Hampshire · Grease filter exchange
Grease filter exchange in East Meon, Hampshire
Specialist grease filter exchange for East Meon: a survey, a fixed price, careful work and proper paperwork. Ask us for a fixed quote.
- Grease dripping from the canopy
- Grease building up behind the canopy filters
- Filter washing that keeps being missed
East Meon questions
Can you come to East Meon after we close?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. That way a site in East Meon does not have to lose a day’s trading. Just call 0345 646 2711 or email us with your opening times and we’ll plan around them.
Which environmental health team covers East Meon?
In East Meon, it’s East Hampshire 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.
Are you insured?
Yes. Duct Doctor is fully insured, and the details are available on request.
What accreditations do you have?
We are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured.
How much notice should we give?
That depends on the slot you want and the size of the job. Tell us your preferred dates when you ask for a quote, and if it’s an emergency, call us any time.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes. Every job is surveyed first, either from photos and details you send or on a site visit. A fixed quote follows.
What happens to the dirty filters?
They leave with us. That’s the point of an exchange: you always have a clean set fitted and nothing greasy left on site.
Can you set up regular visits?
Yes. We run scheduled maintenance contracts, with visits at the interval your system needs. The report from each visit recommends the next date.
About our grease filter exchange in East Meon
We set up grease filter exchange for kitchens in East Meon on a schedule that suits their cooking. The heavier the cooking, the more often filters need changing while a lighter kitchen can go longer. We agree the interval with you at the start. Typical jobs include a greasy plenum behind the filters and filters that come out of the sink still dirty, across baffle filters, mesh filters and island canopies.
Somewhere as small as East Meon, commercial kitchens are few: perhaps a pub, a school or care home kitchen, or a hall used for events. Each still has a canopy and duct that collect grease.
Our accreditations include CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured. We’re also a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, trading since 2009.
- Location
- East Meon (GU32)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Records
- Written report with pictures
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- When we work
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Nearby places to East Meon
Other services in East Meon
For landlords and multi-site operators
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Tell us the site, the work and the access arrangements, and we’ll send a fixed quote.
The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.
Grease, kitchens and East Meon
East Meon 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. East Meon, about 54 miles from central London, is within our usual area. Evening, overnight and weekend visits are all possible.
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as East Meon Church of England Controlled Primary School or anywhere near East Meon, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean. If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Petersfield Community Hospital about 4 miles east, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen.
East Meon is about 4 miles west of Petersfield, in Hampshire. East Meon gets the same approach as every site we work on: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where necessary and a written report with pictures. East Meon is one of 683 towns, villages and districts in Hampshire we cover for grease filter exchange. There’s also a page for Portsmouth, roughly 13 miles from East Meon.
We cover every part of GU32 for grease filter exchange and the roads nearby. You will find streets such as High Street, Chapel Street and Temple Lane, and we cover them all for grease filter exchange. Other places close to East Meon include Clanfield (4 miles south), Catherington (5 miles south), Hambledon (5 miles south-west), Lovedean (6 miles south) and Horndean (6 miles south). Further out, we also cover Winchester (13 miles west), Gosport (14 miles south), Havant (9 miles south), Eastleigh (14 miles west), Fareham (12 miles south-west) and Chandler's Ford (15 miles west).
Local landmarks in East Meon
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around The George Inn, among other places. The nearest railway station is Petersfield station, about 4.1 miles east of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Clanfield Earthwork (3.9 miles south-east) and Petersfield Community Hospital (4 miles east). For a walk, there’s Pidham Hill and Shutts Copse.
How it works
Night work is normal for us. A lot of visits happen overnight or at weekends, so a kitchen or building can carry on as usual the next day. On site, the work takes a short visit, depending on how many filters the canopies hold. Seeing the system in photos first means the trip to East Meon can be planned properly.
- The filters in each canopy are measured and counted.
- An exchange schedule is agreed to suit your cooking.
- On each visit, we remove the greasy filters.
- A clean set is fitted and checked for gaps.
- The dirty filters leave with us and the next visit is booked.
Before we arrive
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
Getting a quote
Some systems can be priced from photos; others need a survey. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in pictures, get a survey first. Either way, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
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What happens if it’s left?
For any kitchen in East Meon, 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. With notice, the visit to East Meon can be fitted around your bookings and events.
Several systems or sites on one quote can make for a more efficient booking. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at, and you will get one fixed quote.
Why East Meon businesses choose us
- Photo reports with every job
- Fixed quotes from a survey or pictures
- Every job surveyed first
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
Take a look at how cleaning jobs are priced and our accreditations and certificates.
When it’s something else
Grease filter exchange can’t fix everything, and we’d rather say so up front. It doesn’t solve:
- A canopy too small for the cooking beneath it
- Grease behind the filters that a swap can’t remove
- Smell complaints that need odour control equipment
If you’re not sure, just phone us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we’ll give you a straight answer.
What the work covers
- Baffle filters
- Island canopies
- Wall canopies
- Restaurants and pubs
- Mesh filters
- School and hospital kitchens
Part by part
Baffle filters
A clogged baffle filter restricts airflow. A clean exchange set brings the airflow back.
The plenum
Heavy grease in the plenum often follows clogged or missing filters or that the next TR19 clean is due.
When to call us in East Meon
Cooking vapour carries grease into the canopy. Much of it is trapped by the filters, and day by day they load up and airflow falls away.
It’s time to book a visit if you see:
- Drips falling from the filters onto equipment
- Blocked baffle filters
- Hand-washed filters that still look greasy
- Filters that leave gaps in the canopy
Church and community hall kitchens, near Church of All Saints or anywhere around East Meon, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other.
What to look for in a quote
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
- How they set the interval to the next visit
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
- Whether the price is fixed
Aftercare tips
Looking after the system between visits is straightforward, and it makes the next visit easier:
- Make sure we can reach the canopy on exchange day
- Make sure no filter is left out
- Look out for drips from the canopy
- Mention it if the kitchen gets busier
Fresh filters improve airflow at the canopy straight away. Keep the extract running while you cook so they catch grease as intended.
If filters are already dripping, they’re overdue. A clean set straight away cuts the grease in the canopy and the plenum may need a clean as well.