Hampshire · Grease filter exchange
Charter Alley grease filter exchange
A scheduled grease filter exchange, swapping dirty canopy filters for clean ones for commercial sites in Charter Alley and across Hampshire. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and fully insured.
- A canopy running with filters missing
- Hand-washed filters that still look greasy
- Filters that leave gaps in the canopy
Looking after it afterwards
A little care between visits keeps the system in better shape. We recommend:
- Clear anything stored on or near the canopy
- Look out for drips from the canopy
- Always run the extract while cooking
- Wipe the outside of the canopy as part of daily cleaning
The canopy looks cleaner and the air moves better straight away. Keep the extract running while you cook so the filters do their job.
Filter exchange and TR19 cleaning work best together. A maintenance plan that covers both keeps everything on track.
Grease filter exchange in Charter Alley
We run grease filter exchange for all kinds of kitchens in Charter Alley, from a single canopy to several. We can come before or after service so nobody has to stop cooking. Common call-outs are for filters that leave gaps in the canopy and a greasy plenum behind the filters, on wall canopies, baffle filters and restaurants and pubs.
Rural kitchens often have long, low duct runs through a roof space or along an outside wall, where grease settles in the flat sections. Access, parking and timings are agreed before the day.
Our accreditations include CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured. On top of that, we are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, trading since 2009.
- Where
- Charter Alley (RG26)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Paperwork
- Report and pictures after the visit
- Price
- A fixed price before any work starts
- When we work
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Towns and villages near Charter Alley
Also in Charter Alley
For landlords and multi-site operators
Multi-site operators often want one contractor and one number. We cover South East England and London, so visits at different addresses can be planned together and kept on a regular cycle.
Where a tenant occupies the premises but the landlord owns the building, it’s worth checking the lease for who maintains the systems. We are happy to deal with either side, and the report can go to both.
What happens on the day
We work around your opening hours, not the other way round. Most visits are booked for when the area is out of use, such as evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends. Once we’re in, the area is sheeted and anything that has to be off is turned off and cooled, and the job takes well under an hour for most canopies. Seeing the system in pictures first means the trip to Charter Alley can be planned properly.
- 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.
- A clean set is fitted and checked for gaps.
- The dirty filters leave with us and the next visit is booked.
Before we arrive
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
- Move anything stored near the system
Getting a quote
Some systems can be priced from pictures; others need a survey. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, you get a fixed price before we start.
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What your team can do, and what needs us
A few tasks are always specialist work: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease need training, the right equipment and safe access. That is our job.
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.
Common questions in Charter Alley
Who is the fire and rescue service for Charter Alley?
Fire safety enforcement in Charter Alley is handled by Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. TR19® isn’t law, but it’s the benchmark many fire officers and insurers look to when they ask how often the extract is cleaned.
Do you do school kitchen extract cleaning in Charter Alley in the summer holidays?
Yes, out-of-term visits are normal for schools. With about 2 schools and colleges on the FSA’s register within roughly a mile and a half of Charter Alley, it pays to plan holiday dates ahead. You can ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos with the dates the site is empty.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes. For many sites, photos and a few details are enough, while bigger or harder-to-see systems are surveyed on site.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
We cover floors and nearby surfaces with sheeting before we start, and waste is contained as we go. At the end, the area is cleaned down.
Do you cover Charter Alley?
Yes. Charter Alley is part of the area we cover, within the South East and London area we cover.
Can you give a price for filter changes?
Pricing depends on the kitchen, so we quote once we know your filters and schedule. You get a fixed price before the first visit.
Do you deal with bent or broken filters?
Filters that no longer fit properly need replacing. We’ll tell you which ones and why on the visit.
What happens to the dirty filters?
We do. Used filters go with us to be cleaned while a clean set goes in.
Charter Alley kitchens: local notes
We cover Charter Alley, about 47 miles from central London, as part of our work across London and the South East. A survey and a fixed quote come first, then the visit at a time that suits you. Food hygiene inspections in Charter Alley are the job of Basingstoke and Deane council’s environmental health team. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready.
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Christ Church, or anywhere in Charter Alley, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it. Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Park Prewett Hospital is the nearest hospital to Charter Alley, about 2.7 miles south-east.
Charter Alley is about 3 miles south of Tadley, in Hampshire. We carry out grease filter exchange for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Charter Alley and the rest of Hampshire. Charter Alley is one of 683 places in Hampshire we cover for grease filter exchange. Reading is in our area too, around 12 miles away.
We cover every part of the RG26 postcode area for grease filter exchange and the roads nearby. We cover sites on Old Chapel Lane, Sand Martin Close and White Hart Lane and the roads around them. If your site is just outside Charter Alley, we cover Ramsdell (1 mile west), West Heath (1 mile north-west), Pamber End (1 mile north-east), Monk Sherborne (1 mile south-east) and Salters Heath (1 mile east). Within a short drive, we also cover Basingstoke (4 miles south-east), Fleet (14 miles east), Alton (14 miles south-east), Yateley (14 miles east), Tadley (3 miles north) and Hook (8 miles east).
What’s near Charter Alley
The closest station to Charter Alley is Bramley (Hants) station, about 3.8 miles east of the centre. Nearby you will also find Park Prewett Hospital (2.7 miles south-east) and Calleva Museum (3.4 miles north-east). The countryside around Charter Alley includes Daneshill Park Woods.
Do you need grease filter exchange in Charter Alley?
Every fry, grill and sauté sends grease-laden vapour upwards. Much of it is trapped by the filters, and day by day they load up until the air can barely get through.
Common reasons sites call us include:
- A greasy plenum behind the filters
- Filters that come out of the sink still dirty
- Blocked baffle filters
- Gaps where filters have been removed
Historic houses near Charter Alley, such as The Vyne about 2.6 miles east, are a reminder that older buildings with event kitchens can have long, awkward duct routes.
Before booking anyone
- Whether the price is fixed
- What records you will receive afterwards
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
- What insurance they carry
Leave it or put it right?
Leaving filters too long pushes more grease into the plenum and ducts. That makes the next full clean a bigger job and grease readings can rise between cleans. A fault that closes a site in a village like Charter Alley affects everyone who depends on it.
Kitchens, offices, schools and hospitals are all priced the same way: the size of the job, access, condition and working hours. Call for a fixed quote and we’ll go through it with you.
What you get with us
- A written report with photos after every visit
- A fixed price before any work starts
- One number for every site across the South East and London
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
Part by part
School, care home and staff kitchens
For kitchens closed in the holidays, visits can be timed around term or rota so the filters are clean when cooking picks up.
Baffle filters
When baffles fill with grease, less air gets through. Swapping them for a clean set restores it.