Hampshire · Grease filter exchange
Grease Filter Exchange in Hook Common
Need grease filter exchange in Hook Common? We diagnose first, fix the price and book the work around your hours, then sign off with a report and pictures.
- Blocked baffle filters
- Grease dripping from the canopy
- Damaged filters letting grease past
What the work involves, part by part
School, care home and staff kitchens
Kitchens that cook for set mealtimes still load their filters though usually at a gentler pace.
Baffle filters
Baffle filters are a common choice for commercial canopies. They still need regular cleaning, because the grease they collect builds up.
Grease filter exchange in Hook Common
We set up grease filter exchange for kitchens in Hook Common on a schedule that suits their cooking. The heavier the cooking, the more often filters need changing, lighter ones less. We agree the interval with you at the start. We’re often asked to deal with bent or damaged filters that don’t sit properly and hand-washed filters that still look greasy, across baffle filters, restaurants and pubs and island canopies.
Somewhere as small as Hook Common, commercial kitchens are few: perhaps a pub, a school or care home kitchen, or a hall used for events. Every one of them still needs its extract kept clear of grease.
We’ve been trading since 2009, and we’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we carry full insurance.
- Where
- Hook Common (RG27)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Paperwork
- Written report with pictures
- Price
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- Working hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
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Your questions about grease filter exchange in Hook Common
Can you get to a site in Hook Common?
Yes. Hook Common is within the area we cover across London and the South East. Let us know about access, parking and anything unusual about getting there when you book.
Can you clean school kitchen extracts in Hook Common during the holidays?
Yes, and it’s the easiest time to do it. With about 3 schools and colleges on the FSA’s register within roughly a mile and a half of Hook Common, it pays to plan holiday dates ahead. You can ring 0345 646 2711 or send us an email with the dates the site is empty.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. We run scheduled maintenance contracts, set at the interval the system needs. Each report recommends when the next visit should be.
Can you look after several sites?
Yes. Our area covers London and the South East, so sites at different addresses can be planned together on one programme. Every site has its own report.
Do you take the used filters away?
We do. The dirty filters are taken away for cleaning while a clean set goes in.
How long will you be on site?
On site, it takes anything from a few minutes to an hour or so, depending on the number of filters. Bigger or more complicated systems take longer, and we’ll tell you what to expect.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes. For many sites, pictures and a few details are enough, while bigger or harder-to-see systems are surveyed on site.
What does TR19 mean?
BESA’s ventilation hygiene specification, with two parts that matter most here: TR19® Grease for kitchen extracts and TR19® Air for supply and extract systems. It isn’t law, but it’s the benchmark.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
We work for landlords, managing agents and facilities managers as well as the people running the site. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we can quote for the whole system.
Hook Common kitchens: local notes
According to Food Standards Agency records, there are about 6 pubs, bars and clubs and about 4 hotels and B&Bs across Hook Common and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). A pub or hotel kitchen that cooks every day builds up grease in its extract like any other. It’s Hart council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Hook Common. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked. Hook Common is covered by Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk.
If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Fleet Community Hospital about 5.5 miles east, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen. For schools such as Hook Infant School, kitchen extract cleaning is usually booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed. Where a hall near St John the Evangelist, or anywhere in Hook Common, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does.
Hook Common is about 1 mile south-west of Hook, in Hampshire. Anywhere in RG27, we can take on grease filter exchange. 683 places in Hampshire are on our list, from busy centres to quieter spots. There’s also a page for Reading, about 12 miles away.
Our technicians cover all of RG27 for grease filter exchange and the roads nearby. Whether your site is on London Road, Newnham Road and Hook Common or a nearby road, we can help. Neighbouring places we cover for grease filter exchange include Nately Scures (1 mile south-west), Newnham (1 mile north-west), Hook (1 mile north-east), Warnborough Green (1 mile south-east) and Up Nately (1 mile south-west). Within a short drive, we also cover Basingstoke (6 miles west), Farnborough (9 miles east), Fleet (6 miles east), Aldershot (9 miles east), Alton (9 miles south) and Yateley (7 miles north-east).
Local landmarks in Hook Common
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Robert May's School. For rail, the closest station is Hook station, roughly 0.5 miles east of the centre. A little further out are West Green House Agricultural Museum (2.5 miles north-east) and Odiham Castle (1.2 miles south-east). Not far away are Tundry Hill and The Mill Field.
What affects the quote in Hook Common
Every site gets its own quote. This is what makes a difference:
- Where the site is and how we reach it
- How easy every part is to reach
- What state the system is in
- The number of sites or systems
Several systems or sites on one quote can make for a more efficient booking. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at and we’ll price it together.
What to send for a quote
Photos let us diagnose from a distance. Try to include:
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- The postcode and the type of business
- A few general shots of the system
Getting a quote does not 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.
Why it’s worth doing now in Hook Common
Grease dripping from the canopy is a sign the filters can’t hold any more. Left, it ends up on equipment, food areas and staff and that is the kind of thing inspectors look for. In a place like Hook Common, ductwork and fans are easy to forget until something goes wrong.
Leaving it longer rarely makes the work cheaper. Build-up, wear and faults tend to get worse, not better, and a neglected system can mean more work. If you are unsure, phone us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we will give you an honest view and a fixed quote.
Why book with us
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Fixed quotes, usually within one working day
- Fully insured
- Trading since 2009
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, next to our reports.
When your team notices a problem between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We’ll take a look and give you a fixed quote.
The process
Everything the job needs comes with us, 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 anything from a few minutes to an hour or so, depending on the number of filters. We agree a date with you, plan the drive to Hook Common and turn up when the site is quiet.
- We record the number, size and type of your filters.
- We set the interval with you.
- On each visit, we remove the greasy filters.
- Clean filters go in and we check they sit snugly.
- The dirty filters leave with us and the next visit is booked.
Before we arrive
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
- Let us know about parking and loading
Ask for a quote
To get a fixed quote, ring 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form with the site type, your trading hours and a short description of the system. Photos and the last report, if you have one, make the quote quicker. You will typically have a quote within one working day.
Related advice
Looking after it afterwards
How long the results last depends on use and care. We suggest:
- Do not refit a filter that’s bent
- Never leave gaps in the filter bank
- Tell us if the menu or opening hours change
- Keep canopy surfaces wiped down
Fresh filters improve airflow at the canopy right away. Keep the extract running while you cook so the filters do their job.
Damaged filters leave gaps in the defence. Sorting them now keeps grease where it can be caught.