Surrey · Grease filter exchange
Grease filter exchange in Sidlow, Surrey
Our technicians work in Sidlow on a scheduled grease filter exchange, swapping dirty canopy filters for clean ones. Out-of-hours visits, a fixed quote and a written report with photos on every job.
- Filters that come out of the sink still dirty
- Grease building up behind the canopy filters
- Poor airflow through the filters
How we handle grease filter exchange in Sidlow
Across Sidlow, our filter exchange suits restaurants, pubs, cafés, schools, care homes and other kitchens, whether there’s one canopy or many. Visits can be timed around your service so nobody has to stop cooking. If you have smoke and heat lingering under the hood and filter washing that keeps being missed, we can put it right, from restaurants and pubs, wall canopies and island canopies onwards.
In a village or hamlet like Sidlow, the kitchens that need extract cleaning are usually a pub, a school, a care home or a hall kitchen, wherever there is one. Every one of them still needs its extract kept clear of grease, whatever the size of the place.
The sign-off is always in writing: a dated report with pictures of the work, and for TR19® Grease cleans, a certificate issued through the BESCA VHE portal. It shows what was done and what, if anything, couldn’t be reached.
- Location
- Sidlow (RH2)
- Wider area
- Surrey
- Records
- Written report with pictures
- Price
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- Working hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Why it’s worth doing now in Sidlow
A filter exchange is a few minutes; a choked extract affects a whole service. Few maintenance jobs are as easy and few are as easy to forget. Systems in rural buildings are often out of sight and out of mind.
The price reflects the work, not guesswork. That’s why we survey first, from pictures or on site, and why the quote is fixed before any work starts.
What you get with us
- In business since 2009
- Fully insured
- We diagnose before we treat
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
See what affects the cost or our accreditations and certificates.
When something else is needed
We’d rather tell you now than book work that will not help, so these are the things it will not cover:
- Smell complaints that need odour control equipment
- Extraction problems caused by the fan rather than the filters
- Grease deep in the extract system
If you are not sure, just ring 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we’ll give you a straight answer.
Where we work
- Baffle filters
- Mesh filters
- Wall canopies
- Restaurants and pubs
- Island canopies
- School and hospital kitchens
What your team can do, and what needs us
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, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We will take a look and give you a fixed quote.
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, and that’s where we come in.
Sidlow questions
Do you work in villages like Sidlow?
Yes. Sidlow is within the area we cover across London and the South East. The journey is planned ahead, so a few details about the route help.
Which fire service covers Sidlow?
Surrey Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Sidlow. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes. Our emergency line runs 24/7 for anything that can’t wait until a planned visit. Call us any time and explain what’s happened.
Can you clean our existing filters instead?
We offer filter cleaning as well as exchange. We will explain the options when you get in touch.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes. For many sites, photos and a few details are enough, while bigger or harder-to-see systems are surveyed on site.
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 the report sets out why.
Will I get paperwork for my records?
Yes. It’s your proof that the work was done: a dated report with photos, listing the work and any areas we couldn’t reach.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
Floors and surfaces near the work are sheeted before work begins, and anything we remove is contained. Before we leave, we tidy up and clean down.
Different parts, different methods
Mesh filters
Mesh traps grease between its layers, so a quick rinse rarely gets it clean.
Busy restaurant and pub kitchens
Kitchens that fry and grill all day load their filters fast. They often need the shortest exchange interval.
Multi-site and managed buildings
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Every visit ends with a dated report and photos, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.
Where a tenant occupies the premises but the landlord owns the building, the lease normally sets out who maintains what. We are happy to deal with either side, and the report can go to both.
Kitchen extracts in Sidlow
Food Standards Agency records include about 4 bars, pubs and nightclubs within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Sidlow. Where they serve hot food, their kitchen extracts need cleaning to TR19® like any restaurant’s. It’s Reigate and Banstead council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Sidlow. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked. Surrey Fire and Rescue Service covers Sidlow. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel.
If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like East Surrey Hospital about 1.8 miles north-east, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen. Bursars and site managers at schools such as Dovers Green School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty. If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Emmanuel Church or elsewhere in Sidlow, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
Sidlow is about 2 miles south of Reigate, in Surrey. Every kind of commercial site in Sidlow, we can take on grease filter exchange. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so the site keeps running. Across Surrey, we cover 395 places, and Sidlow is one of them. Guildford is in our area too, around 16 miles away.
Grease filter exchange in RH2 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. If your site is just outside Sidlow, we cover Irons Bottom (1 mile south-west), South Park (1 mile north), Leigh (2 miles west), Reigate (2 miles north) and Dawesgreen (2 miles west). Within a short drive, we also cover Epsom (9 miles north), Redhill (3 miles north-east), Ewell (10 miles north), Walton-on-Thames (15 miles north-west), Caterham (7 miles north-east) and Dorking (6 miles west).
Around Sidlow
In Sidlow, that means kitchens and buildings near Earlswood Common, Reigate School and Burys Court School, among other places. The closest station to Sidlow is Salfords station, roughly 1.8 miles east of the centre. A little further out are Reigate Priory Museum (2 miles north) and East Surrey Hospital (1.8 miles north-east). Not far away are Colley Hill and Reigate Heath.
Aftercare tips
After the visit, a few habits help the work last:
- Don’t let the full clean slip because filters are changed
- Never leave gaps in the filter bank
- Always run the extract while cooking
- Report a dripping canopy early
Your team carries on as normal, without the filter washing. Just keep the canopy clear for the next visit and tell us if service times change.
Damaged filters leave gaps in the defence. Replacing them early protects the plenum and ductwork.
Places near Sidlow
Other services in Sidlow
The process
Night work is normal for us. Evenings, nights and weekends are when much of our work happens, so the site can open as normal afterwards. The visit itself takes anything from a few minutes to an hour or so, depending on the number of filters. Somewhere like Sidlow, lanes, gates and parking are worth mentioning in advance.
- We record the number, size and type of your filters.
- We set the interval with you.
- 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.
Before we arrive
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
Getting a quote
Need a price for grease filter exchange? Please give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or email us with a few details about the site. We’ll talk you through the work and send you a fixed quote before you commit to anything.