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Grease filter exchange in Selborne, Hampshire
Grease filter exchange across Selborne and nearby, booked around your opening hours and finished with a written report and photos.
- Grease left in baffles after washing
- Filter washing that keeps being missed
- Damaged filters letting grease past
Grease filter exchange in Selborne
A filter service works alongside TR19® cleaning, not instead of it. Clean filters reduce the grease reaching the ducts, but some grease still passes through as vapour. That is why the whole system still needs cleaning to TR19 at the right interval. The work covers baffle filters, island canopies and restaurants and pubs, and the jobs we see most are hand-washed filters that still look greasy and weak extraction at the canopy.
In a village or hamlet like Selborne, the kitchens that need extract cleaning are typically 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, whatever the size of the place.
The report is your system’s health record: a dated account with pictures of everything we did. For TR19® Grease cleans, the certificate comes through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal and sits alongside the report.
- Where
- Selborne (GU34)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Paperwork
- Report and pictures after the visit
- Quotes
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Your questions about grease filter exchange in Selborne
Who is the fire and rescue service for Selborne?
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Selborne. TR19® isn’t law, but it’s the benchmark many fire officers and insurers look to when they ask how often the extract is cleaned.
Do you cover smaller places like Selborne?
Yes, Selborne is part of our area, however small the site. A survey first, from pictures or a visit, means we arrive with the right kit.
Does a filter exchange replace TR19 cleaning?
It isn’t. The rest of the system still collects grease at the right interval.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. One number covers all your sites in our area, with visits on a regular schedule.
How often should grease filters be changed?
There’s no single answer. The schedule is based on how heavily you cook, and adjust it if needed.
Can you set up regular visits?
Yes. Regular plans can run on 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycles, depending on what the system needs.
Will we have to stop cooking for a filter change?
Visits are short, and we can come before or after service. There’s no wait between removing and refitting.
Are you accredited?
We are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured.
Grease filter exchange around Selborne
There are about 3 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens in Selborne and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Each canopy among them has filters that load with grease and need swapping or cleaning. Food hygiene inspections in Selborne are the job of East Hampshire council’s environmental health team. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked. Selborne sits within the area of 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.
Church and community hall kitchens, near Church of St Mary or anywhere around Selborne, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other. If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Selborne Church of England Primary School or anywhere near Selborne, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean.
Selborne is about 4 miles south of Alton, in Hampshire. Selborne 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 pictures. Our Hampshire coverage runs to 683 places, and Selborne is one of them. Our Guildford page covers sites nearby, about 19 miles away.
We work across GU34 for grease filter exchange and the streets around it. That includes premises on Huckers Lane, Ganders Close and Selborne Road and nearby roads. We also cover Newton Valence (1 mile west), Empshott (2 miles south-east), Lower Green (3 miles south), Hawkley (3 miles south) and Oakshott (4 miles south). Within a short drive, we also cover Basingstoke (13 miles north-west), Fleet (13 miles north), Horndean (14 miles south), Aldershot (13 miles north-east), Alton (4 miles north) and Waterlooville (15 miles south).
Local landmarks in Selborne
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to The Jubilee Tap, among other places. The nearest railway station is Alton station, about 3.8 miles north. Nearby you will also find The Romany Museum (under half a mile south-east) and Alton Community Hospital (3.5 miles north-west). The countryside around Selborne includes Selborne Hill and Deadwater Valley.
What grease filter exchange can’t fix
We won’t sell you work that does not address the problem, so these are the things it won’t cover:
- An extract that was undersized from the start
- A noisy or failed extract fan
- Odours from the discharge that filters won’t stop
If you’re not sure, just give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we will give you a straight answer.
Where we work
- School and hospital kitchens
- Baffle filters
- Mesh filters
- Island canopies
- Restaurants and pubs
- Wall canopies
What staff can safely do
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, alongside our reports.
When your team notices a problem between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We can diagnose it and quote.
How it works
The visit has three parts: 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 photos. Most of the time goes on the work itself, and that takes well under an hour for most canopies. Rural roads and tight entrances are worth telling us about before a visit to Selborne.
- First, we record the size, type and number of filters in each canopy.
- We agree a schedule that suits how much the kitchen cooks.
- At each visit, the greasy filters are lifted out.
- Clean filters go straight back in, seated properly with no gaps.
- Anything we notice, such as bent filters or a dirty plenum, is pointed out.
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
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
Ask for a quote
If you need grease filter exchange in Selborne, call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email. Let us know the site type and the opening hours, plus photos or the previous report if they’re to hand. We usually send a fixed quote within one working day.
Advice
Leave it or put it right?
Leaving filters too long pushes more grease into the plenum and ducts. The ductwork then loads up faster, and grease may build up faster than the cleaning interval allows. Out of sight is the usual reason a rural system goes too long without attention.
Leaving it longer rarely makes the work cheaper. Build-up, wear and faults tend to get worse, not better, and a neglected system can mean more work. If you are unsure, call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line for straight advice and a fixed quote.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Selborne
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- In business since 2009
- A fixed price before any work starts
Read our cost guide and our accreditations.
Aftercare tips
Simple habits between visits make a real difference. We recommend:
- Keep canopy surfaces wiped down
- Let us know if your cooking hours increase
- Book full TR19 cleans alongside filter changes
- Keep the canopy clear for exchange visits
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.
Saturated filters let more grease through. Getting onto a regular exchange now keeps grease out of the plenum and ductwork between full cleans.
Nearby places to Selborne
Other services in Selborne
Do you need grease filter exchange in Selborne?
Long cooking hours in Selborne or anywhere else mean more grease on the filters. Heavy daily use means fast build-up, so it needs more frequent changes.
Look out for these warning signs:
- Grease building up behind the canopy filters
- A canopy that drips grease
- Weak extraction at the canopy
- Damaged filters letting grease past
A hospital like Alton Community Hospital, about 3.5 miles north-west, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day.
Questions to ask before booking
- What paperwork you get at the end
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
- Whether they’re fully insured
How the job changes from site to site
Canopy filter housings
We check that filters sit snugly in the housing at each visit, because gaps let grease through.
Busy restaurant and pub kitchens
In a busy kitchen, filter washing is easy to skip. An exchange service takes it off the rota.