West Sussex · Grease filter exchange
Grease filter exchange in Woodmancote, West Sussex
One call covers grease filter exchange in Woodmancote, from survey to sign-off. Fully insured, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001.
- A canopy running with filters missing
- Grease dripping from the canopy
- Damaged filters letting grease past
Woodmancote questions
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for Woodmancote?
Woodmancote is in the area of West Sussex 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.
Can you get to a site in Woodmancote?
Yes. Villages and rural sites across the South East are part of our work, Woodmancote included. Just mention lanes, gates or anything else about the site when you book.
Can you give a price for filter changes?
We price it on the number of filters and the visit frequency. Tell us what you have and we will come back with a fixed quote quickly.
Which grease filters does the service cover?
We exchange baffle and mesh filters. At the start, we note what your canopies use so every set we bring fits.
What is TR19?
TR19® is BESA’s specification for ventilation hygiene. Since 2019, TR19® Grease has been a standalone specification for grease in kitchen extract systems, while TR19® Air covers other supply and extract ductwork.
Do you clean filters as well as exchanging them?
Yes, filters can be cleaned on a schedule as well as exchanged. We will explain the options when you get in touch.
What do you do with what you remove?
It’s contained and taken away. Grease, debris and waste water are collected as the work goes on rather than letting it spread.
Are you insured?
Yes. Duct Doctor is fully insured, and the details are available on request.
Grease filter exchange for kitchens and businesses in Woodmancote
Across Woodmancote, our filter exchange suits restaurants, pubs, cafés, schools, care homes and other kitchens, whether there’s one canopy or many. Visits can be timed around your service, so cooking is not interrupted. We are often asked to deal with a greasy plenum behind the filters and filter washing that keeps being missed, on school and hospital kitchens, island canopies and mesh filters.
Work in a small place like Woodmancote 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.
We’re CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, we hold ISO 9001 and we’re fully insured. On top of that, we’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we have been trading since 2009.
- Where
- Woodmancote (PO10)
- Region
- West Sussex
- Reporting
- Report and photos after the visit
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- When we work
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Woodmancote kitchens: local notes
At about 2 miles from the coast, Woodmancote is close enough for sea air to matter. Metal on the roof weathers faster close to the coast, and the extract fan and cowl are no exception. The FSA’s food hygiene register includes about 8 pubs and bars and about 3 hotels and B&Bs in Woodmancote and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Any of them serving cooked food has an extract to keep clean, from canopy to discharge. It’s Chichester council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Woodmancote. 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.
Bursars and site managers at schools such as Bourne Community College tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty. Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Havant War Memorial Hospital is the nearest hospital to Woodmancote, about 3.7 miles west.
Woodmancote is about 4 miles east of Havant, in West Sussex. Whether your site is in the middle of Woodmancote or further out, we cover grease filter exchange for every kind of premises, from small sites to large estates. Across West Sussex, we cover 371 places, Woodmancote among them. There’s also a page for Portsmouth, about 8 miles away.
Every address in PO10 is covered for grease filter exchange, from busy streets to back roads. If you need grease filter exchange at premises on South Lane, Duffield Lane and Woodmancote Lane or a nearby road, our technicians can take on the work. Nearby, we also carry out grease filter exchange in Westbourne (1 mile west), Southbourne (1 mile south), Lumley (1 mile south-west), Emsworth (2 miles south-west) and Denvilles (3 miles west). Within a short drive, we also cover Bognor Regis (11 miles south-east), Chichester (6 miles east), Selsey (10 miles south-east), Portfield (6 miles east), Yapton (13 miles east) and East Wittering (7 miles south).
Around Woodmancote
Typical jobs here are in premises near The Stag's Head Public House, Westbourne Primary School and Stansted Park and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Southbourne station, roughly 0.9 miles south of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Havant War Memorial Hospital (3.7 miles west) and Warblington Castle (2.9 miles south-west). The countryside around Woodmancote includes Stoke Down and Brook Meadow (Emsworth).
Looking after it afterwards
Results last longer with the right care. We suggest:
- Report damaged filters so they can be replaced
- Wipe the outside of the canopy as part of daily cleaning
- Never cook with the extract switched off
- Never leave gaps in the filter bank
Your next visit is scheduled before we leave. If cooking increases, we can change filters more often to match.
A kitchen that’s getting busier needs its filters changed more often. Changing the interval early stops grease building up unseen behind the canopy.
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How the job changes from site to site
Baffle filters
In a baffle filter, the air zigzags through metal baffles. Grease is thrown out of the airstream and collects on the baffles.
Canopy filter housings
Filters sit in a housing or channel in the canopy. A damaged housing leaves gaps.
What grease filter exchange cannot fix
Some problems need a different service or another trade:
- A canopy too small for the cooking beneath it
- A heavily greased plenum or canopy, which needs cleaning to TR19
- Extraction problems caused by the fan rather than the filters
Not sure which it is? You can give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or email us and we will tell you honestly before you book.
Parts of the system we cover
- Wall canopies
- Restaurants and pubs
- Mesh filters
- School and hospital kitchens
- Island canopies
- Baffle filters
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Some jobs should never be done in-house: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings call for the right kit, training and safe access. That is our job.
Staff cleaning and specialist work are not the same thing. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Woodmancote
The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Each visit produces a dated report with pictures, ready to show insurers, fire officers or EHOs.
Do you need grease filter exchange in Woodmancote?
Cooking vapour carries grease into the canopy. The filters catch much of it, and day by day they load up until the air can barely get through.
Any of these means the system needs a check-up:
- Filters so greasy the air can barely pass
- Damaged filters letting grease past
- A canopy that drips grease
- Weak extraction at the canopy
Where a hall near Woodmancote Church, or anywhere in Woodmancote, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does.
Comparing quotes
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- Whether they’re fully insured
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
How it works
Your staff do not need to do much 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. Before we leave, the area is tidied and the paperwork follows. If you can send pictures, we can arrive in Woodmancote knowing what to expect.
- First, we record the size, type and number of filters in each canopy.
- Together we set how often the filters should be changed.
- On each visit, the dirty filters come out of the canopy.
- 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.
Preparing for the visit
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
Getting a quote
Every quote begins with a look at the system, from your photos and details or, where that isn’t enough, a survey on site. After that, you get a fixed price for the work so you know the cost before we start.