Kent · Grease filter exchange
Grease filter exchange in Sturry, Kent
Need grease filter exchange in Sturry? We diagnose first, fix the price and book the work around your hours, then sign off with a report and pictures.
- Damaged filters letting grease past
- A greasy plenum behind the filters
- Grease left in baffles after washing
What the work involves, part by part
School, care home and staff kitchens
A longer exchange interval may suit lighter cooking. The interval is set to fit.
Mesh filters
Older or smaller canopies often use mesh filters. They can be on the same exchange schedule as baffle filters.
Grease filter exchange in Sturry
Each visit is quick and tidy. The greasy filters come out, clean ones go in, and we check they’re seated with no gaps. If something looks wrong, we tell you. If you have weak extraction at the canopy and grease filters clogged with grease, we can put it right, from baffle filters, island canopies and school and hospital kitchens onwards.
Size doesn’t change the work: a kitchen in a place like Sturry gets the whole system cleaned, canopy to discharge. We plan the visit around your hours, with the journey sorted in advance.
For insurers and inspectors, the record counts. So every job comes with a written report and pictures, plus a TR19® certificate through the BESCA VHE portal where the work is a TR19® Grease clean.
- Location
- Sturry (CT2)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Records
- Written report with pictures
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
What happens if it’s left?
Some kitchens in Sturry wash filters themselves to save the cost of a service, and it works when it’s done well and never skipped. Where it slips, an exchange service takes the job off staff. Systems on quieter sites still build up dirt and wear, just more slowly.
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’ll explain each part.
Why book with us
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Fixed quotes, normally within one working day
Read how cleaning jobs are priced and our accreditations and certificates.
Sturry questions
Is Sturry within the area you cover?
Yes. Villages and rural sites across the South East are part of our work, Sturry included. Let us know about access, parking and anything unusual about getting there when you book.
Can the work in Sturry be done at night or at weekends?
Yes. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends. That way a site in Sturry doesn’t have to lose a day’s trading. Just give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or email us with your opening times and we will plan around them.
Which accreditations do you hold?
BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, plus CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001. We have been trading since 2009 and we are fully insured.
Who is responsible for fire safety on the premises?
The law calls them the responsible person. That’s generally the employer or the person in control of the premises, and in shared buildings more than one person can have duties. Your lease and fire risk assessment should make it clear.
Where do the greasy filters go?
The greasy set leaves with us for cleaning and your staff don’t have to deal with them. Clean filters go straight in.
Will we have to shut during the visit?
Not usually. We need the work area to ourselves while we’re on site, so we book a time when it would be closed anyway.
What types of filter do you exchange?
Baffle filters and mesh filters. Tell us what you have when you ring 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we will confirm it on site.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. Tell us the addresses and what each needs and we’ll quote them together.
When it’s something else
Not every problem is solved by grease filter exchange, and we’d rather say so up front. It does not solve:
- A fan that’s failing or too weak for the system
- Grease deep in the extract system
- A canopy that does not capture the vapour properly
If in doubt, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we will say what we think before booking.
Where we work
- Island canopies
- Baffle filters
- Mesh filters
- School and hospital kitchens
- Wall canopies
- Restaurants and pubs
Keeping the system healthy
Once we have finished, these simple steps help:
- Make sure we can reach the canopy on exchange day
- Never leave gaps in the filter bank
- Tell us if a filter is bent or damaged
- Keep canopy surfaces wiped down
The next exchange is already in the diary. If cooking increases, we can change filters more often to match.
Filter exchange and TR19 cleaning work best together. Setting both up on a schedule keeps everything on track.
For landlords and multi-site operators
Running several sites is easier with one contractor. We cover South East England and London, so a run of sites can go into one programme and kept on a regular cycle.
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.
What we do, step by step
Protection comes first: floors, worktops and anything near the work are covered. Then we make the system safe and start. It takes well under an hour for most canopies, and the area is cleaned down before we leave. A site near Sturry normally has room to park, so the questions are about access to the system and your hours.
- We start by noting how many filters you have and what type they are.
- A change schedule is agreed to match the kitchen’s cooking hours.
- Each visit starts with the used filters being removed.
- Clean, dry filters are fitted in their place, with no gaps left between them.
- Anything we notice, such as bent filters or a dirty plenum, is pointed out.
Getting ready for the visit
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
- Clear loose items from the work area
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
Getting a quote
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.
Related advice
What we’re called out for in Sturry
Hand-washed filters often come back still greasy. Grease lodges deep in baffles and mesh, and a quick rinse leaves it there.
Look out for these warning signs:
- Staff short of time to wash filters
- Weak extraction at the canopy
- Grease collecting in the filter channels
- Hand-washed filters that still look greasy
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near St Nicholas' Church, or anywhere in Sturry, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Before you book anyone
- When the next visit should be, and why
- Whether the price is fixed
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- What happens if part of the system can’t be accessed
Grease, kitchens and Sturry
The Food Standards Agency lists about 6 pubs, bars and clubs as registered food businesses in Sturry and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Wherever they cook, the canopy, duct and fan collect grease just as a restaurant’s do. In Sturry, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Canterbury City council. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after. Sturry is covered by Kent Fire and Rescue Service. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises.
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Sturry Church of England Primary School or anywhere near Sturry, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean. Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; St Martins Hospital is the nearest hospital to Sturry, about 2.1 miles south.
Sturry is about 3 miles north-east of Canterbury, in Kent. Whether your site is in the middle of Sturry or further out, we cover grease filter exchange for every kind of premises, from a single unit to a large public building. Across Kent, we cover 922 places, and Sturry is one of them. We also work in Maidstone, about 26 miles from Sturry.
Postcode districts we cover here for grease filter exchange: CT2. That includes premises on High Street, Park View and Link Road and the roads around them. Neighbouring places we cover for grease filter exchange include Broad Oak (1 mile west), Westbere (1 mile east), Calcott (1 mile north), Hersden (2 miles east) and Hicks Forstal (2 miles north). Further out, we also cover Canterbury (3 miles south-west), Margate (12 miles north-east), Dover (14 miles south-east), Folkestone (15 miles south), Ramsgate (13 miles east) and Broadstairs (14 miles east).
Landmarks near Sturry
Typical jobs here are in premises near Frank Montgomery School, Chequer's Wood and Old Park and The Swan Inn and the streets around them. There’s a railway station in Sturry itself: Sturry station. Other landmarks nearby include Canterbury Roman Museum (2.6 miles south-west) and St Martins Hospital (2.1 miles south). For a walk, there’s West Blean and Thornden Woods.