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Grease Filter Exchange in Mapledurwell
Grease filter exchange across Mapledurwell and nearby, booked around your opening hours and finished with a written report and pictures.
- Hand-washed filters that still look greasy
- Damaged filters letting grease past
- Grease collecting in the filter channels
Grease filter exchange for kitchens and businesses in Mapledurwell
A filter that doesn’t sit right lets grease straight past. Gaps in the filter bank are a direct route into the plenum, so we check every one at each visit. We point out any that need replacing. If you are dealing with a greasy plenum behind the filters and filters that leave gaps in the canopy, we can put it right.
For a kitchen in or near Mapledurwell, the visit is planned around opening hours and the journey, and the clean itself is the same full TR19® job as in any town: canopy to discharge, then a TR19® certificate and a photo report.
The paperwork matters as much as the work. Each visit is written up with pictures, covering the work done, any areas we couldn’t access and a recommended next date. Keep it with your fire safety records so it’s to hand when an insurer or inspector asks.
- Where
- Mapledurwell (RG27, RG25)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Paperwork
- Photo report after each visit
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
What happens on the day
Your trading hours come first. Most visits are booked for when the area is out of use, such as evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends. When the team arrives, the work area is protected and the relevant equipment is switched off to cool, and the job takes well under an hour for most canopies. A few photos of the system help us make the most of a visit to a place like Mapledurwell.
- We count and measure the filters in every canopy.
- A change schedule is agreed to match the kitchen’s cooking hours.
- At each visit, the greasy filters are lifted out.
- Clean, dry filters are fitted in their place, with no gaps left between them.
- We flag any damaged filters or anything wrong with the canopy.
Preparing for the visit
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
- Clear the space around the work
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
Get a fixed quote
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.
Advice
Different parts, different methods
Mesh filters
Older or smaller canopies often use mesh filters. They can be on the same exchange schedule as baffle filters.
Baffle filters
Baffle filters are a common choice for commercial canopies. They do not clean themselves, because the grease they collect builds up.
What we are called out for in Mapledurwell
Sometimes a filter is taken out and never put back. Every gap in the filter bank lets grease straight into the plenum where it settles out of sight.
Keep an eye out for any of the following:
- Grease collecting in the filter channels
- Filters so greasy the air can barely pass
- Filters left unwashed on busy weeks
- Filters that come out of the sink still dirty
Where a hall near Church of St. Mary, or anywhere in Mapledurwell, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does.
Questions to ask before you book
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
- Whether a survey comes first
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
- When the next visit should be, and why
When something else is needed
We’d rather tell you now than book work that will not help, so these are the things it won’t cover:
- Greasy ducts and risers that a filter change will not reach
- A canopy that does not capture the vapour properly
- A fan that’s failing or too weak for the system
If you are not sure, just call 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we will give you a straight answer before booking.
What the work covers
- Baffle filters
- Restaurants and pubs
- School and hospital kitchens
- Mesh filters
- Island canopies
- Wall canopies
What your team can do, and what needs us
Some jobs should never be done in-house: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings call for the right kit, training and safe access. Leave those to us.
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, alongside our reports.
Aftercare tips
Here’s the after-treatment advice, in brief:
- Report a dripping canopy early
- Report damaged filters so they can be replaced
- Wipe the outside of the canopy as part of daily cleaning
- Make sure we can reach the canopy on exchange day
If the plenum behind the filters looks greasy, we say so. It can be a sign that a full TR19® clean is due, and we can arrange it.
Dripping filters are a clear sign they’re full. Changing them now reduces the fuel above the cooking, and it’s worth checking the plenum too.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
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.
Running several sites is easier with one contractor. We work across London and the South East, so a run of sites can go into one programme and kept on a regular cycle.
Grease, kitchens and Mapledurwell
Food Standards Agency data counts about 3 restaurants, cafés and canteens within about 1.5 miles of central Mapledurwell. Clogged filters slow the airflow, and busy kitchens like these clog them fast. Mapledurwell is covered by Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. Fire and rescue authorities enforce the Fire Safety Order in most non-domestic premises, and in a kitchen that fire risk includes the grease in the extract. Food hygiene inspections in Mapledurwell are the job of Basingstoke and Deane council’s environmental health team. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked.
Older buildings often hide long, awkward duct runs, and if you run a kitchen at a historic venue in the area (The Vyne is about 4.4 miles north-west), access may need planning. Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital (about 4.2 miles west), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands.
Mapledurwell is about 4 miles east of Basingstoke, in Hampshire. We provide grease filter exchange for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Mapledurwell and the rest of Hampshire. Mapledurwell is one of 683 places in Hampshire where we work for grease filter exchange. For sites nearby, see our Reading page (13 miles or so).
Grease filter exchange in RG27 and RG25 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. That includes premises on Canal Reach, Greywell Road and Frog Lane and nearby roads. If your site is just outside Mapledurwell, we cover Andwell (1 mile north), Water End (1 mile north), Old Basing (1 mile west), Lychpit (2 miles west) and Chineham (2 miles north-west). Further out, we also cover Basingstoke (4 miles west), Farnborough (11 miles east), Fleet (8 miles east), Aldershot (11 miles east), Alton (8 miles south) and Yateley (9 miles north-east).
What’s near Mapledurwell
Mapledurwell’s nearest station is Hook station, about 2.6 miles north-east. A little further out are Basing House (1.6 miles west) and Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital (4.2 miles west). The countryside around Mapledurwell includes The Mill Field and Dogmersfield Lake.
Questions from Mapledurwell
Will you come out to Mapledurwell?
Yes, smaller places are covered as well as towns. The journey is planned ahead, so a few details about the route help.
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Mapledurwell?
That is Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. A recent cleaning certificate and a note of the next clean date show that grease in the extract is being managed.
Can you come out in an emergency?
Yes. There’s a 24/7 emergency line, for problems that can’t wait. Ring any time and tell us what’s happened.
Can one contract cover all our sites?
Yes. Send the list of sites and the work at each and we will quote them together.
Are you insured?
Yes, we’re fully insured. We also hold CHAS and SafeContractor, for sites that check contractor safety.
Do you take the used filters away?
We take them away to be cleaned and your staff don’t have to deal with them. A clean set is fitted in their place.
Where does the waste go?
Anything we remove is contained as we work and taken away with us, including grease, debris and dirty water. None of it is left on site.
What’s the right interval for changing filters?
It depends on how much and what the kitchen cooks. Heavy cooking means more frequent changes than lighter ones. We set a schedule that suits your kitchen.