West Sussex · Grease filter exchange
Grease filter exchange in Stedham, West Sussex
Our technicians work in Stedham on a scheduled grease filter exchange, swapping dirty canopy filters for clean ones. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports on every job.
- Damaged filters letting grease past
- Filters so greasy the air can barely pass
- A greasy plenum behind the filters
Grease filter exchange for kitchens and businesses in Stedham
Washing filters in the kitchen sink is messy and easily missed on a busy week. With a filter exchange, we bring a clean set and take the dirty one away, so the canopy is never left without filters. The work covers school and hospital kitchens, mesh filters and restaurants and pubs, and people most often call us about blocked baffle filters and poor airflow through the filters.
In a small place like Stedham, kitchens are often in older or extended buildings, with long single-storey duct runs, where grease settles in the flat sections. We agree access and timings in advance.
Duct Doctor has been trading since 2009, as a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we’re fully insured.
- Where
- Stedham (GU29)
- Region
- West Sussex
- Reporting
- Report and photos after the visit
- Quote
- A fixed price before we start
- When we work
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Common questions in Stedham
Which fire service covers Stedham?
It’s West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service, which covers Stedham. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
Do you work at weekends in Stedham?
Yes, evening, overnight and weekend work is normal for us. That way a site in Stedham doesn’t have to lose a day’s trading. When you call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email, mention when the site is quiet.
What accreditations do you have?
Duct Doctor is a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured.
Do you clean filters as well as exchanging them?
We can. Some kitchens prefer their own filters cleaned on a schedule while others want an exchange. Either way, the canopy is not left without filters during service.
Can one contract cover all our sites?
Yes. One number covers all your sites across London and the South East, with visits on a regular schedule.
What do you do with what you remove?
It’s contained and taken away. We collect grease, debris and waste water as we go rather than letting it spread.
Do we lose a day’s trading?
Not usually. Out-of-hours visits keep the disruption down. Bigger sites can be done in stages to keep things running.
What’s the right interval for changing filters?
It varies with the type and amount of cooking. If filters are dripping or clogging before the next change, it’s too long, and we can change it.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Keep a record of what your team does. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, alongside our reports.
Staff cleaning doesn’t replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Regular in-house cleaning slows the build-up, but hidden parts of the system still need specialist attention.
Towns and villages near Stedham
What else we do in Stedham
Signs you need grease filter exchange in Stedham
Sometimes a filter is taken out and never put back. Every gap in the filter bank lets grease straight into the plenum where it settles out of sight.
Common reasons sites call us include:
- Filters so greasy the air can barely pass
- A canopy that drips grease
- A greasy plenum behind the filters
- Missing filters in the filter bank
Historic houses near Stedham, such as Cowdray House about 1.8 miles east, are a reminder that older buildings with event kitchens can have long, awkward duct routes.
Comparing quotes
- Whether VAT is included
- What happens if part of the system can’t be accessed
- Whether they’re fully insured
- Whether the figure could change on the day
Between visits
After the visit, a few habits help the work last:
- Make sure no filter is left out
- Look out for drips from the canopy
- Clean the canopy surfaces regularly
- Mention it if the kitchen gets busier
Once the clean filters are in, the kitchen can cook right away. We take the greasy filters with us to be cleaned.
Filter exchange and TR19 cleaning work best together. A maintenance plan that covers both means neither slips.
How it works
Every visit runs to the same pattern: protect the area, isolate whatever needs isolating, do the work, clear away and hand over the paperwork. The visit itself takes a short visit, depending on how many filters the canopies hold. If you can send photos, we can arrive in Stedham knowing what to expect.
- We record the number, size and type of your filters.
- We set the interval with you.
- The dirty set is lifted out.
- A clean set is fitted and checked for gaps.
- The dirty filters leave with us and the next visit is booked.
Before we arrive
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
- Let us know about parking and loading
Getting a quote
Need a price for grease filter exchange? Please call us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos 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.
Advice
What the work involves, part by part
Baffle filters
In a baffle filter, the air zigzags through metal baffles. Grease is thrown out of the airstream and collects on the baffles.
Busy restaurant and pub kitchens
Heavy cooking means more grease reaching every part of the system. Changing them on time protects the ducts behind.
Why it’s worth doing now in Stedham
A filter exchange is a few minutes; a choked extract affects a whole service. It’s one of the simplest parts of looking after the system and few are as easy to forget. Equipment tucked in a roof space or outbuilding near Stedham rarely gets looked at unless someone books it.
We don’t list prices on the website, because each job is priced on what it involves. For a fixed quote, ring 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form, and we’ll explain what it covers.
Why us?
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
- A written report with photos after every visit
- Fully insured
Take a look at how cleaning jobs are priced and our accreditations.
Honest limits
Some problems need a different service or another trade:
- A heavily greased plenum or canopy, which needs cleaning to TR19
- Greasy ducts and risers that a filter change will not reach
- An extract that was undersized from the start
If in doubt, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or email us and we’ll say what we think before booking.
What the work covers
- Baffle filters
- Island canopies
- Wall canopies
- Mesh filters
- School and hospital kitchens
- Restaurants and pubs
Grease filter exchange in Stedham: the local picture
It’s Chichester council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Stedham. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. Before-and-after photos from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. Fire safety in Stedham falls to West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel.
Church and community hall kitchens, near The Parish Church of St James or anywhere around Stedham, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other. Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Midhurst Community Hospital is the nearest hospital to Stedham, about 1.6 miles east.
Stedham is about 7 miles east of Petersfield, in West Sussex. Every kind of commercial site in Stedham, we can take on grease filter exchange. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so the site keeps running. 371 places in West Sussex are on our list, from busy centres to quieter spots. There’s also a page for Portsmouth, roughly 19 miles from Stedham.
Grease filter exchange in GU29 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. Streets in the area include The Street, The Alley and Queens Street, and we cover them all for grease filter exchange. We also cover the places around Stedham: Iping (1 mile north-west), Woolbeding (1 mile east), Minsted (1 mile south-west), Bepton Common (1 mile south-east) and Midhurst (1 mile south-east). Larger places within reach include Bognor Regis (15 miles south), Chichester (11 miles south), Emsworth (12 miles south-west), Storrington (15 miles east), Billingshurst (14 miles east) and Portfield (11 miles south).
Around Stedham
Typical jobs here are in premises near Midhurst Rother College. Other landmarks nearby include Midhurst Museum (1.6 miles east) and Lodsworth Castle (4.5 miles east). For a walk, there’s Iping and Stedham Commons and Wheeler's Down.