Hampshire · Grease filter exchange
Grease filter exchange in Cadnam, Hampshire
We cover Cadnam for grease filter exchange. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports on every job.
- Smoke and heat lingering under the hood
- Grease building up behind the canopy filters
- Damaged filters letting grease past
Looking after it afterwards
No system stays clean for ever, but care slows the build-up. A few tips:
- Look out for drips from the canopy
- Don’t refit a filter that is bent
- Keep the canopy clear for exchange visits
- Make sure no filter is left out
Once the clean filters are in, the kitchen can cook straight away. The dirty set leaves with us for cleaning.
Saturated filters let more grease through. A regular cycle keeps the rest of the system cleaner until the next TR19 clean.
Grease filter exchange for kitchens and businesses in Cadnam
Across Cadnam, our filter exchange suits restaurants, pubs, cafés, schools, care homes and other kitchens, from a single canopy to several. Visits can be timed around your service so nobody has to stop cooking. If you have hand-washed filters that still look greasy and drips falling from the filters onto equipment, we can put it right, from restaurants and pubs, school and hospital kitchens and wall canopies onwards.
In a village or hamlet like Cadnam, the kitchens that need extract cleaning are usually a pub, a school, a care home or a hall kitchen, wherever there is one. Each still has a canopy and duct that collect grease, whatever the size of the place.
For insurers and inspectors, the record counts. That’s why every job is written up in a report with photos, plus a TR19® certificate through the BESCA VHE portal where the work is a TR19® Grease clean.
- Place
- Cadnam (SO40)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Records
- Written report with pictures
- Price
- A fixed price before we start
- Hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
What staff can safely do
Staff cleaning doesn’t replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but the parts you can’t see still need a specialist at the right interval.
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, which is where we come in.
What we are called out for in Cadnam
Hand-washed filters often come back still greasy. Grease hides in the folds of a baffle or the layers of a mesh and a sink wash rarely reaches it.
Most sites get in touch when they notice something like this:
- A canopy running with filters missing
- Grease building up behind the canopy filters
- Bent or damaged filters that do not sit properly
- Drips falling from the filters onto equipment
Landford Manor, about 4.6 miles north-west, is one of the historic houses near Cadnam; if you run event catering at a venue like that, cleans can be booked between functions.
What your quote should include
- Proof of accreditation you can verify
- How areas they cannot reach will be recorded
- What insurance they carry
- Whether the price is fixed
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What happens on the day
Your staff do not need to do much on the day. A contact on site lets us in at the agreed time and points us to the system, and the rest is down to us. Afterwards, the area is left tidy and the written report follows. Photos of the system and how to reach it help us plan a visit to Cadnam.
- We record the number, size and type of your filters.
- An exchange schedule is agreed to suit your cooking.
- The dirty set is lifted out.
- Clean filters go in and we check they sit snugly.
- The dirty filters leave with us and the next visit is booked.
Getting ready for the visit
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
- Clear loose items from the work area
Ask for a quote
Quotes are quick. Call or email with a few details and you’ll usually have a fixed price within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.
Related advice
What a clean will not put right
Not every problem is solved by grease filter exchange, and we’d rather say so up front. It does not solve:
- Grease deep in the extract system
- Odours from the discharge that filters won’t stop
- A canopy that needs a proper clean
If in doubt, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we will say what we think.
What we work on in Cadnam
- Wall canopies
- Restaurants and pubs
- School and hospital kitchens
- Mesh filters
- Baffle filters
- Island canopies
Kitchen extracts in Cadnam
The FSA’s food hygiene register includes about 6 bars, pubs and nightclubs within about 1.5 miles of central Cadnam. A pub or hotel kitchen that cooks every day builds up grease in its extract like any other. It’s New Forest council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Cadnam. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready. Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service covers Cadnam. 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.
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Church of St Mary, or anywhere in Cadnam, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it. Bursars and site managers at schools such as Bartley Church of England Junior School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
Cadnam is about 3 miles west of Totton, in Hampshire. We carry out grease filter exchange for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Cadnam and the rest of Hampshire. Our area takes in 683 places across Hampshire, large and small. For sites nearby, see our Southampton page (8 miles or so).
We work across SO40 for grease filter exchange and the streets around it. We cover sites on Old Lyndhurst Road, White Hart Lane and Southampton Road and nearby roads. If your site is just outside Cadnam, we cover Wittensford (1 mile west), Bartley (1 mile south-east), Copythorne (1 mile north-east), Newbridge (1 mile north) and Winsor (1 mile east). Within a short drive, we also cover Winchester (15 miles north-east), Eastleigh (11 miles east), Totton (3 miles east), Chandler's Ford (9 miles north-east), Hedge End (12 miles east) and Lymington (11 miles south).
Around Cadnam
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to The White Hart pub and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is Ashurst New Forest station, roughly 3.1 miles south-east of the centre. Nearby you’ll also find Tatchbury Mount Hospital (2.2 miles east) and National Dairy Museum (3.6 miles south-east). Not far away are Copythorne Common.
Fixed quotes for grease filter exchange in Cadnam
The price is fixed before any work begins. It’s based on:
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- Whether several sites go on one quote
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
- The condition of the system
A single site or a whole portfolio, the quote is built the same way: what needs doing, how we get to it and when. The price is fixed before we start.
What to send for a quote
When you contact us, it’s useful to have:
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- Wide photos of the system and the area around it
- The site address and the type of premises
For a fixed quote, ring 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and tell us the type of site, your opening hours and roughly what the system looks like. A few photos and your last certificate or report help a lot. You’ll typically have a quote within one working day.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Facilities teams in offices, schools and healthcare sites book us too across Hampshire. Work can be phased by floor, building or site around the people who use them.
We regularly work with managing agents. Tell us the site, the work and the access arrangements, and we’ll send a fixed quote.
FAQs for Cadnam
Which council inspects kitchens in Cadnam?
In Cadnam, it’s New Forest council that carries out food hygiene inspections. Ratings are published by the Food Standards Agency, so a clean extract and good records are worth keeping up.
Can school kitchens in Cadnam be cleaned in the holidays?
Yes. The holidays are the usual time for school work. Food Standards Agency records list about 2 schools, colleges and universities with registered kitchens within about a mile and a half of Cadnam. Just call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email with your term dates and we will plan around them.
Do we need to close the kitchen while filters are changed?
An exchange doesn’t take long, and we can come before or after service. The clean set goes in as soon as the dirty one comes out.
Will I get paperwork for my records?
Yes. You get a written report with photos after every visit, showing what was done, anything we couldn’t reach and when the next visit is due. Kitchen extract cleans to TR19® Grease also get a certificate through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
What should go in our maintenance log?
Every certificate and report from each visit, kept together in your maintenance log, along with your own cleaning log. BESA advises that certificates record the date, location and technician.
How much notice should we give?
It depends on the time you need and how big the job is. Tell us your preferred dates when you ask for a quote, and for anything urgent, ring our 24/7 emergency line.
Which accreditations do you hold?
BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, plus CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001. We’re fully insured and have been trading since 2009.
What is TR19?
TR19® is BESA’s specification for ventilation hygiene. TR19® Grease, a standalone specification since 2019, covers grease in kitchen extract systems, while TR19® Air covers other supply and extract ductwork.