Essex · Grease filter exchange
Swan Street grease filter exchange
Our technicians work in Swan Street on grease filter exchange. Out-of-hours visits, a fixed quote and a written report with photos on every job.
- Weak extraction at the canopy
- Grease dripping from the canopy
- Grease building up behind the canopy filters
What happens if it’s left?
A filter exchange is a few minutes; a choked extract affects a whole service. Few maintenance jobs are as easy and few are as easy to forget. In a place like Swan Street, ductwork and fans are easy to forget until something goes wrong.
What you pay depends on the size of the system, the condition it’s in and how easy it is to reach. You get a fixed price before we start, so there are no surprises.
Why us?
- A fixed price before any work starts
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
- Every job surveyed first
- Trading since 2009
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About our grease filter exchange in Swan Street
We set up grease filter exchange for kitchens in Swan Street on a schedule that suits their cooking. The heavier the cooking, the more often filters need changing while a lighter kitchen can go longer. The interval is agreed before the first visit. The work covers baffle filters, school and hospital kitchens and mesh filters, and common reasons people get in touch are bent or damaged filters that don’t sit properly and a canopy that drips grease.
In a village or hamlet like Swan Street, 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.
Our accreditations include CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured. We’re also a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we’ve been trading since 2009.
- Location
- Swan Street (CO6)
- Wider area
- Essex
- Reporting
- Photo report after each visit
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Honest limits
It’s worth knowing the limits before booking:
- Grease already built up in the ductwork, which needs a full TR19 clean
- Extraction problems caused by the fan rather than the filters
- A canopy that needs a proper clean
Not sure which it is? You can give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we will tell you honestly before you book.
What the work covers
- Restaurants and pubs
- Baffle filters
- Mesh filters
- Island canopies
- School and hospital kitchens
- Wall canopies
Grease, kitchens and Swan Street
The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 3 restaurants, cafés and works canteens within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Swan Street. Any of those kitchens with a canopy relies on its filters to catch grease before it reaches the duct. Food hygiene inspections in Swan Street are the job of Colchester council’s environmental health team. 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. Swan Street is covered by Essex County 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 run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Halstead Hospital about 5.3 miles north-west, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen. If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Church of St Barnabas or elsewhere in Swan Street, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
Swan Street is about 5 miles south-east of Halstead, in Essex. If you need grease filter exchange in Swan Street, please call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line for a fixed quote. Our area covers London and the South East, including Swan Street. 644 places in Essex are on our list, large and small. Chelmsford is in our area too, around 16 miles away.
We work across the CO6 postcode area for grease filter exchange and the streets around it. Nearby, we also carry out grease filter exchange in Chappel (1 mile north), Great Tey (1 mile south), Wakes Colne (1 mile north), Rose Green (1 mile north-east) and White Colne (2 miles north-west). Within a short drive, we also cover Colchester (7 miles east), Braintree (8 miles west), Maldon (13 miles south), Witham (9 miles south-west), Camulodunum (6 miles east) and Halstead (5 miles north-west).
Landmarks near Swan Street
In Swan Street, that means kitchens and buildings near The Swan pub and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Chappel & Wakes Colne station, about 1 mile north-east of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Halstead Hospital (5.3 miles north-west) and Mount Bures (3.4 miles north). For a walk, there’s Sergeants Orchard.
How the visit works
Each visit runs to the same pattern: sheeting and protection first, make the system safe, 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. A few photos of the system help us make the most of a visit to a place like Swan Street.
- We count and measure the filters in every canopy.
- We agree a schedule that suits how much the kitchen cooks.
- 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
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
Getting a quote
To get a fixed quote, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us with the site type, your trading hours and a short description of the system. Photos and the last report, if you have one, make the quote quicker. We normally come back within one working day.
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Questions from Swan Street
Which fire service covers Swan Street?
It’s Essex County Fire and Rescue Service, which covers Swan Street. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
Can you work in Swan Street outside opening hours?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. That way a site in Swan Street does not have to lose a day’s trading. Just give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line with your opening times and we’ll plan around them.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes. Every job is surveyed first, from your photos and details, or with a visit where needed. Then you get a fixed quote.
What do you do to protect the area?
With sheeting and covers, before anything else happens. The work is kept contained and clean down when we finish.
Can one contract cover all our sites?
Yes. Send the list of sites and the work at each and we will quote them together.
Who is responsible for fire safety on the premises?
That depends on who controls the premises. The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty on the responsible person, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, facilities manager or managing agent.
Are you fully insured?
Yes. Full insurance covers our work, and we’ve been trading since 2009.
Is TR19 a legal requirement?
No, not in itself. TR19® is the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs check against, and many insurers ask for proof of cleaning to it. The legal duty sits in the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 in England and Wales.
What the work involves, part by part
The plenum
Heavy grease in the plenum often follows clogged or missing filters or that the next TR19 clean is due.
Busy restaurant and pub kitchens
The more a kitchen cooks, the more grease the filters see. Regular changes help protect the ductwork.
Common problems we fix in Swan Street
Hand-washed filters often come back still greasy. Grease lodges deep in baffles and mesh, and a quick rinse leaves it there.
Most sites get in touch when they notice something like this:
- Filters so greasy the air can barely pass
- Grease building up behind the canopy filters
- Staff short of time to wash filters
- Drips falling from the filters onto equipment
For schools such as Chappel Church of England Controlled Primary School, kitchen extract cleaning is usually booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
Questions to ask before booking
- Whether they recommend a next date
- When they can work, and whether that is outside your opening hours
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- Whether they’re fully insured
Towns and villages near Swan Street
Also in Swan Street
Managing agents and facilities teams in Swan Street
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Each visit produces a dated report with photos, ready to show insurers, fire officers or EHOs.
The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
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, next to our reports.