Surrey · Grease filter exchange
Thames Ditton grease filter exchange
Need grease filter exchange in Thames Ditton? We diagnose first, fix the price and book the work around your hours, finishing with a written report and photos.
- Gaps where filters have been removed
- Drips falling from the filters onto equipment
- Grease left in baffles after washing
Grease filter exchange for kitchens and businesses in Thames Ditton
Baffle filters and mesh filters both fill with grease. Clogged filters choke the airflow and the extract struggles. A steady cycle of clean filters keeps extraction strong. Typical jobs include filter washing that keeps being missed and smoke and heat lingering under the hood, across restaurants and pubs, school and hospital kitchens and baffle filters.
In a smaller place like Thames Ditton, many kitchens sit in older buildings or later extensions, with the duct running through a roof space or up an outside wall. Long horizontal runs like that hold grease and need access panels to reach.
Good records are part of the job. Each visit is written up with pictures, listing what was done, anything we couldn’t reach and when the next visit is due. File it in your maintenance log so it’s ready for an insurer, fire officer or EHO.
- Where
- Thames Ditton (KT7)
- Wider area
- Surrey
- Paperwork
- Written report with photos
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- Hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
How it works
We work around your opening hours, not the other way round. Most visits are booked for when the area is out of use, such as evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends. 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. In a place like Thames Ditton, we fit the visit around your hours.
- First, we record the size, type and number of filters in each canopy.
- We agree a schedule that suits how much the kitchen cooks.
- On each visit, the dirty filters come out of the canopy.
- We fit clean filters and check they sit snugly in the housing.
- We flag any damaged filters or anything wrong with the canopy.
Getting ready for the visit
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Move anything stored near the system
How to get a quote
To get a fixed quote, call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email 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. You’ll normally have a quote within one working day.
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Common questions in Thames Ditton
Is Thames Ditton within the area you cover?
Yes, we work in villages as well as towns, and Thames Ditton is covered. The journey is planned ahead, so a few details about the route help.
Do you work at weekends in Thames Ditton?
Yes, out-of-hours work is a big part of what we do. The site is handed back ready to open. Just call 0345 646 2711 or email us with your opening times and we will plan around them.
Do you clean filters as well as exchanging them?
Yes, that’s an option. The first step is looking at the filters you have, as damaged ones may be better replaced.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
Any commercial site with kitchens or ventilation, from a small pub to a hospital. We work with hotels, schools, care homes, offices, retail and leisure sites.
What happens if you can’t reach some of it?
Anything we can’t reach goes on the report, with pictures where possible, and we explain what access is needed, such as extra access panels in ductwork.
How much does a filter exchange service cost?
Filters, canopies and how often you need visits all affect the price. Send us details or photos and we’ll quote quickly.
Does the law say we must follow TR19?
No, not in itself. TR19® is the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs check against, and many insurance policies ask for proof of TR19® cleaning. The legal duty sits in the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 in England and Wales.
What is 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, while TR19® Air covers other supply and extract ductwork.
Looking after it afterwards
Looking after the system between visits is straightforward, and it makes the next visit easier:
- Clear anything stored on or near the canopy
- Tell us if a filter is bent or damaged
- Mention it if the kitchen gets busier
- Always run the extract while cooking
There’s no waiting: the canopy is ready as soon as the clean set is fitted. We take the greasy filters with us to be cleaned.
A kitchen that’s getting busier needs its filters changed more often. Changing the interval early stops grease building up unseen behind the canopy.
Why it’s worth doing now in Thames Ditton
Grease dripping from the canopy is a sign the filters cannot hold any more. Left, it ends up on equipment, food areas and staff and that is the kind of thing inspectors look for. Systems on quieter sites still build up dirt and wear, just more slowly.
Working hours, access and the scale of the site all affect the cost. We take each of them into account, and the price is fixed before work begins.
Why us?
- A written report with photos after every visit
- Trading since 2009
- Every job surveyed first
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
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What affects the quote in Thames Ditton
We quote each job individually. These are the things that affect it:
- The times the site is available
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
- The number of sites or systems
- How big the system is
One small site or a whole estate, the quote is built the same way: the work involved, the access and the timing. You will have a fixed price before we start.
What to send for a quote
Photos and a few facts are often enough to price the work. Send what you can of the following:
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
Some systems can be priced from photos; others need a survey. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in pictures, get a survey first. Either way, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
For landlords and multi-site operators
From a single site to a large estate, you get the same standard: a survey first, a fixed quote, the work timed around the site and a report with pictures.
Where a tenant occupies the premises but the landlord owns the building, the lease normally sets out who maintains what. We are happy to deal with either side and send the paperwork to whoever needs it.
Grease, kitchens and Thames Ditton
The FSA’s data shows about 36 pubs, bars and clubs registered within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Thames Ditton. Wherever they cook, the canopy, duct and fan collect grease just as a restaurant’s do. Environmental health officers from Elmbridge council inspect food businesses in Thames Ditton. 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. Surrey Fire and Rescue Service covers Thames Ditton. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk.
For kitchens close to Thames Ditton station, where the day often starts early and ends late, the extract can be cleaned overnight. Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Church of St. Nicholas, or anywhere in Thames Ditton, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it. If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Tolworth Hospital about 2 miles east, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen.
Thames Ditton is about 1 mile west of Surbiton, in Surrey. Wherever you are in the KT7 postcode area, we can carry out grease filter exchange at your premises. Across Surrey, we cover 395 places, and Thames Ditton is one of them. You can also see our page for London, about 13 miles away.
All of KT7 is covered for grease filter exchange, from busy streets to back roads. We cover sites on High Street, Watts Road and Ditton Close and the roads around them. Thames Ditton is on the A307, which makes it straightforward for our technicians to reach for grease filter exchange. Other places close to Thames Ditton include Weston Green (1 mile south-west), Long Ditton (1 mile east), Hinchley Wood (1 mile south), Seething Wells (1 mile east) and Molesey (1 mile north-west). We also work in nearby towns such as Guildford (14 miles south-west), Woking (12 miles south-west), Epsom (5 miles south-east), Redhill (13 miles south-east), Ewell (4 miles south-east) and Egham (10 miles west).
Local landmarks in Thames Ditton
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Esher College, George and Dragon pub and Shrewsbury House School and the streets around them. Thames Ditton has its own railway station: Thames Ditton station. Other landmarks nearby include Metropolitan Police Mounted Branch Museum (0.8 miles west) and Tolworth Hospital (2 miles east). For a walk, there’s The Wood and The Lake.
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How the job changes from site to site
Mesh filters
Mesh filters use layers of metal mesh to trap grease. In a busy kitchen, mesh soon blocks, so they need changing often.
Busy restaurant and pub kitchens
High-output kitchens clog filters quickly. Their exchange schedule is usually the tightest.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Keep a record of what your team does. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, alongside our reports.
If your staff spot something between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that won’t come clean, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We can diagnose it and quote.