Hampshire · Grease filter exchange
Grease filter exchange in Curbridge, Hampshire
A scheduled grease filter exchange, swapping dirty canopy filters for clean ones in Curbridge, surveyed first and signed off with a written report and pictures. Call for a fixed quote.
- Grease left in baffles after washing
- A canopy running with filters missing
- Drips falling from the filters onto equipment
What happens on the day
At the end of the visit, someone from your team can look over the work with us. Anything we couldn’t reach or that needs attention is pointed out there and then, and it goes on the report too. The visit takes less than an hour in most kitchens. Your opening hours decide when we come to Curbridge, not ours.
- We record the number, size and type of your filters.
- An exchange schedule is agreed to suit your cooking.
- On each visit, we remove the greasy filters.
- Clean filters go in and we check they sit snugly.
- The dirty filters leave with us and the next visit is booked.
Preparing for the visit
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Clear the space around the work
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
Ask for a quote
Here’s what helps us quote: the address, the type of site and when it’s open, pictures of the system and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Once you have those, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or email us.
Advice
Grease filter exchange in Curbridge, done properly
Cleaning filters by hand takes staff time and is easy to put off. With a filter exchange, we bring a clean set and take the dirty one away and the canopy is refilled right away. The work covers island canopies, wall canopies and restaurants and pubs, and the jobs we see most are grease building up behind the canopy filters and missing filters in the filter bank.
In a smaller place like Curbridge, the kitchens with extract systems are more likely to be a pub, a café, a takeaway or a school or care home kitchen than a big restaurant. Quieter kitchens still collect grease in the duct, just more slowly, so cleaning is planned around how much it cooks and what the readings show.
Accreditations are easy to claim and worth checking. Ours are BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, plus CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured.
- Location
- Curbridge (SO30)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Paperwork
- Written report with photos
- Quotes
- A fixed price before work begins
- Working hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
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Questions from Curbridge
Can a school canteen extract in Curbridge be done out of term time?
Yes, out-of-term visits are normal for schools. The FSA’s register shows about 2 schools and colleges with food registrations within roughly a mile and a half of Curbridge. Just ring 0345 646 2711 or send us an email with your term dates and we will plan around them.
Do you work at weekends in Curbridge?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. That way a site in Curbridge doesn’t have to lose a day’s trading. Tell us your opening hours when you ask for a quote.
How much notice do you need?
Book as early as you can for planned work, particularly if your next visit is nearly due. Emergencies are different, because our line is open 24/7.
Can you clean our existing filters instead?
Yes, filter cleaning is available. We’ll check your filters first because bent or damaged ones may need replacing.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes. There’s a 24/7 emergency line for anything that cannot wait until a planned visit. Call us any time and explain what’s happened.
How often should grease filters be changed?
There’s no single answer. We look at your cooking and set an interval to match and can change if your kitchen gets busier.
What types of filter do you exchange?
Baffle and mesh filters are both covered. The first step is recording what you have and plan the exchange around them.
Can you give a price for filter changes?
Pricing depends on the kitchen, so we need to know the filters and interval first. We send you a fixed quote before the service starts.
How the job changes from site to site
The plenum
Clean filters reduce the grease reaching the plenum, but it’s still cleaned during a full TR19 clean.
Mesh filters
Mesh filters are still found in many canopies. We exchange them on the same basis as baffles.
What a clean will not put right
Grease filter exchange cannot fix everything, and we’d rather say so up front. It doesn’t solve:
- Odours from the discharge that filters will not stop
- A heavily greased plenum or canopy, which needs cleaning to TR19
- Grease already built up in the ductwork, which needs a full TR19 clean
If you’re not sure, just call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we will give you a straight answer before booking.
Parts of the system we cover
- School and hospital kitchens
- Baffle filters
- Restaurants and pubs
- Wall canopies
- Island canopies
- Mesh filters
Grease filter exchange around Curbridge
According to Food Standards Agency records, there are about 7 pubs, bars and clubs across Curbridge and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). A pub or hotel kitchen that cooks every day builds up grease in its extract like any other. Food hygiene inspections in Curbridge are the job of Winchester City council’s environmental health team. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector. The fire and rescue service for Curbridge is 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.
For kitchens in and around Curbridge, the clean covers everything from the canopy to the discharge. Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as Knowle Hospital (about 2.3 miles south-east), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands.
Curbridge is about 3 miles east of Hedge End, in Hampshire. If you need grease filter exchange in Curbridge, it’s easy to get a fixed quote: please ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos. We work across South East England and London, including Curbridge. Across Hampshire, we cover 683 places, Curbridge among them. Our Southampton page covers sites nearby (7 miles or so).
We cover every part of the SO30 postcode area for grease filter exchange and the roads nearby. We cover sites on Tanners Brook Close, Loddon Close and Oakhanger Close and the roads around them. We also cover the places around Curbridge: Curdridge (1 mile north), Botley (2 miles north-west), Boorley Green (3 miles north-west), Waltham Chase (3 miles north-east) and Durley (3 miles north). We also work in nearby towns such as Winchester (11 miles north), Gosport (8 miles south-east), Havant (12 miles east), Eastleigh (6 miles north-west), Fareham (4 miles south-east) and Horndean (10 miles east).
Landmarks near Curbridge
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Horse and Jockey pub. Curbridge’s nearest station is Botley station, about 1.2 miles north-west. Well-known places in the area include St Andrew's Castle (4.6 miles south-west) and Knowle Hospital (2.3 miles south-east). Not far away are Swanwick Lakes.
What happens if it’s left?
In Curbridge, as everywhere, a filter service isn’t a substitute for TR19 cleaning. But clean filters do help the system between cleans and the canopy and plenum stay cleaner. When a site near Curbridge shuts unexpectedly, the people who rely on it notice at once.
Putting the work off seldom saves money. Build-up, wear and faults tend to get worse, not better, and a neglected system can mean more work. If you’re unsure, ring 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we’ll give you an honest view and a fixed quote.
Why book with us
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
Fixed quotes for grease filter exchange in Curbridge
We quote each job individually. These are the things that affect it:
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
- Parking and loading at the site
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
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’ll price it together.
What to send for a quote
Photos let us diagnose from a distance. Try to include:
- The postcode and the type of business
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, either from pictures and details you send or from a site visit. Then we send a fixed price, before we start.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
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. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
Staff cleaning does not 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.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Facilities teams in offices, schools and healthcare sites book us too across Hampshire. Larger estates can be phased building by building to keep disruption down.
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.