Hampshire · Ductwork cleaning
Whitsbury ductwork cleaning
Ductwork cleaning across Whitsbury and nearby, booked around your opening hours and signed off in writing with photos.
- Years of grease along the duct floor
- Heavy grease at the base of a riser
- Readings above 200 microns from a grease thickness test
Ductwork cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Whitsbury
Between the canopy and the fan runs the ductwork, hidden above ceilings and inside walls. Every horizontal run and vertical riser collects grease along the way, and that’s where a kitchen fire can travel. Our ductwork cleaning reaches inside the runs and risers through access panels, to BESA TR19® Grease. The work covers multi-storey ducts, attenuators and access panels, and the jobs we see most are fat dripping from the ductwork and duct runs with no cleaning record.
In a small place like Whitsbury, kitchens are often in older or extended buildings, with long single-storey duct runs, and those horizontal sections are where grease settles. We agree access and timings in advance.
The sign-off is always in writing: a dated report with photos of the work, and for TR19® Grease cleans, a certificate issued through the BESCA VHE portal. It shows what was done and what, if anything, couldn’t be reached.
- Place
- Whitsbury (SP6)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Paperwork
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- When we work
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Why deal with it now?
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. Rural sites cannot always move to another kitchen or room when something fails.
Several systems or sites on one quote often makes better use of the time. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at and we will price it together.
What you get with us
- One number for every site across the South East and London
- Fixed quotes from a survey or pictures
- Full insurance on every job
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
Read our cost guide and our accreditations and certificates.
Grease, kitchens and Whitsbury
Environmental health officers from New Forest council inspect food businesses in Whitsbury. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after. The fire and rescue service for Whitsbury is Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order.
School kitchens, at schools like Western Downland Church of England Aided Primary School for example, are typically cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost. Where a hall near Church of St Leonard, or anywhere in Whitsbury, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does.
Whitsbury is in Hampshire. Anywhere in SP6, we can carry out ductwork cleaning at your premises. Our Hampshire coverage runs to 683 places, and Whitsbury is one of them. You can also see our page for Southampton, about 19 miles away.
Our technicians cover all of SP6 for ductwork cleaning and the streets around it. We also cover the places around Whitsbury: Rockbourne (1 mile south-west), Damerham (2 miles south-west), Sandleheath (3 miles south), Ashford (3 miles south) and Alderholt (4 miles south). Within a short drive, we also cover Totton (14 miles east), Romsey (15 miles east), Ringwood (9 miles south), Fordingbridge (3 miles south), St Leonards (10 miles south) and Brockenhurst (15 miles south-east).
Local landmarks in Whitsbury
In Whitsbury, that means kitchens and buildings near The Cart Wheel Public House, among other places. A little further out are Fordingbridge Museum (3.4 miles south-east) and Salisbury District Hospital (5.2 miles north).
How it works
Your staff do not need to do much on the day. Someone lets us in at the agreed time and shows us where everything is, and the rest is down to us. Before we leave, the area is tidied and the paperwork follows. If the van will struggle with a lane or gateway near Whitsbury, let us know and we’ll plan around it.
- The duct route is surveyed and every access point found.
- We take grease readings along the route.
- Out of hours, the area is protected and the access panels opened.
- Heavy deposits come out by hand, then each section is degreased.
- Panels are closed, readings and photos repeated, and unreachable sections recorded.
Before we arrive
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Clear loose items from the work area
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
How to get a quote
Need a price for ductwork cleaning? Please phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us with a few details about the site. We will explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before anything is booked.
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Keeping the system healthy
So the system stays in good health:
- Leave a way through to the access panels
- Never cook with a filter missing
- Do not switch the extract off early
- Flag drips from the duct right away
Any section of duct we couldn’t reach is listed on the report, with the reason. We can fit access panels so those sections are cleaned next time.
Book the next duct clean before the date passes. A change in cooking hours may change the interval under BESA guidance, and grease thickness testing will show it.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Keep a record of what your team does. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, alongside our reports.
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
Questions from Whitsbury
Can you work in Whitsbury outside opening hours?
Yes, out-of-hours work is a big part of what we do. The site is handed back ready to open. Tell us your opening hours when you ask for a quote.
Do you cover smaller places like Whitsbury?
Yes. Whitsbury is within the area we cover across London and the South East. Just mention lanes, gates or anything else about the site when you book.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes, always. We diagnose before we treat: the survey tells us what the system needs and how to reach it and the fixed quote is built on it.
What if parts of the system cannot be reached?
They’re marked on the report. Often the fix is extra access, such as new panels in ductwork, and we can fit those.
Do you have insurance?
Yes. We’re fully insured, and the details are available on request.
How often should kitchen ducts be cleaned?
It depends mostly on daily cooking hours. Kitchens cooking 12 to 16 hours a day need it at least every 3 months, while lighter use can go longer.
What’s TR19?
TR19® is the BESA specification for keeping ventilation systems clean. TR19® Grease, a standalone specification since 2019, covers grease in kitchen extract systems, and TR19® Air covers general supply and extract systems.
Can you look after several sites?
Yes. We work across South East England and London, so we can schedule a run of sites as one programme. Each site gets its own report and pictures.
Honest limits
We’d rather tell you now than book work that will not help, so these are the things it will not cover:
- Duct sealed behind fixed ceilings or walls
- A duct that’s too small or badly routed for the kitchen (a design issue)
- Duct sections that need replacing
If in doubt, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we’ll say what we think before booking.
Parts of the system we cover
- Vertical risers
- Horizontal duct runs
- Access panels
- Bends and junctions
- Attenuators
- Multi-storey ducts
When to call us in Whitsbury
Slow air leaves the most grease behind. Flat runs, bends, reducers and the base of risers are the usual hotspots, and those are the points we pay most attention to.
What we are most often called out for:
- Thick crusts of old grease along the duct
- High readings at a recent grease test
- Smells of old cooking grease from the ductwork
- A duct nobody has opened in years
A hospital like Salisbury District Hospital, about 5.2 miles north, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day.
Comparing quotes
- Whether they recommend a next date
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
- What paperwork you get at the end
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
Places near Whitsbury
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Part by part
Vertical risers
Risers are cleaned through panels at different levels. Where it can’t be reached safely, the report says so.
Access panels
Panels have to seal properly once they’re closed, so grease and air stay inside the duct. A damaged panel is noted on the report.