West Sussex · Grease filter exchange
Rustington grease filter exchange
Professional grease filter exchange in and around Rustington, booked around your opening hours and signed off in writing with photos.
- Smoke and heat lingering under the hood
- A canopy that drips grease
- Bent or damaged filters that don’t sit properly
About our grease filter exchange in Rustington
Cleaning filters by hand takes staff time and is easy to put off. An exchange service means clean filters arrive and greasy ones leave and the canopy is refilled straight away. If you have filter washing that keeps being missed and drips falling from the filters onto equipment, we can put it right, from school and hospital kitchens, restaurants and pubs and baffle filters onwards.
Around a smaller place like Rustington, 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.
The sign-off is always in writing: a written report, dated and illustrated with pictures, and for TR19® Grease cleans, a certificate issued through the BESCA VHE portal. Any parts we couldn’t reach are recorded on it too.
- Location
- Rustington (BN16, BN17)
- Region
- West Sussex
- Reporting
- Photo report after each visit
- Quotes
- A fixed price before any work starts
- When we work
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Different parts, different methods
Baffle filters
When baffles fill with grease, less air gets through. Swapping them for a clean set restores it.
Canopy filter housings
Every exchange includes a check of how the filters sit, because gaps let grease through.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Rustington
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.
Running several sites is easier with one contractor. We cover South East England and London, so visits at different addresses can be planned together and kept on a regular cycle.
How the visit works
Our technicians bring everything the work needs, including protection sheets, the right tools and access kit. You only need to give us clear access and switch off what needs to be off. The visit takes a few minutes per canopy, longer for a large kitchen with several canopies. Evenings, weekends or a closed day all work for a site in a place like Rustington.
- First, we check the canopies and the filters in them.
- We note any filters that are bent, damaged or missing.
- Greasy filters are swapped for clean ones.
- The filters are checked for fit before we go.
- Anything that needs attention, such as a greasy plenum, is pointed out.
How to prepare
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
- Clear the space around the work
Get a fixed quote
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, from your photos and details or, where that isn’t enough, a survey on site. Then we send a fixed price, before any work starts.
Related advice
Keeping the system healthy
Simple habits between visits make a real difference. Our advice:
- Keep every filter in place during service
- Keep canopy surfaces wiped down
- Keep the extract on whenever the range is in use
- Mention it if the kitchen gets busier
Keep an eye out for filters that have been taken out. Gaps let grease into the plenum, so let us know if one goes missing or gets damaged.
Filter exchange and TR19 cleaning work best together. Setting both up on a schedule keeps everything on track.
Common problems we fix in Rustington
Cooking vapour carries grease into the canopy. The filters catch much of it so they gradually clog and airflow falls away.
These are the problems we see most often:
- Grease filters clogged with grease
- Grease building up behind the canopy filters
- Missing filters in the filter bank
- Bent or damaged filters that do not sit properly
For schools such as Rustington Community Primary School, kitchen extract cleaning is normally booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
What your quote should include
- If they look at the system before pricing
- What happens if part of the system can’t be accessed
- Whether VAT is included
- When they can work, and whether that’s outside your opening hours
Common questions in Rustington
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Rustington?
Food hygiene inspections in Rustington are carried out by Arun council. It helps to keep the extract cleaning records with your food safety paperwork, so they’re ready if asked for.
Do you do school kitchen extract cleaning in Rustington in the summer holidays?
Yes, holiday work suits schools best. Around Rustington, the Food Standards Agency lists about 26 schools and colleges with registered kitchens within a mile and a half or so. Booking early in the term gives the best choice of holiday dates.
Which grease filters does the service cover?
Baffle and mesh filters are both covered. We check what’s in your canopies first and set up the service around them.
What types of premises do you cover?
All kinds of commercial and public premises: kitchens, offices, schools, healthcare, retail, leisure and food production. We fit the work around how the site operates.
Do you offer emergency callouts?
Yes. If something urgent happens, like a fan failing or damage after a fire, call our 24/7 line and we will talk you through the next steps.
How do you protect the area?
We start with protection: floor sheeting and covers over nearby surfaces and equipment. The area is left tidy, with our waste taken away.
What happens if you can’t reach some of it?
We record them on the report, with pictures where possible, and we explain what access is needed, for example new access panels.
Which accreditations do you hold?
Our accreditations are CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. Vent Hygiene Elite is run by BESCA and independently audited.
Nearby places to Rustington
Other services in Rustington
What a clean will not put right
Not every problem is solved by grease filter exchange, and we will tell you before work begins. It does not solve:
- A heavily greased plenum or canopy, which needs cleaning to TR19
- A noisy or failed extract fan
- An extract that was undersized from the start
Not sure which it is? You can call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we’ll tell you honestly.
Parts of the system we cover
- Island canopies
- Wall canopies
- Baffle filters
- School and hospital kitchens
- Mesh filters
- Restaurants and pubs
Grease filter exchange around Rustington
Rustington is within about 1 mile of the coast. Near the sea, the fan and discharge at the top of a kitchen extract corrode faster than they would inland. The FSA’s data shows about 24 pubs, bars and clubs registered within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Rustington. Any of them serving cooked food has an extract to keep clean, from canopy to discharge. It’s Arun council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Rustington. 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.
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near The Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul or elsewhere in Rustington, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often. If you cook for passing trade around Angmering station, the extract can be cleaned between your last and first customer.
Rustington is about 5 miles west of Worthing, in West Sussex. Across the BN16 area, we can carry out grease filter exchange at your premises. Rustington is one of 371 places in West Sussex where we work for commercial clients. Our Brighton page covers sites nearby (17 miles or so).
We work across the BN16 and BN17 postcode area for grease filter exchange and the streets around it. Streets in the area include Church Road, The Street and Station Road, and we cover them all for grease filter exchange. Rustington is on the B2140, which makes it straightforward for our technicians to reach for out-of-hours visits. If your site is just outside Rustington, we cover Littlehampton (1 mile west), Toddington (1 mile north-west), Poling (2 miles north), Wick (2 miles west) and Lyminster (2 miles north-west). Within a short drive, we also cover Worthing (5 miles east), Bognor Regis (8 miles west), Chichester (12 miles west), Selsey (13 miles south-west), Shoreham-by-Sea (11 miles east) and Lancing (8 miles east).
Landmarks near Rustington
Typical jobs here are in premises near The Littlehampton Academy, Littlehampton College and Mewsbrook Park and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is Angmering station, roughly 0.9 miles east of the centre. Nearby you’ll also find Zachary Merton Hospital (less than half a mile south-east) and Lyminster Siege Castle (3 miles north-west). For a walk, there’s WWT Arundel and Highdown Hill.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
When your team notices a problem between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that won’t come clean, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We can diagnose it and quote.
A few tasks are always specialist work: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease call for the right kit, training and safe access. Leave those to us.