West Sussex · Grease filter exchange
Wiston grease filter exchange
Grease filter exchange for Wiston and the surrounding area: a survey, a fixed price, careful work and proper paperwork. Ask us for a fixed quote.
- Staff short of time to wash filters
- Filters that leave gaps in the canopy
- Poor airflow through the filters
Different parts, different methods
Busy restaurant and pub kitchens
High-output kitchens clog filters quickly. Their exchange schedule is typically the tightest.
Baffle filters
When baffles fill with grease, less air gets through. A clean exchange set brings the airflow back.
Grease filter exchange in Wiston
Grease filters are the first line of defence in a kitchen extract. Their job is to stop grease getting further into the system and they do it best when they’re clean. Our grease filter exchange service swaps dirty filters for clean ones on a schedule. The work covers school and hospital kitchens, mesh filters and wall canopies, and common reasons people get in touch are a greasy plenum behind the filters and staff short of time to wash filters.
Work in a small place like Wiston starts with a call to agree access and timings, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy to discharge, then a TR19® certificate and a photo report.
Think of the report as the system’s health record: dated, with photos, and showing what was done. For TR19® Grease cleans, the certificate comes through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal, ready for your insurer.
- Place
- Wiston (BN44)
- Wider area
- West Sussex
- Paperwork
- Written report with pictures
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Leave it or put it right?
Grease-loaded filters are a fire risk in their own right. A flare-up on the range can reach them, and from there into the duct. Keeping filters clean takes some of that fuel away. A planned visit to Wiston is easier to arrange than an emergency callout.
Combining work into one visit or one programme can make for a more efficient booking. Mention every system or site you need covered, and you will get one fixed quote.
What you get with us
- Every job surveyed first
- Each visit written up, with pictures
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
- We are fully insured
Take a look at how cleaning jobs are priced and our accreditations and certificates.
How the visit works
Your trading hours come first. Most visits are booked for when the area is out of use, such as evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends. Once we are in, the area is sheeted and anything that has to be off is turned off and cooled, and the work takes well under an hour for most canopies. Photos of the system and how to reach it help us plan a visit to Wiston.
- We start by noting how many filters you have and what type they are.
- A change schedule is agreed to match the kitchen’s cooking hours.
- At every visit, the greasy filters are lifted out.
- Clean filters go straight back in, seated properly with no gaps.
- Anything we notice, such as bent filters or a dirty plenum, is pointed out.
Getting ready for the visit
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
Getting a quote
The quickest way to a quote is to send pictures: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and we can price many jobs without a visit.
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Your questions about grease filter exchange in Wiston
Do you work overnight in Wiston?
Yes. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends. Your customers, staff or residents in Wiston needn’t be disturbed. When you call us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos, mention when the site is quiet.
Can you get to a site in Wiston?
Yes, smaller places are covered as well as towns. Photos of the system and directions to the site help us plan the visit.
Do I get a report after the visit?
Yes. It’s your proof that the work was done: a written, dated record with pictures of what we did and anything we couldn’t access.
What paperwork should we keep on file?
Visit reports, certificates and your in-house cleaning logs. Insurers, fire officers and EHOs may all ask to see them, so keep them where they can be found quickly.
Is filter exchange enough instead of a full extract clean?
It isn’t. Clean filters help keep grease down, but the ducts and plenum still need cleaning at an interval set by risk assessment.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes. Plans on a 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycle are available, to suit the system and how it’s used.
Will you tell us when the next visit is due?
Yes. The interval depends on how much the system is used and what we find, and we explain the reasoning on the report.
How long will you be on site?
That depends on the amount of work, but for a typical site it takes less than an hour in most kitchens. We will confirm it with the quote.
Kitchen extracts in Wiston
Look up Wiston on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you’ll find about 3 restaurants, cafés and canteens within about 1.5 miles of central Wiston. Where they cook under a canopy, the grease filters are the first line of defence and clog quickly. In Wiston, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Horsham council. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked. Wiston is covered by West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. 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.
Whether the kitchen is in Wiston itself or nearby, a TR19® clean covers the whole system, canopy to discharge.
Wiston is about 6 miles north of Worthing, in West Sussex. Anywhere in BN44, we can take on grease filter exchange. Across West Sussex, we cover 371 places, Wiston among them. Our Brighton page covers sites nearby (12 miles or so).
Postcode districts we cover here for grease filter exchange: BN44. That includes premises on Hole Street, Water Lane and Spithandle Lane and the roads around them. Neighbouring places we cover for grease filter exchange include Ashington (1 mile north-west), Ashurst (2 miles north-east), Dial Post (3 miles north), Partridge Green (4 miles north-east) and Broomer's Corner (4 miles north). Within a short drive, we also cover Horsham (11 miles north), Worthing (6 miles south), Haywards Heath (13 miles north-east), Burgess Hill (11 miles east), Littlehampton (10 miles south-west) and Shoreham-by-Sea (7 miles south-east).
Landmarks near Wiston
Nearby you’ll also find Steyning Museum (2.8 miles south-east). Green spaces nearby include Chanctonbury Hill and Knepp Wildland.
Nearby places to Wiston
Other services in Wiston
When it’s something else
We’d rather tell you now than book work that won’t help, so these are the things it will not cover:
- Cooking smells reaching neighbours, which need odour control
- Grease behind the filters that a swap cannot remove
- Grease deep in the extract system
If in doubt, ring 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we will say what we think before you book.
Parts of the system we cover
- Baffle filters
- School and hospital kitchens
- Mesh filters
- Island canopies
- Restaurants and pubs
- Wall canopies
Keeping the system healthy
Simple habits between visits make a real difference. Our advice:
- Make sure no filter is left out
- Do not refit a filter that is bent
- Book full TR19 cleans alongside filter changes
- Make sure we can reach the canopy on exchange day
Nothing changes for your staff, except one less greasy job. Just keep the canopy clear for the next visit and let us know of any changes to opening hours.
A kitchen that is getting busier needs its filters changed more often. Changing the interval early stops grease building up unseen in the ducts.
Signs you need grease filter exchange in Wiston
Filters get bent and damaged with handling. A bent filter does not seat properly and grease passes round them.
Most sites get in touch when they notice something like this:
- Poor airflow through the filters
- A greasy plenum behind the filters
- Filters left unwashed on busy weeks
- Filters so greasy the air can barely pass
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near All Saints Church, or anywhere in Wiston, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Questions to ask before booking
- What records you will receive afterwards
- What hours they’ll be on site
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
What affects the cost of grease filter exchange
You will get a fixed price before work begins. It takes into account:
- How easy every part is to reach
- What state the system is in
- The times the site is available
- A single visit or a regular plan
You will not find a price list here, because each job is priced on what it involves. For a fixed quote, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email, and we’ll talk you through it.
What we need to know
To help us quote quickly, send us:
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- Wide pictures of the system and the area around it
- Any previous report or certificate
Quotes are quick. Call or email with a few details and you’ll normally have a fixed price within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.