every job surveyed first
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
See how cleaning jobs are priced and our accreditations and certificates.
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What staff can safely do
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, which is where we come in.
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Paddington Green
We regularly work with managing agents. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works, and we’ll send a fixed quote.
When the building owner and the occupier are different, the lease normally sets out who maintains what. We are happy to deal with either side, and the report can go to both.
What a clean will not put right
Before booking, it helps to know what’s not included:
- Grease deep in the extract system
- Odours from the discharge that filters will not stop
- A canopy too small for the cooking beneath it
If in doubt, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us and we’ll say what we think.
What we work on in Paddington Green
- School and hospital kitchens
- Wall canopies
- Restaurants and pubs
- Mesh filters
- Island canopies
- Baffle filters
The process
Your trading hours come first. Most visits are booked for when the area is out of use, such as evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends. Once we are in, the area is sheeted and anything that has to be off is turned off and cooled, and the job takes a few minutes per canopy, longer for a large kitchen with several canopies. Loading bays, visitor permits and roof access are the first things we ask about for a site in Paddington Green.
- The filters in each canopy are measured and counted.
- We set the interval with you.
- 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.
How to prepare
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Clear loose items from the work area
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
Getting a quote
Here’s what helps us quote: the address, the type of site and when it’s open, a few pictures and any previous report or certificate. Then call us on 0345 646 2711 or email us.
Related advice
Paddington Green questions
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Paddington Green?
That is Westminster council, whose environmental health officers carry out food hygiene inspections in Paddington Green. It helps to keep the extract cleaning records with your food safety paperwork, so they’re ready if asked for.
Which fire service covers Paddington Green?
It’s London Fire Brigade, which covers Paddington Green. Records of extract cleaning are a sensible thing to have ready if a fire safety officer carries out an audit.
Do you offer emergency callouts?
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 do you protect the area?
We cover floors and nearby surfaces with sheeting before we start, and anything we remove is contained. Before we leave, we tidy up and clean down.
How long will you be on site?
On site, it takes a short visit, depending on how many filters the canopies hold. Bigger or more complicated systems take longer, and we’ll tell you what to expect.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. One number covers all your sites in our area, with visits on a regular schedule.
What paperwork should we keep on file?
Visit reports, certificates and your in-house cleaning logs. Insurers, fire officers and EHOs may all ask to see them, so keep them where they can be found quickly.
Can damaged filters stay in the canopy?
A badly damaged filter should be replaced. We will show you which ones when we find them.