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Grease filter exchange in Ellingham, Hampshire
Professional grease filter exchange in and around Ellingham, booked around your opening hours and signed off in writing with pictures.
- Filters left unwashed on busy weeks
- Grease building up behind the canopy filters
- A canopy running with filters missing
Leave it or put it right?
Grease dripping from the canopy is a sign the filters cannot hold any more. Drips land on surfaces and equipment below and that is the kind of thing inspectors look for. Our emergency line runs 24/7, but a planned visit to Ellingham is calmer for everyone.
The price reflects the work, not guesswork. That’s why every job is surveyed first, and the price is agreed before work begins.
Why book with us
- Full insurance on every job
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
Read how cleaning jobs are priced or our accreditations and certificates.
Grease filter exchange for kitchens and businesses in Ellingham
Cleaning filters by hand takes staff time and is easy to put off. An exchange service means clean filters arrive and greasy ones leave, so the canopy is never left without filters. If you are dealing with gaps where filters have been removed and poor airflow through the filters, we can help, from restaurants and pubs, island canopies and wall canopies onwards.
Somewhere as small as Ellingham, 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, whatever the size of the place.
Each visit ends with a written report and photos, so you have a record of what was done and when. Where the work is a TR19® Grease clean, the certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Place
- Ellingham (BH24)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Records
- Photo report after each visit
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Keeping the system healthy
How long the results last depends on use and care. We suggest:
- Keep canopy surfaces wiped down
- Make sure no filter is left out
- Report damaged filters so they can be replaced
- Do not let the full clean slip because filters are changed
Keep an eye out for filters that have been taken out. A missing filter leaves a gap for grease, so let us know if one goes missing or gets damaged.
Dripping filters are a clear sign they’re full. Changing them now reduces the fuel above the cooking, and it’s worth checking the plenum too.
Do you need grease filter exchange in Ellingham?
However long the kitchen cooks each day, the filters see every minute of it. A kitchen that cooks all day loads its filters quickly so changes need to come round sooner.
What we’re most often called out for:
- Hand-washed filters that still look greasy
- Smoke and heat lingering under the hood
- Bent or damaged filters that don’t sit properly
- Missing filters in the filter bank
A hospital like St Leonard's Hospital, about 4.6 miles south-west, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day.
Questions to ask before booking
- When they can work, and whether that is outside your opening hours
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or photos
- What paperwork you get at the end
Multi-site and managed buildings
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Every visit ends with a dated report and photos, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.
From a single site to a large estate, you get the same standard: diagnosis, a fixed price, work booked around your hours and a written report with photos.
Honest limits
A few issues sit outside what this work can do:
- A canopy too small for the cooking beneath it
- A canopy that needs a proper clean
- Odours from the discharge that filters won’t stop
If you are not sure, just phone us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we’ll give you a straight answer before booking.
Where we work
- School and hospital kitchens
- Restaurants and pubs
- Baffle filters
- Wall canopies
- Mesh filters
- Island canopies
The process
Each visit runs to the same pattern: protect the area, make the system safe, do the work, clear away and hand over the paperwork. On site, the work takes well under an hour for most canopies. If you can send pictures, we can arrive in Ellingham knowing what to expect.
- We look at the canopies and the condition of the filters.
- We note any filters that are bent, damaged or missing.
- Greasy filters are swapped for clean ones.
- The filters are checked for fit before we go.
- We tell you if the plenum or canopy needs a clean.
Getting ready for the visit
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
Get a fixed quote
Quotes are quick. Send a few details and photos, and we normally reply with a fixed quote within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.
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What grease filter exchange looks like in Ellingham
Fire safety in Ellingham falls to Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order. It’s New Forest council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Ellingham. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready.
School kitchens, at schools like Ringwood School Academy for example, are usually cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost. Where a hall near Church of St Mary and All Saints, or anywhere in Ellingham, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does.
Ellingham is in Hampshire. For grease filter exchange in and around Ellingham, please give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email for a fixed quote. Our area covers London and the South East, including Ellingham. Ellingham is one of 683 places in Hampshire we cover for grease filter exchange. You can also see our page for Southampton, about 18 miles away.
All of BH24 is covered for grease filter exchange, from the main roads to the quietest streets. Close by, we work in Blashford (1 mile south-east), Ibsley (1 mile north-east), Rockford (1 mile east), Harbridge (1 mile north) and Mockbeggar (1 mile north-east). Larger places within reach include Totton (13 miles east), Lymington (13 miles south-east), New Milton (10 miles south-east), Barton on Sea (11 miles south-east), Marchwood (15 miles east) and Ashley (10 miles south-east).
What’s near Ellingham
Typical jobs here are in premises near The Old Beams Inn and the streets around them. A little further out are Fordingbridge Doll Museum (3.8 miles north) and St Leonard's Hospital (4.6 miles south-west). Green spaces nearby include Linbrook Lake and Blashford Lakes.
What staff can safely do
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, and that is where we come in.
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
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Questions from Ellingham
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Ellingham?
Fire safety enforcement in Ellingham is handled by Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
Can the work in Ellingham be done at night or at weekends?
Yes, evening, overnight and weekend work is normal for us. That way a site in Ellingham does not have to lose a day’s trading. Your opening times are the first thing we ask for.
How much does a filter exchange service cost?
It depends on the number and type of filters and how often they’re changed. We will send you a fixed quote once we know your canopies.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. We work across South East England and London, so we can schedule a run of sites on one programme. Each site gets its own report and photos.
What should go in our maintenance log?
Anything that proves the system is maintained: reports, certificates, pictures and your own cleaning or check logs. One maintenance log per site keeps it simple.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes, always. Diagnosis comes before treatment: the survey tells us what the system needs and how to reach it, and the quote is based on that.
Will we have to shut during the visit?
Not normally. The area we are working in has to be out of use while we are there, so we book a time when it would be closed anyway.
What do you do to protect the area?
Floors and surfaces near the work are sheeted before we start, and waste is contained as we go. Before we leave, we tidy up and clean down.