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Grease Filter Exchange in Saddlescombe
Grease filter exchange for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Saddlescombe. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and fully insured.
- Missing filters in the filter bank
- Bent or damaged filters that don’t sit properly
- Filters left unwashed on busy weeks
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare across West Sussex. Larger estates can be phased building by building to keep disruption down.
The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.
Grease filter exchange in Saddlescombe
A filter service works alongside TR19® cleaning, not instead of it. Clean filters reduce the grease reaching the ducts though vapour still carries some grease past them. That’s why the whole system still needs cleaning to TR19 at the right interval. The work covers baffle filters, mesh filters and island canopies, and common reasons people get in touch are filters that come out of the sink still dirty and filters left unwashed on busy weeks.
For a kitchen in or near Saddlescombe, the visit is planned around opening hours and the journey, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy to discharge, then a TR19® certificate and a photo report.
Accreditations are easy to claim and worth checking. We’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured.
- Location
- Saddlescombe (BN45)
- Region
- West Sussex
- Reporting
- Photo report after every visit
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- Hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
How the job changes from site to site
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.
Saddlescombe questions
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Saddlescombe?
Kitchens in Saddlescombe are inspected by Mid Sussex council’s environmental health officers. An officer may look up into the canopy, so clean filters on the day and a recent certificate on file both help.
Do you work at weekends in Saddlescombe?
Yes, evening, overnight and weekend work is normal for us. The work in Saddlescombe can fit around your hours. Just call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form with your opening times and we’ll plan around them.
What does TR19 mean?
It’s BESA’s specification and the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to. It sets out inspection, cleaning and record keeping, and it takes a risk-based approach.
Can we skip TR19 cleans if the filters are changed regularly?
No. Filter exchange works between full cleans, not instead of them. A TR19® clean deals with the whole system and comes with a certificate and photo report.
How far ahead should we book?
For planned work, earlier is better, particularly if your next visit is nearly due. Emergencies are different, because our line is open 24/7.
Will I get paperwork for my records?
Yes, on every job. The report is dated and includes pictures, plus a certificate via the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal for TR19® Grease cleans. Keep it in your maintenance log.
Do you deal with bent or broken filters?
A bent filter leaves a gap for grease. We point them out on the visit and explain what’s needed.
Are you accredited?
CHAS, SafeContractor, ISO 9001 and BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We are fully insured and have been trading since 2009.
What staff can safely do
A few tasks are always specialist work: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings need training, the right equipment and safe access. Leave those to us.
In-house cleaning and specialist cleaning do different jobs. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but they don’t reach the grease that builds up further in. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
Grease filter exchange around Saddlescombe
Food Standards Agency data counts about 7 restaurants, cafés and canteens across Saddlescombe and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Any of those kitchens with a canopy relies on its filters to catch grease before it reaches the duct. Environmental health officers from Mid Sussex council inspect food businesses in Saddlescombe. 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. The fire and rescue service for Saddlescombe is West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel.
If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Saddlescombe (Portslade Manor is about 3.3 miles south), fitting access panels needs care. If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Montefiore Hospital about 4.3 miles south-east, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen.
Saddlescombe is about 4 miles north of Brighton and Hove, in West Sussex. Sites in Saddlescombe get the same service as everywhere we cover: a survey first, a fixed quote, work timed around your hours and a report with photos. Saddlescombe is one of 371 places in West Sussex where we work for grease filter exchange.
Work in BN45 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. If your site is just outside Saddlescombe, we cover Pyecombe (1 mile north-east), Waterhall (2 miles south-east), Westdene (2 miles south-east), Patcham (3 miles south-east) and West Blatchington (3 miles south). Within a short drive, we also cover Crawley (15 miles north), Horsham (13 miles north-west), Worthing (10 miles south-west), Haywards Heath (9 miles north-east), Burgess Hill (6 miles north-east) and Shoreham-by-Sea (5 miles south-west).
Landmarks near Saddlescombe
Around Saddlescombe, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Waterhall and Royal Oak pub, among other places. The closest station to Saddlescombe is Hassocks station, roughly 3.2 miles north-east. Other landmarks nearby include Montefiore Hospital (4.3 miles south-east) and Clayton Castle (2.5 miles north-east). The countryside around Saddlescombe includes Wolstonbury Hill and Ladies Mile.
Looking after it afterwards
Think of this as the after-treatment advice, in brief:
- Keep the extract on whenever the range is in use
- Tell us if the menu or opening hours change
- Make sure we can reach the canopy on exchange day
- Keep filter exchange and TR19 cleaning on the same plan
The canopy looks cleaner and the air moves better right away. Keep the extract running while you cook so the filters do their job.
Bent or missing filters let grease straight past. Sorting them now keeps grease where it can be caught.
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What we do, step by step
We’re used to working while the site is closed. A lot of visits happen overnight or at weekends, so a kitchen or building can carry on as usual the next day. On site, the work takes well under an hour for most canopies. In a small place like Saddlescombe, the journey is planned ahead and the visit arranged around the site’s hours.
- We record the number, size and type of your filters.
- 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
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
Ask for a quote
We do not publish a price list, because every site is different. We look at your system first, from photos or on a visit, then send a fixed quote. To get going, call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line.
Advice
When to call us in Saddlescombe
Repeated removal and washing takes its toll on filters. Damaged filters don’t sit flush and grease passes round them.
Most sites get in touch after spotting one of these:
- Damaged filters letting grease past
- Grease filters clogged with grease
- Drips falling from the filters onto equipment
- Weak extraction at the canopy
Church and community hall kitchens, near The Church of the Holy Trinity or anywhere around Saddlescombe, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other.
What your quote should include
- Whether the figure could change on the day
- Whether a survey comes first
- When they can work, and whether that’s outside your opening hours
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
Why it’s worth doing now in Saddlescombe
When filters block, extraction suffers. The kitchen gets hotter and smokier while the fan strains. Keeping filters clean keeps the extract working properly. With notice, the visit to Saddlescombe can be fitted around your bookings and events.
What you pay reflects the actual work. That’s why we survey first, from photos or on site, and the price is agreed before work begins.
Why Saddlescombe businesses choose us
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
- Fully insured
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- A fixed price before any work starts