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Grease Filter Exchange in Somerton
Looking for grease filter exchange in Somerton? We survey first, give you a fixed quote and work around your opening hours, finishing with a written report and photos.
- Drips falling from the filters onto equipment
- Gaps where filters have been removed
- Smoke and heat lingering under the hood
Questions from Somerton
Can you work in Somerton outside opening hours?
Yes, we can come after you close and finish before you open. The site is handed back ready to open. Let us know the hours you’re closed and we will book within them.
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Somerton?
In Somerton, it’s Cherwell council that carries out food hygiene inspections. Have your latest TR19® certificate and photo report to hand, as an officer may ask how the extract is maintained.
What paperwork should we keep on file?
Each report and certificate we give you, filed in the maintenance log, along with your own cleaning log. BESA advises that certificates record the date, location and technician.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes. We always survey first, either from photos and details you send or on a site visit. Then you get a fixed quote.
Can you come out in an emergency?
Yes, day and night, every day of the year. Office hours are Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm, with the emergency line covering every other hour.
How regularly do grease filters need exchanging?
There’s no single answer. We look at your cooking and set an interval to match and can change if your kitchen gets busier.
How do you protect the area?
We cover floors and nearby surfaces with sheeting before we start, and anything we remove is contained. Before we leave, we tidy up and clean down.
Will you tell us when the next visit is due?
Yes. The report recommends when the next visit should be, based on what we found and how the system is used.
About our grease filter exchange in Somerton
Grease filters are the first line of defence in a kitchen extract. They catch grease before it reaches the plenum and ductwork and they do it best when they’re clean. With grease filter exchange, clean filters replace greasy ones at regular intervals. Common call-outs are for poor airflow through the filters and a greasy plenum behind the filters, on baffle filters, wall canopies and mesh filters.
Rural kitchens often have long, low duct runs through a roof space or along an outside wall, and those horizontal sections are where grease settles. Access, parking and timings are agreed before the day.
Nothing is signed off by word of mouth: a dated report with photos of the work, plus a certificate through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal when the work is a TR19® Grease clean. It shows what was done and what, if anything, couldn’t be reached.
- Where
- Somerton (OX25)
- Region
- Oxfordshire
- Reporting
- Report and pictures after the visit
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- When we work
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Different parts, different methods
Baffle filters
When baffles fill with grease, less air gets through. A clean exchange set brings the airflow back.
Canopy filter housings
The filter housing holds each filter at an angle in the canopy. If it’s bent or greasy, filters will not seat properly.
Why act early in Somerton
Dripping canopies and greasy smells often start with the filters. Left, it ends up on equipment, food areas and staff and that’s the kind of thing inspectors look for. If the system at a site near Somerton fails, there may be nowhere nearby to move to.
What you pay depends on how big the system is, what state it’s in and access to every part of it. You get a fixed price before any work starts, so there are no surprises.
Why book with us
- A written report with photos after each visit
- Trading since 2009
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
Take a look at how cleaning jobs are priced or how to check a contractor.
Grease filter exchange around Somerton
Somerton, about 60 miles from central London, is within our usual area. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends, so the visit fits around the site. Somerton sits within the area of Oxfordshire 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.
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Church of St James or elsewhere in Somerton, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.
Somerton is about 6 miles north-west of Bicester, in Oxfordshire. Wherever you are in the OX25 postcode area, we can carry out grease filter exchange at your premises. Our Oxfordshire coverage runs to 443 places, and Somerton is one of them. Our Oxford page covers sites nearby (14 miles or so).
Postcode districts we cover here for grease filter exchange: OX25. We cover sites on Water Street, Wharf Lane and Ardley Road and the roads around them. If your site is just outside Somerton, we cover Fritwell (2 miles east), Clifton (2 miles north), Upper Heyford (2 miles south), Souldern (2 miles north-east) and Lower Heyford (3 miles south). We also work in nearby towns such as Oxford (14 miles south), Banbury (8 miles north), Bicester (6 miles south-east), Witney (15 miles south-west), Kidlington (9 miles south) and Headington Quarry (14 miles south).
Local landmarks in Somerton
The nearest railway station is Heyford station, roughly 2.7 miles south. Nearby you will also find Deddington Castle (2.4 miles north-west).
Honest limits
We’d rather tell you now than book work that won’t help, so these are the things it won’t cover:
- Extraction problems caused by the fan rather than the filters
- Grease deep in the extract system
- A canopy too small for the cooking beneath it
If in doubt, call us on 0345 646 2711 or email us and we will say what we think.
Parts of the system we cover
- Wall canopies
- Baffle filters
- School and hospital kitchens
- Restaurants and pubs
- Mesh filters
- Island canopies
What affects the cost of grease filter exchange
A fixed price needs a few facts first. We check:
- Whether several sites go on one quote
- The condition of the system
- The size of the system
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
Several systems or sites on one quote can make for a more efficient booking. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at and we’ll price it together.
What to send for a quote
You do not need the technical terms. Just send:
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- Wide pictures of the system and the area around it
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
Quotes are quick. Send a few details and photos, and we typically reply with a fixed quote within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.
The process
Every visit runs to the same pattern: sheeting and protection first, isolate whatever needs isolating, do the work, clear away and leave you the report. The visit itself takes a few minutes per canopy, longer for a large kitchen with several canopies. Pictures of the system and its access let us plan the work in Somerton before we set off.
- 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.
- We flag any damaged filters or anything wrong with the canopy.
Getting ready for the visit
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
Get a fixed quote
Here’s what helps us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, a few pictures and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Once you have those, ring 0345 646 2711, or send details by email.
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What we are called out for in Somerton
The type of cooking matters. Frying, grilling and chargrilling produce far more grease than steaming or baking so no single schedule suits every kitchen.
The symptoms we’re asked about most include:
- Gaps where filters have been removed
- Grease left in baffles after washing
- Grease dripping from the canopy
- A greasy plenum behind the filters
In and around Somerton, every reachable section of the extract is cleaned, and anything we cannot reach goes on the report.
What to look for in a quote
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- What happens if part of the system cannot be accessed
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
Between visits
So the system stays in good health:
- Mention it if the kitchen gets busier
- Never leave gaps in the filter bank
- Report a dripping canopy early
- 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 let us know of any changes to opening hours.
A kitchen that is getting busier needs its filters changed more often. Changing the interval early stops grease building up unseen behind the canopy.