Greater London · Grease filter exchange
Woolwich grease filter exchange
Grease filter exchange for commercial sites in Woolwich and across Greater London. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and fully insured.
- Drips falling from the filters onto equipment
- Smoke and heat lingering under the hood
- Filters so greasy the air can barely pass
About our grease filter exchange in Woolwich
Washing filters in the kitchen sink is messy and easily missed on a busy week. An exchange service means clean filters arrive and greasy ones leave, so the canopy is never left without filters. Common call-outs are for filters left unwashed on busy weeks and grease building up behind the canopy filters, on island canopies, wall canopies and baffle filters.
In a London area like Woolwich, a kitchen extract often passes through shared space on its way out: a riser, a service void, the floors above. Grease in a duct like that is a fire risk to the whole building, not just the kitchen, which is why keeping it clean to TR19® matters.
Every visit ends with a written report and photos, so there’s a dated record of the work. Kitchen extract cleaning to TR19® Grease is certificated through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Place
- Woolwich (SE18, E16, SE7)
- Region
- Greater London
- Paperwork
- Written report with photos
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
For landlords and multi-site operators
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we can quote for the whole system.
Facilities teams in offices, schools and healthcare sites book us too across Greater London. Larger estates can be phased building by building to keep disruption down.
Nearby places to Woolwich
Also in Woolwich
Woolwich questions
What do you need to know about parking in Woolwich?
London parking can be tight, so details of loading bays and permits help. Where restrictions apply in the day, an evening or overnight visit normally gets round them.
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Woolwich?
Food hygiene inspections in Woolwich are carried out by Greenwich council. Ratings are published by the Food Standards Agency, so a clean extract and good records are worth keeping up.
Can you look after several sites?
Yes. Our area covers London and the South East, so sites at different addresses can be planned together on one programme. Each site gets its own report and photos.
Do you work in Woolwich?
Yes. We cover Woolwich and the rest of Greater London, within our South East and London area. For a fixed quote, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line.
Which accreditations do you hold?
Our accreditations are 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.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes. We always survey first, either from pictures and details you send or on a site visit. Then you get a fixed quote.
Are you insured?
Yes. We carry full insurance, and we’ve been trading since 2009.
What if parts of the system cannot be reached?
We record them on the report, with a note of where it is, and we explain what access is needed, such as extra access panels in ductwork.
Honest limits
Before you book, it helps to know what’s not included:
- A heavily greased plenum or canopy, which needs cleaning to TR19
- Grease deep in the extract system
- A canopy too small for the cooking beneath it
If in doubt, ring 0345 646 2711 or email us and we’ll say what we think.
What we work on in Woolwich
- Restaurants and pubs
- Island canopies
- Mesh filters
- Wall canopies
- School and hospital kitchens
- Baffle filters
The process
We are used to working while the site is closed. Evenings, nights and weekends are when much of our work happens, so a kitchen or building can carry on as usual the next day. The visit itself takes less than an hour in most kitchens. Most London sites can’t stop for the day, so work in Woolwich is usually done overnight, early in the morning or at weekends.
- We look at the canopies and the condition of the filters.
- We note any filters that are bent, damaged or missing.
- We exchange the dirty filters for a clean set.
- We check the filters are seated and the canopy is ready to use.
- We tell you if the plenum or canopy needs a clean.
How to prepare
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
How to get a quote
Quotes are quick. Send a few details and photos, and we usually reply with a fixed quote within one working day. Where a survey is needed, we arrange a time that suits the site.
Advice
What grease filter exchange looks like in Woolwich
Look up Woolwich on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you’ll find about 192 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 90 takeaways within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Woolwich. Any of those kitchens with a canopy relies on its filters to catch grease before it reaches the duct. In Woolwich, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Greenwich council. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked. The fire and rescue service for Woolwich is London Fire Brigade. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises.
Queen's House, about 2.9 miles west, is one of the historic houses near Woolwich; if you run event catering at a venue like that, cleans can be booked between functions. Bursars and site managers at schools such as Mulgrave Primary School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty. If you run a café or takeaway near Woolwich Dockyard station, early starts and late finishes leave little time to clean, so overnight extract cleaning suits.
Woolwich is about 6 miles south-east of Leyton, in Greater London. Woolwich gets the same approach as every site we work on: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where necessary and a written report with pictures. Our Greater London coverage runs to 764 places, Woolwich among them. For sites nearby, see our London page, about 7 miles away.
Here we cover the SE18, E16 and SE7 postcode area for grease filter exchange. You will find streets such as Market Street, Woolwich High Street and Beresford Square Market Place, and we cover them all for grease filter exchange. Other places close to Woolwich include Plumstead (1 mile east), Charlton (1 mile west), New Charlton (1 mile west), Shooter's Hill (1 mile south) and Kidbrooke (2 miles south-west). Further out, we also cover London (7 miles west), City of Westminster (9 miles west), Marylebone (9 miles west), Kensington (11 miles west), St Pancras (8 miles west) and Shoreditch (7 miles north-west).
Landmarks near Woolwich
Typical jobs here are in premises near Woolwich Common, Oasis Academy Silvertown and Oasis Academy Silvertown and the streets around them. There’s a railway station in Woolwich itself: Woolwich Dockyard station. Well-known places in the area include Royal Artillery Museum (0.5 miles north-east) and British Hospital for Mothers and Babies (0.5 miles west). Open spaces near Woolwich include Gilbert's Pit.
What the work involves, part by part
Mesh filters
Mesh traps grease between its layers, so a quick rinse rarely gets it clean.
Busy restaurant and pub kitchens
When service is non-stop, filters get forgotten. An exchange service takes it off the rota.
Looking after it afterwards
Good habits slow the build-up between visits. Our tips:
- Mention it if the kitchen gets busier
- Make sure we can reach the canopy on exchange day
- Watch for grease drips between visits
- Tell us if a filter is bent or damaged
If the plenum behind the filters looks greasy, we say so. That might mean bringing a TR19® clean forward and we can book that in.
Bent or missing filters let grease straight past. Replacing them early protects the plenum and ductwork.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Some jobs should never be done in-house: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease need training, the right equipment 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 they don’t reach the grease that builds up further in. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
What affects the quote in Woolwich
You’ll get a fixed price before work begins. It’s based on:
- Where the site is and how we reach it
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
- The condition of the system
- How big the system is
You won’t find a price list here, because each job is priced on what it involves. Call for a fixed quote, and we’ll talk you through it.
What we need to know
There’s no need for technical detail. It helps if you can send:
- The site address and the type of premises
- Any previous report or certificate
- Wide photos of the system and the area around it
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, from your pictures 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.