Hampshire · Ductwork cleaning
Ductwork cleaning in Little London, Hampshire
Ductwork cleaning across Little London and nearby, timed so the site keeps working and signed off in writing with photos.
- A duct nobody has opened in years
- Years of grease along the duct floor
- Grease leaking from duct joints
Ductwork cleaning in Little London, done properly
Ductwork in Little London is cleaned the same thorough way as everywhere else we work: readings at set points, heavy grease scraped out by hand, then degreasing to suit the deposit. Readings are taken again afterwards and photos go into your report. Typical jobs include high readings at a recent grease test and stale grease odours from the duct, across vertical risers, attenuators and multi-storey ducts.
Rural kitchens often have long, low duct runs through a roof space or along an outside wall, where grease settles in the flat sections. Access, parking and timings are agreed before the day.
Every visit ends with a written report and photos, so you have a record of what was done and when. Where the work is a TR19® Grease clean, the certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Place
- Little London (SP11)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Records
- Certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
What ductwork cleaning looks like in Little London
The fire and rescue service for Little London is Hampshire and Isle of Wight 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. Environmental health officers from Test Valley council inspect food businesses in Little London. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector.
School kitchens, at schools like Smannell and Enham Church of England (Aided) Primary School for example, are normally cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost. If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Christ Church or elsewhere in Little London, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
Little London is about 3 miles north-east of Andover, in Hampshire. Whatever kind of site you run in Little London, ductwork cleaning is something we can help with. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so the site keeps running. Across Hampshire, we cover 683 places, and Little London is one of them. You can also see our page for Southampton, about 23 miles away.
We work across the SP11 postcode area for ductwork cleaning and the roads nearby. We also cover the places around Little London: Smannell (1 mile south), Upper Enham (1 mile west), Enham Alamein (1 mile south-west), Finkley (1 mile south-east) and Knights Enham (1 mile south-west). Larger places within reach include Basingstoke (15 miles east), Winchester (14 miles south-east), Andover (3 miles south-west), Tadley (15 miles north-east), Hyde (14 miles south-east) and Tidworth (9 miles west).
Around Little London
Typical jobs here are in premises near The Oak pub. For rail, the closest station is Andover station, about 2.9 miles south-west of the centre. Nearby you will also find Andover War Memorial Hospital (2.7 miles south-west) and Finkley Down Farm Museum (1.7 miles south). For a walk, there’s Anton Lakes and Mill Lake.
How the job changes from site to site
Attenuators and discharge
The discharge is where the duct ends and air leaves the building. It can gather grease and mark the wall or roof around it, so it’s cleaned as far as safe access allows.
Vertical risers
A riser takes the duct up through one or more floors. Grease collects on the walls and at the foot of the riser, so the base is one of our test points.
Your questions about ductwork cleaning in Little London
Can you work in Little London outside opening hours?
Yes. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends. The site is handed back ready to open. Let us know the hours you’re closed and we’ll book within them.
Which council inspects kitchens in Little London?
Kitchens in Little London are inspected by Test Valley council’s environmental health officers. It helps to keep the extract cleaning records with your food safety paperwork, so they’re ready if asked for.
Do I get a certificate for ductwork cleaning?
A photo report, with readings and before and after photos, plus a TR19 certificate for a full system clean. It also gives a recommended next clean date.
Who has the legal duty for fire safety?
It depends on the building. The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty on the responsible person, which can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, an FM or a managing agent.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. We run scheduled maintenance contracts, with visits at the interval your system needs. The report from each visit recommends the next date.
What information do you need?
Some pictures and a quick description of the system plus the address and your hours. We’ll ask for anything else we need.
Will we have to shut during the visit?
Not normally. Visits are timed for when the area is closed, such as overnight or at a weekend, so you keep your normal hours.
What if parts of the system can’t be reached?
They’re listed in the report, never skipped quietly. You will know exactly which parts weren’t reached and why, along with a quote to put access in.
Also near Little London
What else we do in Little London
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
If your staff spot something between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that will not come clean, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We’ll take a look and send you a fixed quote.
What affects the cost of ductwork cleaning
The survey tells us what the work involves. We look at:
- How many systems or sites are involved
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- The condition we find in the survey
- Where the site is and how we reach it
Whatever the type of site, the quote works the same way: the size of the job, access, condition and working hours. Ask for a fixed quote and we will explain each part.
What to send for a quote
We can often survey from pictures. Try to include:
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
Every quote begins with a look at the system, either from photos and details you send or from a site visit. Then we send a fixed price, before any work starts.
What we do, step by step
When we arrive, we check the system against the survey or the pictures you sent. Anything unexpected is raised with you before we go further. After that, the work takes from a few hours to more than one visit, depending on duct length and access. A quick note on how to find the site and where to park makes a visit to Little London run smoothly.
- The duct route is surveyed and every access point found.
- We take grease readings along the route.
- Once the kitchen has closed, we protect the area and open the panels.
- Heavy deposits come out by hand, then each section is degreased.
- We close up, re-test, photograph and record anything out of reach.
Before we arrive
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
- Clear the space around the work
Getting a quote
For ductwork cleaning in Little London, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email. Let us know the site type and the opening hours, and send photos or your last report if you can. We typically send a fixed quote within one working day.
Advice
When something else is needed
We’ll always give you a straight diagnosis, so here’s what this work can’t put right:
- A damper stuck open in the duct
- Duct sections that need replacing
- A duct that is too small or badly routed for the kitchen (a design issue)
If you’re not sure, just call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we will give you a straight answer before booking.
What the work covers
- Attenuators
- Bends and junctions
- Access panels
- Horizontal duct runs
- Multi-storey ducts
- Vertical risers
Do you need ductwork cleaning in Little London?
Ducts in Little London gather grease for the same reasons as ducts anywhere: daily cooking hours, the menu and the state of the filters. BESA guidance sets minimum intervals of 3, 6 or 12 months depending on daily use.
Look out for these warning signs:
- A rancid smell from the extract duct
- Duct runs with no cleaning record
- Heavy grease at the base of a riser
- An insurer asking for TR19 evidence
A hospital like Andover War Memorial Hospital, about 2.7 miles south-west, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day.
What to look for in a quote
- Whether they recommend a next date
- What insurance they carry
- What paperwork you get at the end
- When they can work, and whether that is outside your opening hours
Why deal with it now?
Under BESA guidance, the mean grease level should stay at or below 200 microns between cleans. A reading of 500 microns or more at any point means a spot clean straight away. Leaving the duct makes those limits harder to keep to. Systems in rural buildings are often out of sight and out of mind.
Leaving it longer rarely makes the work cheaper. Problems in a system tend to grow, which can make the next visit longer. If you’re unsure, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we’ll give you an honest view and a fixed quote.
Why us?
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
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