West Sussex · Grease filter exchange
Grease filter exchange in Portfield, West Sussex
Grease filter exchange in Portfield from ventilation hygiene specialists trading since 2009. Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus a 24/7 emergency line.
- Gaps where filters have been removed
- Smoke and heat lingering under the hood
- Staff short of time to wash filters
Managing agents and facilities teams in Portfield
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 each one has its own record.
Multi-site operators often want one contractor and one number. We work across London and the South East, so a run of sites can go into one programme and kept on a regular cycle.
About our grease filter exchange in Portfield
Good filters only work when they fit properly. Gaps in the filter bank are a direct route into the plenum, so we check every one at each visit. Damaged filters are flagged so they can be replaced. We’re often asked to deal with gaps where filters have been removed and a greasy plenum behind the filters, across school and hospital kitchens, baffle filters and wall canopies.
Around a smaller place like Portfield, kitchen extracts tend to belong to pubs, cafés, takeaways and school or care home kitchens. Quieter kitchens still collect grease in the duct, just more slowly, so the interval is set by hours of use and grease readings.
We have been trading since 2009, and we are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we carry full insurance.

- Place
- Portfield (PO19, PO20, PO18)
- Wider area
- West Sussex
- Paperwork
- Photo report after each visit
- Price
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- Working hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Portfield: your questions answered
Do you work overnight in Portfield?
Yes, evening, overnight and weekend work is normal for us. Your customers, staff or residents in Portfield needn’t be disturbed. Just call us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line with your opening times and we will plan around them.
Who inspects food businesses in Portfield?
That is Chichester council, whose environmental health officers carry out food hygiene inspections in Portfield. How often a business is inspected depends on the risk rating the council gives it, so it’s worth staying ready all year.
How do you protect the area?
Protection goes down first: floor sheeting and covers over nearby surfaces and equipment. We tidy up and take our waste away before we leave.
What types of filter do you exchange?
Both baffle filters and mesh filters are covered. At the start, we note what your canopies use so every set we bring fits.
How long does the visit take?
The work itself takes less than an hour in most kitchens. Bigger or more complicated systems take longer, and we’ll tell you what to expect.
Are you accredited?
Our accreditations are CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. The Vent Hygiene Elite scheme is run by BESCA and audited independently.
Which sectors do you work in?
Commercial premises of every kind: from restaurants, pubs and hotels to schools, hospitals, care homes, offices, shops and food production sites. Work is timed around how each site runs.
Are you insured?
Yes, fully. We also hold CHAS and SafeContractor for clients who vet their contractors.
What the work involves, part by part
Busy restaurant and pub kitchens
In a busy kitchen, filter washing is easy to skip. A regular exchange means nobody has to remember.
Canopy filter housings
Filters sit in a housing or channel in the canopy. If it’s bent or greasy, filters won’t seat properly.
Kitchen extracts in Portfield
The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 116 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 21 sandwich bars and takeaways in and around Portfield, up to about a mile and a half out. Swapping filters on a schedule keeps kitchens like these drawing air properly. Fire safety in Portfield falls to West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. Fire and rescue authorities enforce the Fire Safety Order in most non-domestic premises, and in a kitchen that fire risk includes the grease in the extract. Food hygiene inspections in Portfield are the job of Chichester council’s environmental health team. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked.
Where a hall near St George's, or anywhere in Portfield, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does. Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; St Richard's Hospital is the nearest hospital to Portfield, about 0.5 miles north-west.
Portfield is about 1 mile east of Chichester, in West Sussex. For grease filter exchange in and around Portfield, it’s easy to get a fixed quote: please give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or email photos. Our area covers London and the South East, Portfield included. Portfield is one of 371 towns, villages and districts in West Sussex where we work for grease filter exchange. For sites nearby, see our Portsmouth page (14 miles or so).
All of PO19, PO20 and PO18 is covered for grease filter exchange, from busy streets to back roads. If you need grease filter exchange at premises on Kent Road, York Road and Spur Road or anywhere close by, our technicians can take on the work. Main roads around Portfield include the A259 and A285, which makes travel easy for evening and night visits. Close by, we work in Chichester (1 mile west), Westhampnett (1 mile north-east), Shopwyke (1 mile east), Maudlin (1 mile north-east) and North Mundham (2 miles south). Further out, we also cover Bognor Regis (5 miles south-east), Selsey (7 miles south), Littlehampton (10 miles east), Emsworth (8 miles west), Rustington (11 miles east) and Storrington (15 miles north-east).
Around Portfield
Typical jobs here are in premises near The Prebendal School, The East Gate Public House and Chichester High School For Girls. Portfield’s nearest station is Chichester station, roughly 0.9 miles west. A little further out are The Chichester City Museum (0.6 miles west) and Chichester Castle (0.6 miles west). Open spaces near Portfield include Kingley Vale National Nature Reserve and Stoke Down.
When it’s something else
Not every problem is solved by grease filter exchange, and we’ll tell you before work begins. It won’t put right:
- Grease behind the filters that a swap cannot remove
- A canopy too small for the cooking beneath it
- Smell complaints that need odour control equipment
If you are not sure, just give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or email us and we’ll give you a straight answer before booking.
Where we work
- Mesh filters
- Restaurants and pubs
- Baffle filters
- Wall canopies
- School and hospital kitchens
- Island canopies
Do you need grease filter exchange in Portfield?
Cooking vapour carries grease into the canopy. The filters catch much of it, and day by day they load up until the air can barely get through.
These are the problems we see most often:
- Smoke and heat lingering under the hood
- Filters so greasy the air can barely pass
- A canopy that drips grease
- Grease building up behind the canopy filters
Bursars and site managers at schools such as Portfield Primary Academy tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
What your quote should include
- How areas they cannot reach will be recorded
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or photos
- Whether a written report and pictures are included
- Proof of accreditation you can verify
Aftercare tips
To keep the system working properly between visits:
- Make sure no filter is left out
- Keep the canopy clear for exchange visits
- Always run the extract while cooking
- Report a dripping canopy early
Your next visit is scheduled before we leave. If cooking increases, we can change filters more often to match.
Clean filters plus regular full cleans keep the system in good health. A maintenance plan that covers both keeps everything on track.
What your team can do, and what needs us
Staff cleaning does not replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but the parts you cannot see still need a specialist at the right interval.
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
How it works
Before we leave, we walk the area with whoever is on site. Anything we couldn’t reach or that needs attention is pointed out there and then, and the same goes into the written report. The visit takes a short visit, depending on how many filters the canopies hold. For a site near Portfield, the work is booked around your opening hours, evenings and weekends included.
- The filters in each canopy are measured and counted.
- An exchange schedule is agreed to suit your cooking.
- On each visit, we remove the greasy filters.
- A clean set is fitted and checked for gaps.
- We take the greasy set away and confirm the next date.
How to prepare
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
How to get a quote
Quotes are quick. Send a few details and photos, and we normally reply with a fixed quote within one working day. Where a survey is needed, we arrange a time that suits the site.