Hampshire · Grease filter exchange
Grease Filter Exchange in Itchen Stoke
One call covers grease filter exchange in Itchen Stoke, from survey to sign-off. Fully insured, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001.
- Drips falling from the filters onto equipment
- Filters left unwashed on busy weeks
- Grease building up behind the canopy filters
How the job changes from site to site
The plenum
Behind the filters sits the plenum, where air gathers before the duct. It collects whatever grease the filters miss.
Busy restaurant and pub kitchens
The more a kitchen cooks, the more grease the filters see. Regular changes help protect the ductwork.
How we handle grease filter exchange in Itchen Stoke
Cleaning filters by hand takes staff time and is easy to put off. An exchange service means clean filters arrive and greasy ones leave and the canopy is refilled right away. We are often asked to deal with filters that leave gaps in the canopy and filter washing that keeps being missed, on wall canopies, restaurants and pubs and mesh filters.
Rural kitchens often have long, low duct runs through a roof space or along an outside wall, where grease settles in the flat sections. We agree access and timings in advance.
Our accreditations include CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured. We’re also a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we have been trading since 2009.
- Place
- Itchen Stoke (SO24)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Records
- Report and pictures after the visit
- Quotes
- A fixed price before we start
- Working hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
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FAQs for Itchen Stoke
Which fire authority looks after Itchen Stoke?
Fire safety enforcement in Itchen Stoke is handled by 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.
Which environmental health team covers Itchen Stoke?
In Itchen Stoke, it’s Winchester City 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.
What should go in our maintenance log?
The reports and certificates from each visit, plus your own logs. Insurers, fire officers and EHOs may all ask to see them, so keep them together and easy to find.
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 on one programme. Each site gets its own report and photos.
Do I get a report after the visit?
Yes, on every job. The report is dated and includes photos, and TR19® Grease cleans come with a certificate through the BESCA VHE portal. Keep it in your maintenance log.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes, every time. 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.
Do you handle baffle and mesh filters?
Baffle filters and mesh filters. Mention how many canopies you have when you get in touch, or we’ll check on the first visit.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes. We run scheduled maintenance contracts, set at the interval the system needs. Each report recommends when the next visit should be.
Multi-site and managed buildings
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. Shared systems, like a riser serving several units, need a clear agreement on who books the work, and we can quote for the whole system.
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Fixed quotes for grease filter exchange in Itchen Stoke
There’s no set price list, because sites vary so much. The quote depends on:
- Travel, parking and unloading
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
- How easy every part is to reach
- The condition we find in the survey
Combining work into one visit or one programme can make for a more efficient booking. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at and we will price it together.
What we need to know
Photos and a few facts are often enough to price the work. Send what you can of the following:
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
Photos are enough for some jobs, while others need a look on site. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
Common problems we fix in Itchen Stoke
Kitchens in Itchen Stoke, as everywhere, find filter washing slips down the list on busy weeks. It only takes a couple of missed weeks for a filter bank to clog.
Most sites get in touch when they notice something like this:
- Hand-washed filters that still look greasy
- A canopy running with filters missing
- Bent or damaged filters that do not sit properly
- Grease filters clogged with grease
School kitchens, at schools like Perins School for example, are normally cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost.
Before booking anyone
- Whether VAT is included
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- Proof of accreditation you can verify
- How areas they cannot reach will be recorded
Grease, kitchens and Itchen Stoke
At about 56 miles from central London, Itchen Stoke sits well inside the area we cover. Visits are booked around your hours, evenings and weekends included. The fire and rescue service for Itchen Stoke is Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel.
Hinton Ampner House, about 4 miles south-east, is one of the historic houses near Itchen Stoke; if you run event catering at a venue like that, cleans can be booked between functions. Church and community hall kitchens, near St Mary's Church or anywhere around Itchen Stoke, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other.
Itchen Stoke is about 5 miles north-east of Winchester, in Hampshire. Every kind of commercial site in Itchen Stoke, grease filter exchange is something we can help with. We can work out of hours so the site keeps running. Our Hampshire coverage runs to 683 places, and Itchen Stoke is one of them. You can also see our page for Southampton, roughly 14 miles from Itchen Stoke.
Postcode districts we cover here for grease filter exchange: SO24. Main roads around Itchen Stoke include the B3047, which makes travel easy for evening and night visits. Neighbouring places we cover for grease filter exchange include Ovington (1 mile south-east), Itchen Abbas (1 mile west), Martyr Worthy (2 miles west), Temple Valley (3 miles south-west) and Easton (3 miles west). Within a short drive, we also cover Basingstoke (13 miles north), Winchester (5 miles south-west), Eastleigh (10 miles south-west), Andover (15 miles north-west), Horndean (15 miles south-east) and Chandler's Ford (11 miles south-west).
What’s near Itchen Stoke
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around The Bush Inn and the streets around them. Nearby you will also find St John's Rooms And Chapel (4.7 miles south-west) and Wolvesey Castle (4.8 miles south-west). Not far away are Twyford Down and Winnall Moors.
The process
Protection comes first: sheeting goes over floors and surfaces close to the work. After that, the system is made safe and the work begins. It takes well under an hour for most canopies, and the area is cleaned down before we leave. Visits to a village like Itchen Stoke are booked in advance, at a time that suits whoever runs the site.
- We look at the canopies and the condition of the filters.
- We note any filters that are bent, damaged or missing.
- We exchange the dirty filters for a clean set.
- We check the filters are seated and the canopy is ready to use.
- We tell you if the plenum or canopy needs a clean.
Preparing for the visit
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
Get a fixed quote
We don’t publish a price list, because no two systems are the same. We look at your system first, from photos or on a visit, then send a fixed quote. To get going, call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form.
Related advice
What grease filter exchange cannot fix
In fairness, there are a few things this work won’t fix:
- A canopy that needs a proper clean
- Smell complaints that need odour control equipment
- Greasy ducts and risers that a filter change will not reach
If in doubt, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or email us and we’ll say what we think.
What the work covers
- Mesh filters
- Restaurants and pubs
- Wall canopies
- Baffle filters
- School and hospital kitchens
- Island canopies
Between visits
Good habits slow the build-up between visits. Our tips:
- Keep filter exchange and TR19 cleaning on the same plan
- Make sure we can reach the canopy on exchange day
- Tell us if the menu or opening hours change
- Keep every filter in place during service
There’s no waiting: the canopy is ready as soon as the clean set is fitted. The dirty set leaves with us for cleaning.
Damaged filters leave gaps in the defence. Replacing them early protects the plenum and ductwork.