Hampshire · Grease filter exchange
Grease Filter Exchange in Park Gate
We cover Park Gate for a scheduled grease filter exchange, swapping dirty canopy filters for clean ones. Out-of-hours visits, a fixed quote and a written report with photos on every job.
- A canopy running with filters missing
- Weak extraction at the canopy
- Damaged filters letting grease past
What grease filter exchange looks like in Park Gate
The coast is only about 3 miles from Park Gate. Corrosion on the fan housing and cowl is worth a look at every clean, alongside the grease. Food Standards Agency data counts about 50 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 13 takeaways in Park Gate and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Where they cook under a canopy, the grease filters are the first line of defence and clog quickly. Fire safety in Park Gate falls to Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises.
Commuter trade near Swanwick station can mean long cooking hours, and long hours put a kitchen into BESA’s more frequent cleaning bands. If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Fareham Community Hospital about under half a mile south-west, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen.
Park Gate is about 3 miles south-east of Hedge End, in Hampshire. Sites in Park Gate get the same service as everywhere we cover: a survey first, a fixed quote, work timed around your hours and a report with photos. Our Hampshire coverage runs to 683 places, Park Gate among them. Our Southampton page covers sites nearby (6 miles or so).
Our technicians cover all of SO31 for grease filter exchange and the streets around it. Grease filter exchange is available to premises on Station Road, Botley Road and Middle Road and the roads around them. We also cover Sarisbury (1 mile west), Locks Heath (1 mile south), Segensworth (1 mile east), Whiteley (1 mile north-east) and Swanwick (1 mile north-west). Further out, we also cover Winchester (13 miles north), Gosport (7 miles south-east), Havant (12 miles east), Eastleigh (7 miles north-west), Fareham (3 miles south-east) and Horndean (11 miles east).
Landmarks near Park Gate
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Brookfield Community School and Language College, among other places. There’s a railway station in Park Gate itself: Swanwick station. A little further out are Bursledon Brickworks Industrial Museum (1.4 miles north-west) and St Andrew's Castle (2.6 miles south-west). Open spaces near Park Gate include Swanwick Lakes.
How we handle grease filter exchange in Park Gate
Washing filters in the kitchen sink is messy and easily missed on a busy week. An exchange service means clean filters arrive and greasy ones leave and the canopy is refilled straight away. Common call-outs are for grease collecting in the filter channels and smoke and heat lingering under the hood, across restaurants and pubs, island canopies and mesh filters.
In a village or hamlet like Park Gate, the kitchens that need extract cleaning are normally a pub, a school, a care home or a hall kitchen, wherever there is one. Every one of them still needs its extract kept clear of grease.
Good records are part of the job. Each visit is written up with pictures, listing what was done, anything we couldn’t reach and when the next visit is due. File it in your maintenance log so it’s ready for an insurer, fire officer or EHO.
- Where
- Park Gate (SO31)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Records
- Written report with photos
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- Hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Signs you need grease filter exchange in Park Gate
However long the kitchen cooks each day, the filters see every minute of it. Heavy daily use means fast build-up, so it needs more frequent changes.
It’s time to book a visit if you see:
- Filters that come out of the sink still dirty
- Filters so greasy the air can barely pass
- Grease dripping from the canopy
- Gaps where filters have been removed
For schools such as Park Gate Primary School, kitchen extract cleaning is usually booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
Comparing quotes
- Proof of accreditation you can verify
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
What affects the cost of grease filter exchange
Your quote is based on your site. We take into account:
- Whether several sites go on one quote
- Any permits to work or inductions
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
- Where the site is and how we reach it
Combining work into one visit or one programme can make for a more efficient booking. Mention every system or site you need covered, and you’ll get one fixed quote.
Helping us quote
Photos let us diagnose from a distance. The most useful are:
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- Wide pictures of the system and the area around it
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
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, you get a fixed price before work begins.
Why it’s worth doing now in Park Gate
In Park Gate, as everywhere, a filter service isn’t a substitute for TR19 cleaning. They do help keep the system in better shape between cleans, and that shows when the next clean comes round. A fault that closes a site in a village like Park Gate affects everyone who depends on it.
When the work has to happen, how we reach it and how big the site is all affect the cost. Each of those is built into the quote, and the price is fixed before we start.
Why us?
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Full insurance on every job
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
- Each visit written up, with photos
Take a look at what affects the cost and our accreditations.
How it works
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. Most of the time goes on the work itself, and that takes a few minutes per canopy, longer for a large kitchen with several canopies. We agree a date with you, plan the drive to Park Gate and turn up when the site is quiet.
- The filters in each canopy are measured and counted.
- An exchange schedule is agreed to suit your cooking.
- The dirty set is lifted out.
- A clean set is fitted and checked for gaps.
- We take the greasy set away and confirm the next date.
Before we arrive
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Find the previous report, if there is one
Get a fixed quote
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: the system from a couple of angles, plus any access panels or hatches. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.
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Part by part
School, care home and staff kitchens
Kitchens that cook for set mealtimes still load their filters, though often more slowly.
The plenum
Behind the filters sits the plenum, where air gathers before the duct. Grease that gets past the filters settles there.
Also near Park Gate
Also in Park Gate
Honest limits
We’d rather tell you now than book work that won’t help, so here are the limits:
- Grease behind the filters that a swap can’t remove
- Extraction problems caused by the fan rather than the filters
- Grease deep in the extract system
If you’re not sure, just phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us and we’ll give you a straight answer.
Where we work
- Island canopies
- Mesh filters
- Restaurants and pubs
- Baffle filters
- Wall canopies
- School and hospital kitchens
Park Gate: your questions answered
Do you do school kitchen extract cleaning in Park Gate in the summer holidays?
Yes, and it’s the easiest time to do it. With about 11 schools and colleges on the FSA’s register within roughly a mile and a half of Park Gate, it pays to plan holiday dates ahead. Just call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email with your term dates and we’ll plan around them.
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Park Gate?
That is Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. TR19® is not law, but it’s the benchmark many fire officers and insurers look to when they ask how often the extract is cleaned.
What happens to the dirty filters?
We do. The dirty filters are taken away for cleaning while a clean set goes in.
Can you set up regular visits?
Yes. We run scheduled maintenance contracts, with visits at the interval your system needs. The report from each visit recommends the next date.
Does a filter exchange replace TR19 cleaning?
It is not. The rest of the system still collects grease at the right interval.
Which records should we keep?
The reports and certificates from each visit, plus your own logs. They’re what an insurer, fire officer or EHO may ask for, so keep them together and easy to find.
What happens if you cannot reach some of it?
They’re listed in the report, never skipped quietly. The report says which parts couldn’t be reached and why, and we can quote to improve the access.
Can you clean our existing filters instead?
We can. Some kitchens prefer their own filters cleaned on a schedule while others want an exchange. Either way, the canopy isn’t left without filters during service.
Multi-site and managed buildings
We work for landlords, managing agents and facilities managers as well as the people running the site. Shared systems, like a riser serving several units, need a clear agreement on who books the work, and we’re happy to quote for all of it.
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 to a regular schedule.