Hampshire · Grease filter exchange
Oliver's Battery grease filter exchange
For grease filter exchange in Oliver's Battery, one call is all it takes, from survey to sign-off. Fully insured, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001.
- Missing filters in the filter bank
- Filter washing that keeps being missed
- Grease left in baffles after washing
How we handle grease filter exchange in Oliver's Battery
The filters in the canopy are the first thing cooking vapour meets. They catch grease before it reaches the plenum and ductwork, but only while they’re reasonably clean. Our grease filter exchange service swaps dirty filters for clean ones on a schedule. Common call-outs are for grease filters clogged with grease and grease left in baffles after washing, on wall canopies, restaurants and pubs and island canopies.
In a small place like Oliver's Battery, kitchens are often in older or extended buildings, with long single-storey duct runs, and those horizontal sections are where grease settles. Access, parking and timings are agreed before the day.
A written report with pictures follows every visit, so there’s a dated record of the work. Kitchen extract cleaning to TR19® Grease is certificated through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Where
- Oliver's Battery (SO22)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Reporting
- Photo report after each visit
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
What happens on the day
The visit has three parts: getting the area ready, doing the work and signing it off. Set-up means sheeting and making equipment safe, and the sign-off is a written report with photos. The middle part takes longest, and that takes a short visit, depending on how many filters the canopies hold. The timing of a visit to Oliver's Battery is set by you, and the travel is our side of the planning.
- The filters in each canopy are measured and counted.
- 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.
- The dirty filters leave with us and the next visit is booked.
How to prepare
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Clear loose items from the work area
Ask for a quote
Every quote begins with a look at the system, from your photos and details or, where that isn’t enough, a survey on site. After that, you get a fixed price for the work so you know the cost before work begins.
Advice
How the job changes from site to site
Mesh filters
Mesh filters are still found in many canopies. We exchange them on the same basis as baffles.
The plenum
A greasy plenum is a sign filters have been left too long or that the next TR19 clean is due.
Oliver's Battery kitchens: local notes
The Food Standards Agency lists about 6 pubs, bars and clubs as registered food businesses within about 1.5 miles of central Oliver's Battery. Wherever they cook, the canopy, duct and fan collect grease just as a restaurant’s do. Oliver's Battery is covered by 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. In Oliver's Battery, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Winchester City council. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand.
A hospital like Royal Hampshire County Hospital, about 1.5 miles north-east, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day. Term dates shape school work: for a school like Olivers Battery Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
Oliver's Battery is about 2 miles south-west of Winchester, in Hampshire. From the centre of Oliver's Battery to the outskirts, we cover grease filter exchange for every kind of premises, from small sites to large estates. Oliver's Battery is one of 683 places in Hampshire where we work for commercial clients. For sites nearby, see our Southampton page (9 miles or so).
We cover every part of the SO22 postcode area for grease filter exchange and the roads nearby. You’ll find streets such as Momford Road, Austen Avenue and Sunnydown Road, and we cover them all for grease filter exchange. With the A3090 close by, Oliver's Battery is easy for our technicians to reach at any hour. Neighbouring places we cover for grease filter exchange include Badger Farm (1 mile east), Stanmore (1 mile north-east), St Cross (1 mile east), Compton (2 miles south) and Winchester (2 miles north-east). We also work in nearby towns such as Eastleigh (5 miles south), Fareham (15 miles south-east), Andover (13 miles north-west), Totton (11 miles south-west), Chandler's Ford (4 miles south) and Hedge End (9 miles south).
Local landmarks in Oliver's Battery
In Oliver's Battery, that means kitchens and buildings near St. Cross Park and Kings' School. For rail, the closest station is Shawford station, about 1.9 miles south-east. Other landmarks nearby include Winchester Castle (1.8 miles north-east) and Balfour Museum of Hampshire Red Cross History (0.9 miles north). Green spaces nearby include Hockley Meadows and Twyford Down.
Questions from Oliver's Battery
Who is the fire and rescue service for Oliver's Battery?
That’s 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.
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Oliver's Battery?
That’s Winchester City council, whose environmental health officers carry out food hygiene inspections in Oliver's Battery. How often a business is inspected depends on the risk rating the council gives it, so it’s worth staying ready all year.
Will you tell us when the next visit is due?
Yes. How often depends on use and condition and the report sets out why.
How long will you be on site?
That depends on how much there is to do, but for many sites it takes a short visit, depending on how many filters the canopies hold. We’ll confirm it with the quote.
What does grease filter exchange cost?
The cost depends on your filters and the schedule. We will give you a fixed quote, typically within one working day.
What is TR19?
A BESA specification, with two parts that matter most here: TR19® Grease for kitchen extracts and TR19® Air for supply and extract systems. It isn’t legislation, but it’s the standard people check against.
Which accreditations do you hold?
We hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. Vent Hygiene Elite is run by BESCA and independently audited.
What if some of our filters are damaged?
Filters that no longer fit properly need replacing. We will tell you which ones and why on the visit.
For landlords and multi-site operators
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Tell us the site, the work and the access arrangements, and we will send a fixed quote.
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 are happy to quote for all of it.
Do you need grease filter exchange in Oliver's Battery?
However long the kitchen cooks each day, the filters see every minute of it. A kitchen that cooks all day loads its filters quickly so changes need to come round sooner.
What we’re most often called out for:
- Smoke and heat lingering under the hood
- A canopy running with filters missing
- Grease collecting in the filter channels
- Grease left in baffles after washing
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Saint Mark's or elsewhere in Oliver's Battery, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
Questions to ask before booking
- When the next visit should be, and why
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
- Whether the price is fixed
What affects the cost of grease filter exchange
A fixed price needs a few facts first. We look at:
- The times the site is available
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- Whether several sites go on one quote
Putting the work off seldom saves money. Build-up, wear and faults tend to get worse, not better, which can make the next visit longer. If you are not sure what’s needed, ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos for straight advice and a fixed quote.
Helping us quote
We can often survey from photos. The most useful are:
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- A few general shots of the system
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
We don’t publish a price list, because no two systems are the same. Instead, we look at your site first, from pictures or a survey, and then send you a fixed quote. To get going, call 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form.
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Between visits
Aftercare is simple, and it helps at the next visit:
- Make sure no filter is left out
- Keep the extract on whenever the range is in use
- Clear anything stored on or near the canopy
- Look out for drips from the canopy
If the plenum behind the filters looks greasy, we say so. That might mean bringing a TR19® clean forward, and we can arrange it.
Filter exchange and TR19 cleaning work best together. Setting both up on a schedule keeps everything on track.
When something else is needed
An honest diagnosis matters more to us than a booking, so here’s what grease filter exchange won’t do:
- Grease deep in the extract system
- An extract that was undersized from the start
- Odours from the discharge that filters won’t stop
If in doubt, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or email us and we will say what we think.
Where we work
- Mesh filters
- Island canopies
- Restaurants and pubs
- Baffle filters
- Wall canopies
- School and hospital kitchens