Hampshire · Ductwork cleaning
Ductwork Cleaning in Hamble-le-Rice
Our technicians work in Hamble-le-Rice on ductwork cleaning. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports as standard.
- Smells of old cooking grease from the ductwork
- Gaps where access panels were never fitted
- Readings above 200 microns from a grease thickness test
What your team can do, and what needs us
When your team notices a problem between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that won’t come clean, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We’ll take a look and give you a fixed quote.
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
How we handle ductwork cleaning in Hamble-le-Rice
Duct Doctor has cleaned kitchen extract ductwork since 2009, working across London and the South East. We’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and our certificates are issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal. Typical jobs include grease seeping out of the duct seams and heavy grease at the base of a riser, on attenuators, bends and junctions and horizontal duct runs.
Kitchens around a place like Hamble-le-Rice are often in older buildings or single-storey extensions, where the duct may cross a roof void or climb an outside wall. Long horizontal runs like that hold grease and need access panels to reach.
Nothing is signed off by word of mouth: a dated report with photos of the work, and for TR19® Grease cleans, a certificate issued through the BESCA VHE portal. Any parts we couldn’t reach are recorded on it too.
- Place
- Hamble-le-Rice (SO31)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Records
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Do you need ductwork cleaning in Hamble-le-Rice?
Air cools as it moves away from the canopy. As it cools, the grease it carries condenses onto the duct walls, so duct runs keep collecting grease long after the canopy.
Clients normally contact us after spotting one of these:
- Ductwork that has never been cleaned
- High readings at a recent grease test
- Duct runs that cannot be reached
- Thick deposits at the bottom of a vertical duct
School kitchens, at schools like Hamble Primary School for example, are usually cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost.
Before booking anyone
- Whether they’re fully insured
- Whether a written report and pictures are included
- What happens if part of the system can’t be accessed
- What hours they’ll be on site
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How it works
There are three stages on the day: set-up, the treatment itself and the sign-off. Getting ready means protecting surfaces and switching off what needs to be off, while signing off means the written report and photos. The middle part takes longest, and that takes a few hours for a short run, longer for long runs and tall risers. For a place like Hamble-le-Rice, we load the van from the survey notes so the work can be done in one visit where possible.
- The duct route is surveyed and every access point found.
- Grease thickness is measured at set points.
- Out of hours, the area is protected and the access panels opened.
- Heavy deposits come out by hand, then each section is degreased.
- We close up, re-test, photograph and record anything out of reach.
Getting ready for the visit
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
How to get a quote
Every quote begins with a look at the system, 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 any work starts.
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What affects the cost of ductwork cleaning
We do not publish a price list, because no two systems are the same. What we look at:
- The condition of the system
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- The scale of the work
Every site is different, so we price each one individually. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all make a difference.
What to send for a quote
Before you ask for a quote, gather:
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
- Any previous report or certificate
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
Need a price for ductwork cleaning? Please phone us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email with a few details about the site. We’ll explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before anything is booked.
Your questions about ductwork cleaning in Hamble-le-Rice
Will you come out to Hamble-le-Rice?
Yes, smaller places are covered as well as towns. Photos of the system and directions to the site help us plan the visit.
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Hamble-le-Rice?
In Hamble-le-Rice, it’s Eastleigh council that carries out food hygiene inspections. How often a business is inspected depends on the risk rating the council gives it, so it’s worth staying ready all year.
Can you price the work without visiting?
Typically, yes. Send wide shots, close-ups of any access panels and anything that worries you, and we normally come back within one working day. Some sites still need a visit, and we will say so.
What happens if you can’t reach some of it?
Anything we cannot reach goes on the report, with pictures where possible, and we tell you what would make it reachable, for example new access panels.
Which sectors do you work in?
All kinds of commercial and public premises: kitchens, offices, schools, healthcare, retail, leisure and food production. We fit the work around how the site operates.
Are you fully insured?
Yes. Full insurance covers our work, and we have been trading since 2009.
How do you know if the ductwork needs cleaning?
Drips, smells and weak extraction are clues, but the only sure way is to measure. A WFTT or DTT reading gives a clear answer.
Can you clean ductwork with no access panels?
Ductwork needs access to be cleaned. We record those sections on the report and can fit access panels.
What ductwork cleaning looks like in Hamble-le-Rice
The coast is only about 1 mile from Hamble-le-Rice. Salt in the air is hard on rooftop fans, discharge cowls and fixings, so we check them for corrosion as well as grease. The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 31 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 8 takeaways in and around Hamble-le-Rice, up to about a mile and a half out. Where they cook under a canopy, grease does not stop at the filters: it settles along the duct and up the riser. It’s Eastleigh council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Hamble-le-Rice. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after.
If you run a café or takeaway near Hamble station, early starts and late finishes leave little time to clean, so overnight extract cleaning suits. A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Church of St Andrew or elsewhere in Hamble-le-Rice, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.
Hamble-le-Rice is about 3 miles east of Hythe, in Hampshire. We provide ductwork cleaning for commercial premises of every kind in Hamble-le-Rice and the rest of Hampshire. Across Hampshire, we cover 683 places, Hamble-le-Rice among them.
Ductwork cleaning in SO31 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. If you need ductwork cleaning at premises on High Street, College Close and Deanfield Close or anywhere close by, we can help. Hamble-le-Rice sits on or near the B3397, so getting to you is simple for ductwork cleaning. Neighbouring places we cover for ductwork cleaning include Hound (1 mile north-west), Butlocks Heath (1 mile north-west), Netley (2 miles north-west), Bursledon (2 miles north) and Old Netley (2 miles north). We also work in nearby towns such as Winchester (14 miles north), Gosport (8 miles south-east), Havant (15 miles east), Eastleigh (7 miles north), Fareham (6 miles east) and Horndean (14 miles east).
Near you in Hamble-le-Rice
Typical jobs here are in premises near The Hamble School, Hamble Common and Ye Old White Harte Public House and the streets around them. The closest station to Hamble-le-Rice is Hamble station, roughly 0.8 miles north of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Coldeast (1.9 miles east) and St Andrew's Castle (0.6 miles south-east). Green spaces nearby include Mercury Marshes.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
From a single site to a large estate, the standard is the same: diagnosis, a fixed price, work booked around your hours and a written report with photos.
When the building owner and the occupier are different, the lease normally sets out who maintains what. We can quote either party, and the report can go to both.
Honest limits
We’d rather tell you now than book work that will not help, so here are the limits:
- Ductwork that was poorly designed
- Faulty fire dampers
- Parts of the duct with no way in
If in doubt, ring 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we’ll say what we think.
Where we work
- Vertical risers
- Access panels
- Multi-storey ducts
- Attenuators
- Bends and junctions
- Horizontal duct runs
Why act early in Hamble-le-Rice
BESA guidance says grease shouldn’t exceed a mean of 200 microns between cleans. Anywhere that reaches 500 microns or more needs immediate spot cleaning. Leaving the duct makes those limits harder to keep to. A visit arranged in advance is far less disruptive than a callout on a busy day.
The cost depends on how big the system is, what state it’s in and access to every part of it. You get a fixed price before work begins, so you know where you stand.
Why book with us
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
- Each visit written up, with photos
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
See our cost guide or our accreditations.