Hampshire · Grease filter exchange
Grease filter exchange in Broad Oak, Hampshire
One call covers grease filter exchange in Broad Oak: survey, fixed quote, work and sign-off. Fully insured, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001.
- Hand-washed filters that still look greasy
- Missing filters in the filter bank
- Drips falling from the filters onto equipment
Different parts, different methods
School, care home and staff kitchens
Kitchens that cook for set mealtimes still load their filters though typically at a gentler pace.
Busy restaurant and pub kitchens
Kitchens that fry and grill all day load their filters fast. Their exchange schedule is usually the tightest.
Grease filter exchange in Broad Oak
Baffle filters and mesh filters both fill with grease. Clogged filters choke the airflow and the fan has to work harder. A steady cycle of clean filters keeps extraction strong. Common call-outs are for grease dripping from the canopy and hand-washed filters that still look greasy, on school and hospital kitchens, island canopies and restaurants and pubs.
For a kitchen in or near Broad Oak, the visit is planned around opening hours and the journey, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy, filters, duct, fan and discharge, with a certificate and photo report at the end.
Good records are part of the job. You get a written report with photos after every visit, listing what was done, anything we couldn’t reach and when the next visit is due. File it in your maintenance log so it’s to hand when an insurer or inspector asks.
- Where
- Broad Oak (RG29)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Records
- Report and pictures after the visit
- Price
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- When we work
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Fixed quotes for grease filter exchange in Broad Oak
The price is fixed before any work begins. It’s based on:
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
- The scale of the work
- Where the site is and how we reach it
- How easy every part is to reach
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 any work starts.
What we need to know
You don’t need the technical terms. It helps if you can send:
- The postcode and the type of business
- Wide photos of the system and the area around it
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
We don’t publish a price list, because no two systems are the same. Instead, we look at your site first, from pictures or a survey, and then give you a fixed quote. To get going, call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email.
FAQs for Broad Oak
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Broad Oak?
In Broad Oak, it’s Hart council that carries out food hygiene inspections. It helps to keep the extract cleaning records with your food safety paperwork, so they’re ready if asked for.
Can you work in Broad Oak outside opening hours?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. Your customers, staff or residents in Broad Oak needn’t be disturbed. Your opening times are the first thing we ask for.
What’s TR19?
BESA’s ventilation hygiene specification in two main parts: TR19® Grease for kitchen extracts and TR19® Air for supply and extract systems. It isn’t law, but it’s the benchmark.
What paperwork should we keep on file?
Everything that shows the system is looked after: reports, certificates, photos and your own cleaning or check logs. A single log for each site works best.
How much does a filter exchange service cost?
Every kitchen is different, so we need to know the filters and interval first. We send you a fixed quote before the service starts.
How regularly do grease filters need exchanging?
It varies from kitchen to kitchen. We look at your cooking and set an interval to match and can change if your kitchen gets busier.
Do you provide a certificate or report?
Yes. It’s your proof that the work was done: a written, dated record with pictures of what we did and anything we couldn’t access.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
We work for restaurants, pubs, hotels, schools, colleges, hospitals, care homes, offices and shops, plus food production and leisure sites.
What grease filter exchange can’t fix
Grease filter exchange can’t fix everything, and we’d rather say so up front. It does not solve:
- A heavily greased plenum or canopy, which needs cleaning to TR19
- Cooking smells reaching neighbours, which need odour control
- Grease deep in the extract system
Not sure which it is? You can phone us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we’ll tell you honestly before booking.
Where we work
- Wall canopies
- School and hospital kitchens
- Restaurants and pubs
- Baffle filters
- Island canopies
- Mesh filters
Looking after it afterwards
Aftercare is simple, and it makes the next visit easier:
- Mention it if the kitchen gets busier
- Report a dripping canopy early
- Clear anything stored on or near the canopy
- Make sure no filter is left out
The next exchange is already in the diary. If the kitchen gets busier, the interval can be shortened to match.
Dripping filters are a clear sign they’re full. Changing them now reduces the fuel above the cooking, and it’s worth checking the plenum too.
What happens on the day
We work around your opening hours, not the other way round. We book the visit for a time the area is closed, whether that’s an evening, overnight or a weekend. Once we are in, the area is sheeted and anything that has to be off is turned off and cooled, and the work takes less than an hour in most kitchens. Seeing the system in photos first means the trip to Broad Oak can be planned properly.
- We start by noting how many filters you have and what type they are.
- A change schedule is agreed to match the kitchen’s cooking hours.
- At every visit, the greasy filters are lifted out.
- We fit clean filters and check they sit snugly in the housing.
- We flag any damaged filters or anything wrong with the canopy.
How to prepare
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
- Let us know about parking and loading
How to get a quote
Quotes are quick. Call or email with a few details and you will normally have a fixed price within one working day. Where a survey is needed, we arrange a time that suits the site.
Advice
Grease, kitchens and Broad Oak
The Food Standards Agency lists about 3 pubs and bars as registered food businesses across Broad Oak and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Where they serve hot food, their kitchen extracts need cleaning to TR19® like any restaurant’s. Food hygiene inspections in Broad Oak are the job of Hart council’s environmental health team. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. Broad Oak 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.
Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Fleet Community Hospital is the nearest hospital to Broad Oak, about 3.7 miles north-east. If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near All Saints Church or elsewhere in Broad Oak, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
Broad Oak is about 4 miles west of Fleet, in Hampshire. Every kind of commercial site in Broad Oak, we can take on grease filter exchange. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so the site keeps running. We cover 683 places across Hampshire, large and small. Reading is in our area too, around 13 miles away.
All of RG29 is covered for grease filter exchange, from busy streets to back roads. If your site is just outside Broad Oak, we cover Odiham (1 mile south-west), North Warnborough (1 mile west), Warnborough Green (2 miles west), Winchfield (2 miles north-east) and Greywell (2 miles west). Further out, we also cover Basingstoke (8 miles west), Farnborough (7 miles east), Fleet (4 miles east), Aldershot (7 miles east), Alton (8 miles south) and Yateley (7 miles north-east).
What’s near Broad Oak
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around The Waterwitch pub and Robert May's School and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is Winchfield station, about 1.8 miles north of the centre. A little further out are West Green House Agricultural Museum (2.9 miles north) and Hart Shopping Centre (3.8 miles east). Open spaces near Broad Oak include Fleet Pond Nature Reserve and Tundry Hill.
What we are called out for in Broad Oak
Filters get bent and damaged with handling. Damaged filters don’t sit flush, leaving gaps for grease to slip through.
Look out for any of the following:
- Grease building up behind the canopy filters
- Damaged filters letting grease past
- Blocked baffle filters
- Poor airflow through the filters
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Mayhill Junior School or anywhere near Broad Oak, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean.
What your quote should include
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or photos
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
- Whether they’re fully insured
What staff can safely do
Staff cleaning does not replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Regular in-house cleaning slows the build-up, but hidden parts of the system still need specialist attention.
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, next to our reports.