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Grease Filter Exchange in Netley
A scheduled grease filter exchange, swapping dirty canopy filters for clean ones for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Netley. BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease.
- Poor airflow through the filters
- Drips falling from the filters onto equipment
- Hand-washed filters that still look greasy
Grease filter exchange for kitchens and businesses in Netley
A clean set of filters is a simple, regular dose of prevention. It keeps airflow up and grease down between full cleans and takes a messy task off your team. The full TR19 clean then gives the system its clean bill of health. The work covers wall canopies, island canopies and school and hospital kitchens, and the jobs we see most are grease left in baffles after washing and grease dripping from the canopy.
In a smaller place like Netley, the kitchens with extract systems are more likely to be a pub, a café, a takeaway or a school or care home kitchen than a big restaurant. A kitchen that cooks fewer hours still builds up grease, so the interval is set by hours of use and grease readings.
Accreditations are easy to claim and worth checking. 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.
- Where
- Netley (SO31)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Reporting
- Photo report after every visit
- Quotes
- A fixed price before work begins
- Working hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Why act early in Netley
When filters block, extraction suffers. Heat and fumes hang in the kitchen while the fan strains. Keeping filters clean keeps the extract working properly. You choose the date of a planned visit, and a breakdown never asks.
The cost depends on how big the system is, the condition it’s in and how easy it is to reach. We give you a fixed price before work begins, so you know where you stand.
Why us?
- Fixed quotes, typically within one working day
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
- Full insurance on every job
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
Kitchen extracts in Netley
At about 1 mile from the coast, Netley 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. There are about 22 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 15 sandwich bars and takeaways across Netley and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half), according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Clogged filters slow the airflow, and busy kitchens like these clog them fast. Environmental health officers from Eastleigh council inspect food businesses in Netley. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready.
School kitchens, at schools like Netley Abbey Infant School for example, are normally cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost. If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Coldeast about 2.8 miles east, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen.
Netley is about 3 miles north-east of Hythe, in Hampshire. Netley gets the same approach as every site we work on: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where needed and a written report with photos. Netley is one of 683 towns, villages and districts in Hampshire we cover for grease filter exchange.
Work in SO31 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. That includes premises on Station Road, The Crescent and Hunt Avenue and the roads around them. Close by, we work in Butlocks Heath (1 mile north-east), Hound (1 mile south-east), Weston (1 mile north-west), Old Netley (1 mile north-east) and Lowford (1 mile north-east). Larger places within reach include Winchester (13 miles north), Gosport (10 miles south-east), Eastleigh (6 miles north), Fareham (7 miles east), Horndean (15 miles east) and Totton (8 miles west).
Local landmarks in Netley
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Grove Park Business and Enterprise College, Westwood Woodland Park and The Hamble School, among other places. There’s a railway station in Netley itself: Netley station. Nearby you will also find Bursledon Brickworks Industrial Museum (2.5 miles east) and Coldeast (2.8 miles east). Green spaces nearby include Mercury Marshes.
For landlords and multi-site operators
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we are happy to quote for all of it.
The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
Different parts, different methods
Baffle filters
Baffle filters use overlapping metal blades that force the air to change direction. Grease is thrown out of the airstream and collects on the baffles.
Busy restaurant and pub kitchens
The more a kitchen cooks, the more grease the filters see. Changing them on time protects the ducts behind.
Questions from Netley
Who inspects food businesses in Netley?
In Netley, it’s Eastleigh council that carries out food hygiene inspections. An officer may look up into the canopy, so clean filters on the day and a recent certificate on file both help.
Does the sea air around Netley make a difference to grease filter exchange?
It can. Netley is within about 1 mile of the coast, and salt air speeds up corrosion. We look at fans, cowls and fixings for rust as well as grease.
What is TR19?
A BESA specification in two main parts: TR19® Grease for kitchen extract systems and TR19® Air for general ventilation. It is not law, but it’s the benchmark.
Can one contract cover all our sites?
Yes. Tell us the addresses and what each needs and you will get one fixed quote.
Do you take the used filters away?
Yes. Used filters go with us to be cleaned while a clean set goes in.
Can you set up regular visits?
Yes. Send details of the systems and how they’re used, and we will suggest a schedule and quote for it.
Will you tell us when the next visit is due?
Yes. The interval depends on how much the system is used and what we find, and we explain the reasoning on the report.
Does a filter exchange replace TR19 cleaning?
No. Filters don’t catch everything, so grease still reaches the ductwork and the whole system still needs its TR19 clean.
Honest limits
A few issues sit outside what this work can do:
- A heavily greased plenum or canopy, which needs cleaning to TR19
- Grease already built up in the ductwork, which needs a full TR19 clean
- An extract that was undersized from the start
If in doubt, ring 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we will say what we think before you book.
Where we work
- School and hospital kitchens
- Wall canopies
- Mesh filters
- Island canopies
- Restaurants and pubs
- Baffle filters
What we are called out for in Netley
Sometimes a filter is taken out and never put back. A missing filter leaves an open route into the system and on into the ductwork.
These are the problems we see most often:
- Grease building up behind the canopy filters
- Grease filters clogged with grease
- Filters that leave gaps in the canopy
- A canopy that drips grease
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Church of St Edward the Confessor or elsewhere in Netley, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.
What to look for in a quote
- Whether a survey comes first
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
- Whether a written report and photos are included
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
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.
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
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How the visit works
Your trading hours come first. We book the visit for a time the area is closed, whether that’s an evening, overnight or a weekend. Once we are in, the area is sheeted and anything that has to be off is turned off and cooled, and the job takes a short visit, depending on how many filters the canopies hold. For a place like Netley, we load the van from the survey notes so the work can be done in one visit where possible.
- We record the number, size and type of your filters.
- An exchange schedule is agreed to suit your cooking.
- On each visit, we remove the greasy filters.
- Clean filters go in and we check they sit snugly.
- We take the greasy set away and confirm the next date.
Before we arrive
- Move anything stored near the system
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
Ask for a quote
To get a fixed quote, call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email with the site type, your trading hours and a short description of the system. A few photos and your last certificate or report help a lot. We typically come back within one working day.