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Grease Filter Exchange in Hedge End
Professional grease filter exchange in and around Hedge End, booked around your opening hours and signed off in writing with photos.
- Weak extraction at the canopy
- Hand-washed filters that still look greasy
- Grease building up behind the canopy filters
Grease filter exchange for kitchens and businesses in Hedge End
Whether your canopy has baffle or mesh filters, they load up with grease. Clogged filters choke the airflow and the fan has to work harder. A steady cycle of clean filters keeps extraction strong. Typical jobs include a canopy running with filters missing and filter washing that keeps being missed, across mesh filters, restaurants and pubs and island canopies.
Many kitchens in a town like Hedge End were fitted into buildings built for something else, which can mean awkward duct routes, long flat runs and not enough access panels. Where the duct can’t be reached, new panels can be fitted, and anything left uncleaned is recorded on the report.
The paperwork matters as much as the work. You get a written report with photos after every visit, covering the work done, any areas we couldn’t access and a recommended next date. File it in your maintenance log so it’s to hand when an insurer or inspector asks.
- Place
- Hedge End (SO30, SO31)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Reporting
- Report and photos after the visit
- Price
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- Hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Leave it or put it right?
A filter exchange is a few minutes; a choked extract affects a whole service. Few maintenance jobs are as easy, and one of the easiest to let slip. Dealt with now, it’s a planned visit around your hours rather than a callout when the site needs to be open.
Working hours, access and the scale of the site can all change the price. We take each of them into account and give you a fixed price before any work starts.
Why Hedge End businesses choose us
- Every job surveyed first
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Every visit written up, with pictures
See our cost guide and how to check a contractor.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, which is where we come in.
If your staff spot something between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We can diagnose it and quote.
When something else is needed
Some problems need a different service or another trade:
- A heavily greased plenum or canopy, which needs cleaning to TR19
- Greasy ducts and risers that a filter change won’t reach
- A fan that is failing or too weak for the system
If in doubt, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we’ll say what we think.
Parts of the system we cover
- Island canopies
- Baffle filters
- School and hospital kitchens
- Restaurants and pubs
- Wall canopies
- Mesh filters
Fixed quotes for grease filter exchange in Hedge End
Sites vary more than people expect. What affects the quote:
- The condition we find in the survey
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- Whether several sites go on one quote
- The size of the system
The price reflects the work, not guesswork. That’s why we survey first, from photos or on site, and why the quote is fixed before any work starts.
What we need to know
Before you ask for a quote, gather:
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
There’s no standard price list, because no two systems are the same. Instead, we look at your site first, from photos or a survey, then send a fixed quote. To start, ring 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form.
What we do, step by step
There are three stages on the day: set-up, the treatment itself and the sign-off. Set-up means sheeting and making equipment safe, and the sign-off is a written report with photos. The middle part takes longest, and that takes a short visit, depending on how many filters the canopies hold. Three things shape a visit in Hedge End: when you’re closed, where we can park and how we get to the system.
- 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.
- Clean filters go straight back in, seated properly with no gaps.
- Anything we notice, such as bent filters or a dirty plenum, is pointed out.
Preparing for the visit
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
Get a fixed quote
Quotes are quick. Send a few details and pictures, 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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Hedge End questions
Do you do school kitchen extract cleaning in Hedge End in the summer holidays?
Yes. Half-terms and the summer break are the natural time for school work. With about 16 schools and colleges on the FSA’s register within roughly a mile and a half of Hedge End, it pays to plan holiday dates ahead. Just ring 0345 646 2711 or send us an email with your term dates and we’ll plan around them.
Which fire service covers Hedge End?
That is Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. TR19® isn’t law, but it’s the benchmark many fire officers and insurers look to when they ask how often the extract is cleaned.
What do you do with what you remove?
Waste is contained during the work and removed when we leave, from grease and debris to used cleaning water. We don’t leave it behind.
Does the report say when we need you again?
Yes. Every report includes a recommended date for the next visit, based on use and what we found.
What’s the right interval for changing filters?
There’s no single answer. We look at your cooking and set an interval to match and can change if your kitchen gets busier.
What accreditations do you have?
CHAS, SafeContractor, ISO 9001 and BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We have been trading since 2009 and we’re fully insured.
Which grease filters does the service cover?
Baffle filters and mesh filters. Mention how many canopies you have when you get in touch and we will confirm it on site.
How do you protect the area?
With sheeting and covers, before anything else happens. We keep the work contained and clean down when we finish.
Hedge End kitchens: local notes
The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 41 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 19 sandwich bars and takeaways in and around Hedge End, up to about a mile and a half out. Clogged filters slow the airflow, and busy kitchens like these clog them fast. Environmental health officers from Eastleigh council inspect food businesses in Hedge End. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked. Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service covers Hedge End. 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.
Church and community hall kitchens, near Church of St John the Evangelist or anywhere around Hedge End, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other. If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Hedge End (South Stoneham House is about 3.5 miles north-west), fitting access panels needs care. Healthcare kitchens can’t easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Hedge End is Moorgreen Hospital, about 1.2 miles north-west.
Hedge End is about 4 miles east of Southampton, in Hampshire. Whatever kind of site you run in Hedge End, we can take on grease filter exchange. We can work out of hours so the site keeps running. We cover 683 places across Hampshire, from busy centres to quieter spots.
Every address in SO30 and SO31 is covered for grease filter exchange, from the main roads to the quietest streets. Streets in the area include Lynton Road, Watts Road and Dean Court, all of which we cover for grease filter exchange. With the A334 and B3033 close by, Hedge End is easy for our technicians to reach at any hour. Close by, we work in Thornhill (2 miles west), Harefield (2 miles west), West End (2 miles north-west), Chartwell Green (2 miles north-west) and Sholing (3 miles south-west). Further out, we also cover Winchester (10 miles north), Gosport (10 miles south-east), Havant (14 miles east), Eastleigh (4 miles north-west), Fareham (6 miles south-east) and Horndean (13 miles east).
Around Hedge End
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Wildern School and Wildern School, among other places. The closest station to Hedge End is Hedge End station, about 1.2 miles north of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Netley Castle (3.6 miles south-west) and Bursledon Brickworks Industrial Museum (2 miles south). Green spaces nearby include Netley Common.
For landlords and multi-site operators
If you look after several sites, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Every building has its own written report, so records stay tidy.
From a single site to a large estate, you get the same standard: the system surveyed, the price fixed, the visit fitted around trading and everything written up afterwards.
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What the work involves, part by part
Mesh filters
Layers of mesh catch grease droplets. In a busy kitchen, mesh soon blocks and need frequent attention.
School, care home and staff kitchens
A longer exchange interval may suit lighter cooking. We agree the schedule to match.