Kent · Grease filter exchange
Grease Filter Exchange in Sittingbourne
Grease filter exchange for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Sittingbourne. BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease.
- Damaged filters letting grease past
- Filters so greasy the air can barely pass
- Smoke and heat lingering under the hood
Honest limits
A few issues sit outside what this work can do:
- A canopy that doesn’t capture the vapour properly
- Cooking smells reaching neighbours, which need odour control
- A fan that is failing or too weak for the system
Not sure which it is? You can ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we will tell you honestly before you book.
What the work covers
- Restaurants and pubs
- Wall canopies
- Mesh filters
- Island canopies
- School and hospital kitchens
- Baffle filters
About our grease filter exchange in Sittingbourne
Baffle filters and mesh filters both fill with grease. Clogged filters choke the airflow and the fan has to work harder. Regular exchange keeps the air moving. Common call-outs are for a canopy running with filters missing and grease building up behind the canopy filters, on baffle filters, island canopies and wall canopies.
Around a town like Sittingbourne, extract cleaning typically means a restaurant, pub, takeaway or the kitchen of a school or care home. Whatever the kitchen, the canopy, filters, duct and fan all collect grease.
Insurers, fire officers and environmental health officers all look at records. So every job comes with a written report and pictures, plus a TR19® certificate through the BESCA VHE portal where the work is a TR19® Grease clean.
- Where
- Sittingbourne (ME10, ME9)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Records
- Report and photos after the visit
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- Hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
What your team can do, and what needs us
A few tasks are always specialist work: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings call for the right kit, training and safe access. That’s our job.
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 grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
When to call us in Sittingbourne
Washing filters by hand does not always get them clean. Grease hides in the folds of a baffle or the layers of a mesh and a sink wash rarely reaches it.
Most sites get in touch when they notice one of these:
- Blocked baffle filters
- Grease dripping from the canopy
- Bent or damaged filters that don’t sit properly
- Filters left unwashed on busy weeks
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Church of the Holy Trinity, or anywhere in Sittingbourne, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Comparing quotes
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
- What records you’ll receive afterwards
- Whether they’re fully insured
Multi-site and managed buildings
The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Each visit produces a dated report with pictures, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.
Sittingbourne questions
Do you work at weekends in Sittingbourne?
Yes, out-of-hours work is a big part of what we do. The site is handed back ready to open. Your opening times are the first thing we ask for.
Do you do school kitchen extract cleaning in Sittingbourne in the summer holidays?
Yes, holiday work suits schools best. The FSA’s register shows about 24 schools and colleges with food registrations within roughly a mile and a half of Sittingbourne. Just give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line with your term dates and we will plan around them.
How far ahead should we book?
That depends on the slot you want and the size of the job. Tell us your preferred dates when you ask for a quote, and if it’s an emergency, call us any time.
How much does a filter exchange service cost?
Every kitchen is different, so we quote once we know your filters and schedule. You get a fixed price before the service starts.
Where does the waste go?
Waste is contained during the work and removed when we leave, from grease and debris to used cleaning water. None of it is left on site.
Are you insured?
Yes. We carry full insurance, and we have been trading since 2009.
What types of filter do you exchange?
Baffle filters and mesh filters. Mention how many canopies you have when you get in touch, or we will check on the first visit.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
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.
How we price grease filter exchange
The price is fixed before any work begins. It’s based on:
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- How big the system is
- How easy every part is to reach
- The times the site is available
Whatever the type of site, the quote works the same way: how much there is, how we reach it, what state it’s in and when we can work. Call for a fixed quote and we will go through it with you.
What we need to know
We can often survey from photos. The most useful are:
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- The site address and the type of premises
We don’t publish a price list, because every site is different. We look at your system first, from photos or on a visit, and then send you a fixed quote. To get going, ring 0345 646 2711, or send details by email.
Kitchen extracts in Sittingbourne
At about 2 miles from the coast, Sittingbourne is close enough for sea air to matter. Salt in the air is hard on rooftop fans, discharge cowls and fixings, so we check them for corrosion as well as grease. The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 70 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 39 takeaways within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Sittingbourne. Each canopy among them has filters that load with grease and need swapping or cleaning. It’s Swale council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Sittingbourne. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector.
Commuter trade near Sittingbourne station can mean long cooking hours, and long hours put a kitchen into BESA’s more frequent cleaning bands. If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Borden Grammar School or anywhere near Sittingbourne, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean.
Sittingbourne is about 37 miles east of London, in Kent. Whatever kind of site you run in Sittingbourne, we can take on grease filter exchange. We can work out of hours so trading is not interrupted. Across Kent, we cover 922 places, Sittingbourne among them. For sites nearby, see our Maidstone page, about 10 miles away.
All of ME10 and ME9 is covered for grease filter exchange, from the main roads to the quietest streets. Streets in the area include High Street, Roman Square and Moonstone Square, all of which we cover for grease filter exchange. Sittingbourne is on the A2 and A249, which makes it straightforward for our technicians to reach for out-of-hours visits. Other places close to Sittingbourne include Murston (1 mile east), Milton Regis (1 mile north-east), Kemsley (1 mile north), Howt Green (1 mile north-west) and Heart's Delight (1 mile south-west). Larger places within reach include Maidstone (10 miles south-west), Ashford (15 miles south), Whitstable (13 miles east), Faversham (7 miles east), Minster (6 miles north-east) and Kings Hill (15 miles west). Sittingbourne is among the bigger places we cover in Kent for grease filter exchange.
What’s near Sittingbourne
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Milton Court Primary Academy, The Golden Hope pub and Milton Creek Country Park. There’s a railway station in Sittingbourne itself: Sittingbourne station. A little further out are Bayford Court (under half a mile east) and Court Hall Museum (under half a mile north).
Places near Sittingbourne
What else we do in Sittingbourne
Keeping the system healthy
So the system stays in good health:
- Always run the extract while cooking
- Make sure we can reach the canopy on exchange day
- Look out for drips from the canopy
- Clean the canopy surfaces regularly
There’s no waiting: the canopy is ready as soon as the clean set is fitted. We take the greasy filters with us to be cleaned.
Filters that are left too long stop protecting the system. Getting onto a regular exchange now keeps grease out of the plenum and ductwork until the next TR19 clean.
How it works
Your trading hours come first. We book the visit for a time the area is closed, whether that’s an evening, overnight or a weekend. When the team arrives, the work area is protected and the relevant equipment is switched off to cool, and the work takes a few minutes per canopy, longer for a large kitchen with several canopies. We arrive in Sittingbourne once you’ve closed and leave the site ready for the morning.
- First, we record the size, type and number of filters in each canopy.
- Together we set how often the filters should be changed.
- Each visit starts with the used filters being removed.
- Clean filters go straight back in, seated properly with no gaps.
- Anything we notice, such as bent filters or a dirty plenum, is pointed out.
Getting ready for the visit
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
Get a fixed quote
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: the system from a couple of angles, plus any access panels or hatches. Add the site type and your opening hours, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.