Kent · Grease filter exchange
Thurnham grease filter exchange
Need grease filter exchange in Thurnham? We survey first, give you a fixed quote and work around your opening hours, then sign off with a report and photos.
- Grease dripping from the canopy
- Filters left unwashed on busy weeks
- A canopy running with filters missing
What affects the quote in Thurnham
A fixed price needs a few facts first. We look at:
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
- The scale of the work
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- The number of sites or systems
Several systems or sites on one quote can make for a more efficient booking. Mention every system or site you need covered, and you’ll get one fixed quote.
Helping us quote
There’s no need for technical detail. Just send:
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- The postcode and the type of business
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, either from photos and details you send or from a site visit. Then we send a fixed price so you know the cost before work begins.
About our grease filter exchange in Thurnham
A filter service works alongside TR19® cleaning, not instead of it. Clean filters reduce the grease reaching the ducts, but some grease still passes through as vapour. That’s why the whole system still needs cleaning to TR19 at the right interval. If you have a greasy plenum behind the filters and missing filters in the filter bank, we can put it right, from school and hospital kitchens, restaurants and pubs and mesh filters onwards.
In a small place like Thurnham, kitchens are often in older or extended buildings, with long single-storey duct runs, where grease settles in the flat sections. Access, parking and timings are agreed before the day.
Think of the report as the system’s health record: a dated account with pictures of everything we did. Grease extract cleans are also certificated to TR19® Grease through the BESCA VHE portal, ready for your insurer.
- Place
- Thurnham (ME14)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Records
- Report and pictures after the visit
- Price
- A fixed price before we start
- When we work
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Common questions in Thurnham
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Thurnham?
Kitchens in Thurnham are inspected by Maidstone council’s environmental health officers. How often a business is inspected depends on the risk rating the council gives it, so it’s worth staying ready all year.
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for Thurnham?
Fire safety enforcement in Thurnham is handled by Kent Fire and Rescue Service. If a fire safety officer visits a commercial kitchen, they may ask about the fire risk assessment and how the extract is kept clean.
Do we need to close the kitchen while filters are changed?
Most changes take well under an hour for most canopies, so the impact is small. We plan visits outside your busiest times wherever we can.
Do you recommend a next date?
Yes. Every report includes a recommended date for the next visit, based on what we found and how the system is used.
Do you provide a certificate or report?
Yes. You get a written report with photos after each visit, covering the work, any areas we couldn’t access and the recommended next date. Where the work is a TR19® Grease clean, there’s also a certificate issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
Can we skip TR19 cleans if the filters are changed regularly?
No. Clean filters help keep grease down, but the ducts and plenum still need cleaning at an interval set by risk assessment.
What types of premises do you cover?
Any commercial site with kitchens or ventilation, from a single café to a large school. We work with hotels, schools, care homes, offices, retail and leisure sites.
How far ahead should we book?
That depends on the slot you want and the size of the job. Mention your preferred dates with your enquiry, and if it’s an emergency, call us any time.
When to call us in Thurnham
Filters get bent and damaged with handling. A bent filter does not seat properly and grease passes round them.
If you notice any of these, it’s worth a diagnosis:
- Grease building up behind the canopy filters
- A canopy that drips grease
- Staff short of time to wash filters
- Hand-washed filters that still look greasy
Historic houses near Thurnham, such as Stoneacre about 2.6 miles south, are a reminder that older buildings with event kitchens can have long, awkward duct routes.
What to look for in a quote
- Whether the figure could change on the day
- How areas they cannot reach will be recorded
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- Proof of accreditation you can verify
Nearby places to Thurnham
What else we do in Thurnham
Between visits
To keep the system working properly between visits:
- Always run the extract while cooking
- Look out for drips from the canopy
- Don’t let the full clean slip because filters are changed
- Report damaged filters so they can be replaced
We tell you if we spot anything in the canopy that needs attention. That might mean bringing a TR19® clean forward and we can book that in.
Bent or missing filters let grease straight past. Sorting them now keeps grease where it can be caught.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
A few tasks are always specialist work: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings need training, the right equipment and safe access. That is our job.
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. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
How it works
On the day, we arrive at the time agreed with you, which is often after service, overnight or at a weekend. Equipment that has to be off is switched off and allowed to cool first, and floors and nearby surfaces are sheeted. The work itself takes anything from a few minutes to an hour or so, depending on the number of filters. Seeing the system in pictures first means the trip to Thurnham can be planned properly.
- We record the number, size and type of your filters.
- We set the interval with you.
- On each visit, we remove the greasy filters.
- A clean set is fitted and checked for gaps.
- The dirty filters leave with us and the next visit is booked.
Preparing for the visit
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
Getting a quote
Photos are enough for some jobs, while others need a look on site. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, you get a fixed price before we start.
Advice
Why deal with it now?
Dripping canopies and greasy smells often start with the filters. Left, it ends up on equipment, food areas and staff, which an EHO may well notice. A planned visit to Thurnham is easier to arrange than an emergency callout.
What you pay reflects the actual work. That is why we survey first, from photos or on site, and why the quote is fixed before we start.
Why Thurnham businesses choose us
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
- Each visit written up, with pictures
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
- Fixed quotes, typically within one working day
Kitchen extracts in Thurnham
Look up Thurnham on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you will find about 4 restaurants, cafés and works canteens within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Thurnham. Swapping filters on a schedule keeps kitchens like these drawing air properly. Kent Fire and Rescue Service covers Thurnham. Fire and rescue authorities enforce the Fire Safety Order in most non-domestic premises, and in a kitchen that fire risk includes the grease in the extract. Food hygiene inspections in Thurnham are the job of Maidstone council’s environmental health team. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked.
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near St Mary the Virgin Church or elsewhere in Thurnham, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often. Term dates shape school work: for a school like Valley Park School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
Thurnham is about 3 miles north-east of Maidstone, in Kent. Sites in Thurnham get the same service as everywhere we cover: a survey first, a fixed quote, work timed around your hours and a report with pictures. Thurnham is one of 922 places in Kent where we work for grease filter exchange.
Work in ME14 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. We cover sites on Thurnham Lane, Aldington Lane and Pilgrims Way and the roads around them. Other places close to Thurnham include Detling (1 mile north-west), Bearsted (1 mile south-west), Weavering (2 miles south-west), Grove Green (2 miles west) and Harbourland (2 miles west). Further out, we also cover Maidstone (3 miles south-west), Sittingbourne (7 miles north-east), Gravesend (13 miles north-west), Tonbridge (15 miles south-west), Faversham (13 miles east) and Northfleet (14 miles north-west).
Landmarks near Thurnham
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to White Horse Wood and Black Horse Public House, among other places. For rail, the closest station is Bearsted station, about 1.1 miles south-west. Well-known places in the area include Allington Castle (3.3 miles west) and KIMS hospital (1.4 miles west). Not far away are Detling Hill.
What the work involves, part by part
Canopy filter housings
We check that filters sit snugly in the housing at each visit, because gaps let grease through.
The plenum
Clean filters reduce the grease reaching the plenum, but it still needs cleaning as part of TR19.