Hampshire · Grease filter exchange
Grease filter exchange in Farnborough, Hampshire
Grease filter exchange in Farnborough, surveyed first and signed off with a written report and pictures. Call for a fixed quote.
- Grease left in baffles after washing
- Bent or damaged filters that do not sit properly
- Grease dripping from the canopy
Grease filter exchange for kitchens and businesses in Farnborough
Baffle filters and mesh filters both fill with grease. Once they’re clogged, airflow drops and the fan has to work harder. Regular exchange keeps the air moving. The work covers school and hospital kitchens, island canopies and restaurants and pubs, and common reasons people get in touch are filter washing that keeps being missed and filters that leave gaps in the canopy.
Around a town like Farnborough, extract cleaning normally means a restaurant, pub, takeaway or the kitchen of a school or care home. Whatever the kitchen, the canopy, filters, duct and fan all collect grease.
Every visit ends with a written report and pictures, so there’s a dated record of the work. Where the work is a TR19® Grease clean, the certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.

- Location
- Farnborough (GU14, GU11, GU17)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Paperwork
- Report and photos after the visit
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
What the work involves, part by part
Baffle filters
Baffle filters are a common choice for commercial canopies. They don’t clean themselves, because the grease they collect builds up.
The plenum
A greasy plenum is a sign filters have been left too long, or that a full clean is due.
Do you need grease filter exchange in Farnborough?
Filters get bent and damaged with handling. A bent filter does not seat properly, leaving gaps for grease to slip through.
Signs it’s time to call us include:
- Blocked baffle filters
- Grease building up behind the canopy filters
- Poor airflow through the filters
- Filters that come out of the sink still dirty
A kitchen near Farnborough Main station that serves breakfast and dinner can run its extract twelve hours or more, which shortens the cleaning interval.
What your quote should include
- What insurance they carry
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
- When the next visit should be, and why
- How VAT is shown on the quote
Why it’s worth doing now in Farnborough
Filters full of grease are fuel sitting right above the cooking. A flare-up on the range can reach them, and from there into the duct. Keeping filters clean takes some of that fuel away. The sooner the work is done, the simpler the job for a site in Farnborough.
The price reflects the work, not guesswork. That is why every job is surveyed first, and the price is agreed before any work starts.
Why Farnborough businesses choose us
- Every visit written up, with photos
- We’re fully insured
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
Take a look at what affects the cost and our accreditations and certificates.
Kitchen extracts in Farnborough
The Food Standards Agency lists about 28 pubs and bars and about 5 hotels, B&Bs and guest houses as registered food businesses within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Farnborough. A pub or hotel kitchen that cooks every day builds up grease in its extract like any other. Kitchens in Farnborough get their food hygiene inspections from Rushmoor council. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. Before-and-after photos from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. Farnborough is covered by 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.
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Tower Hill Primary School or anywhere near Farnborough, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean. A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Church of St Christopher or elsewhere in Farnborough, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.
Farnborough is about 31 miles south-west of City of Westminster, in Hampshire. Whatever kind of site you run in Farnborough, grease filter exchange is something we can help with. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so the site keeps running. Across Hampshire, we cover 683 places, and Farnborough is one of them. We also work in Guildford, about 9 miles from Farnborough.
We cover every part of the GU14, GU11 and GU17 postcode area for grease filter exchange and the streets around it. Local streets include Wallis Square, Church Road West and Longleat Square, all of which we cover for grease filter exchange. Main roads around Farnborough include the A325 and A327, which makes travel easy for evening and night visits. Neighbouring places we cover for grease filter exchange include Cove (1 mile west), North Camp (1 mile south-east), Southwood (1 mile west), Mytchett (2 miles east) and Ash Vale (3 miles south-east). Larger places within reach include Basingstoke (15 miles west), Fleet (3 miles south-west), Alton (13 miles south-west), Yateley (4 miles north-west), Bordon (13 miles south) and Hook (8 miles west). As one of the bigger places in Hampshire, Farnborough has a wide mix of commercial premises, all within our area for grease filter exchange.
Near you in Farnborough
In Farnborough, that means kitchens and buildings near The Tilly Shilling pub, Henry Tyndale School and Snaky Lane Community Wildlife Area and the streets around them. Nearby too are National Aerospace Library (0.8 miles south-east) and Cove School (0.6 miles north-west). The nearest railway station is Farnborough Main station, about 0.5 miles east of the centre. Nearby you will also find Frimley Park Hospital (2 miles north-east) and Hart Shopping Centre (3.3 miles west). Open spaces near Farnborough include Aunt's Pool and Ball Hill.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Some jobs should never be done in-house: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings need training, the right equipment and safe access. Leave those to us.
Staff cleaning and specialist work aren’t the same thing. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but they don’t reach the grease that builds up further in. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
Nearby places to Farnborough
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What happens on the day
Each visit runs to the same pattern: sheeting and protection first, make the system safe, carry out the grease filter exchange, clear away and leave you the report. The visit itself takes a short visit, depending on how many filters the canopies hold. Sites in a town like Farnborough rarely need to lose trading hours, as the work fits around them.
- 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
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
How to get a quote
To help us quote: the address, the type of site and when it’s open, pictures of the system and any previous report or certificate. Once you have those, call us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos.
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For landlords and multi-site operators
Where a tenant occupies the premises but the landlord owns the building, the lease normally sets out who maintains what. We can quote either party and send the paperwork to whoever needs it.
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. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
Common questions in Farnborough
Who inspects food businesses in Farnborough?
The local authority for Farnborough is Rushmoor council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. Ratings are published by the Food Standards Agency, so a clean extract and good records are worth keeping up.
Can you come to Farnborough after we close?
Yes. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends. Your customers, staff or residents in Farnborough needn’t be disturbed. When you call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email, mention when the site is quiet.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes, always. We diagnose before we treat: the survey tells us what the system needs and how to reach it, and the quote is based on that.
Do you take the used filters away?
We take them away. That’s how an exchange works: you always have a clean set fitted, with no washing for your team.
Does the law say we must follow TR19?
No. The law sets the duty, and TR19® is the recognised benchmark for meeting it. Under the Fire Safety Order 2005, the responsible person must reduce fire risk, and many insurers can refuse or reduce a claim without proof of cleaning.
What if some of our filters are damaged?
Damaged filters don’t seat properly and let grease through. We flag any we find and explain what’s needed.
How far ahead should we book?
The more notice, the better, especially for out-of-hours work. Quotes usually come back within one working day, and there’s a 24/7 line for emergencies.
Does the report say when we need you again?
Yes. The recommended date is on the report. BESA’s minimum intervals for kitchen extracts range from 3-monthly for heavy use to 12-monthly for light use, and fire dampers need testing at least once a year.
Honest limits
We’d rather tell you now than book work that won’t help, so these are the things it won’t cover:
- A noisy or failed extract fan
- Grease deep in the extract system
- Smell complaints that need odour control equipment
Not sure which it is? You can give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we’ll tell you honestly before booking.
Where we work
- Restaurants and pubs
- Wall canopies
- Island canopies
- Baffle filters
- Mesh filters
- School and hospital kitchens