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Streatham grease filter exchange
Grease filter exchange for Streatham, from a team that has been trading since 2009. Out-of-hours visits and 24/7 emergency callout.
- A canopy running with filters missing
- Drips falling from the filters onto equipment
- Grease building up behind the canopy filters
What staff can safely do
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, next to our reports.
Some jobs should never be done in-house: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease need training, the right equipment and safe access. Leave those to us.
Grease filter exchange in Streatham
A filter service works alongside TR19® cleaning, not instead of it. Clean filters reduce the grease reaching the ducts though vapour still carries some grease past them. So the canopy, plenum and ducts still need their full TR19 clean. We are often asked to deal with filter washing that keeps being missed and grease collecting in the filter channels, across school and hospital kitchens, island canopies and restaurants and pubs.
London kitchens are often tucked into basements or the back of a building, with extract ducts that can climb several floors to discharge at roof level. In Streatham, as elsewhere in the capital, a long duct run means more access points to open and more grease to remove.
Insurers, fire officers and environmental health officers all look at records. So every job comes with a written report and photos, and grease extract cleans come with a TR19® certificate issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Where
- Streatham (SW16, SW2, CR4, SW12)
- Region
- Greater London
- Records
- Report and pictures after the visit
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Towns and villages near Streatham
What else we do in Streatham
Part by part
School, care home and staff kitchens
Visits can be planned around holidays and quieter periods so the filters are clean when cooking picks up.
Baffle filters
When baffles fill with grease, less air gets through. Swapping them for a clean set restores it.
What grease filter exchange looks like in Streatham
The Food Standards Agency lists about 32 bars, pubs and nightclubs and about 6 hotels and B&Bs as registered food businesses within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Streatham. Where they serve hot food, their kitchen extracts need cleaning to TR19® like any restaurant’s. Fire safety in Streatham falls to London Fire Brigade. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises. It’s Lambeth council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Streatham. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after.
If you cook for passing trade around Streatham station, the extract can be cleaned between your last and first customer. Term dates shape school work: for a school like St Andrew's Catholic Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
Streatham is about 5 miles south of London, in Greater London. Wherever you are in the SW16 postcode area, we can carry out grease filter exchange at your premises. Streatham is one of 764 places in Greater London where we work for grease filter exchange.
We work across the SW16, SW2, CR4 and SW12 postcode area for grease filter exchange and the roads nearby. If you need grease filter exchange at premises on Stanthorpe Road, Gleneagle Mews and Madeira Road or a nearby road, we can help. Streatham sits on or near the A205 and A216, so getting to you is simple for grease filter exchange. Other places close to Streatham include Streatham Park (1 mile west), Furzedown (1 mile west), Streatham Hill (1 mile north), Hyde farm estate (1 mile north) and Grange Mills (1 mile north-west). We also work in nearby towns such as London (5 miles north), City of Westminster (6 miles north), Marylebone (6 miles north), Kensington (6 miles north-west), St Pancras (7 miles north) and Shoreditch (7 miles north).
What’s near Streatham
Around Streatham, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Bishop Thomas Grant Catholic Secondary School, Streatham Common and Waldorf School of South West London, among other places. There’s a railway station in Streatham itself: Streatham station. A little further out are Clockworks Museum (1.1 miles east) and Southside Wandsworth (3.3 miles north-west). The countryside around Streatham includes Knight's Hill and Battersea Park Lake.
Your questions about grease filter exchange in Streatham
Who inspects food businesses in Streatham?
That is Lambeth council, whose environmental health officers carry out food hygiene inspections in Streatham. Ratings are published by the Food Standards Agency, so a clean extract and good records are worth keeping up.
Do you clean school canteen extracts around Streatham out of term?
Yes, and it’s the easiest time to do it. The FSA’s register shows about 30 schools and colleges with food registrations within roughly a mile and a half of Streatham. Send us your term dates when you ring 0345 646 2711 or email us, and we will fit the work in.
What types of premises do you cover?
Restaurants and pubs, hotels, schools and colleges, hospitals and care homes, offices and retail, plus food production and leisure sites.
What’s TR19?
TR19® is the BESA specification for keeping ventilation systems clean. TR19® Grease, a standalone specification since 2019, covers grease in kitchen extract systems, and TR19® Air covers general supply and extract systems.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes. For many sites, photos and a few details are enough, while bigger or harder-to-see systems are surveyed on site.
Is there a cleaning option for the filters we have?
Yes. Some kitchens prefer their own filters cleaned on a schedule, and others prefer a straight swap. We make sure the canopy is ready for service either way.
How long does the visit take?
On site, it takes well under an hour for most canopies. Bigger or more complicated systems take longer, and we’ll tell you what to expect.
Is filter exchange enough instead of a full extract clean?
No. The rest of the system still collects grease at an interval set by risk assessment.
When to call us in Streatham
Long cooking hours in Streatham or anywhere else mean more grease on the filters. Heavy daily use means fast build-up so changes need to come round sooner.
What we are most often called out for:
- Grease collecting in the filter channels
- Missing filters in the filter bank
- Smoke and heat lingering under the hood
- Filter washing that keeps being missed
Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Tooting Bec Hospital is the nearest hospital to Streatham, about 1 mile west.
Before you book anyone
- How they set the interval to the next visit
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
How we price grease filter exchange
The diagnosis comes before the price. We look at:
- The size of the system
- The number of sites or systems
- A single visit or a regular plan
- Parking and loading at the site
Several systems or sites on one quote can make for a more efficient booking. Mention every system or site you need covered and we will price it together.
What to send for a quote
Photos let us diagnose from a distance. The most useful are:
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
Here’s what helps us quote: the address, the type of site and when it’s open, a few pictures and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Once you have those, call us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line.
Why deal with it now?
Changing filters on schedule costs far less disruption than a blocked extract. It’s one of the simplest parts of looking after the system, and one of the easiest to let slip. For a site in Streatham, fitting the work in overnight now is far easier than closing at short notice later.
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. Call for a fixed quote and we will explain each part.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Streatham
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
- Every visit written up, with photos
- Fully insured
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Managing agents and facilities teams in Streatham
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Each visit ends with a dated report and photos, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.
Multi-site operators often want one contractor and one number. We work across London and the South East, so visits at different addresses can be planned together and kept on a regular cycle.
How the visit works
We start by comparing what we find with the survey or your photos. If anything is different, we talk it through with the person on site before carrying on. After that, the work takes a few minutes per canopy, longer for a large kitchen with several canopies. In a London area like Streatham, parking, loading and building access are planned before the day of the work.
- First, we record the size, type and number of filters in each canopy.
- We agree a schedule that suits how much the kitchen cooks.
- Each visit starts with the used filters being removed.
- Clean filters go straight back in, seated properly with no gaps.
- If a filter is damaged or the plenum needs attention, we tell you.
Before we arrive
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
Ask for a quote
Every quote begins with a look at the system, from your pictures and details or, where that is not enough, a survey on site. After that, you get a fixed price for the work, before we start.