Essex · Grease filter exchange
Sibley's Green grease filter exchange
We cover Sibley's Green for a scheduled grease filter exchange, swapping dirty canopy filters for clean ones. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports as standard.
- Staff short of time to wash filters
- Hand-washed filters that still look greasy
- Missing filters in the filter bank
Multi-site and managed buildings
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.
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Each visit produces a dated report with pictures, ready to show insurers, fire officers or EHOs.
Grease filter exchange in Sibley's Green, done properly
Whether your canopy has baffle or mesh filters, they load up with grease. Once they’re clogged, airflow drops and the fan has to work harder. A steady cycle of clean filters keeps extraction strong. The work covers wall canopies, mesh filters and baffle filters, and people most often call us about grease collecting in the filter channels and a canopy running with filters missing.
Work in a small place like Sibley's Green starts with a call to agree access and timings, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy to discharge, then a TR19® certificate and a photo report.
The paperwork matters as much as the work. Each visit is written up with pictures, covering the work done, any areas we couldn’t access and a recommended next date. File it in your maintenance log so it’s to hand when an insurer or inspector asks.
- Location
- Sibley's Green (CM6)
- Region
- Essex
- Paperwork
- Photo report after each visit
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Towns and villages near Sibley's Green
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What your team can do, and what needs us
Some jobs should never be done in-house: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings call for the right kit, training and safe access. That’s our job.
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
When something else is needed
Some problems need a different service or another trade:
- A noisy or failed extract fan
- Grease deep in the extract system
- A canopy too small for the cooking beneath it
If in doubt, call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we will say what we think.
Where we work
- School and hospital kitchens
- Wall canopies
- Baffle filters
- Mesh filters
- Island canopies
- Restaurants and pubs
Kitchen extracts in Sibley's Green
The Food Standards Agency lists about 6 bars, pubs and nightclubs as registered food businesses within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Sibley's Green. Where they serve hot food, their kitchen extracts need cleaning to TR19® like any restaurant’s. Sibley's Green sits within the area of Essex County 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. Environmental health officers from Uttlesford council inspect food businesses in Sibley's Green. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. Before-and-after photos from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand.
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Putteridge High School or anywhere near Sibley's Green, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean. Horham Hall, about 1.9 miles west, is one of the historic houses near Sibley's Green; if you run event catering at a venue like that, cleans can be booked between functions.
Sibley's Green is about 8 miles south-east of Saffron Walden, in Essex. Wherever you are in the CM6 postcode area, we can carry out grease filter exchange at your premises. Sibley's Green is one of 644 places in Essex where we work for grease filter exchange. Our Chelmsford page covers sites nearby, about 15 miles away.
All of CM6 is within our area for grease filter exchange, from busy streets to back roads. We also cover the places around Sibley's Green: Monk Street (1 mile north-west), Duton Hill (1 mile south-west), Bardfield End Green (1 mile north-east), Tilty (2 miles south-west) and Lindsell (2 miles south-east). Within a short drive, we also cover Chelmsford (15 miles south-east), Braintree (10 miles east), Harlow (15 miles south-west), Witham (15 miles south-east), Saffron Walden (8 miles north-west) and Halstead (12 miles east).
Near you in Sibley's Green
In Sibley's Green, that means kitchens and buildings near Greyhound Public House and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Stansted Airport station, roughly 4.8 miles south-west. A little further out are Little Easton Moat (3.1 miles south). For a walk, there’s West Wood.
Why it’s worth doing now in Sibley's Green
Some kitchens in Sibley's Green wash filters themselves to save the cost of a service, and it works when it’s done well and never skipped. When it does not happen reliably, an exchange makes it automatic. Equipment tucked in a roof space or outbuilding near Sibley's Green rarely gets looked at unless someone books it.
Putting the work off seldom saves money. Problems in a system tend to grow, which can make the next visit longer. If you’re not sure what’s needed, call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email for straight advice and a fixed quote.
Why Sibley's Green businesses choose us
- A fixed price before any work starts
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- Photo reports with every job
- We diagnose before we treat
Common questions in Sibley's Green
Do you work overnight in Sibley's Green?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. The site is handed back ready to open. Let us know the hours you are closed and we’ll book within them.
Is Sibley's Green within the area you cover?
Yes, we work in villages as well as towns, and Sibley's Green is covered. Let us know about access, parking and anything unusual about getting there when you book.
Are you accredited?
BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, plus CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001. We are fully insured and have been trading since 2009.
What if parts of the system cannot be reached?
We never leave them off the paperwork. You’ll know exactly which parts weren’t reached and why, and we can quote to improve the access.
Do you take the used filters away?
We take them away to be cleaned, so your staff do not have to wash them. A clean set is fitted in their place.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
Any commercial site with kitchens or ventilation, from a single café to a large school. Hotels, schools, care homes, offices, shops and leisure sites are all part of our work.
Can you give a price for filter changes?
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 quickly.
Will I get paperwork for my records?
Yes. It’s your proof that the work was done: a written, dated record with pictures of what we did and anything we couldn’t access.
Different parts, different methods
Canopy filter housings
We check that filters sit snugly in the housing at each visit, because gaps let grease through.
Mesh filters
Mesh filters use layers of metal mesh to trap grease. In a busy kitchen, mesh soon blocks, so they need changing often.
The process
The first job on site is protection: sheeting goes over floors and surfaces close to the work. Then we make the system safe and start. It takes less than an hour in most kitchens, and the area is cleaned down before we leave. Visits to a village like Sibley's Green are booked in advance, at a time that suits whoever runs the site.
- We start by noting how many filters you have and what type they are.
- Together we set how often the filters should be changed.
- At every visit, the greasy filters are lifted out.
- Clean, dry filters are fitted in their place, with no gaps left between them.
- We flag any damaged filters or anything wrong with the canopy.
Getting ready for the visit
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
Get a fixed quote
For a fixed quote, phone us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos with the site type, your trading hours and a short description of the system. A few pictures and your last certificate or report help a lot. We usually come back within one working day.
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How we price grease filter exchange
The quote reflects the site in front of us. We take into account:
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- The scale of the work
- Parking and loading at the site
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
The cost depends on the size of the system, what state it’s in and access to every part of it. We give you a fixed price before work begins, so you know where you stand.
What we need to know
Photos and a few facts are often enough to price the work. Send what you can of the following:
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- The site address and the type of premises
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, either from pictures and details you send or from a site visit. Then we send a fixed price, before we start.