Slough · Grease filter exchange
Poyle grease filter exchange
Professional grease filter exchange in and around Poyle, timed so the site keeps working and signed off in writing with pictures.
- Damaged filters letting grease past
- Grease building up behind the canopy filters
- Poor airflow through the filters
Poyle: your questions answered
Do you work at weekends in Poyle?
Yes, out-of-hours work is a big part of what we do. Your customers, staff or residents in Poyle needn’t be disturbed. Your opening times are the first thing we ask for.
Is Poyle within the area you cover?
Yes, smaller places are covered as well as towns. Let us know about access, parking and anything unusual about getting there when you book.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
With sheeting and covers, before anything else happens. The work is kept contained and clean down when we finish.
Do you provide a certificate or report?
Yes. Every visit ends with a written report and pictures, covering the work, any areas we couldn’t access and the recommended next date. Where the work is a TR19® Grease clean, there’s also a certificate issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes. Every job is surveyed first, from your pictures and details, or with a visit where necessary. A fixed quote follows.
Do we need to close while you work?
Not usually. We need the work area to ourselves while we’re on site, so we book a time when it would be closed anyway.
What if parts of the system cannot be reached?
We record them on the report, with a note of where it is, and we explain what access is needed, for example new access panels.
Is TR19 cleaning required by law?
No, not in itself. TR19® is the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs check against, and many insurers ask for proof of cleaning to it. The law behind it is the Fire Safety Order 2005 in England and Wales.
How we handle grease filter exchange in Poyle
A filter that does not sit right lets grease straight past. 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. If you’re dealing with grease building up behind the canopy filters and filters that leave gaps in the canopy, we can help, from mesh filters, school and hospital kitchens and restaurants and pubs onwards.
Work in a small place like Poyle starts with a call to agree access and timings, and the clean itself is the same full TR19® job as in any town: canopy to discharge, then a TR19® certificate and a photo report.
The report is your system’s health record: a dated account with pictures of everything we did. Grease extract cleans are also certificated to TR19® Grease through the BESCA VHE portal and sits alongside the report.
- Place
- Poyle (SL3)
- Region
- Slough
- Reporting
- Report and pictures after the visit
- Quote
- A fixed price before work begins
- Working hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
What else we do in Poyle
What affects the cost of grease filter exchange
You’ll get a fixed price before any work starts. It’s based on:
- Where the site is and how we reach it
- The times the site is available
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
- The scale of the work
What you pay reflects the actual work. That’s why we survey first, from pictures or on site, and the price is agreed before we start.
Helping us quote
Many jobs can be priced from pictures and some basics. Useful things to send:
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
- A few general shots of the system
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
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 we can price many jobs without a visit.
Between visits
Looking after the system between visits is straightforward, and it helps at the next visit:
- Keep every filter in place during service
- Keep the canopy clear for exchange visits
- Keep the extract on whenever the range is in use
- Book full TR19 cleans alongside filter changes
Between visits, check that every filter is still in place. A missing filter leaves a gap for grease, so let us know if one goes missing or gets damaged.
If cooking has stepped up, the filter schedule should too. Adjusting the schedule now prevents a build-up behind the canopy.
What we’re called out for in Poyle
Missing filters are more common than you’d think. Every gap in the filter bank lets grease straight into the plenum and on into the ductwork.
It’s time to book a visit if you see:
- Grease filters clogged with grease
- Grease collecting in the filter channels
- Filters left unwashed on busy weeks
- Filters that leave gaps in the canopy
Historic houses near Poyle, such as Frogmore House about 3.5 miles west, are a reminder that older buildings with event kitchens can have long, awkward duct routes.
Before booking anyone
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
- Whether VAT is included
- How they set the interval to the next visit
- How areas they can’t reach will be recorded
Why it’s worth doing now in Poyle
For any kitchen in Poyle, filters can’t stand in for a full TR19 clean. They do help keep the system in better shape between cleans and the canopy and plenum stay cleaner. In a small place like Poyle, a system that fails can take a site out of use.
One small site or a whole estate, we price it on the same basis: the work involved, the access and the timing. You will have a fixed price before we start.
Why book with us
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
- A written report with photos after every visit
- One number for every site across the South East and London
- We diagnose before we treat
Read our cost guide and our accreditations.
For landlords and multi-site operators
We work for landlords, managing agents and facilities managers as well as the people running the site. Shared systems, like a riser serving several units, need a clear agreement on who books the work, and we’re happy to quote for all of it.
Whether it’s one building or many, you get the same standard: diagnosis, a fixed price, work booked around your hours and a written report with pictures.
How the job changes from site to site
Baffle filters
Baffle filters are robust and widely used in commercial canopies. They don’t clean themselves as the collected grease builds up between the blades.
School, care home and staff kitchens
For kitchens closed in the holidays, visits can be timed around term or rota, keeping the filters ready for the busy weeks.
What happens on the day
A visit follows the same order every time: protect the area, make the system safe, carry out the grease filter exchange, clear away and leave you the report. The visit itself takes a short visit, depending on how many filters the canopies hold. Photos of the system and how to reach it help us plan a visit to Poyle.
- We start by noting how many filters you have and what type they are.
- We agree a schedule that suits how much the kitchen cooks.
- On each visit, the dirty filters come out of the canopy.
- Clean filters go straight back in, seated properly with no gaps.
- We flag any damaged filters or anything wrong with the canopy.
Getting ready for the visit
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Find the previous report, if there is one
How to get a quote
Some systems can be priced from pictures; 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.
Advice
Poyle kitchens: local notes
Food Standards Agency data counts about 46 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 7 sandwich bars and takeaways in and around Poyle, up to about a mile and a half out. Each canopy among them has filters that load with grease and need swapping or cleaning. Fire safety in Poyle falls to Royal Berkshire 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. Environmental health officers from Slough council inspect food businesses in Poyle. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked.
Healthcare kitchens can’t easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Poyle is Harlington, about 2.9 miles east. Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Church of St Thomas, or anywhere in Poyle, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Poyle is about 3 miles north of Staines-upon-Thames, in Slough. We carry out grease filter exchange for commercial premises of every kind in Poyle and the rest of Slough. Poyle is one of 31 places in Slough we cover for commercial clients. We also work in Guildford, about 16 miles from Poyle.
Every address in SL3 is within our area for grease filter exchange, from the main roads to the quietest streets. Local streets include Poplar Close, Sherborne Close and Bath Road, all of which we cover for grease filter exchange. Close by, we work in Colnbrook (1 mile north-west), Horton (1 mile south-west), Brands Hill (1 mile west), Stanwell Moor (1 mile south-east) and Sunnymeads (2 miles west). Further out, we also cover Slough (5 miles north-west), Cippenham (6 miles north-west), Chalvey (5 miles north-west), Britwell (6 miles north-west), Langley (3 miles north-west) and Upton (4 miles north-west).
What’s near Poyle
Typical jobs here are in premises near Langley Grammar School, Arthur Jacob Nature Reserve and The Punch Bowl pub. The closest station to Poyle is Heathrow Terminal 5 Rail station, roughly 1.2 miles south-east of the centre. A little further out are Spelthorne Museum (3.2 miles south) and Windsor Castle (3.9 miles west). For a walk, there’s Crane Meadows and Staines Reservoirs.