Kent · Grease filter exchange
Grease filter exchange in Strood, Kent
Grease filter exchange across Strood and nearby, timed so the site keeps working and signed off in writing with photos.
- Grease filters clogged with grease
- Weak extraction at the canopy
- Filters that leave gaps in the canopy
How we handle grease filter exchange in Strood
A clean set of filters is a simple, regular dose of prevention. Between full cleans, it keeps the airflow healthy, and it saves your staff a greasy job. The full TR19 clean then gives the system its clean bill of health. If you have bent or damaged filters that don’t sit properly and hand-washed filters that still look greasy, we can put it right, from school and hospital kitchens, island canopies and wall canopies onwards.
Rural kitchens often have long, low duct runs through a roof space or along an outside wall, where grease settles in the flat sections. Access, parking and timings are agreed before the day.
We are CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, we hold ISO 9001 and we are fully insured. On top of that, we are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we’ve been trading since 2009.
- Location
- Strood (TN17)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Paperwork
- Report and pictures after the visit
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- Working hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
How the job changes from site to site
Busy restaurant and pub kitchens
In a busy kitchen, filter washing is easy to skip. An exchange service takes it off the rota.
Canopy filter housings
Grease collects in the channels and drip trays below the filters. We point it out if it needs cleaning.
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Kitchen extracts in Strood
The FSA’s food hygiene register includes about 4 pubs and bars within about 1.5 miles of central Strood. Wherever they cook, the canopy, duct and fan collect grease just as a restaurant’s do. Food hygiene inspections in Strood are the job of Ashford council’s environmental health team. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector. Strood sits within the area of Kent Fire and Rescue Service. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk.
Church and community hall kitchens, near Parish Church of St Mary or anywhere around Strood, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other. Smallhythe Place, about 2.6 miles south-east, is one of the historic houses near Strood; if you run event catering at a venue like that, cleans can be booked between functions.
Strood is about 11 miles south-west of Ashford, in Kent. Whatever kind of site you run in Strood, we can take on grease filter exchange. We can work out of hours so the site keeps running. Strood is one of 922 towns, villages and districts in Kent we cover for commercial clients. Our Maidstone page covers sites nearby, about 15 miles away.
We cover every part of TN17 for grease filter exchange and the roads nearby. Local streets include Rolvenden Hill and Tenterden Road, and we cover them all for grease filter exchange. Other places close to Strood include Rolvenden (1 mile south-west), Rolvenden Layne (1 mile south), West Cross (1 mile west), Parkgate (2 miles north) and Broad Tenterden (2 miles east). Within a short drive, we also cover Maidstone (15 miles north), Ashford (11 miles north-east), Paddock Wood (14 miles north-west), Bearsted (15 miles north), Park Wood (13 miles north) and Kennington (13 miles north-east).
What’s near Strood
Around Strood, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Turners Field and Homewood School and Sixth Form Centre. Well-known places in the area include The C.M Booth Collection (1 mile south-west) and Benenden Hospital (2.4 miles north-west).
Why act early in Strood
Changing filters on schedule costs far less disruption than a blocked extract. Few maintenance jobs are as easy, and one of the easiest to let slip. Somewhere as small as Strood, losing a kitchen or building to a fault is felt by everyone who uses it.
A single site or a whole portfolio, we price it on the same basis: what needs doing, how we get to it and when. The price is fixed before work begins.
What you get with us
- Photo reports with every job
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- Fully insured
- In business since 2009
See what affects the cost and our accreditations.
Questions from Strood
Which environmental health team covers Strood?
That’s Ashford council, whose environmental health officers carry out food hygiene inspections in Strood. Have your latest TR19® certificate and photo report to hand, as an officer may ask how the extract is maintained.
Which fire service covers Strood?
Fire safety enforcement in Strood is handled by Kent Fire and Rescue Service. If a fire safety officer visits a commercial kitchen, they may ask about the fire risk assessment and how the extract is kept clean.
What accreditations do you have?
We are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we carry full insurance.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
By covering it before any work starts. We keep the work contained and leave the area clean.
What’s TR19?
TR19® is the BESA specification for keeping ventilation systems clean. Since 2019, TR19® Grease has been a standalone specification for grease in kitchen extract systems, and TR19® Air covers general supply and extract systems.
Do you take the used filters away?
We do. Used filters go with us to be cleaned and the clean set stays in the canopy.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes. Regular plans can run on 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycles, to suit the system and how it’s used.
What happens if you can’t reach some of it?
Anything we can’t reach goes on the report, with a note of where it is, and we explain what access is needed, for example new access panels.
What staff can safely do
Keep a record of what your team does. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, alongside our reports.
If your staff spot something between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that will not come clean, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We’ll take a look and send you a fixed quote.
The process
Every visit runs to the same pattern: sheeting and protection first, isolate whatever needs isolating, do the work, tidy up and hand over the paperwork. The visit itself takes a short visit, depending on how many filters the canopies hold. Somewhere as small as Strood, the date and timings are agreed with you well before the day.
- We count and measure the filters in every canopy.
- Together we set how often the filters should be changed.
- Each visit starts with the used filters being removed.
- Clean, dry filters are fitted in their place, with no gaps left between them.
- If a filter is damaged or the plenum needs attention, we tell you.
Getting ready for the visit
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Clear the space around the work
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
Get a fixed quote
There’s no standard price list, because no two systems are the same. Instead, we look at your site first, from photos or a survey, and then give you a fixed quote. To get going, call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email.
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Multi-site and managed buildings
We regularly work with managing agents. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works and we will come back with a fixed quote.
Running several sites is easier with one contractor. We cover South East England and London, so visits at different addresses can be planned together and kept to a regular schedule.
What grease filter exchange can’t fix
Grease filter exchange can’t fix everything, and we’d rather say so up front. It will not put right:
- Greasy ducts and risers that a filter change will not reach
- A canopy that needs a proper clean
- A noisy or failed extract fan
If in doubt, ring 0345 646 2711 or email us and we’ll say what we think.
What the work covers
- Restaurants and pubs
- Baffle filters
- Island canopies
- Wall canopies
- School and hospital kitchens
- Mesh filters
What we are called out for in Strood
Hand-washed filters often come back still greasy. Grease lodges deep in baffles and mesh, and a quick rinse leaves it there.
The symptoms we’re asked about most include:
- Grease left in baffles after washing
- Damaged filters letting grease past
- Grease dripping from the canopy
- A greasy plenum behind the filters
Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Benenden Hospital is the nearest hospital to Strood, about 2.4 miles north-west.
Before booking anyone
- Whether they recommend a next date
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- What happens if part of the system can’t be accessed
- What paperwork you get at the end