Oxfordshire · Grease filter exchange
Grease Filter Exchange in South Stoke
Grease filter exchange for businesses, landlords and public buildings in South Stoke. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and fully insured.
- Grease dripping from the canopy
- Gaps where filters have been removed
- Filters that come out of the sink still dirty
What a clean won’t put right
Before booking, it helps to know what’s not included:
- A canopy that doesn’t capture the vapour properly
- A fan that’s failing or too weak for the system
- Cooking smells reaching neighbours, which need odour control
If in doubt, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we’ll say what we think before you book.
Where we work
- School and hospital kitchens
- Baffle filters
- Wall canopies
- Island canopies
- Mesh filters
- Restaurants and pubs
How we handle grease filter exchange in South Stoke
We run grease filter exchange for all kinds of kitchens in South Stoke, whether there’s one canopy or many. We can come before or after service, so cooking isn’t interrupted. The work covers mesh filters, baffle filters and restaurants and pubs, and common reasons people get in touch are weak extraction at the canopy and a canopy running with filters missing.
Somewhere as small as South Stoke, commercial kitchens are few: perhaps a pub, a school or care home kitchen, or a hall used for events. Each still has a canopy and duct that collect grease, whatever the size of the place.
Think of the report as the system’s health record: dated, with pictures, and showing what was done. For TR19® Grease cleans, the certificate comes through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal, ready for your insurer.
- Location
- South Stoke (RG8)
- Region
- Oxfordshire
- Records
- Written report with pictures
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Questions from South Stoke
Can you work in South Stoke outside opening hours?
Yes, evening, overnight and weekend work is normal for us. The work in South Stoke can fit around your hours. Tell us your opening hours when you ask for a quote.
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in South Stoke?
The local authority for South Stoke is South Oxfordshire council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. An officer may look up into the canopy, so clean filters on the day and a recent certificate on file both help.
Are you fully insured?
Yes, fully. We also hold CHAS and SafeContractor, for sites that check contractor safety.
Who is the responsible person?
The Fire Safety Order 2005 calls them the responsible person: normally the employer or whoever controls the premises. In shared or managed buildings, a landlord, facilities manager or managing agent can share the duty.
Do you recommend a next date?
Yes. Every report includes a recommended date for the next visit, based on use and what we found.
What types of filter do you exchange?
The common types of grease filter: baffle and mesh. Tell us what you have when you phone us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email, or we will check on the first visit.
Is TR19 cleaning required by law?
No, not in itself. TR19® is the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs check against, and many insurers ask for proof of cleaning to it. The legal duty sits in the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, which applies in England and Wales.
How long does the visit take?
That depends on the amount of work, but for a typical site it takes a few minutes per canopy, longer for a large kitchen with several canopies. We’ll give you a better idea when we quote.
What happens if it’s left?
Washing filters in-house is an option for kitchens in South Stoke, and that can work if it’s done thoroughly and on time. Where it slips, an exchange service takes the job off staff. Somewhere as small as South Stoke, losing a kitchen or building to a fault is felt by everyone who uses it.
Kitchens, offices, schools and hospitals are all priced the same way: how much there is, how we reach it, what state it’s in and when we can work. Ask for a fixed quote and we will explain each part.
Why us?
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
- A written report with pictures after every visit
- Fixed quotes from a survey or photos
See what affects the cost or our accreditations and certificates.
Grease filter exchange in South Stoke: the local picture
Kitchens in South Stoke get their food hygiene inspections from South Oxfordshire council. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked. South Stoke sits within the area of Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order.
Older buildings often hide long, awkward duct runs, and if you run a kitchen at a historic venue in the area (Basildon Park is about 3.5 miles south), access may need planning. School kitchens, at schools like South Stoke Primary School for example, are typically cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost. If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Church of St Andrew or elsewhere in South Stoke, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
South Stoke is about 6 miles south-east of Didcot, in Oxfordshire. For grease filter exchange in and around South Stoke, please phone us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form for a fixed quote. We work across South East England and London, South Stoke included. South Stoke is one of 443 places in Oxfordshire we cover for commercial clients. You can also see our page for Reading, about 10 miles away.
We cover every part of RG8 for grease filter exchange and the streets around it. If you need grease filter exchange at premises on The Street, Ferry Road and Cross Keys Road or a nearby road, we can help. Nearby, we also carry out grease filter exchange in Moulsford (1 mile west), Goring (2 miles south), North Stoke (2 miles north-east), Cholsey (2 miles north) and Streatley (2 miles south). Within a short drive, we also cover Oxford (15 miles north), Didcot (6 miles north-west), Abingdon-on-Thames (11 miles north-west), Thame (15 miles north-east), Wantage (13 miles west) and Henley-on-Thames (10 miles east).
What’s near South Stoke
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to The Perch and Pike pub and Cranford House School, among other places. The closest station to South Stoke is Cholsey station, roughly 1.8 miles north-west of the centre. A little further out are Wallingford Castle (3.8 miles north). The countryside around South Stoke includes Churn Hill and Withymead Nature Reserve.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Staff cleaning doesn’t replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but the parts you cannot see still need a specialist at the right interval.
Some jobs should never be done in-house: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings need training, the right equipment and safe access. That’s our job.
More services for South Stoke
How the job changes from site to site
Mesh filters
Mesh filters are still found in many canopies. We exchange them on the same basis as baffles.
Canopy filter housings
The trough or channel under the filters fills with grease. We point it out if it needs cleaning.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Tell us the site, the work and the access arrangements and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
If you look after several sites, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Every building has its own written report, so records stay tidy.
What affects the quote in South Stoke
We quote each job individually. These are the things that affect it:
- The scale of the work
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
- How many systems or sites are involved
Working hours, access and the scale of the site all affect the cost. We take each of them into account and give you a fixed price before we start.
Helping us quote
A few details help us quote accurately. With your enquiry, please include:
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
- Wide photos of the system and the area around it
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
Getting a quote does not take long. Send a few details and photos, and we usually 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
At the end of the visit, someone from your team can look over the work with us. Anything we couldn’t reach or that needs attention is pointed out there and then, and it goes on the report too. All told, the work takes less than an hour in most kitchens. Somewhere like South Stoke, 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.
- Clean filters go in and we check they sit snugly.
- We take the greasy set away and confirm the next date.
How to prepare
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Move anything stored near the system
Ask for a quote
The quickest way to a quote is to send photos: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Add the site type and your opening hours, and we can price many jobs without a visit.