Hampshire · Ductwork cleaning
Hill Head ductwork cleaning
For ductwork cleaning in Hill Head, one call is all it takes: survey, fixed quote, work and sign-off. CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, ISO 9001 and fully insured.
- Heavy grease at the base of a riser
- Ductwork that has never been cleaned
- Stale grease odours from the duct
How we price ductwork cleaning
Before we fix a price, we need to know a few things. We look at:
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
- The condition we find in the survey
- Any permits to work or inductions
- The scale of the work
One small site or a whole estate, we price it on the same basis: what needs doing, how we get to it and when. The price is fixed before we start.
What to send for a quote
The more you tell us, the more accurate the quote. With your enquiry, please include:
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: the system from a couple of angles, plus any access panels or hatches. Add the site type and your opening hours, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.
How we handle ductwork cleaning in Hill Head
No two duct runs are the same, in Hill Head or anywhere else. Some run a short distance to an outside wall, others climb several floors to the roof. The survey traces the route and finds every access point before we quote. We are often asked to deal with heavy grease at the base of a riser and a duct nobody has opened in years, on multi-storey ducts, bends and junctions and horizontal duct runs.
Rural kitchens often have long, low duct runs through a roof space or along an outside wall, and those horizontal sections are where grease settles. Access, parking and timings are agreed before the day.
Our accreditations include CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured. We are also a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we have been trading since 2009.
- Location
- Hill Head (PO14)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Paperwork
- Certificate and photo report
- Price
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- Hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
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Ductwork cleaning in Hill Head: the local picture
Hill Head lies within about 1 mile of the sea. Salt air speeds up corrosion of roof-level fans, discharge cowls and their fixings. Look up Hill Head on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you will find about 14 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 6 takeaways and sandwich shops in and around Hill Head, up to about a mile and a half out. Each kitchen that cooks under a canopy sends grease-laden air into a duct, where it cools and settles. In Hill Head, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Fareham council. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. Before-and-after photos from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand.
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Crofton Hammond Infant School or anywhere near Hill Head, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean. Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Holy Rood Church, or anywhere in Hill Head, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Hill Head is about 3 miles south-west of Fareham, in Hampshire. Whether your site is in the middle of Hill Head or further out, we cover ductwork cleaning for every kind of premises, from a single unit to a large public building. Hill Head is one of 683 towns, villages and districts in Hampshire where we work for ductwork cleaning. There’s also a page for Portsmouth, about 7 miles away.
All of PO14 is covered for ductwork cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. Whether your site is on Elsfred Road, Osborne View Road and Cottes Way or a nearby road, we can help. Neighbouring places we cover for ductwork cleaning include Stubbington (1 mile north-east), Little Posbrook (1 mile north-west), Titchfield (2 miles north), Catisfield (2 miles north) and Heathfield (2 miles north). Within a short drive, we also cover Gosport (4 miles east), Havant (11 miles east), Eastleigh (11 miles north-west), Fareham (3 miles north-east), Horndean (11 miles north-east) and Totton (14 miles north-west).
Landmarks near Hill Head
Typical jobs here are in premises near Crofton School, Stubbington House School and The Osborne View pub and the streets around them. Hill Head’s nearest station is Fareham station, about 2.9 miles north-east of the centre. Nearby you’ll also find Carron Row Farm Museum (2.8 miles north) and Fareham Shopping Centre (3.3 miles north-east). For a walk, there’s West of the River Alver.
Why deal with it now?
Fire inside a duct is out of sight and out of reach. The duct can carry it to rooms, floors or roof spaces well away from the kitchen, so cleaning the duct is as important as cleaning the hood. In a small place like Hill Head, a system that fails can take a site out of use.
Working hours, access and the scale of the site all affect the cost. Each of those is built into the quote, and the price is fixed before we start.
Why book with us
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- In business since 2009
- Full insurance on every job
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
See how cleaning jobs are priced and our accreditations and certificates.
Common questions in Hill Head
Does the sea air around Hill Head make a difference to ductwork cleaning?
It can, as Hill Head is within about 1 mile of the sea, where salt in the air is hard on metal. We look at fans, cowls and fixings for rust as well as grease.
Who is the fire and rescue service for Hill Head?
Fire safety enforcement in Hill Head is handled by Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
What do you do with what you remove?
It leaves the site with us when we go. During the work, it’s contained to keep the area clean.
What do you do to protect the area?
Protection goes down first: floor sheeting and covers over nearby surfaces and equipment. The area is left tidy, with our waste taken away.
What should I send you?
Some photos and a quick description of the system plus the address and your hours. We’ll ask for anything else we need.
Do I get a certificate for ductwork cleaning?
A photo report, with readings and before and after pictures, plus a TR19 certificate for a full system clean. It also gives a recommended next clean date.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes. Every job is surveyed first, either from pictures and details you send or on a site visit. A fixed quote follows.
Do we have to stop cooking while the ducts are cleaned?
The duct is cleaned out of hours, evenings, overnight or at weekends. The extract and cooking equipment need to be off.
Between visits
Once we have finished, these simple steps help:
- File each certificate and photo report in the maintenance log
- Have the grease measured if cooking hours go up
- Consider fitting panels where the report shows gaps
- Diarise the next duct clean
After the clean, the same points are tested again, giving you before and after readings. Before and after pictures sit next to the numbers.
The less grease gets past the canopy, the cleaner the duct stays. Keep the filters clean, well fitted and in place whenever you cook.
For landlords and multi-site operators
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Tell us the site, the work and the access arrangements and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare across Hampshire. Work can be phased by floor, building or site around the people who use them.
Do you need ductwork cleaning in Hill Head?
Wherever the kitchen is, in Hill Head or elsewhere, the duct fills in the same way: hours of cooking, the type of food and how well the filters are kept. BESA guidance sets minimum intervals of 3, 6 or 12 months depending on daily use.
Look out for these warning signs:
- Thick crusts of old grease along the duct
- Duct runs that cannot be reached
- Ductwork that has never been cleaned
- A duct clean needed for an insurer
Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Gosport War Memorial Hospital is the nearest hospital to Hill Head, about 4 miles south-east.
What to look for in a quote
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- Whether the figure could change on the day
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or photos
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
How the job changes from site to site
Multi-storey and shared buildings
A fire in a duct in a shared building can affect far more than one kitchen, so the responsible person has more reason to keep it clean. Your certificate and report give building managers the record they need.
Attenuators and discharge
The last section of duct before the discharge is often the coolest, which can mean heavier deposits. We include it in the clean and the readings.
The process
At the end of the visit, someone from your team can look over the work with us. Anything we couldn’t reach or that needs attention is pointed out there and then, and it goes on the report too. All told, the work takes a few hours for a short run, longer for long runs and tall risers. Rural roads and tight entrances are worth telling us about before a visit to Hill Head.
- We start by working out how the duct runs and where it can be opened.
- We measure grease thickness at set points before cleaning.
- We open the panels and scrape out the heaviest grease.
- Next the ducts and risers are degreased, using whatever suits the deposit.
- We test again, take pictures and note any part that couldn’t be reached.
Before we arrive
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
- Find the previous report, if there is one
Get a fixed quote
Here’s what helps us quote: the address, the type of site and when it’s open, a few photos and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Once you have those, phone us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email.