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Grease filter exchange in Tyler Hill, Kent
Grease filter exchange for commercial sites in Tyler Hill and across Kent. BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease.
- Missing filters in the filter bank
- Filter washing that keeps being missed
- Filters that come out of the sink still dirty
What we’re called out for in Tyler Hill
Cooking vapour carries grease into the canopy. The filters catch much of it, and day by day they load up and airflow falls away.
If you notice any of these, it’s worth a diagnosis:
- Filters left unwashed on busy weeks
- Filters that come out of the sink still dirty
- Gaps where filters have been removed
- Damaged filters letting grease past
For schools such as Blean Primary School, kitchen extract cleaning is usually booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
Before you book anyone
- When the next visit should be, and why
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- Proof of accreditation you can verify
- What paperwork you get at the end
Grease filter exchange in Tyler Hill, done properly
Whether your canopy has baffle or mesh filters, they load up with grease. Once they’re clogged, airflow drops and the extract struggles. Regular exchange keeps the air moving. The work covers restaurants and pubs, school and hospital kitchens and wall canopies, and the jobs we see most are gaps where filters have been removed and filters that come out of the sink still dirty.
Rural kitchens often have long, low duct runs through a roof space or along an outside wall, where grease settles in the flat sections. We agree access and timings in advance.
Our accreditations include CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured. We’re also a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we’ve been trading since 2009.
- Location
- Tyler Hill (CT2)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Reporting
- Written report with pictures
- Price
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
What a clean won’t put right
In fairness, some problems need a different fix:
- Cooking smells reaching neighbours, which need odour control
- Grease behind the filters that a swap cannot remove
- A noisy or failed extract fan
Not sure which it is? You can give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we will tell you honestly.
Where we work
- Island canopies
- School and hospital kitchens
- Mesh filters
- Wall canopies
- Baffle filters
- Restaurants and pubs
Keeping the system healthy
No system stays clean for ever, but care slows the build-up. A few tips:
- Tell us if a filter is bent or damaged
- Watch for grease drips between visits
- Tell us if the menu or opening hours change
- Keep the extract on whenever the range is in use
There’s no waiting: the canopy is ready as soon as the clean set is fitted. We take the greasy filters with us for cleaning.
Bent or missing filters let grease straight past. Sorting them now keeps grease where it can be caught.
What staff can safely do
A few tasks are always specialist work: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings call for the right kit, training and safe access. Leave those to us.
If your staff spot something between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that will not come clean, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We can diagnose it and quote.
How it works
We are used to working while the site is closed. Evenings, nights and weekends are when much of our work happens, so the site can open as normal afterwards. The visit itself takes a short visit, depending on how many filters the canopies hold. Somewhere as small as Tyler Hill, the date and timings are agreed with you well before the day.
- We record the number, size and type of your filters.
- We set the interval with you.
- On each visit, we remove the greasy filters.
- Clean filters go in and we check they sit snugly.
- The dirty filters leave with us and the next visit is booked.
How to prepare
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Find the previous report, if there is one
Get a fixed quote
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, from your pictures and details or, where that is not enough, a survey on site. After that, you get a fixed price for the work, before any work starts.
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FAQs for Tyler Hill
Do you work overnight in Tyler Hill?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. Your customers, staff or residents in Tyler Hill needn’t be disturbed. Let us know the hours you are closed and we will book within them.
Which fire service covers Tyler Hill?
That’s Kent Fire and Rescue Service. A recent cleaning certificate and a note of the next clean date show that grease in the extract is being managed.
What do you do to protect the area?
With sheeting and covers, before anything else happens. We keep the work contained and leave the area clean.
What happens to the waste?
Waste is contained during the work and removed when we leave, including grease, debris and dirty water. None of it is left on site.
Do you work in Tyler Hill?
Yes. Tyler Hill is part of the area we cover, as part of our area across London and the South East.
What accreditations do you have?
We hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. The Vent Hygiene Elite scheme is run by BESCA and audited independently.
What types of filter do you exchange?
We work with both baffle and mesh filters. The first step is recording what you have and plan the exchange around them.
How often should grease filters be changed?
It varies with the type and amount of cooking. If filters are dripping or clogging before the next change, it’s too long, and we can change it.
Also near Tyler Hill
Also in Tyler Hill
Different parts, different methods
Mesh filters
Grease lodges deep in the layers of a mesh filter, which makes hand-washing hard work.
Busy restaurant and pub kitchens
High-output kitchens clog filters quickly. Their exchange schedule is typically the tightest.
Grease, kitchens and Tyler Hill
There are about 13 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens within about 1.5 miles of central Tyler Hill, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Any of those kitchens with a canopy relies on its filters to catch grease before it reaches the duct. Food hygiene inspections in Tyler Hill are the job of Canterbury City council’s environmental health team. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after. Tyler Hill is covered by Kent Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order.
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 Tyler Hill, about 2 miles south. Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Church of St Cosmus and St Damian, or anywhere in Tyler Hill, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Tyler Hill is about 2 miles north of Canterbury, in Kent. Every kind of commercial site in Tyler Hill, we can take on grease filter exchange. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so trading is not interrupted. Tyler Hill is one of 922 places in Kent where we work for commercial clients. You can also see our page for Maidstone, about 24 miles away.
Every address in CT2 is within our area for grease filter exchange, from the main roads to the quietest streets. If you need grease filter exchange at premises on St Johns Crescent, Link Road and Summer Lane or anywhere close by, our technicians can take on the work. If your site is just outside Tyler Hill, we cover Hackington (1 mile south-east), Blean (1 mile west), Honey Hill (2 miles west), Radfall (2 miles north) and Denstroude (2 miles west). Further out, we also cover Ashford (15 miles south-west), Margate (15 miles east), Dover (15 miles south-east), Sittingbourne (15 miles west), Ramsgate (15 miles east) and Whitstable (3 miles north-west).
Near you in Tyler Hill
In Tyler Hill, that means kitchens and buildings near Tyler Hill Meadow, The Archbishop's School and St Edmund's School. For rail, the closest station is Canterbury West station, roughly 1.6 miles south of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Whitefriars Shopping Centre (2.2 miles south) and Canterbury Castle (2.2 miles south). Open spaces near Tyler Hill include Blean Woods RSPB Reserve.
For landlords and multi-site operators
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.