Hampshire · Grease filter exchange
Grease filter exchange in Brighton Hill, Hampshire
Our technicians work in Brighton Hill on grease filter exchange. Out-of-hours visits, a fixed quote and a written report with photos on every job.
- Blocked baffle filters
- Staff short of time to wash filters
- Gaps where filters have been removed
How the job changes from site to site
Busy restaurant and pub kitchens
In a busy kitchen, filter washing is easy to skip. An exchange service takes it off the rota.
Baffle filters
A clogged baffle filter restricts airflow. A clean exchange set brings the airflow back.
Grease filter exchange for kitchens and businesses in Brighton Hill
A filter service works alongside TR19® cleaning, not instead of it. Fresh filters help limit what gets into the ductwork, but some grease still passes through as vapour. That is why the whole system still needs cleaning to TR19 at the right interval. We’re often asked to deal with grease filters clogged with grease and grease dripping from the canopy, on restaurants and pubs, baffle filters and island canopies.
For a smaller kitchen near Brighton Hill, 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.
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.
- Location
- Brighton Hill (RG22, RG21)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Records
- Report and photos after the visit
- Quotes
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
How the visit works
We are used to working while the site is closed. A lot of visits happen overnight or at weekends, so a kitchen or building can carry on as usual the next day. The visit itself takes a short visit, depending on how many filters the canopies hold. Around Brighton Hill, access is usually simpler than in a town centre, though gates and roof access are worth mentioning.
- First, we record the size, type and number of filters in each canopy.
- A change schedule is agreed to match the kitchen’s cooking hours.
- At each visit, the greasy filters are lifted out.
- Clean, dry filters are fitted in their place, with no gaps left between them.
- We flag any damaged filters or anything wrong with the canopy.
Before we arrive
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Move anything stored near the system
Getting a quote
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, either from pictures and details you send or from a site visit. After that, you get a fixed price for the work, before we start.
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What staff can safely do
When your team notices a problem between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We can diagnose it and quote.
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.
What affects the quote in Brighton Hill
Your quote is based on your site. We take into account:
- Parking and loading at the site
- The condition of the system
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- The scale of the work
Several systems or sites on one quote can make for a more efficient booking. Mention every system or site you need covered and we’ll price it together.
Asking for a quote
When you contact us, it’s useful to have:
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- The postcode and the type of business
To help us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, a few pictures and any previous report or certificate. Then call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email.
Questions from Brighton Hill
Can you work in Brighton Hill outside opening hours?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. The site is handed back ready to open. Tell us your opening hours when you ask for a quote.
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Brighton Hill?
In Brighton Hill, it’s Basingstoke and Deane council that carries out food hygiene inspections. An officer may look up into the canopy, so clean filters on the day and a recent certificate on file both help.
What happens to the dirty filters?
They leave with us. That is how an exchange works: you always have a clean set fitted and nothing greasy left on site.
What accreditations do you have?
We’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we carry full insurance.
How long will you be on site?
It depends on the size of the system, but for many sites it takes a few minutes per canopy, longer for a large kitchen with several canopies. We’ll give you a better idea when we quote.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes. We run scheduled maintenance contracts, with visits at the interval your system needs. The report from each visit recommends the next date.
Do you handle baffle and mesh filters?
Both baffle filters and mesh filters are covered. At the start, we note what your canopies use so the clean set always fits.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
Any site with a kitchen or a ventilation system to look after, from a small pub to a hospital. Hotels, schools, care homes, offices, shops and leisure sites are all part of our work.
When it’s something else
A few issues sit outside what this work can do:
- A canopy too small for the cooking beneath it
- A noisy or failed extract fan
- A heavily greased plenum or canopy, which needs cleaning to TR19
If you’re not sure, just call us on 0345 646 2711 or email us and we’ll give you a straight answer.
Where we work
- Baffle filters
- Island canopies
- Wall canopies
- Mesh filters
- Restaurants and pubs
- School and hospital kitchens
What grease filter exchange looks like in Brighton Hill
The FSA’s data shows about 18 pubs, bars and clubs and about 3 hotels and guest houses registered within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Brighton Hill. A pub or hotel kitchen that cooks every day builds up grease in its extract like any other. In Brighton Hill, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Basingstoke and Deane council. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready. Brighton Hill sits within the area of Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. Fire and rescue authorities enforce the Fire Safety Order in most non-domestic premises, and in a kitchen that fire risk includes the grease in the extract.
Older buildings often hide long, awkward duct runs, and if you run a kitchen at a historic venue in the area (The Vyne is about 4 miles north), access may need planning. Church and community hall kitchens, near The Church Of Christ The King or anywhere around Brighton Hill, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other. A hospital like Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, about 2.1 miles north, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day.
Brighton Hill is about 1 mile south of Basingstoke, in Hampshire. Whatever kind of site you run in Brighton Hill, we can take on grease filter exchange. We can work out of hours so the site keeps running. 683 places in Hampshire are on our list, from busy centres to quieter spots. We also work in Reading, about 15 miles from Brighton Hill.
Every address in RG22 and RG21 is covered for grease filter exchange, from busy streets to back roads. If you need grease filter exchange at premises on Pheby Road, Wella Road and Barber Road or a nearby road, we can help. Being close to the A30, Brighton Hill is simple for us to get to for grease filter exchange. If your site is just outside Brighton Hill, we cover South Ham (1 mile north), Buckskin (1 mile north-west), Basingstoke (1 mile north), Hatch Warren (1 mile south) and Kempshott (1 mile west). We also work in nearby towns such as Farnborough (15 miles east), Fleet (12 miles east), Aldershot (15 miles east), Alton (9 miles south-east), Yateley (14 miles north-east) and Tadley (7 miles north).
What’s near Brighton Hill
In Brighton Hill, that means kitchens and buildings near Eastrop Park, Chalk Ridge Primary School and Jolly Farmer Public House and the streets around them. Brighton Hill’s nearest station is Basingstoke station, about 1.6 miles north-east. Nearby you’ll also find Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital (2.1 miles north) and Festival Place (1.5 miles north-east). Green spaces nearby include Daneshill Park Woods and Farleigh Hill.
Why it’s worth doing now in Brighton Hill
For any kitchen in Brighton Hill, filters can’t stand in for a full TR19 clean. But clean filters do help the system between cleans, and that shows when the next clean comes round. A quieter site near Brighton Hill still needs its system looked after.
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 Brighton Hill businesses choose us
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Full insurance on every job
- Every visit written up, with photos
Take a look at what affects the cost or our accreditations and certificates.
Keeping the system healthy
Good habits slow the build-up between visits. A few tips:
- Never leave gaps in the filter bank
- Mention it if the kitchen gets busier
- Keep canopy surfaces wiped down
- Don’t refit a filter that is bent
If the plenum behind the filters looks greasy, we say so. That might mean bringing a TR19® clean forward and we can book that in.
Bent or missing filters let grease straight past. Replacing them early protects the plenum and ductwork.