Medway · Grease filter exchange
Grease filter exchange in Park Wood, Medway
Grease filter exchange for commercial sites in Park Wood and across Medway. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and fully insured.
- Grease dripping from the canopy
- Damaged filters letting grease past
- Gaps where filters have been removed
What affects the cost of grease filter exchange
You will get a fixed price before any work starts. It takes into account:
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- How easy every part is to reach
- How many systems or sites are involved
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
Working hours, access and the scale of the site all affect the cost. Each of those is built into the quote and give you a fixed price before any work starts.
What to send for a quote
When you call or email, these details help:
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- A few general shots of the system
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
We don’t publish a price list, because every site is different. Instead, we look at your site first, from photos or a survey, then send a fixed quote. To get going, call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email.
Grease filter exchange in Park Wood
Good filters only work when they fit properly. 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’re dealing with filters left unwashed on busy weeks and gaps where filters have been removed, we can help.
In a smaller place like Park Wood, the kitchens with extract systems are more likely to be a pub, a café, a takeaway or a school or care home kitchen than a big restaurant. A kitchen that cooks fewer hours still builds up grease, so cleaning is planned around how much it cooks and what the readings show.
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, and we are fully insured.
- Where
- Park Wood (ME8, ME9)
- Region
- Medway
- Reporting
- Photo report after each visit
- Quotes
- A fixed price before we start
- Working hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
FAQs for Park Wood
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for Park Wood?
That is Kent Fire and Rescue Service. TR19® is not law, but it’s the benchmark many fire officers and insurers look to when they ask how often the extract is cleaned.
Do you work at weekends in Park Wood?
Yes, we can come after you close and finish before you open. The work in Park Wood can fit around your hours. Just call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email with your opening times and we will plan around them.
Where do the greasy filters go?
The greasy set leaves with us for cleaning, so your staff don’t have to wash them. A clean set is fitted in their place.
What types of premises do you cover?
Commercial premises of every kind: kitchens, offices, schools, healthcare, retail, leisure and food production. Work is timed around how each site runs.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. We run scheduled maintenance contracts, with visits at the interval your system needs. Each report recommends when the next visit should be.
What types of filter do you exchange?
Both baffle filters and mesh filters are covered. We record the sizes and number of filters at the start so every set we bring fits.
Where does the waste go?
Waste is contained during the work and removed when we leave, from grease and debris to used cleaning water. None of it is left on site.
Can we skip TR19 cleans if the filters are changed regularly?
No, the two work together. A TR19® clean deals with the whole system and comes with a certificate and photo report.
What staff can safely do
Keep a record of what your team does. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, alongside our reports.
Staff cleaning and specialist work are not the same thing. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
The process
We start by comparing what we find with the survey or your pictures. If anything is different, we talk it through with the person on site before carrying on. From there, it takes a short visit, depending on how many filters the canopies hold. Your opening hours decide when we come to Park Wood, not ours.
- First, we record the size, type and number of filters in each canopy.
- A change schedule is agreed to match the kitchen’s cooking hours.
- On each visit, the dirty filters come out of the canopy.
- We fit clean filters and check they sit snugly in the housing.
- We flag any damaged filters or anything wrong with the canopy.
Getting ready for the visit
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
Get a fixed quote
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: the system from a couple of angles, plus any access panels or hatches. Add the site type and your opening hours, and we can price many jobs without a visit.
Related advice
Different parts, different methods
The plenum
The plenum is the space behind the filters. It collects whatever grease the filters miss.
Busy restaurant and pub kitchens
When service is non-stop, filters get forgotten. A regular exchange means nobody has to remember.
Nearby places to Park Wood
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Honest limits
We will always give you a straight diagnosis, so here’s what this work cannot put right:
- Odours from the discharge that filters won’t stop
- Greasy ducts and risers that a filter change won’t reach
- A noisy or failed extract fan
If you’re not sure, just ring 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we will give you a straight answer.
What the work covers
- Mesh filters
- School and hospital kitchens
- Wall canopies
- Baffle filters
- Restaurants and pubs
- Island canopies
Do you need grease filter exchange in Park Wood?
Filters get bent and damaged with handling. A bent filter doesn’t seat properly, leaving gaps for grease to slip through.
It’s time to book a visit if you see:
- Filters left unwashed on busy weeks
- Grease collecting in the filter channels
- Drips falling from the filters onto equipment
- Filters so greasy the air can barely pass
If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Medway Maritime Hospital about 3.4 miles north-west, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen.
Before you book anyone
- Proof of accreditation you can verify
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
- When the next visit should be, and why
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
Park Wood kitchens: local notes
The FSA’s food hygiene register includes about 12 pubs and bars within about 1.5 miles of central Park Wood. Breakfasts, bar meals and functions all put grease into the extract wherever they’re cooked. Park Wood sits within the area of 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 Medway council inspect food businesses in Park Wood. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. Before-and-after photos from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand.
Restoration House, about 4.9 miles north-west, is one of the historic houses near Park Wood; if you run event catering at a venue like that, cleans can be booked between functions. School kitchens, at schools like Park Wood Infant School for example, are normally cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost.
Park Wood is about 2 miles south-east of Gillingham, in Medway. Every kind of commercial site in Park Wood, grease filter exchange is something we can help with. We can work out of hours so trading isn’t interrupted. Across Medway, we cover 68 places, and Park Wood is one of them. We also work in Maidstone, around 6 miles away.
Our technicians cover all of the ME8 and ME9 postcode area for grease filter exchange and the streets around it. If you need grease filter exchange at premises on Beke Road, Bond Road and Nares Road or a nearby road, we can help. Other places close to Park Wood include Wigmore (1 mile north), Kemsley Street (1 mile south-west), Hempstead (1 mile west), Bredhurst (1 mile south-west) and Scragged Oak (2 miles south). Within a short drive, we also cover Chatham (3 miles west), Rochester (5 miles north-west), Strood (6 miles north-west), Luton (3 miles north-west), Hoo St Werburgh (6 miles north) and Chatham Waterfront (4 miles north-west). As one of the bigger places in Medway, Park Wood has commercial sites of every size, all within our area for grease filter exchange.
Landmarks near Park Wood
Around Park Wood, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Howard School, Foxburrow Wood and Rainham School for Girls and the streets around them. The closest station to Park Wood is Rainham (Kent) station, roughly 1.5 miles north. A little further out are Medway Maritime Hospital (3.4 miles north-west). Open spaces near Park Wood include Bishop Saltings and Detling Hill.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.
If you look after several sites, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Every building has its own written report, so records stay tidy.