Hampshire · Grease filter exchange
St Mary Bourne grease filter exchange
Need grease filter exchange in St Mary Bourne? We diagnose first, fix the price and book the work around your hours, finishing with a written report and photos.
- Blocked baffle filters
- Hand-washed filters that still look greasy
- Grease collecting in the filter channels
Grease filter exchange for kitchens and businesses in St Mary Bourne
Grease filters are the first line of defence in a kitchen extract. They catch grease before it reaches the plenum and ductwork and they do it best when they’re clean. Our grease filter exchange service swaps dirty filters for clean ones on a schedule. Typical jobs include hand-washed filters that still look greasy and blocked baffle filters, across mesh filters, wall canopies and restaurants and pubs.
Somewhere as small as St Mary Bourne, commercial kitchens are few: perhaps a pub, a school or care home kitchen, or a hall used for events. Each still has a canopy and duct that collect grease.
The sign-off is always in writing: a written report, dated and illustrated with photos, and for TR19® Grease cleans, a certificate issued through the BESCA VHE portal. Any parts we couldn’t reach are recorded on it too.
- Location
- St Mary Bourne (SP11)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Paperwork
- Photo report after every visit
- Quote
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- Hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
St Mary Bourne: your questions answered
Which fire service covers St Mary Bourne?
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for St Mary Bourne. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
Is St Mary Bourne within the area you cover?
Yes, smaller places are covered as well as towns. Photos of the system and directions to the site help us plan the visit.
Do we need to close the kitchen while filters are changed?
A filter change is quick and can be timed around service. The canopy shouldn’t be used without filters so the swap is done promptly.
What’s the right interval for changing filters?
It depends on how much and what the kitchen cooks. Kitchens that fry and grill all day need changes more often than lighter ones. We agree the interval with you.
What do you do with what you remove?
Waste is contained during the work and removed when we leave, from grease and debris to used cleaning water. We do not leave it behind.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes. Every job is surveyed first, either from pictures and details you send or on a site visit. Then you get a fixed quote.
Do you take the used filters away?
We take them away to be cleaned, so your staff don’t have to wash them. Clean filters go straight in.
Do you have insurance?
Yes. We carry full insurance and have been trading since 2009.
Towns and villages near St Mary Bourne
What else we do in St Mary Bourne
What grease filter exchange can’t fix
We’d rather tell you now than book work that will not help, so here are the limits:
- A canopy that doesn’t capture the vapour properly
- Grease behind the filters that a swap can’t remove
- Smell complaints that need odour control equipment
If in doubt, call 0345 646 2711 or email us and we’ll say what we think before booking.
Parts of the system we cover
- Wall canopies
- Island canopies
- Baffle filters
- Restaurants and pubs
- Mesh filters
- School and hospital kitchens
Between visits
Results last longer with the right care. Here’s what we suggest:
- Keep filter exchange and TR19 cleaning on the same plan
- Mention it if the kitchen gets busier
- Keep every filter in place during service
- Keep canopy surfaces wiped down
We tell you if we spot anything in the canopy that needs attention. That might mean bringing a TR19® clean forward and we can book that in.
If filters are already dripping, they’re overdue. Changing them now reduces the fuel above the cooking, and it’s worth checking the plenum too.
What staff can safely do
Keep a record of what your team does. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, alongside our reports.
Some jobs should never be done in-house: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease call for the right kit, training and safe access. That’s our job.
Multi-site and managed buildings
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Each visit produces a dated report with photos, ready to show insurers, fire officers or EHOs.
Facilities teams in offices, schools and healthcare sites book us too across Hampshire. Larger estates can be phased building by building around the people who use them.
How the visit works
Night work is normal for us. Evenings, nights and weekends are when much of our work happens, so a kitchen or building can carry on as usual the next day. The visit itself takes a few minutes per canopy, longer for a large kitchen with several canopies. Somewhere like St Mary Bourne, lanes, gates and parking are worth mentioning in advance.
- First, we check the canopies and the filters in them.
- We note any filters that are bent, damaged or missing.
- Greasy filters are swapped for clean ones.
- The filters are checked for fit before we go.
- Anything that needs attention, such as a greasy plenum, is pointed out.
Preparing for the visit
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
Ask for a quote
Here’s what helps 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, ring 0345 646 2711 or email us.
Related advice
Different parts, different methods
The plenum
Clean filters reduce the grease reaching the plenum, but it still needs cleaning as part of TR19.
Baffle filters
In a baffle filter, the air zigzags through metal baffles. Grease is thrown out of the airstream and collects on the baffles.
Grease filter exchange in St Mary Bourne: the local picture
Look up St Mary Bourne on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you will find about 3 restaurants, cafés and works canteens across St Mary Bourne and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Where they cook under a canopy, the grease filters are the first line of defence and clog quickly. Environmental health officers from Basingstoke and Deane council inspect food businesses in St Mary Bourne. 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. Fire safety in St Mary Bourne falls to 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.
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Church of St Peter or elsewhere in St Mary Bourne, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event. For schools such as St Mary Bourne Primary School, kitchen extract cleaning is normally booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed. Healthcare kitchens cannot easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to St Mary Bourne is Andover War Memorial Hospital, about 4.9 miles south-west.
St Mary Bourne is about 5 miles north-east of Andover, in Hampshire. If you need grease filter exchange in St Mary Bourne, please call us on 0345 646 2711 or email us for a fixed quote. We work across South East England and London, St Mary Bourne included. Across Hampshire, we cover 683 places, St Mary Bourne among them. There’s also a page for Southampton, roughly 23 miles from St Mary Bourne.
We work across the SP11 postcode area for grease filter exchange and the streets around it. You will find streets such as Spring Hill Lane, Springhill and Bells Meadow, and we cover them all for grease filter exchange. Neighbouring places we cover for grease filter exchange include Binley (2 miles north), Wadwick (2 miles north-east), Hurstbourne Priors (3 miles south), Cole Henley (3 miles east) and Whitchurch (3 miles south-east). Larger places within reach include Basingstoke (13 miles east), Winchester (14 miles south), Andover (5 miles south-west), Tadley (13 miles north-east), Hyde (13 miles south) and Popley (14 miles east).
Landmarks near St Mary Bourne
Around St Mary Bourne, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Coronation Arms and the streets around them. The closest station to St Mary Bourne is Whitchurch (Hampshire) station, roughly 2.9 miles south-east of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Finkley Down Farm Museum (3.2 miles south-west) and Andover War Memorial Hospital (4.9 miles south-west). Not far away are Sidown Hill and Anton Lakes.
What affects the cost of grease filter exchange
Every site gets its own quote. These are the things that affect it:
- Travel, parking and unloading
- Any permits to work or inductions
- The times the site is available
- The condition we find in the survey
You will not find a price list here, because each job is priced on what it involves. For a fixed quote, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line, and we will talk you through it.
What we need to know
To speed up the quote, please include:
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- A few general shots of the system
- The postcode and the type of business
We do not publish a price list, because no two systems are the same. Instead, we look at your site first, from photos or a survey, and then give you a fixed quote. To get going, call 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.