Hampshire · Ductwork cleaning
Ductwork cleaning in South Ham, Hampshire
Ductwork cleaning for South Ham, from a team that has been trading since 2009. Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus a 24/7 emergency line.
- Thick deposits at the bottom of a vertical duct
- High readings at a recent grease test
- Grease leaking from duct joints
Why it’s worth doing now in South Ham
TR19® is not law, but the duty to manage fire risk is. The Fire Safety Order 2005 makes the responsible person assess and reduce fire risk, including the grease inside the extract ductwork. Booking ahead lets us plan the trip to South Ham at a time that suits you.
Putting the work off seldom saves money. Build-up, wear and faults tend to get worse, not better, and a neglected system can mean more work. If you are not sure what’s needed, call us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos for straight advice and a fixed quote.
Why South Ham businesses choose us
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- Fully insured
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
How we handle ductwork cleaning in South Ham
Not every duct has enough access panels. TR19 calls for any section we couldn’t reach to be recorded, and new panels can be fitted to reach it in future. It’s better to know than to assume. The work covers bends and junctions, horizontal duct runs and attenuators, and people most often call us about duct runs that can’t be reached and thick deposits at the bottom of a vertical duct.
For a smaller kitchen near South Ham, a TR19® clean is the same job as anywhere: canopy, filters, plenum, duct, fan and discharge. The visit is booked around your opening hours, and the journey is planned ahead.
A written report with photos follows every visit, 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
- South Ham (RG22, RG21, RG23)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Reporting
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- Hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
How it works
The visit has three parts: set-up, the treatment itself and the sign-off. Getting ready means protecting surfaces and switching off what needs to be off, and the sign-off is a written report with photos. Most of the time goes on the work itself, which takes from a few hours to more than one visit, depending on duct length and access. For a site near South Ham, the work is booked around your opening hours, evenings and weekends included.
- We trace the duct and find every way in.
- We take grease readings along the route.
- Once the kitchen has closed, we protect the area and open the panels.
- Thick grease is scraped out, then the runs and risers are degreased.
- We close up, re-test, photograph and record anything out of reach.
Before we arrive
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
How to get a quote
Want a quote for ductwork cleaning? Please call us on 0345 646 2711 or email us and tell us about the site. We’ll explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before anything is booked.
Advice
Ductwork cleaning in South Ham: the local picture
Food Standards Agency records include about 29 bars, pubs and nightclubs within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of South Ham. A pub or hotel kitchen that cooks every day builds up grease in its extract like any other. Food hygiene inspections in South Ham are the job of Basingstoke and Deane council’s environmental health team. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after. Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service covers South Ham. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk.
If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around South Ham (The Vyne is about 3.5 miles north), fitting access panels needs care. School kitchens, at schools like St Anne's Catholic Primary School for example, are usually cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost.
South Ham is about 1 mile south-west of Basingstoke, in Hampshire. South Ham gets the same approach as every site we work on: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where needed and a written report with photos. South Ham is one of 683 towns, villages and districts in Hampshire we cover for commercial clients. Reading is in our area too, around 14 miles away.
All of RG22, RG21 and RG23 is within our area for ductwork cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. If you need ductwork cleaning at premises on Pheby Road, Wella Road and Lennox Road or a nearby road, we can help. Other places close to South Ham include Brighton Hill (1 mile south), Basingstoke (1 mile north-east), Winklebury (1 mile north-west), Buckskin (1 mile west) and Worting (1 mile west). Larger places within reach include Farnborough (15 miles east), Fleet (12 miles east), Aldershot (15 miles east), Alton (10 miles south-east), Yateley (13 miles north-east) and Tadley (7 miles north).
Near you in South Ham
In South Ham, that means kitchens and buildings near Aldworth School, Coppice Spring School and Eastrop Park. South Ham’s nearest station is Basingstoke station, roughly 1.2 miles north-east. A little further out are Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital (1.5 miles north) and Basing House (2.7 miles east). Open spaces near South Ham include Farleigh Hill and Daneshill Park Woods.
For landlords and multi-site operators
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.
Multi-site operators often want one contractor and one number. We work across London and the South East, so a run of sites can go into one programme and kept to a regular schedule.
Fixed quotes for ductwork cleaning in South Ham
We quote each job individually. These are the things that affect it:
- How easy every part is to reach
- The number of sites or systems
- A single visit or a regular plan
- Any permits to work or inductions
You won’t find a price list here, because the cost depends on the site in front of us. For a fixed quote, call 0345 646 2711 or send us an email, and we’ll explain what it covers.
What to send for a quote
Photos and a few facts are often enough to price the work. Useful things to send:
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
- A few general shots of the system
- The postcode and the type of business
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
Some systems can be priced from pictures; others need a survey. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in pictures, get a survey first. Either way, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
Also near South Ham
What else we do in South Ham
What your team can do, and what needs us
A few tasks are always specialist work: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings need training, the right equipment and safe access. Leave those to us.
Staff cleaning does not replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but hidden parts of the system still need specialist attention.
Keeping the system healthy
A little care between visits keeps the system in better shape. Our advice:
- Keep access panels clear of stored items
- Keep to the interval on the report
- Keep your cleaning records together
- Make sure filters are seated properly
A full system clean includes a TR19 certificate from the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal. It shows when and where the clean was done and by whom.
Some signs mean the duct needs attention sooner: grease leaking from duct joints, smells, or a fan that sounds rough. A grease thickness test can confirm whether a spot clean is needed.
When to call us in South Ham
Grease settles fastest where the air slows down. Long horizontal runs, bends, changes in size and the foot of a riser all collect more, and those are the points we pay most attention to.
These are the problems we see most often:
- Hardened, baked-on grease in long horizontal runs
- Smells of old cooking grease from the ductwork
- Ductwork that has never been cleaned
- Readings above 200 microns from a grease thickness test
Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital (about 1.5 miles north), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands.
Questions to ask before you book
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- If they look at the system before pricing
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
- When they can work, and whether that is outside your opening hours
FAQs for South Ham
Is South Ham within the area you cover?
Yes, smaller places are covered as well as towns. Photos of the system and directions to the site help us plan the visit.
Can you come to South Ham after we close?
Yes, evening, overnight and weekend work is normal for us. It means the site in South Ham keeps running as normal. Just call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form with your opening times and we’ll plan around them.
Are you fully insured?
Yes. We carry full insurance and have been trading since 2009.
What types of premises do you cover?
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.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes. We always survey first, from your pictures and details, or with a visit where necessary. A fixed quote follows.
Where does the waste go?
It leaves the site with us at the end of the visit. During the work, it’s contained to keep the area clean.
What does TR19 mean?
BESA’s ventilation hygiene specification, with two parts that matter most here: TR19® Grease for kitchen extract systems and TR19® Air for general ventilation. It is not law, but it’s the benchmark.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes. There’s a 24/7 emergency line for anything that cannot wait until a planned visit. Call us any time and explain what’s happened.