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Grease Filter Exchange in Wix Green
Grease filter exchange in Wix Green, surveyed first and signed off with a written report and pictures. Call for a fixed quote.
- Grease left in baffles after washing
- Grease building up behind the canopy filters
- Filters left unwashed on busy weeks
Your questions about grease filter exchange in Wix Green
Which fire service covers Wix Green?
That’s Essex County 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.
Who inspects food businesses in Wix Green?
That’s Tendring council, whose environmental health officers carry out food hygiene inspections in Wix Green. How often a business is inspected depends on the risk rating the council gives it, so it’s worth staying ready all year.
Does the report say when we need you again?
Yes. We put a recommended next date on the report. BESA’s minimum intervals for kitchen extracts range from 3-monthly for heavy use to 12-monthly for light use, and fire dampers need testing at least once a year.
What types of premises do you cover?
Any site with a kitchen or a ventilation system to look after, from a small pub to a hospital. Hotels, schools, care homes, offices, shops and leisure sites are all part of our work.
Do you clean filters as well as exchanging them?
Yes. Cleaning your existing filters is an option, and others prefer a straight swap. We make sure the canopy is ready for service either way.
Which accreditations do you hold?
We hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, alongside BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. Vent Hygiene Elite is run by BESCA and independently audited.
Can you come out in an emergency?
Yes, day and night, every day of the year. Our office is open from 8am to 6pm on weekdays, with the emergency line covering every other hour.
Can you set up regular visits?
Yes. Plans on a 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycle are available, to suit the system and how it’s used.
About our grease filter exchange in Wix Green
Baffle filters and mesh filters both fill with grease. Clogged filters choke the airflow and the fan has to work harder. A steady cycle of clean filters keeps extraction strong. Typical jobs include a canopy that drips grease and hand-washed filters that still look greasy, on mesh filters, island canopies and school and hospital kitchens.
Somewhere as small as Wix Green, commercial kitchens are few: perhaps a pub, a school or care home kitchen, or a hall used for events. Every one of them still needs its extract kept clear of grease.
The sign-off is always in writing: a dated report with pictures of the work, and for TR19® Grease cleans, a certificate issued through the BESCA VHE portal. It shows what was done and what, if anything, couldn’t be reached.
- Place
- Wix Green (CO11)
- Wider area
- Essex
- Paperwork
- Photo report after each visit
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
How it works
Protection comes first: sheeting goes over floors and surfaces close to the work. After that, the system is made safe and the work begins. The work on site takes a short visit, depending on how many filters the canopies hold, and we clear up before we go. Somewhere as small as Wix Green, the date and timings are agreed with you well before the day.
- First, we check the canopies and the filters in them.
- We note any filters that are bent, damaged or missing.
- We exchange the dirty filters for a clean set.
- The filters are checked for fit before we go.
- Anything that needs attention, such as a greasy plenum, is pointed out.
Preparing for the visit
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Tell us where we can park and unload
Getting a quote
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: the system from a couple of angles, plus any access panels or hatches. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.
Advice
What grease filter exchange can’t fix
A few issues sit outside what this work can do:
- Grease behind the filters that a swap can’t remove
- Grease already built up in the ductwork, which needs a full TR19 clean
- A noisy or failed extract fan
Not sure which it is? You can phone us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we’ll tell you honestly before booking.
What the work covers
- School and hospital kitchens
- Baffle filters
- Restaurants and pubs
- Island canopies
- Wall canopies
- Mesh filters
Also near Wix Green
More services for Wix Green
Grease filter exchange in Wix Green: the local picture
The coast is only about 3 miles from Wix Green. Salt in the air is hard on rooftop fans, discharge cowls and fixings, so we check them for corrosion as well as grease. It’s Tendring council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Wix Green. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector. Fire safety in Wix Green falls to Essex County 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.
Bursars and site managers at schools such as Wix and Wrabness Primary School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty. Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Church of St Mary, or anywhere in Wix Green, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Wix Green is about 5 miles west of Harwich, in Essex. For grease filter exchange in and around Wix Green, please phone us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form for a fixed quote. Our area covers London and the South East, including Wix Green. 644 places in Essex are on our list, large and small. Chelmsford is in our area too, about 31 miles from Wix Green.
Work in CO11 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. Grease filter exchange is available to premises on Oakley Road and Harwich Road and nearby roads. We also cover the places around Wix Green: Wix (1 mile west), Great Oakley (1 mile south-east), Wrabness (2 miles north), Bradfield (2 miles north-west) and Bradfield Heath (2 miles north-west). Larger places within reach include Colchester (11 miles west), Clacton-on-Sea (8 miles south), Harwich (5 miles east), Camulodunum (12 miles west), Greenstead (9 miles west) and Wivenhoe (9 miles south-west).
Near you in Wix Green
Typical jobs here are in premises near The White Hart Inn and the streets around them. Wix Green’s nearest station is Wrabness station, about 2 miles north of the centre. The countryside around Wix Green includes Oakfield Wood and Alton Water.
Multi-site and managed buildings
When the building owner and the occupier are different, it’s worth checking the lease for who maintains the systems. We can quote either party and send the paperwork to whoever needs it.
If you look after several sites, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Every building has its own written report, so each one has its own record.
Looking after it afterwards
Think of this as the after-treatment advice, in brief:
- Tell us if a filter is bent or damaged
- Make sure we can reach the canopy on exchange day
- Let us know if your cooking hours increase
- Always run the extract while cooking
Your team carries on as normal, without the filter washing. Just keep the canopy clear for the next visit and tell us if service times change.
Filter exchange and TR19 cleaning work best together. A maintenance plan that covers both means neither slips.
Part by part
Canopy filter housings
The filter housing holds each filter at an angle in the canopy. A damaged housing leaves gaps.
Mesh filters
Older or smaller canopies often use mesh filters. We exchange them on the same basis as baffles.
What your team can do, and what needs us
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. What they can’t safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, and that is where we come in.
Staff cleaning and specialist work are not the same thing. Wiping filters daily and washing them weekly keeps the visible parts in order, but they do not reach the grease that builds up further in. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
Signs you need grease filter exchange in Wix Green
What a kitchen cooks affects how fast filters clog. Fryers, grills and woks load filters faster than ovens and steamers so no single schedule suits every kitchen.
Keep an eye out for any of the following:
- Filter washing that keeps being missed
- Filters so greasy the air can barely pass
- Bent or damaged filters that don’t sit properly
- Filters that come out of the sink still dirty
Historic houses near Wix Green, such as Thorpe Hall about 4.2 miles south, are a reminder that older buildings with event kitchens can have long, awkward duct routes.
Questions to ask before booking
- How they set the interval to the next visit
- How areas they can’t reach will be recorded
- Whether the price is fixed
- What hours they’ll be on site