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Grease Filter Exchange in Itchen
Grease filter exchange for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Itchen. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and fully insured.
- Drips falling from the filters onto equipment
- Grease collecting in the filter channels
- Weak extraction at the canopy
What affects the cost of grease filter exchange
We quote each job individually. This is what makes a difference:
- A single visit or a regular plan
- The size of the system
- Travel, parking and unloading
- Site rules, permits and inductions
A single site or a whole portfolio, the quote is built the same way: the work involved, the access and the timing. You will have a fixed price before work begins.
Helping us quote
You don’t need the technical terms. Just send:
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
The quickest way to a quote is to send photos: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Add the site type and your opening hours, and we can price many jobs without a visit.
Grease filter exchange for kitchens and businesses in Itchen
The filters in the canopy are the first thing cooking vapour meets. Their job is to stop grease getting further into the system and they do it best when they’re clean. Our grease filter exchange service swaps dirty filters for clean ones on a schedule. The work covers school and hospital kitchens, mesh filters and restaurants and pubs, and common reasons people get in touch are weak extraction at the canopy and missing filters in the filter bank.
For a smaller kitchen near Itchen, a TR19® clean is the same job as anywhere: canopy, filters, plenum, duct, fan and discharge. The visit is booked around your opening hours, and the journey is planned ahead.
Good records are part of the job. Each visit is written up with pictures, listing what was done, anything we couldn’t reach and when the next visit is due. File it in your maintenance log so it’s ready for an insurer, fire officer or EHO.
- Location
- Itchen (SO19, SO14)
- Wider area
- Southampton
- Paperwork
- Photo report after each visit
- Quote
- A fixed price before any work starts
- When we work
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Questions from Itchen
Which environmental health team covers Itchen?
In Itchen, it’s Southampton council that carries out food hygiene inspections. Have your latest TR19® certificate and photo report to hand, as an officer may ask how the extract is maintained.
Is Itchen within the area you cover?
Yes, smaller places are covered as well as towns. The journey is planned ahead, so a few details about the route help.
What about areas you cannot get to?
They’re marked on the report. Often the fix is extra access, such as new panels in ductwork, and we can fit those.
Can you set up regular visits?
Yes. We run scheduled maintenance contracts, with visits at the interval your system needs. The report from each visit recommends the next date.
What if some of our filters are damaged?
A badly damaged filter should be replaced. We’ll show you which ones when we find them.
Do you recommend a next date?
Yes. The interval depends on how much the system is used and what we find, and we explain the reasoning on the report.
Where do the greasy filters go?
The greasy set leaves with us for cleaning and your staff don’t have to deal with them. A clean set is fitted in their place.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes. For many sites, pictures and a few details are enough, and larger or hidden systems get a visit.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Itchen
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Each visit produces a dated report with pictures, ready to show insurers, fire officers or EHOs.
If you look after several sites, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Every building has its own written report, so records stay tidy.
Kitchen extracts in Itchen
Sea air reaches Itchen, which sits within about 1 mile of the coast. Corrosion on the fan housing and cowl is worth a look at every clean, alongside the grease. The FSA’s food hygiene register includes about 42 pubs and bars and about 4 hotels and guest houses within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Itchen. Wherever they cook, the canopy, duct and fan collect grease just as a restaurant’s do. Kitchens in Itchen 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 Ludlow Junior School for example, are normally cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost. Healthcare kitchens can’t easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Itchen is Royal South Hants Hospital, about 1.3 miles north-west.
Itchen is about 2 miles south-east of Southampton, in Southampton. We provide grease filter exchange for commercial premises of every kind in Itchen and the rest of Southampton. We cover 40 places across Southampton, from busy centres to quieter spots.
Every address in SO19 and SO14 is within our area for grease filter exchange, from busy streets to back roads. We cover sites on Sea Road, Oak Road and West Road and the roads around them. With the A3025 close by, Itchen is simple for us to get to at any hour. We also cover Peartree Green (1 mile north-west), Northam (1 mile north-west), Sholing (1 mile east), Bitterne (1 mile north-east) and St Mary's (1 mile west). Further out, we also cover Shirley (3 miles north-west), Regents Park (3 miles west), Maybush (4 miles north-west), Coxford (4 miles north-west), Freemantle (3 miles west) and Lordswood (4 miles north-west). Itchen is one of the larger places we cover in Southampton for grease filter exchange.
Landmarks near Itchen
Around Itchen, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Houndwell Park, Woolston School and Oasis Academy Sholing and the streets around them. Itchen has its own railway station: Woolston station. Other landmarks nearby include Bitterne Local History Society Heritage And Research Centre (0.9 miles north) and Marlands Shopping Centre (1.6 miles west). For a walk, there’s Netley Common.
Places near Itchen
What else we do in Itchen
What happens on the day
On the day, we arrive at the time agreed with you, often in the evening, overnight or at the weekend so the site keeps working. Equipment that has to be off is switched off and allowed to cool first, and the area around the work is covered and protected. On site, it takes well under an hour for most canopies. In a place like Itchen, we fit the visit around your hours.
- We record the number, size and type of your filters.
- An exchange schedule is agreed to suit your cooking.
- The dirty set is lifted out.
- Clean filters go in and we check they sit snugly.
- We take the greasy set away and confirm the next date.
Preparing for the visit
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
How to get a quote
For grease filter exchange in Itchen, call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email. Let us know the site type and the opening hours, plus pictures or the previous report if they’re to hand. A fixed quote typically follows within one working day.
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What grease filter exchange can’t fix
To be straight with you, some problems need a different fix:
- A fan that’s failing or too weak for the system
- Grease behind the filters that a swap can’t remove
- Greasy ducts and risers that a filter change will not reach
Not sure which it is? You can call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we’ll tell you honestly before booking.
Parts of the system we cover
- Restaurants and pubs
- Mesh filters
- Island canopies
- School and hospital kitchens
- Baffle filters
- Wall canopies
Leave it or put it right?
Changing filters on schedule costs far less disruption than a blocked extract. Few maintenance jobs are as easy, and one of the easiest to let slip. Booking now means the visit to Itchen is planned around you, not forced by a breakdown.
You won’t find a price list here, because each job is priced on what it involves. For a fixed quote, ring 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form, and we’ll explain what it covers.
Why us?
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
- Photo reports with every job
- Fully insured
- We diagnose before we treat
Read our cost guide or how to check a contractor.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
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. That’s our job.
Common problems we fix in Itchen
Hand-washed filters often come back still greasy. Grease hides in the folds of a baffle or the layers of a mesh, and a quick rinse leaves it there.
Most sites get in touch when they notice one of these:
- Blocked baffle filters
- A greasy plenum behind the filters
- Grease left in baffles after washing
- Smoke and heat lingering under the hood
Where a hall near Jesus Chapel - St Mary Extra, or anywhere in Itchen, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does.
Before booking anyone
- What records you will receive afterwards
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
- Proof of insurance
- How areas they can’t reach will be recorded