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Grease Filter Exchange in Pittswood
We cover Pittswood for a scheduled grease filter exchange, swapping dirty canopy filters for clean ones. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports on every job.
- Grease dripping from the canopy
- Smoke and heat lingering under the hood
- Filters so greasy the air can barely pass
Grease filter exchange for kitchens and businesses in Pittswood
An exchange visit in Pittswood doesn’t take long. We lift out the dirty filters and fit a clean set, and we check they’re seated with no gaps. Anything that needs attention is pointed out. We are often asked to deal with a greasy plenum behind the filters and filters that leave gaps in the canopy, on school and hospital kitchens, baffle filters and restaurants and pubs.
Somewhere as small as Pittswood, commercial kitchens are few: perhaps a pub, a school or care home kitchen, or a hall used for events. Each still has a canopy and duct that collect grease.
Every visit ends with a written report and photos, so you have a record of what was done and when. Where the work is a TR19® Grease clean, the certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Location
- Pittswood (TN11)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Records
- Photo report after every visit
- Quote
- A fixed price before work begins
- Hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Part by part
The plenum
Behind the filters sits the plenum, where air gathers before the duct. It collects whatever grease the filters miss.
School, care home and staff kitchens
Kitchens that cook for set mealtimes still load their filters, though often more slowly.
What your team can do, and what needs us
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. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
Pittswood questions
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Pittswood?
That’s Kent Fire and Rescue Service. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
Will you come out to Pittswood?
Yes, Pittswood is part of our area, however small the site. Photos of the system and directions to the site help us plan the visit.
Can you set up regular visits?
Yes, of course. Tell us what you have and how it’s used and we’ll propose a schedule with a fixed quote.
What’s the right interval for changing filters?
The right interval depends on the kitchen. If filters are dripping or clogging before the next change, it’s too long and we’ll adjust it.
Are you insured?
Yes. We carry full insurance and have been trading since 2009.
Which sectors do you work in?
Any commercial site with kitchens or ventilation, from a small pub to a hospital. Hotels, schools, care homes, offices, shops and leisure sites are all part of our work.
Do you handle baffle and mesh filters?
Both baffle filters and mesh filters are covered. At the start, we note what your canopies use so every set we bring fits.
Can we skip TR19 cleans if the filters are changed regularly?
No. Clean filters help keep grease down, but the ducts and plenum still need cleaning at an interval set by risk assessment.
Common problems we fix in Pittswood
Repeated removal and washing takes its toll on filters. Damaged filters do not sit flush and grease passes round them.
If you notice any of these, it’s worth a diagnosis:
- Smoke and heat lingering under the hood
- Filter washing that keeps being missed
- A greasy plenum behind the filters
- Damaged filters letting grease past
School kitchens, at schools like Hadlow Rural Community School for example, are normally cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost.
Questions to ask before you book
- When they can work, and whether that is outside your opening hours
- Whether the price is fixed
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
The process
A visit follows the same order every time: protect the area, make the system safe, carry out the grease filter exchange, clear away and hand over the paperwork. The visit itself takes a short visit, depending on how many filters the canopies hold. Pictures of the system and its access let us plan the work in Pittswood before we set off.
- First, we check the canopies and the filters in them.
- We note any filters that are bent, damaged or missing.
- We exchange the dirty filters for a clean set.
- The filters are checked for fit before we go.
- We tell you if the plenum or canopy needs a clean.
Preparing for the visit
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
Ask for a quote
If you need grease filter exchange in Pittswood, call 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form. Tell us what kind of premises it is and when it’s open, and send photos or your last report if you can. A fixed quote typically follows within one working day.
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Kitchen extracts in Pittswood
The FSA’s food hygiene register includes about 5 bars, pubs and nightclubs in Pittswood and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Any of them serving cooked food has an extract to keep clean, from canopy to discharge. In Pittswood, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Tonbridge and Malling council. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after. Kent Fire and Rescue Service covers Pittswood. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk.
Where a hall near St Mary's Church, or anywhere in Pittswood, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does. Healthcare kitchens can’t easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Pittswood is Tonbridge Cottage Hospital, about 3.7 miles south-west.
Pittswood is about 2 miles north-east of Tonbridge, in Kent. From the centre of Pittswood to the outskirts, we cover grease filter exchange for every kind of premises, from a single unit to a large public building. Our area takes in 922 places across Kent, from busy centres to quieter spots. For sites nearby, see our Maidstone page (10 miles or so).
Postcode districts we cover here for grease filter exchange: TN11. That includes premises on High House Lane and Ashes Lane and the roads around them. If your site is just outside Pittswood, we cover Parker's Green (1 mile south), Hadlow (1 mile east), Golden Green (2 miles south-east), Dunk's Green (2 miles north) and Roughway (2 miles north). We also work in nearby towns such as Maidstone (10 miles east), Sevenoaks (7 miles north-west), Royal Tunbridge Wells (7 miles south), Gravesend (14 miles north), Northfleet (14 miles north) and Swanley (13 miles north-west).
Landmarks near Pittswood
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Hadlow Primary School and Three Squirrels pub, among other places. For rail, the closest station is Tonbridge station, about 3 miles south-west. A little further out are Tonbridge Cottage Hospital (3.7 miles south-west) and Tonbridge Castle (2.6 miles south-west). For a walk, there’s Barden Lake and Tudeley Woods RSPB reserve.
Between visits
A little care between visits keeps the system in better shape. We recommend:
- Clean the canopy surfaces regularly
- Mention it if the kitchen gets busier
- Keep the extract on whenever the range is in use
- Never leave gaps in the filter bank
The next exchange is already in the diary. If cooking increases, we can change filters more often to keep up.
If cooking has stepped up, the filter schedule should too. Changing the interval early stops grease building up unseen in the ducts.
What affects the quote in Pittswood
Sites vary more than people expect. What affects the quote:
- The condition of the system
- How big the system is
- Any permits to work or inductions
- Whether several sites go on one quote
No two sites are the same, so we price each one individually. The size of the job, how we reach it, its condition and the working hours all play a part.
Asking for a quote
Photos let us diagnose from a distance. The most useful are:
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
Some systems can be priced from photos; others need a survey. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
What a clean won’t put right
In fairness, there are a few things this work won’t fix:
- Grease behind the filters that a swap can’t remove
- Grease already built up in the ductwork, which needs a full TR19 clean
- Smell complaints that need odour control equipment
If you are not sure, just call 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we’ll give you a straight answer before booking.
Where we work
- Mesh filters
- School and hospital kitchens
- Island canopies
- Wall canopies
- Restaurants and pubs
- Baffle filters