East Sussex · Grease filter exchange
Grease filter exchange in Swaile's Green, East Sussex
A scheduled grease filter exchange, swapping dirty canopy filters for clean ones in Swaile's Green, surveyed first and signed off with a written report and pictures. Call for a fixed quote.
- Staff short of time to wash filters
- Bent or damaged filters that don’t sit properly
- Gaps where filters have been removed
Managing agents and facilities teams in Swaile's Green
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 each one has its own record.
Keeping records across a portfolio is half the battle. Each visit ends with a dated report and photos, ready to show insurers, fire officers or EHOs.
About our grease filter exchange in Swaile's Green
In Swaile's Green, our filter exchange runs on a schedule set by how much the kitchen cooks. The heavier the cooking, the more often filters need changing while a lighter kitchen can go longer. We agree the interval with you at the start. Common call-outs are for smoke and heat lingering under the hood and bent or damaged filters that don’t sit properly, on restaurants and pubs, island canopies and school and hospital kitchens.
In a village or hamlet like Swaile's Green, the kitchens that need extract cleaning are usually a pub, a school, a care home or a hall kitchen, wherever there is one. Each still has a canopy and duct that collect grease, whatever the size of the place.
Nothing is signed off by word of mouth: a dated report with pictures of the work, plus a certificate through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal when the work is a TR19® Grease clean. It shows what was done and what, if anything, couldn’t be reached.
- Place
- Swaile's Green (TN32)
- Region
- East Sussex
- Records
- Written report with photos
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
The process
We work around your opening hours, not the other way round. We book the visit for a time the area is closed, whether that’s an evening, overnight or a weekend. When the team arrives, the work area is protected and the relevant equipment is switched off to cool, and the job takes a few minutes per canopy, longer for a large kitchen with several canopies. Visits to a village like Swaile's Green are booked in advance, at a time that suits whoever runs the site.
- We look at the canopies and the condition of the filters.
- Any damaged or missing filters are noted.
- Greasy filters are swapped for clean ones.
- We check the filters are seated and the canopy is ready to use.
- Anything that needs attention, such as a greasy plenum, is pointed out.
How to prepare
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
- Clear loose items from the work area
Getting a quote
Getting a quote does not take long. Call or email with a few details and you’ll normally have a fixed price within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.
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What grease filter exchange can’t fix
We’ll always give you a straight diagnosis, so here’s what this work cannot put right:
- A canopy that doesn’t capture the vapour properly
- Greasy ducts and risers that a filter change won’t reach
- A noisy or failed extract fan
If you are not sure, just call 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we’ll give you a straight answer before booking.
What we work on in Swaile's Green
- Restaurants and pubs
- Wall canopies
- Baffle filters
- Mesh filters
- School and hospital kitchens
- Island canopies
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Grease filter exchange around Swaile's Green
The fire and rescue service for Swaile's Green is East Sussex 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. In Swaile's Green, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Rother 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.
Older buildings often hide long, awkward duct runs, and if you run a kitchen at a historic venue in the area (Durhamford Manor is about 1.2 miles south), access may need planning. A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near St Marks Staplecross or elsewhere in Swaile's Green, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often. If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Staplecross Methodist Primary School or anywhere near Swaile's Green, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean.
Swaile's Green is about 7 miles north of Hastings, in East Sussex. From the centre of Swaile's Green to the outskirts, we cover grease filter exchange for every kind of premises, from a single unit to a large public building. Our East Sussex coverage runs to 289 places, Swaile's Green among them. Maidstone is in our area too, about 21 miles from Swaile's Green.
Work in TN32 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. We also cover Cripp's Corner (1 mile north), Staplecross (1 mile north-east), Whatlington (2 miles south-west), Sedlescombe (2 miles south) and Snagshall (2 miles north). Further out, we also cover Hastings (7 miles south), Bexhill-on-Sea (8 miles south), Hailsham (13 miles south-west), St Leonards (7 miles south), Polegate (15 miles south-west) and Hastings Old Town (8 miles south).
What’s near Swaile's Green
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around The White Hart pub and Vinehall School and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Robertsbridge station, roughly 3.1 miles north-west. A little further out are Conquest Hospital (5.4 miles south) and Nortons Farm Museum (3 miles south). Green spaces nearby include Senlac Hill.
How the job changes from site to site
Baffle filters
In a baffle filter, the air zigzags through metal baffles. Grease drops out as it does.
Busy restaurant and pub kitchens
The more a kitchen cooks, the more grease the filters see. Regular changes help protect the ductwork.
Looking after it afterwards
A little care between visits keeps the system in better shape. We recommend:
- Make sure we can reach the canopy on exchange day
- Never cook with the extract switched off
- Clean the canopy surfaces regularly
- Tell us if the menu or opening hours change
Nothing changes for your staff, except one less greasy job. Just keep the canopy clear for the next visit and tell us if service times change.
Damaged filters leave gaps in the defence. Replacing them early protects the plenum and ductwork.
Swaile's Green questions
Do you do school kitchen extract cleaning in Swaile's Green in the summer holidays?
Yes. The holidays are the usual time for school work. Food Standards Agency records list about 2 schools, colleges and universities with registered kitchens within about a mile and a half of Swaile's Green. Booking early in the term gives the best choice of holiday dates.
Do you work in villages like Swaile's Green?
Yes, smaller places are covered as well as towns. The journey is planned ahead, so a few details about the route help.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. Scheduled maintenance plans are part of what we do, with visits at the interval your system needs. Each report recommends when the next visit should be.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes, day and night, every day of the year. Office hours are Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm, and the emergency line covers the rest.
How often should grease filters be changed?
The right interval depends on the kitchen. If filters clog early, the interval needs shortening, and we can change it.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
All kinds of commercial and public premises: kitchens, offices, schools, healthcare, retail, leisure and food production. Work is timed around how each site runs.
Can you give a price for filter changes?
Filters, canopies and how often you need visits all affect the price. Tell us what you have and we will come back with a fixed quote quickly.
Which grease filters does the service cover?
Baffle and mesh filters are both covered. We check what’s in your canopies first and plan the exchange around them.
What your team can do, and what needs us
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Regular in-house cleaning slows the build-up, but the parts you cannot see still need a specialist at the right interval.
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, next to our reports.
What happens if it’s left?
Changing filters on schedule costs far less disruption than a blocked extract. Few maintenance jobs are as easy and few are as easy to forget. It’s simpler to plan the work at Swaile's Green now than to arrange it in a hurry later.
Working hours, access and the scale of the site can all change the price. We take each of them into account and give you a fixed price before any work starts.
What you get with us
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009