Hampshire · Grease filter exchange
Grease filter exchange in Eastleigh, Hampshire
We cover Eastleigh for grease filter exchange. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports on every job.
- Damaged filters letting grease past
- Missing filters in the filter bank
- Smoke and heat lingering under the hood
FAQs for Eastleigh
Can a school canteen extract in Eastleigh be done out of term time?
Yes, and it’s the easiest time to do it. With about 9 schools and colleges on the FSA’s register within roughly a mile and a half of Eastleigh, it pays to plan holiday dates ahead. You can phone us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email with the dates the site is empty.
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for Eastleigh?
Eastleigh is in the area of Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. Records of extract cleaning are a sensible thing to have ready if a fire safety officer carries out an audit.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. We run scheduled maintenance contracts, with visits at the interval your system needs. Each report recommends when the next visit should be.
Does a filter exchange replace TR19 cleaning?
No. Clean filters help keep grease down, but the ducts and plenum still need cleaning at an interval set by risk assessment.
How often should grease filters be changed?
The right interval depends on the kitchen. If filters clog early, the interval needs shortening and we’ll adjust it.
Are you accredited?
We are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we carry full insurance.
Do you recommend a next date?
Yes. The report recommends when the next visit should be, based on use and what we found.
How far ahead should we book?
It depends on the time you need and how big the job is. Mention your preferred dates with your enquiry, and if it’s an emergency, call us any time.
Grease filter exchange in Eastleigh, done properly
The filters in the canopy are the first thing cooking vapour meets. They catch grease before it reaches the plenum and ductwork and they do it best when they’re clean. Our grease filter exchange service swaps dirty filters for clean ones on a schedule. Typical jobs include blocked baffle filters and filters left unwashed on busy weeks, across baffle filters, wall canopies and mesh filters.
Kitchens in towns like Eastleigh are often in older buildings that were never designed for them, so duct runs can be awkward, with bends, long horizontal sections and too few access panels. Sections we cannot reach are listed on the report, and access panels can be added.
Duct Doctor has been trading since 2009, as a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we carry full insurance.
Different parts, different methods
Mesh filters
Mesh filters are still found in many canopies. They can be on the same exchange schedule as baffle filters.
Baffle filters
In a baffle filter, the air zigzags through metal baffles. Grease is thrown out of the airstream and collects on the baffles.
Why act early in Eastleigh
Grease-loaded filters are a fire risk in their own right. A flare-up on the range can reach them, and from there into the duct. Keeping filters clean takes some of that fuel away. Whatever the system, dirt and wear only get worse.
Combining work into one visit or one programme can make for a more efficient booking. Mention every system or site you need covered and we will price it together.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Eastleigh
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
- Fixed quotes from a survey or pictures
- Every visit written up, with pictures
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
Read our cost guide or how to check a contractor.
When to call us in Eastleigh
The type of cooking matters. Frying, grilling and chargrilling produce far more grease than steaming or baking, so the right exchange interval varies.
Clients typically contact us when they notice something like this:
- Bent or damaged filters that don’t sit properly
- Blocked baffle filters
- Hand-washed filters that still look greasy
- Missing filters in the filter bank
For schools such as Norwood Primary School, kitchen extract cleaning is usually booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
Before you book anyone
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
- Proof of insurance
- Whether a survey comes first
- How areas they cannot reach will be recorded
Fixed quotes for grease filter exchange in Eastleigh
The price is fixed before any work begins. It takes into account:
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- The number of sites or systems
- The scale of the work
- Parking and loading at the site
Whatever the type of site, the quote works the same way: how much there is, how we reach it, what state it’s in and when we can work. Call for a fixed quote and we will go through it with you.
What to send for a quote
There’s no need for technical detail. It helps if you can send:
- Problems your staff have spotted
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- The postcode and the type of business
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, from your pictures and details or, where that is not enough, a survey on site. After that, you get a fixed price for the work, before work begins.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Each visit produces a dated report with pictures, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.
Grease filter exchange around Eastleigh
The Food Standards Agency lists about 17 bars, pubs and nightclubs and about 4 hotels and B&Bs as registered food businesses within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Eastleigh. Breakfasts, bar meals and functions all put grease into the extract wherever they’re cooked. Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service covers Eastleigh. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises. Food hygiene inspections in Eastleigh are the job of Eastleigh council’s environmental health team. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked.
Healthcare kitchens can’t easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Eastleigh is Moorgreen Hospital, about 2.9 miles south. Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Church of the Resurrection, or anywhere in Eastleigh, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Eastleigh is about 4 miles north-east of Southampton, in Hampshire. We carry out grease filter exchange for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Eastleigh and the rest of Hampshire. Our area takes in 683 places across Hampshire, large and small.
Postcode districts we cover here for grease filter exchange: SO50, SO30, SO31 and SO19. If you need grease filter exchange at premises on Market Street, High Street and Scotter Square or anywhere close by, we can help. Eastleigh is on the A335 and B3033, which makes it straightforward for our technicians to reach for out-of-hours visits. Neighbouring places we cover for grease filter exchange include Bishopstoke (1 mile east), Boyatt Wood (1 mile north-west), Allbrook (2 miles north), Lord's Wood (2 miles north-east) and Highbridge (2 miles north). Larger places within reach include Winchester (6 miles north), Gosport (14 miles south-east), Fareham (10 miles south-east), Horndean (15 miles east), Totton (8 miles south-west) and Hedge End (4 miles south-east). As one of the bigger places in Hampshire, Eastleigh has a wide mix of commercial premises, all within our area for grease filter exchange.
Near you in Eastleigh
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to The Wagon Works pub, Lakeside Country Park and Quilley School of Engineering. Eastleigh has its own railway station: Eastleigh station. Nearby you’ll also find Moorgreen Hospital (2.9 miles south) and Eastleigh Museum (less than half a mile west). Green spaces nearby include Flexford Nature Reserve.
Looking after it afterwards
Looking after the system between visits is straightforward, and it helps at the next visit:
- Tell us if a filter is bent or damaged
- Make sure no filter is left out
- Book full TR19 cleans alongside filter changes
- Tell us if the menu or opening hours change
Your team carries on as normal, without the filter washing. Make sure we can reach the canopy on exchange day and let us know of any changes to opening hours.
Filter exchange and TR19 cleaning work best together. Setting both up on a schedule means neither slips.
The process
Our technicians bring everything the work needs, from protective sheeting to tools and access equipment. You only need to give us clear access and switch off what needs to be off. On site, the work takes a short visit, depending on how many filters the canopies hold. Work in Eastleigh is typically booked after closing, early in the morning or on a closed day.
- 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.
- Each visit starts with the used filters being removed.
- We fit clean filters and check they sit snugly in the housing.
- We flag any damaged filters or anything wrong with the canopy.
Preparing for the visit
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
Get a fixed quote
Getting a quote doesn’t take long. Call or email with a few details and you will usually have a fixed price within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.