Southampton · Grease filter exchange
Grease filter exchange in Harefield, Southampton
A scheduled grease filter exchange, swapping dirty canopy filters for clean ones for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Harefield. BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease.
- Drips falling from the filters onto equipment
- Grease building up behind the canopy filters
- Grease filters clogged with grease
About our grease filter exchange in Harefield
Each visit is quick and tidy. The greasy filters come out, clean ones go in and make sure there are no gaps between them. Anything that needs attention is pointed out. If you’re dealing with grease left in baffles after washing and weak extraction at the canopy, we can put it right, from baffle filters, school and hospital kitchens and restaurants and pubs onwards.
Size doesn’t change the work: a kitchen in a place like Harefield gets the whole system cleaned, canopy to discharge. We plan the visit around your hours, with the journey sorted in advance.
We have been trading since 2009, and we’re 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.
- Place
- Harefield (SO18, SO19, SO30)
- Wider area
- Southampton
- Paperwork
- Report and photos after the visit
- Price
- A fixed price before work begins
- Working hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Different parts, different methods
School, care home and staff kitchens
Lighter kitchens can often go longer between changes. We agree the schedule to match.
Busy restaurant and pub kitchens
In a busy kitchen, filter washing is easy to skip. An exchange service takes it off the rota.
What happens on the day
We work around your opening hours, not the other way round. We book the visit for a time the area is closed, whether that’s an evening, overnight or a weekend. Once we’re in, the area is sheeted and anything that has to be off is turned off and cooled, and the work takes less than an hour in most kitchens. Because the survey comes first, a visit to Harefield can usually be finished without a second trip.
- We count and measure the filters in every canopy.
- 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.
- If a filter is damaged or the plenum needs attention, we tell you.
Preparing for the visit
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
Ask for a quote
Getting a quote doesn’t take long. 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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Grease, kitchens and Harefield
Harefield is within about 3 miles of the coast. Salt air speeds up corrosion of roof-level fans, discharge cowls and their fixings. The Food Standards Agency lists about 15 pubs and bars as registered food businesses within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Harefield. Any of them serving cooked food has an extract to keep clean, from canopy to discharge. Kitchens in Harefield get their food hygiene inspections from Southampton council. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked.
School kitchens, at schools like Harefield Primary School for example, are typically cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost. South Stoneham House, about 1.9 miles north-west, is one of the historic houses near Harefield; if you run event catering at a venue like that, cleans can be booked between functions.
Harefield is about 2 miles east of Southampton, in Southampton. Every kind of commercial site in Harefield, we can take on grease filter exchange. We can work out of hours so the site keeps running. Harefield is one of 40 places in Southampton where we work for commercial clients.
We work across SO18, SO19 and SO30 for grease filter exchange and the roads nearby. Streets in the area include Dean Road, Marne Road and Keats Road, and we cover them all for grease filter exchange. Harefield is on the A334, so it’s easy for us to get to for grease filter exchange. Other places close to Harefield include Thornhill (1 mile south), West End (1 mile north), Chartwell Green (1 mile north), Bitterne (1 mile south-west) and Townhill Park (1 mile north-west). Larger places within reach include Shirley (4 miles west), Regents Park (4 miles west), Maybush (5 miles west), Coxford (4 miles west), Freemantle (4 miles west) and Lordswood (4 miles north-west). As one of the bigger places in Southampton, Harefield has commercial sites of every size, all within our area for grease filter exchange.
Landmarks near Harefield
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around The Gregg School, Woodlands Community College and The Red Lion pub, among other places. For rail, the closest station is Bitterne station, roughly 1.5 miles west of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Moorgreen Hospital (1.1 miles north-east) and Netley Castle (3 miles south). Open spaces near Harefield include Netley Common.
Aftercare tips
No system stays clean for ever, but care slows the build-up. A few tips:
- Report damaged filters so they can be replaced
- Always run the extract while cooking
- Tell us if the menu or opening hours change
- Watch for grease drips between visits
If the plenum behind the filters looks greasy, we say so. It can be a sign that a full TR19® clean is due and we can book that in.
If cooking has stepped up, the filter schedule should too. Changing the interval early stops grease building up unseen in the ducts.
Harefield: your questions answered
Do you clean school canteen extracts around Harefield out of term?
Yes, and it’s the easiest time to do it. Around Harefield, the Food Standards Agency lists about 27 schools and colleges with registered kitchens within a mile and a half or so. Send us your term dates when you ring 0345 646 2711 or send us an email, and we will fit the work in.
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for Harefield?
That’s 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.
Is there a cleaning option for the filters we have?
Yes, filters can be cleaned on a schedule as well as exchanged. We’ll explain the options when we quote.
Is Harefield in your area?
Yes. We cover Harefield and across Southampton, within our South East and London area. For a fixed quote, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form.
What if some of our filters are damaged?
Filters that no longer fit properly need replacing. We will tell you which ones and why when we find them.
Can we skip TR19 cleans if the filters are changed regularly?
No. Some grease passes the filters as vapour and settles in the ducts and the whole system still needs its TR19 clean.
Can one contract cover all our sites?
Yes. Our area covers London and the South East, so sites at different addresses can be planned together as one programme. Each site gets its own report and photos.
What should go in our maintenance log?
Everything that shows the system is looked after: reports, certificates, pictures and your own cleaning or check logs. One maintenance log per site keeps it simple.
What we’re called out for in Harefield
Kitchens in Harefield, as everywhere, find filter washing slips down the list on busy weeks. A missed wash or two is all it takes for a filter bank to clog.
These are the problems we see most often:
- Filters so greasy the air can barely pass
- Damaged filters letting grease past
- Weak extraction at the canopy
- Grease dripping from the canopy
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Church of St James or elsewhere in Harefield, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.
What to look for in a quote
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
- Whether they recommend a next date
- Whether VAT is included
- Whether a written report and pictures are included
For landlords and multi-site operators
Whether it’s one building or many, you get the same standard: diagnosis, a fixed price, work booked around your hours and a written report with pictures.
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we are happy to quote for all of it.
What affects the quote in Harefield
Sites vary more than people expect. The main factors:
- Whether several sites go on one quote
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- Parking and loading at the site
What you pay depends on the size of the system, the condition it’s in and how easy it is to reach. We give you a fixed price before work begins, so you know where you stand.
What we need to know
There’s no need for technical detail. Just send:
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- Problems your staff have spotted
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, from your photos and details or, where that is not enough, a survey on site. After that, you get a fixed price for the work so you know the cost before any work starts.
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What happens if it’s left?
A filter exchange is a few minutes; a choked extract affects a whole service. It’s one of the simplest parts of looking after the system and few are as easy to forget. Even a site near Harefield that’s only busy part of the week needs its system checked on a schedule.
Kitchens, offices, schools and hospitals are all priced the same way: how much there is, how we reach it, what state it’s in and when we can work. Ask for a fixed quote and we will explain each part.
Why Harefield businesses choose us
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
- In business since 2009
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
- Fixed quotes from a survey or photos
See what affects the cost and our accreditations and certificates.