Hampshire · Grease filter exchange
Grease Filter Exchange in South Harting
Grease filter exchange for South Harting, with a survey first and a report with pictures at the end. Call for a fixed quote.
- Smoke and heat lingering under the hood
- Staff short of time to wash filters
- Damaged filters letting grease past
Aftercare tips
After the visit, a few habits help the work last:
- Keep every filter in place during service
- Clean the canopy surfaces regularly
- Never cook with the extract switched off
- Let us know if your cooking hours increase
Once the clean filters are in, the kitchen can cook right away. We take the greasy filters with us for cleaning.
Filter exchange and TR19 cleaning work best together. A maintenance plan that covers both means neither slips.
How we handle grease filter exchange in South Harting
The filters in the canopy are the first thing cooking vapour meets. Their job is to stop grease getting further into the system and they do it best when they’re clean. Our grease filter exchange service swaps dirty filters for clean ones on a schedule. We are often asked to deal with bent or damaged filters that don’t sit properly and filters so greasy the air can barely pass, on restaurants and pubs, baffle filters and mesh filters.
In a small place like South Harting, kitchens are often in older or extended buildings, with long single-storey duct runs, where grease settles in the flat sections. Access, parking and timings are agreed before the day.
Think of the report as the system’s health record: a dated account with photos of everything we did. Grease extract cleans are also certificated to TR19® Grease through the BESCA VHE portal and sits alongside the report.
- Where
- South Harting (GU31)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Paperwork
- Photo report after each visit
- Quotes
- A fixed price before work begins
- Hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
How the visit works
We work around your opening hours, not the other way round. 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 work takes well under an hour for most canopies. We agree a date with you, plan the drive to South Harting and turn up when the site is quiet.
- First, we record the size, type and number of filters in each canopy.
- We agree a schedule that suits how much the kitchen cooks.
- On each visit, the dirty filters come out of the canopy.
- Clean filters go straight back in, seated properly with no gaps.
- We flag any damaged filters or anything wrong with the canopy.
Before we arrive
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Let us know about parking and loading
Ask for a quote
The quickest way to a quote is to send pictures: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and we can price many jobs without a visit.
Advice
What grease filter exchange looks like in South Harting
Food Standards Agency records list about 3 restaurants, cafés and canteens within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of South Harting. Clogged filters slow the airflow, and busy kitchens like these clog them fast. Environmental health officers from Chichester council inspect food businesses in South Harting. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector. South Harting sits within the area of 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.
For schools such as Harting CofE Primary School, kitchen extract cleaning is normally booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed. A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near The Parish Church of St Mary & St Gabriel or elsewhere in South Harting, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often. If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around South Harting (Uppark is about 1.2 miles south-west), fitting access panels needs care.
South Harting is about 3 miles south-east of Petersfield, in Hampshire. Whether your site is in the middle of South Harting or further out, grease filter exchange is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from small sites to large estates. Our Hampshire coverage runs to 683 places, and South Harting is one of them. Our Portsmouth page covers sites nearby (14 miles or so).
Every address in GU31 is within our area for grease filter exchange, from the main roads to the quietest streets. You’ll find streets such as The Square, Smithfield and Mill Lane, all of which we cover for grease filter exchange. Other places close to South Harting include East Harting (1 mile east), Nyewood (2 miles north-east), Elsted (2 miles east), Compton (3 miles south) and Dumpford (3 miles north-east). Further out, we also cover Havant (9 miles south-west), Horndean (7 miles south-west), Alton (13 miles north), Waterlooville (9 miles south-west), Petersfield (3 miles north-west) and Purbrook (10 miles south-west).
Local landmarks in South Harting
In South Harting, that means kitchens and buildings near The Ship Inn and the streets around them. South Harting’s nearest station is Petersfield station, about 3.7 miles north-west of the centre. A little further out are Bear Museum (3.3 miles north-west) and Petersfield Community Hospital (3.6 miles north-west). Not far away are Iping and Stedham Commons and Oakham Hill.
Multi-site and managed buildings
We regularly work with managing agents. Tell us the site, the work and the access arrangements and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Each visit produces a dated report with photos, ready to show insurers, fire officers or EHOs.
Honest limits
A few issues sit outside what this work can do:
- Odours from the discharge that filters won’t stop
- A fan that is failing or too weak for the system
- A heavily greased plenum or canopy, which needs cleaning to TR19
If in doubt, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or email us and we will say what we think before booking.
What we work on in South Harting
- Wall canopies
- Baffle filters
- Mesh filters
- Island canopies
- School and hospital kitchens
- Restaurants and pubs
FAQs for South Harting
Who is the fire and rescue service for South Harting?
It’s Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service, which covers South Harting. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
Can the work in South Harting be done at night or at weekends?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. The site is handed back ready to open. Just phone us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email with your opening times and we will plan around them.
How regularly do grease filters need exchanging?
It varies from kitchen to kitchen. We look at your cooking and set an interval to match and can change if your kitchen gets busier.
How long will you be on site?
On site, it takes anything from a few minutes to an hour or so, depending on the number of filters. Larger systems naturally take longer, and the quote will say how long.
Will we have to shut during the visit?
Not normally. Out-of-hours visits keep the disruption down. Bigger sites can be done in stages to keep things running.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes. Regular plans can run on 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycles, depending on what the system needs.
What types of premises do you cover?
We work for restaurants, pubs, hotels, schools, colleges, hospitals, care homes, offices and shops, plus food production and leisure sites.
Are you insured?
Yes, we are fully insured. We also hold CHAS and SafeContractor, for sites that check contractor safety.
Why deal with it now?
A filter exchange is a few minutes; a choked extract affects a whole service. Few maintenance jobs are as easy and few are as easy to forget. Systems in rural buildings are often out of sight and out of mind.
You won’t find a price list here, because each job is priced on what it involves. For a fixed quote, call 0345 646 2711 or send us an email, and we will explain what it covers.
Why South Harting businesses choose us
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
Read our cost guide or how to check a contractor.
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What else we do in South Harting
Fixed quotes for grease filter exchange in South Harting
Your quote is based on your site. We take into account:
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
- How many systems or sites are involved
- How big the system is
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
What you pay depends on the size of the system, the condition it’s in and access to every part of it. We give you a fixed price before we start, so you know where you stand.
What we need to know
We can often survey from photos. The most useful are:
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- Any previous report or certificate
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
Getting a quote doesn’t take long. Send a few details and photos, and we normally reply with a fixed quote within one working day. Where a survey is needed, we arrange a time that suits the site.
What staff can safely do
Staff cleaning does not replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Regular in-house cleaning slows the build-up, but the parts you can’t see still need a specialist at the right interval.
A few tasks are always specialist work: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings need training, the right equipment and safe access. Leave those to us.