Greater London · Grease filter exchange
Grease filter exchange in Seven Dials, Greater London
Need grease filter exchange in Seven Dials? We survey first, send you a fixed quote and work around your opening hours, finishing with a written report and photos.
- Damaged filters letting grease past
- Filters that come out of the sink still dirty
- Drips falling from the filters onto equipment
Leave it or put it right?
A filter exchange is a few minutes; a choked extract affects a whole service. It’s one of the simplest parts of looking after the system, and one of the easiest to let slip. A booked night’s work in Seven Dials costs you no trading time; an unplanned closure does.
No two sites are the same, so we price each one individually. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all make a difference.
What you get with us
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
- We’re fully insured
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Every job surveyed first
About our grease filter exchange in Seven Dials
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. The work covers school and hospital kitchens, mesh filters and restaurants and pubs, and common reasons people get in touch are damaged filters letting grease past and staff short of time to wash filters.
London kitchens tend to trade late and open early, so extract cleaning in Seven Dials is usually done overnight, after the last service. Parking, loading and access to the roof are agreed with the building before the night of the clean.
Accreditations are easy to claim and worth checking. Ours are BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, plus CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured.
- Where
- Seven Dials (W1F, W1D, W1T)
- Region
- Greater London
- Records
- Written report with photos
- Quote
- A fixed price before any work starts
- When we work
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
How the visit works
Everything the job needs comes with us, including protection sheets, the right tools and access kit. All we need from you is clear access and the right equipment switched off. The visit takes less than an hour in most kitchens. Managed blocks in London often need contractors booked in ahead, and we’re happy to deal with the agent directly for a site in Seven Dials.
- First, we check the canopies and the filters in them.
- Any damaged or missing filters are noted.
- We exchange the dirty filters for a clean set.
- The filters are checked for fit before we go.
- We tell you if the plenum or canopy needs a clean.
How to prepare
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
Getting a quote
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, from your pictures and details or, where that is not enough, a survey on site. After that, you get a fixed price for the work so you know the cost before work begins.
Advice
What the work involves, part by part
School, care home and staff kitchens
For kitchens closed in the holidays, visits can be timed around term or rota so the filters are clean when cooking picks up.
Baffle filters
When baffles fill with grease, less air gets through. Swapping them for a clean set restores it.
Seven Dials questions
Can a school canteen extract in Seven Dials be done out of term time?
Yes, holiday work suits schools best. Food Standards Agency records list about 79 schools, colleges and universities with registered kitchens within about a mile and a half of Seven Dials. Tell us your holiday dates and we will book the visit for when the site is empty.
Can the work in Seven Dials be done at night or at weekends?
Yes, out-of-hours work is a big part of what we do. Your customers, staff or residents in Seven Dials needn’t be disturbed. Just call us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line with your opening times and we’ll plan around them.
What’s TR19?
A BESA specification in two main parts: TR19® Grease for kitchen extract systems and TR19® Air for general ventilation. It isn’t legislation, but it’s the standard people check against.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
Restaurants and pubs, hotels, schools and colleges, hospitals and care homes, offices and retail, as well as food production and leisure sites.
Will you tell us when the next visit is due?
Yes. The interval depends on how much the system is used and what we find, and we explain the reasoning on the report.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes. Regular plans can run on 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycles, to suit the system and how it’s used.
How much does a filter exchange service cost?
Filters, canopies and how often you need visits all affect the price. Tell us what you have and we’ll come back with a fixed quote, normally within one working day.
Do you work in Seven Dials?
Yes. Seven Dials is part of the area we cover, as part of our area across London and the South East.
For landlords and multi-site operators
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Every visit ends with a dated report and pictures, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.
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 are happy to quote for all of it.
Keeping the system healthy
Looking after the system between visits is straightforward, and it helps at the next visit:
- Clear anything stored on or near the canopy
- Keep the extract on whenever the range is in use
- Do not let the full clean slip because filters are changed
- Wipe the outside of the canopy as part of daily cleaning
Keep an eye out for filters that have been taken out. A missing filter leaves a gap for grease so tell us if you need a replacement.
Filters that are left too long stop protecting the system. A regular cycle keeps the rest of the system cleaner between full cleans.
When something else is needed
It’s worth knowing the limits before booking:
- Odours from the discharge that filters will not stop
- A canopy too small for the cooking beneath it
- Grease behind the filters that a swap can’t remove
If in doubt, call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we’ll say what we think before booking.
What the work covers
- Island canopies
- Restaurants and pubs
- Wall canopies
- Baffle filters
- School and hospital kitchens
- Mesh filters
Grease, kitchens and Seven Dials
The FSA’s food hygiene register includes about 390 pubs and bars and about 235 hotels, B&Bs and guest houses within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Seven Dials. Where they serve hot food, their kitchen extracts need cleaning to TR19® like any restaurant’s. In Seven Dials, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Westminster council. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. Seven Dials sits within the area of London Fire Brigade. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk.
Term dates shape school work: for a school like St Josephs Catholic Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break. Church and community hall kitchens, near Soho Baptist Chapel or anywhere around Seven Dials, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other. A hospital like St Paul's Hospital, about within half a mile north-east, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day.
Seven Dials is about 1 mile east of City of Westminster, in Greater London. Sites in Seven Dials get the same service as everywhere we cover: a survey first, a fixed quote, work timed around your hours and a report with pictures. Seven Dials is one of 764 towns, villages and districts in Greater London we cover for commercial clients.
Here we cover the W1F, W1D and W1T postcode area for grease filter exchange. Grease filter exchange is available to premises on Duck Lane, Drury Lane and Bridle Lane and nearby roads. Seven Dials sits on or near the A301 and A400, which makes travel easy for evening and night visits. If your site is just outside Seven Dials, we cover St Giles (1 mile north), West End (1 mile west), Soho (1 mile west), Covent Garden (1 mile east) and Chinatown (1 mile south-west). Within a short drive, we also cover Kensington (3 miles west), Walthamstow (7 miles north-east), Hampstead (4 miles north-west), Ruislip (13 miles west), Stockwell (3 miles south) and Orpington (13 miles south-east).
Local landmarks in Seven Dials
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around London Nautical School, St Anne's Churchyard and LSE Shaw Library. Nearby too are Two Brewers pub (under half a mile south-west) and Mercers' School (0.8 miles east). Seven Dials has its own railway station: Tottenham Court Road station. A little further out are Kingly Court (0.5 miles west) and St Paul's Hospital (less than half a mile north-east). Not far away are Barnsbury Wood and Ludgate Hill.
Towns and villages near Seven Dials
What else we do in Seven Dials
What affects the quote in Seven Dials
A fixed price needs a few facts first. We check:
- What state the system is in
- How big the system is
- Where the site is and how we reach it
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
Putting the work off seldom saves money. Problems in a system tend to grow, which can make the next visit longer. If you’re unsure, call us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos for straight advice and a fixed quote.
What to send for a quote
A few details help us quote accurately. When you get in touch, it helps to send:
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- The postcode and the type of business
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: the system from a couple of angles, plus any access panels or hatches. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and we can price many jobs without a visit.