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Grease Filter Exchange in Landport
Professional grease filter exchange in and around Landport, booked around your opening hours and signed off in writing with pictures.
- Hand-washed filters that still look greasy
- Staff short of time to wash filters
- Grease building up behind the canopy filters
Grease filter exchange for kitchens and businesses in Landport
We set up grease filter exchange for kitchens in Landport 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. If you have drips falling from the filters onto equipment and filter washing that keeps being missed, we can help, from mesh filters, wall canopies and baffle filters onwards.
In a smaller place like Landport, many kitchens sit in older buildings or later extensions, with the duct running through a roof space or up an outside wall. Flat runs collect grease and need proper access to clean.
The sign-off is always in writing: a dated report with photos of the work, and for TR19® Grease cleans, a certificate issued through the BESCA VHE portal. Any parts we couldn’t reach are recorded on it too.
- Where
- Landport (PO1, PO2, PO5)
- Wider area
- Portsmouth
- Reporting
- Written report with photos
- Price
- A fixed price before we start
- Working hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
For landlords and multi-site operators
Multi-site operators often want one contractor and one number. We cover South East England and London, so a run of sites can go into one programme and kept to a regular schedule.
When the building owner and the occupier are different, the lease normally sets out who maintains what. We can quote either party, and the report can go to both.
What else we do in Landport
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Staff cleaning and specialist work aren’t the same thing. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
Staff cleaning does not replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Regular in-house cleaning slows the build-up, but hidden parts of the system still need specialist attention.
Grease filter exchange in Landport: the local picture
At about 1 mile from the coast, Landport is close enough for sea air to matter. Salt in the air is hard on rooftop fans, discharge cowls and fixings, so we check them for corrosion as well as grease. Look up Landport on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you will find about 261 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 138 sandwich bars and takeaways within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Landport. Any of those kitchens with a canopy relies on its filters to catch grease before it reaches the duct. Food hygiene inspections in Landport are the job of Portsmouth council’s environmental health team. 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.
Commuter trade near Portsmouth & Southsea station can mean long cooking hours, and long hours put a kitchen into BESA’s more frequent cleaning bands. A hospital like Royal Portsmouth Hospital, about less than half a mile south-west, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day.
Landport is about 1 mile south-west of Portsmouth, in Portsmouth. Wherever you are in the PO1 postcode area, we cover grease filter exchange for commercial sites. Across Portsmouth, we cover 19 places, and Landport is one of them.
Postcode districts we cover here for grease filter exchange: PO1, PO2 and PO5. You’ll find streets such as Lake Road, Watts Road and Alfred Road, all of which we cover for grease filter exchange. We also cover Portsmouth (1 mile north-east), Fratton (1 mile east), Rudmore (1 mile north), Kingston (1 mile east) and North End (1 mile north). Larger places within reach include Wymering (3 miles north), Paulsgrove (3 miles north), Cosham (3 miles north), Drayton (3 miles north-east) and Farlington (4 miles north-east).
Landmarks near Landport
In Landport, that means kitchens and buildings near The Painters Arms, St Edmund's Catholic School and Alexandra Park, among other places. Landport has its own railway station: Portsmouth & Southsea station. Other landmarks nearby include Royal Portsmouth Hospital (less than half a mile south-west) and Charles Dickens Birthplace Museum (within half a mile north). Not far away are Milton Locks and Portsdown Hill.
Fixed quotes for grease filter exchange in Landport
The survey tells us what the work involves. We look at:
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- The scale of the work
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
- The number of sites or systems
Working hours, access and the scale of the site all affect the cost. We take each of them into account, and the price is fixed before any work starts.
Helping us quote
There’s no need for technical detail. It helps if you can send:
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
- Problems your staff have spotted
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
Getting a quote does not take long. Call or email with a few details and you’ll usually have a fixed price within one working day. Where a survey is needed, we arrange a time that suits the site.
When to call us in Landport
Filters get bent and damaged with handling. A bent filter does not seat properly and grease passes round them.
Most sites get in touch when they notice something like this:
- Grease building up behind the canopy filters
- Staff short of time to wash filters
- Filters that leave gaps in the canopy
- Hand-washed filters that still look greasy
Term dates shape school work: for a school like Ark Dickens Primary Academy, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
Comparing quotes
- If they look at the system before pricing
- What hours they’ll be on site
- Proof of accreditation you can verify
- How areas they can’t reach will be recorded
How the job changes from site to site
Baffle filters
In a baffle filter, the air zigzags through metal baffles. Grease is thrown out of the airstream and collects on the baffles.
Mesh filters
Mesh traps grease between its layers, which makes hand-washing hard work.
Between visits
To keep the system working properly between visits:
- Watch for grease drips between visits
- Make sure we can reach the canopy on exchange day
- Keep the extract on whenever the range is in use
- Do not refit a filter that is bent
Once the clean filters are in, the kitchen can cook right away. The dirty set leaves with us to be cleaned.
Saturated filters let more grease through. A regular cycle keeps the rest of the system cleaner between full cleans.
What happens on the day
When we arrive, we check the system against the survey or the pictures you sent. Anything unexpected is raised with you before we go further. After that, the work takes a few minutes per canopy, longer for a large kitchen with several canopies. Tell us about any gates, ladders or locked plant areas at your site near Landport when you book.
- We count and measure the filters in every canopy.
- Together we set how often the filters should be changed.
- At each visit, the greasy filters are lifted out.
- Clean, dry filters are fitted in their place, with no gaps left between them.
- Anything we notice, such as bent filters or a dirty plenum, is pointed out.
How to prepare
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
How to get a quote
For grease filter exchange in Landport, call us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos. Let us know the site type and the opening hours, and send pictures or your last report if you can. We typically send a fixed quote within one working day.
Advice
Your questions about grease filter exchange in Landport
Does coastal air change anything about grease filter exchange in Landport?
Yes, to a degree: at about 1 mile from the coast, Landport gets salt-laden air that corrodes metal faster. Corroded fixings and housings are noted on the report so they can be dealt with.
Which fire authority looks after Landport?
That is 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.
How often should grease filters be changed?
There’s no single answer. We look at your cooking and set an interval to match and can change if your kitchen gets busier.
Can you come out in an emergency?
Yes. There’s a 24/7 emergency line, for problems that cannot wait. Ring any time and tell us what’s happened.
Do you provide a certificate or report?
Yes. You get a written report with photos after each visit, covering the work, any areas we couldn’t access and the recommended next date. Kitchen extract cleans to TR19® Grease also get a certificate through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
Can you look after several sites?
Yes. We work across South East England and London, so sites at different addresses can be planned together as one programme. Every site has its own report.
Where does the waste go?
Anything we remove is contained as we work and taken away with us, from grease and debris to used cleaning water. None of it is left on site.
Is there a cleaning option for the filters we have?
We offer filter cleaning as well as exchange. We will talk you through which suits your kitchen when you get in touch.