West Sussex · Grease filter exchange
Grease Filter Exchange in Slaugham
Grease filter exchange across Slaugham and nearby, booked around your opening hours and finished with a written report and pictures.
- Grease dripping from the canopy
- Grease collecting in the filter channels
- Blocked baffle filters
Keeping the system healthy
Here’s the after-treatment advice, in brief:
- Report damaged filters so they can be replaced
- Report a dripping canopy early
- Never leave gaps in the filter bank
- Make sure we can reach the canopy on exchange day
Nothing changes for your staff, except one less greasy job. Just keep the canopy clear for the next visit and tell us if service times change.
If cooking has stepped up, the filter schedule should too. Changing the interval early stops grease building up unseen in the ducts.
Grease filter exchange in Slaugham, done properly
Across Slaugham, 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 cooking is not interrupted. We’re often asked to deal with grease left in baffles after washing and grease collecting in the filter channels, across wall canopies, restaurants and pubs and baffle filters.
In a small place like Slaugham, kitchens are often in older or extended buildings, with long single-storey duct runs, and those horizontal sections are where grease settles. Access, parking and timings are agreed before the day.
Think of the report as the system’s health record: a dated account with pictures of everything we did. For TR19® Grease cleans, the certificate comes through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal, ready for your insurer.
- Location
- Slaugham (RH17)
- Wider area
- West Sussex
- Records
- Report and pictures after the visit
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- When we work
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
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What affects the cost of grease filter exchange
The price is fixed before any work begins. It takes into account:
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
- The size of the system
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
- The condition of the system
Combining work into one visit or one programme often makes better use of the time. Mention every system or site you need covered, and you’ll get one fixed quote.
What to send for a quote
We can often survey from photos. The most useful are:
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
- The site address and the type of premises
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
To get a fixed quote, ring 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form 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 normally come back within one working day.
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 need training, the right equipment and safe access. Leave those to us.
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, which is where we come in.
What the work involves, part by part
Canopy filter housings
The filter housing holds each filter at an angle in the canopy. A damaged housing leaves gaps.
Baffle filters
Baffle filters use overlapping metal blades that force the air to change direction. Grease is thrown out of the airstream and collects on the baffles.
Why act early in Slaugham
Filters full of grease are fuel sitting right above the cooking. A flare-up on the range can reach them and grease in the duct can carry a fire further. Clean filters mean less fuel in the canopy. A planned visit to Slaugham is easier to arrange than an emergency callout.
Every site is different, so each one gets its own fixed quote. The size of the job, how we reach it, its condition and the working hours all play a part.
What you get with us
- Photo reports with every job
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
- Every job surveyed first
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
Read our cost guide and our accreditations.
Multi-site and managed buildings
When the building owner and the occupier are different, the lease normally sets out who maintains what. We can quote either party and send the paperwork to whoever needs it.
Facilities teams in offices, schools and healthcare sites book us too across West Sussex. Work can be phased by floor, building or site to keep disruption down.
Kitchen extracts in Slaugham
There are about 5 restaurants, cafés and works canteens in Slaugham and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Any of those kitchens with a canopy relies on its filters to catch grease before it reaches the duct. Slaugham is covered by West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. Fire and rescue authorities enforce the Fire Safety Order in most non-domestic premises, and in a kitchen that fire risk includes the grease in the extract. Kitchens in Slaugham get their food hygiene inspections from Mid Sussex council. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready.
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near St Mary's Church or elsewhere in Slaugham, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event. If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Slaugham (Tyes Place is about 1.8 miles east), fitting access panels needs care. Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Crawley Hospital is the nearest hospital to Slaugham, about 5.4 miles north.
Slaugham is about 5 miles south of Crawley, in West Sussex. Whether your site is in the middle of Slaugham or further out, grease filter exchange is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from a single unit to a large public building. We cover 371 places across West Sussex, large and small. You can also see our page for Brighton, about 15 miles away.
Here we cover the RH17 postcode area for grease filter exchange. Close by, we work in Handcross (1 mile north), Plummers Plain (1 mile west), Lower Beeding (2 miles west), Colwood (3 miles south) and Crabtree (3 miles south-west). We also work in nearby towns such as Crawley (5 miles north), Horsham (5 miles west), Haywards Heath (6 miles south-east), Burgess Hill (7 miles south-east), East Grinstead (10 miles north-east) and Shoreham-by-Sea (14 miles south).
What’s near Slaugham
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Carpenter's Arms. The closest station to Slaugham is Balcombe station, about 3.3 miles east. A little further out are Cuckfield Museum (3.6 miles south-east) and Crawley Hospital (5.4 miles north). Green spaces nearby include Blunts Wood and Paiges Meadow and Tilgate Lake.
What we do, step by step
Everything the job needs comes with us, from protective sheeting to tools and access equipment. You only need to give us clear access and switch off what needs to be off. On site, the work takes less than an hour in most kitchens. Visits to a village like Slaugham are booked in advance, at a time that suits whoever runs the site.
- First, we record the size, type and number of filters in each canopy.
- Together we set how often the filters should be changed.
- At every visit, the greasy filters are lifted out.
- We fit clean filters and check they sit snugly in the housing.
- We flag any damaged filters or anything wrong with the canopy.
Getting ready for the visit
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
Get a fixed quote
Here’s what helps us quote: the address, the type of site and when it’s open, pictures of the system and any previous report or certificate. Once you have those, call us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line.
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Questions from Slaugham
Can you come to Slaugham after we close?
Yes, we can come after you close and finish before you open. The work in Slaugham can fit around your hours. Let us know the hours you are closed and we will book within them.
Who inspects food businesses in Slaugham?
Kitchens in Slaugham are inspected by Mid Sussex council’s environmental health officers. It helps to keep the extract cleaning records with your food safety paperwork, so they’re ready if asked for.
Which sectors do you work in?
All kinds of commercial and public premises: from restaurants, pubs and hotels to schools, hospitals, care homes, offices, shops and food production sites. We fit the work around how the site operates.
How long does grease filter exchange take?
On site, it takes well under an hour for most canopies. Larger systems naturally take longer, and we will tell you what to expect.
Do you handle baffle and mesh filters?
We work with both baffle and mesh filters. We check what’s in your canopies first and set up the service around them.
Do you work in Slaugham?
Yes. Slaugham is part of the area we cover, as part of our area across London and the South East.
What if some of our filters are damaged?
A badly damaged filter should be replaced. We will tell you which ones and why when we find them.
What happens if you cannot reach some of it?
The report shows them clearly. Often the fix is extra access, such as new panels in ductwork, and we can fit those.