Kent · Grease filter exchange
Grease filter exchange in Ram Lane, Kent
For grease filter exchange in Ram Lane, one call is all it takes, from survey to sign-off. CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, ISO 9001 and fully insured.
- Filters so greasy the air can barely pass
- Grease building up behind the canopy filters
- A canopy that drips grease
What the work involves, part by part
School, care home and staff kitchens
Even kitchens with fixed meal times build up grease though typically at a gentler pace.
Mesh filters
Layers of mesh catch grease droplets. In a busy kitchen, mesh soon blocks, so they need changing often.
About our grease filter exchange in Ram Lane
Washing filters in the kitchen sink is messy and easily missed on a busy week. An exchange service means clean filters arrive and greasy ones leave and the canopy is refilled right away. If you’re dealing with hand-washed filters that still look greasy and smoke and heat lingering under the hood, we can help.
Rural kitchens often have long, low duct runs through a roof space or along an outside wall, where grease settles in the flat sections. Access, parking and timings are agreed before the day.
Think of the report as the 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.
- Location
- Ram Lane (TN26, TN25)
- Region
- Kent
- Paperwork
- Written report with pictures
- Quote
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- Working hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
What your team can do, and what needs us
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. What they can’t safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, which is where we come in.
Some jobs should never be done in-house: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings need training, the right equipment and safe access. Leave those to us.
Between visits
After the visit, a few habits help the work last:
- Report damaged filters so they can be replaced
- Never leave gaps in the filter bank
- Book full TR19 cleans alongside filter changes
- Tell us if the menu or opening hours change
The canopy looks cleaner and the air moves better right away. Always run the extract during cooking so they catch grease as intended.
Filter exchange and TR19 cleaning work best together. Setting both up on a schedule means neither slips.
For landlords and multi-site operators
We work for landlords, managing agents and facilities managers as well as the people running the site. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we can quote for the whole system.
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.
Ram Lane kitchens: local notes
We cover Ram Lane, about 45 miles from central London, as part of our work across London and the South East. The visit is fixed around your opening hours, not ours. Kent Fire and Rescue Service covers Ram Lane. 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.
Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; William Harvey Hospital is the nearest hospital to Ram Lane, about 5.4 miles south-east. If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Ram Lane (Godinton House is about 2.1 miles south-east), fitting access panels needs care.
Ram Lane is about 4 miles north-west of Ashford, in Kent. We provide grease filter exchange for commercial premises of every kind in Ram Lane and the rest of Kent. Across Kent, we cover 922 places, Ram Lane among them. We also work in Maidstone, about 14 miles from Ram Lane.
We work across TN26 and TN25 for grease filter exchange and the streets around it. We also cover the places around Ram Lane: Tutt Hill (1 mile south-east), Westwell Leacon (1 mile north-west), Hothfield (1 mile south), Westwell (1 mile east) and Potters Corner (2 miles south-east). Further out, we also cover Maidstone (14 miles north-west), Ashford (4 miles south-east), Canterbury (13 miles north-east), Sittingbourne (11 miles north), Whitstable (15 miles north-east) and Faversham (9 miles north).
Around Ram Lane
For rail, the closest station is Charing station, roughly 1.8 miles north-west of the centre. Well-known places in the area include County Square (3.6 miles south-east) and William Harvey Hospital (5.4 miles south-east).
Places near Ram Lane
What else we do in Ram Lane
Do you need grease filter exchange in Ram Lane?
Cooking vapour carries grease into the canopy. Much of it is trapped by the filters, and day by day they load up until the air can barely get through.
Look out for any of the following:
- A greasy plenum behind the filters
- Filters that come out of the sink still dirty
- Filters that leave gaps in the canopy
- A canopy that drips grease
For schools such as The Hayesbrook School, kitchen extract cleaning is normally booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
Questions to ask before booking
- What paperwork you get at the end
- Whether a survey comes first
- Whether VAT is included
- When they can work, and whether that is outside your opening hours
What grease filter exchange cannot fix
Not every problem is solved by grease filter exchange, and we will tell you before we start. It does not solve:
- Grease behind the filters that a swap can’t remove
- A noisy or failed extract fan
- A canopy that does not capture the vapour properly
If in doubt, ring 0345 646 2711 or email us and we will say what we think.
What the work covers
- Wall canopies
- Mesh filters
- Restaurants and pubs
- Baffle filters
- School and hospital kitchens
- Island canopies
The process
We work around your opening hours, not the other way round. We book the visit for a time the area is closed, whether that is an evening, overnight or a weekend. When the team arrives, the work area is protected and the relevant equipment is switched off to cool, and the work takes anything from a few minutes to an hour or so, depending on the number of filters. Somewhere as small as Ram Lane, the date and timings are agreed with you well before the day.
- We record the number, size and type of your filters.
- We set the interval with you.
- The dirty set is lifted out.
- Clean filters go in and we check they sit snugly.
- We take the greasy set away and confirm the next date.
Getting ready for the visit
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
- Move anything stored near the system
Getting a quote
Quotes are quick. Call or email with a few details and you’ll typically have a fixed price within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.
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Your questions about grease filter exchange in Ram Lane
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Ram Lane?
The local authority for Ram Lane is Ashford council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. Have your latest TR19® certificate and photo report to hand, as an officer may ask how the extract is maintained.
Do you work at weekends in Ram Lane?
Yes, we can come after you close and finish before you open. It means the site in Ram Lane keeps running as normal. Your opening times are the first thing we ask for.
What accreditations do you have?
Duct Doctor is a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we carry full insurance.
How long will you be on site?
Your quote will say how long we expect to be there. For a typical site, it takes less than an hour in most kitchens.
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.
Where does the waste go?
We contain it and take it with us. We collect grease, debris and waste water as we go, so it doesn’t spread.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. We run scheduled maintenance contracts, with visits at the interval your system needs. The report from each visit recommends the next date.
What’s TR19?
A BESA specification, with two parts that matter most here: TR19® Grease for kitchen extract systems and TR19® Air for general ventilation. It is not legislation, but it’s the standard people check against.