Hampshire · Grease filter exchange
Grease filter exchange in Newtown, Hampshire
Grease filter exchange for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Newtown. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and fully insured.
- Damaged filters letting grease past
- Drips falling from the filters onto equipment
- Missing filters in the filter bank
Why it’s worth doing now in Newtown
Clogged filters choke the extract. The kitchen gets hotter and smokier, and the fan works harder to pull air through. Keeping filters clean keeps the extract working properly. A fault that closes a site in a village like Newtown affects everyone who depends on it.
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 send details by email, and we will talk you through it.
What you get with us
- A written report with pictures after every visit
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
Take a look at our cost guide or our accreditations.
Grease filter exchange in Newtown
Good filters only work when they fit properly. Bent, damaged or missing filters leave gaps, so we check every one at each visit. We point out any that need replacing. We’re often asked to deal with drips falling from the filters onto equipment and grease building up behind the canopy filters, on restaurants and pubs, school and hospital kitchens and mesh filters.
Work in a small place like Newtown starts with a call to agree access and timings, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy, filters, duct, fan and discharge, with a certificate and photo report at the end.
Duct Doctor has been trading since 2009, and we are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we carry full insurance.
- Where
- Newtown (PO17)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Paperwork
- Photo report after every visit
- Price
- A fixed price before we start
- When we work
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Grease, kitchens and Newtown
The FSA’s data shows about 3 pubs, bars and clubs registered within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Newtown. Breakfasts, bar meals and functions all put grease into the extract wherever they’re cooked. Newtown 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. It’s Winchester City council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Newtown. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector.
Term dates shape school work: for a school like Newtown Soberton Infant School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break. A hospital like Knowle Hospital, about 3.8 miles south-west, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day. Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Church of the Holy Trinity, or anywhere in Newtown, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Newtown is about 5 miles north-west of Waterlooville, in Hampshire. Across the PO17 area, we cover grease filter exchange for commercial sites. Our Hampshire coverage runs to 683 places, Newtown among them. We also work in Portsmouth, about 8 miles from Newtown.
Work in PO17 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. Streets in the area include Church Road, Hundred Acres Road and Ingoldfield Lane, all of which we cover for grease filter exchange. Other places close to Newtown include Southend (1 mile north-east), Soberton Heath (1 mile north), Hoe Gate (1 mile east), Hipley (1 mile south-east) and Woodend (1 mile north-west). Within a short drive, we also cover Winchester (13 miles north-west), Gosport (8 miles south), Havant (7 miles south-east), Eastleigh (10 miles west), Fareham (5 miles south-west) and Horndean (5 miles east).
Local landmarks in Newtown
Around Newtown, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near The Bold Forester Public House and the streets around them. The closest station to Newtown is Portchester station, roughly 4.4 miles south of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Knowle Hospital (3.8 miles south-west). Not far away are St Clair's Meadow and Portsdown Hill.
What the work involves, part by part
Mesh filters
Grease lodges deep in the layers of a mesh filter, which makes hand-washing hard work.
Busy restaurant and pub kitchens
High-output kitchens clog filters quickly. They often need the shortest exchange interval.
How we price grease filter exchange
We quote each job individually. These are the things that affect it:
- How many systems or sites are involved
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
- The times the site is available
The price reflects the work, not guesswork. That’s why every job is surveyed first, and why the quote is fixed before we start.
What we need to know
We can often survey from photos. Try to include:
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- Any previous report or certificate
- The site address and the type of premises
To help us quote: the address, the type of site and when it’s open, pictures of the system and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Once you have those, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or email photos.
Looking after it afterwards
Here’s the after-treatment advice, short and simple:
- Book full TR19 cleans alongside filter changes
- Watch for grease drips between visits
- Keep the extract on whenever the range is in use
- Make sure we can reach the canopy on exchange day
The next exchange is already in the diary. If cooking increases, we can change filters more often to match.
Clean filters plus regular full cleans keep the system in good health. Setting both up on a schedule keeps everything on track.
Common questions in Newtown
Who inspects food businesses in Newtown?
In Newtown, 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.
Can you clean school kitchen extracts in Newtown during the holidays?
Yes, and it’s the easiest time to do it. Around Newtown, the Food Standards Agency lists about 2 schools and colleges with registered kitchens within a mile and a half or so. Send us your term dates when you ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos, and we will fit the work in.
Will we have to stop cooking for a filter change?
Most changes take well under an hour for most canopies, so the impact is small. We’ll fit it around your service wherever possible.
What do you do with what you remove?
Anything we remove is contained as we work and taken away with us, from grease and debris to used cleaning water. We don’t leave it behind.
Do I get a report after the visit?
Yes, on every job. The report is dated and includes pictures, plus a certificate via the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal for TR19® Grease cleans. Keep it in your maintenance log.
What’s TR19?
BESA’s ventilation hygiene specification in two main parts: TR19® Grease for kitchen extract systems and TR19® Air for general ventilation. It is not legislation, but it’s the standard people check against.
Do you take the used filters away?
We take them away. That’s how an exchange works: clean filters in, dirty ones out and nothing greasy left on site.
Do you handle baffle and mesh filters?
Baffle and mesh filters are both covered. We check what’s in your canopies first and plan the exchange around them.
How the visit works
There are three stages on the day: set-up, the treatment itself and the sign-off. Set-up means sheeting and making equipment safe, and the sign-off is a written report with pictures. Most of the time goes on the work itself, and that takes less than an hour in most kitchens. Somewhere as small as Newtown, the date and timings are agreed with you well before the day.
- 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.
Before we arrive
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
Get a fixed quote
To get a fixed quote, call us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and tell us the type of site, your opening hours and roughly what the system looks like. Photos and the last report, if you have one, make the quote quicker. We normally come back within one working day.
Advice
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What else we do in Newtown
Multi-site and managed buildings
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.
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.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
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. That is our job.
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Regular in-house cleaning slows the build-up, but the parts you cannot see still need a specialist at the right interval.