Kent · Grease filter exchange
Grease filter exchange in Thanington, Kent
Grease filter exchange for Thanington, from a team that has been trading since 2009. Out-of-hours visits and 24/7 emergency callout.
- Staff short of time to wash filters
- Bent or damaged filters that don’t sit properly
- Weak extraction at the canopy
Aftercare tips
Aftercare is simple, and it helps at the next visit:
- Report a dripping canopy early
- Wipe the outside of the canopy as part of daily cleaning
- Never leave gaps in the filter bank
- Mention it if the kitchen gets busier
The canopy looks cleaner and the air moves better from the moment they’re fitted. Always run the extract during cooking so the filters do their job.
A kitchen that is getting busier needs its filters changed more often. Adjusting the schedule now prevents a build-up in the ducts.
About our grease filter exchange in Thanington
We set up grease filter exchange for kitchens in Thanington on a schedule that suits their cooking. Busy kitchens need changes more often, lighter ones less. We agree the interval with you at the start. Common call-outs are for grease filters clogged with grease and bent or damaged filters that don’t sit properly, on school and hospital kitchens, island canopies and baffle filters.
In a smaller place like Thanington, the kitchens with extract systems are more likely to be a pub, a café, a takeaway or a school or care home kitchen than a big restaurant. A kitchen that cooks fewer hours still builds up grease, so the interval is set by hours of use and grease readings.
Each visit ends with a written report and photos, so you have a record of what was done and when. Kitchen extract cleaning to TR19® Grease is certificated through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Location
- Thanington (CT1, CT2)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Reporting
- Report and pictures after the visit
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Leave it or put it right?
Once filters are saturated, more grease gets past them. That makes the next full clean a bigger job, and grease may build up faster than the cleaning interval allows. A planned visit to Thanington fits your hours; an emergency does not.
Combining work into one visit or one programme can make for a more efficient booking. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at and we will price it together.
Why us?
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Every job surveyed first
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
Read our cost guide or how to check a contractor.
When to call us in Thanington
The type of cooking matters. Frying, grilling and chargrilling produce far more grease than steaming or baking, so the right exchange interval varies.
Look out for any of the following:
- Blocked baffle filters
- Hand-washed filters that still look greasy
- Missing filters in the filter bank
- 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; Eastbridge Hospital of St Thomas the Martyr is the nearest hospital to Thanington, about 1.3 miles north-east.
Questions to ask before you book
- Proof of insurance
- Whether a survey comes first
- Whether the figure could change on the day
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
Different parts, different methods
School, care home and staff kitchens
For kitchens closed in the holidays, visits can be timed around term or rota, keeping the filters ready for the busy weeks.
Busy restaurant and pub kitchens
In a busy kitchen, filter washing is easy to skip. A regular exchange means nobody has to remember.
What we do, step by step
There’s very little for your team to do on the day. A contact on site lets us in at the agreed time and points us to the system, and the rest is down to us. Afterwards, the area is left tidy and the written report follows. Your opening hours decide when we come to Thanington, not ours.
- We record the number, size and type of your filters.
- We set the interval with you.
- The dirty set is lifted out.
- Clean filters go in and we check they sit snugly.
- The dirty filters leave with us and the next visit is booked.
Getting ready for the visit
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
Getting a 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, ring 0345 646 2711 or email us.
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What grease filter exchange looks like in Thanington
The Food Standards Agency lists about 49 pubs, bars and clubs and about 12 hotels and guest houses as registered food businesses in Thanington and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Where they serve hot food, their kitchen extracts need cleaning to TR19® like any restaurant’s. Thanington sits within the area of 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. In Thanington, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Canterbury City council. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after.
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Church of St Nicholas, or anywhere in Thanington, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it. Term dates shape school work: for a school like The Canterbury Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
Thanington is about 1 mile south-west of Wincheap, in Kent. Thanington gets the same approach as every site we work on: a survey first, a fixed quote, work timed around your hours and a report with pictures. 922 places in Kent are on our list, large and small. There’s also a page for Maidstone, roughly 23 miles from Thanington.
Every address in CT1 and CT2 is covered for grease filter exchange, from the main roads to the quietest streets. You’ll find streets such as Godwin Road, Bell Avenue and Ashford Road, and we cover them all for grease filter exchange. Neighbouring places we cover for grease filter exchange include Wincheap (1 mile north-east), Stuppington (1 mile south-east), Harbledown (1 mile north), Canterbury (1 mile north-east) and Upper Harbledown (1 mile north-west). We also work in nearby towns such as Ashford (12 miles south-west), Dover (14 miles south-east), Sittingbourne (15 miles west), Folkestone (14 miles south), Whitstable (6 miles north) and Deal (15 miles east).
Local landmarks in Thanington
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to The Canterbury Academy, Duke's Head Public House and Whitehall Meadows and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is Canterbury East station, roughly 1 mile north-east of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Whitefriars Shopping Centre (1.2 miles north-east) and Canterbury Castle (1 mile north-east). For a walk, there’s Blean Woods RSPB Reserve.
Thanington: your questions answered
Who is the fire and rescue service for Thanington?
Kent Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Thanington. TR19® is not law, but it’s the benchmark many fire officers and insurers look to when they ask how often the extract is cleaned.
Can the work in Thanington be done at night or at weekends?
Yes. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends. That way a site in Thanington doesn’t have to lose a day’s trading. Just ring 0345 646 2711 or send us an email with your opening times and we will plan around them.
How long does grease filter exchange take?
It depends on the size of the system, but for a typical site it takes well under an hour for most canopies. We will give you a better idea when we quote.
Do you handle baffle and mesh filters?
Both baffle filters and mesh filters are covered. At the start, we note what your canopies use so every set we bring fits.
Which records should we keep?
Each report and certificate we give you, kept together in your maintenance log with your in-house cleaning records. BESA says certificates should show the date, location and technician.
Can one contract cover all our sites?
Yes. Tell us the addresses and what each needs and you will get one fixed quote.
Do we lose a day’s trading?
Not typically. Booking the work out of hours means the site can carry on as normal. Larger jobs can be phased over several visits to keep things running.
Do you deal with bent or broken filters?
A badly damaged filter should be replaced. We will tell you which ones and why when we find them.
Multi-site and managed buildings
We regularly work with managing agents. Tell us the site, the work and the access arrangements, and we’ll send a fixed quote.
The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.
What grease filter exchange can’t fix
We’ll always give you a straight diagnosis, so here’s what this work can’t put right:
- A canopy too small for the cooking beneath it
- Greasy ducts and risers that a filter change won’t reach
- Smell complaints that need odour control equipment
Not sure which it is? You can call 0345 646 2711 or email us and we will tell you honestly.
Parts of the system we cover
- Restaurants and pubs
- School and hospital kitchens
- Baffle filters
- Mesh filters
- Wall canopies
- Island canopies