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Grease Filter Exchange in Hounsdown
Grease filter exchange across Hounsdown and nearby, timed so the site keeps working and finished with a written report and pictures.
- Grease collecting in the filter channels
- Filters that come out of the sink still dirty
- Grease filters clogged with grease
Grease filter exchange in Hounsdown: the local picture
Hounsdown is within about 2 miles of the coast. Salt in the air is hard on rooftop fans, discharge cowls and fixings, so we check them for corrosion as well as grease. The Food Standards Agency lists about 15 pubs, bars and clubs as registered food businesses within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Hounsdown. Any of them serving cooked food has an extract to keep clean, from canopy to discharge. It’s New Forest council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Hounsdown. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector.
Older buildings often hide long, awkward duct runs, and if you run a kitchen at a historic venue in the area (Southampton Tudor House and Garden is about 4.1 miles east), access may need planning. Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as Ashurst Hospital (about 1.4 miles south-west), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands.
Hounsdown is about 1 mile south of Totton, in Southampton. Wherever you are in the SO40 postcode area, we can take on grease filter exchange. Across Southampton, we cover 40 places, Hounsdown among them.
We cover every part of SO40 for grease filter exchange and the roads nearby. Streets in the area include Main Road, Pound Lane and Chapel Lane, and we cover them all for grease filter exchange. We also cover Ashurst Bridge (1 mile north-west), Totton (1 mile north), Netley Marsh (1 mile north-west), Woodlands (2 miles west) and Winsor (3 miles north-west). We also work in nearby towns such as Southampton (5 miles east), Shirley (3 miles east), Regents Park (3 miles east), Townhill Park (6 miles east), Midanbury (6 miles east) and Thornhill (7 miles east).
Landmarks near Hounsdown
In Hounsdown, that means kitchens and buildings near Foxhills Infant School and The Forest Inn. The closest station to Hounsdown is Totton station, about 1.1 miles north-east. A little further out are National Dairy Museum (0.8 miles south) and Ashurst Hospital (1.4 miles south-west). Not far away are Testwood Lakes.
How we handle grease filter exchange in Hounsdown
Each visit is quick and tidy. We lift out the dirty filters and fit a clean set and make sure there are no gaps between them. If something looks wrong, we tell you. We’re often asked to deal with smoke and heat lingering under the hood and drips falling from the filters onto equipment, across wall canopies, school and hospital kitchens and baffle filters.
Kitchens around a place like Hounsdown are often in older buildings or single-storey extensions, where the duct may cross a roof void or climb an outside wall. Long horizontal runs like that hold grease and need access panels to reach.
It’s worth checking any contractor’s accreditations. We’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured.
- Location
- Hounsdown (SO40)
- Region
- Southampton
- Paperwork
- Written report with pictures
- Price
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- Working hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
The process
We are used to working while the site is closed. Evenings, nights and weekends are when much of our work happens, so the site can open as normal afterwards. On site, the work takes well under an hour for most canopies. Tell us when your site near Hounsdown is quiet and the visit will be booked for then.
- The filters in each canopy are measured and counted.
- We set the interval with you.
- The dirty set is lifted out.
- A clean set is fitted and checked for gaps.
- We take the greasy set away and confirm the next date.
How to prepare
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Find the previous report, if there is one
How to get a quote
The quickest way to a quote is to send photos: the system from a couple of angles, plus any access panels or hatches. Add the site type and your opening hours, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.
Related advice
What your team can do, and what needs us
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.
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 can diagnose it and quote.
How we price grease filter exchange
The survey tells us what the work involves. The main factors are:
- Whether several sites go on one quote
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- What state the system is in
What you pay reflects the actual work. That’s why we survey first, from photos or on site, and why the quote is fixed before any work starts.
What to send for a quote
To speed up the quote, send us:
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- Any previous report or certificate
- The site address and the type of premises
Want a quote for grease filter exchange? Please give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line with a few details about the site. We’ll explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before you commit to anything.
Multi-site and managed buildings
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.
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.
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Between visits
To keep the system working properly between visits:
- Tell us if the menu or opening hours change
- Keep every filter in place during service
- Keep the canopy clear for exchange visits
- Report damaged filters so they can be replaced
The next exchange is already in the diary. If the kitchen gets busier, the interval can be shortened to keep up.
If filters are already dripping, they’re overdue. Changing them now reduces the fuel above the cooking, and it’s worth checking the plenum too.
When to call us in Hounsdown
Long cooking hours in Hounsdown or anywhere else mean more grease on the filters. Heavy daily use means fast build-up so changes need to come round sooner.
Signs it’s time to call us include:
- Poor airflow through the filters
- Grease filters clogged with grease
- Damaged filters letting grease past
- Staff short of time to wash filters
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Colbury Christ Church or elsewhere in Hounsdown, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
Before booking anyone
- When the next visit should be, and why
- Whether the price is fixed
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- Whether a written report and photos are included
What the work involves, part by part
Baffle filters
Baffle filters are robust and widely used in commercial canopies. They don’t clean themselves, because the grease they collect builds up.
School, care home and staff kitchens
Even kitchens with fixed meal times build up grease though usually at a gentler pace.
Common questions in Hounsdown
Which fire authority looks after Hounsdown?
Hounsdown is in the area of Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. Records of extract cleaning are a sensible thing to have ready if a fire safety officer carries out an audit.
Can a school canteen extract in Hounsdown be done out of term time?
Yes, out-of-term visits are normal for schools. With about 13 schools and colleges on the FSA’s register within roughly a mile and a half of Hounsdown, it pays to plan holiday dates ahead. Tell us your holiday dates and we will book the visit for when the site is empty.
Are you insured?
Yes. We are fully insured, and we can share the details when you need them.
How often should grease filters be changed?
There’s no single answer. The schedule is based on how heavily you cook and can change if your kitchen gets busier.
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 fixed quote is built on it.
What’s TR19?
TR19® is the BESA specification for keeping ventilation systems clean. TR19® Grease, a standalone specification since 2019, covers grease in kitchen extract systems, and TR19® Air covers general supply and extract systems.
Is filter exchange enough instead of a full extract clean?
No. Filters don’t catch everything, so grease still reaches the ductwork and the whole system still needs its TR19 clean.
What happens if you cannot reach some of it?
They’re listed in the report, never skipped quietly. The report says which parts couldn’t be reached and why, and we can quote to improve the access.