Hampshire · Grease filter exchange
Grease Filter Exchange in Stoke Charity
A scheduled grease filter exchange, swapping dirty canopy filters for clean ones in Stoke Charity, surveyed first and signed off with a written report and photos. Call for a fixed quote.
- Grease collecting in the filter channels
- Filters left unwashed on busy weeks
- Grease dripping from the canopy
Grease filter exchange in Stoke Charity
We run grease filter exchange for all kinds of kitchens in Stoke Charity, whether there’s one canopy or many. We can come before or after service, so cooking isn’t interrupted. Typical jobs include filters that come out of the sink still dirty and filter washing that keeps being missed, across school and hospital kitchens, baffle filters and restaurants and pubs.
In a small place like Stoke Charity, 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.
The paperwork matters as much as the work. You get a written report with photos after every visit, covering the work done, any areas we couldn’t access and a recommended next date. Keep it with your fire safety records so it’s ready for an insurer, fire officer or EHO.
- Location
- Stoke Charity (SO21)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Paperwork
- Written report with pictures
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Stoke Charity: your questions answered
Do you work overnight in Stoke Charity?
Yes, we can come after you close and finish before you open. It means the site in Stoke Charity keeps running as normal. Let us know the hours you are closed and we’ll book within them.
Is Stoke Charity within the area you cover?
Yes. Villages and rural sites across the South East are part of our work, Stoke Charity included. Let us know about access, parking and anything unusual about getting there when you book.
What accreditations do you have?
Our accreditations are CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, alongside BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. Vent Hygiene Elite is run by BESCA and independently audited.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
Floors and surfaces near the work are sheeted before we start, and anything we remove is contained. Before we leave, we tidy up and clean down.
What is TR19?
TR19® is BESA’s specification for ventilation hygiene. TR19® Grease, a standalone specification since 2019, covers grease in kitchen extract systems, while TR19® Air covers other supply and extract ductwork.
Can you come out in an emergency?
Yes. Our emergency line runs 24/7 for anything that can’t wait until a planned visit. Call us any time and explain what’s happened.
Can you look after several sites?
Yes. You deal with one contact for every site in our area, with visits on a regular schedule.
What about areas you cannot get to?
The report shows them clearly. In ductwork, new access panels are often the answer, and we can fit those.
What we’re called out for in Stoke Charity
Every fry, grill and sauté sends grease-laden vapour upwards. Much of it is trapped by the filters, and day by day they load up until the air can barely get through.
Look out for any of the following:
- A canopy running with filters missing
- Filter washing that keeps being missed
- Filters that come out of the sink still dirty
- Bent or damaged filters that don’t sit properly
Whether the kitchen is in Stoke Charity itself or nearby, a TR19® clean covers the whole system, canopy to discharge.
Comparing quotes
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or photos
- When the next visit should be, and why
- What records you’ll receive afterwards
- What insurance they carry
Leave it or put it right?
When filters block, extraction suffers. The kitchen gets hotter and smokier while the fan strains. A regular exchange keeps the airflow where it should be. A fault that closes a site in a village like Stoke Charity affects everyone who depends on it.
What you pay depends on the size of the system, what state it’s in and how easy it is to reach. You get a fixed price before we start, so you know where you stand.
Why Stoke Charity businesses choose us
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
- Full insurance on every job
- Each visit written up, with photos
- We diagnose before we treat
Take a look at how cleaning jobs are priced and our accreditations.
What staff can safely do
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but hidden parts of the system still need specialist attention.
Some jobs should never be done in-house: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease need training, the right equipment and safe access. That is our job.
Kitchen extracts in Stoke Charity
Stoke Charity sits within the area of Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk. Kitchens in Stoke Charity get their food hygiene inspections from Winchester City council. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector.
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Church of St Michael or elsewhere in Stoke Charity, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.
Stoke Charity is about 6 miles north of Winchester, in Hampshire. Whatever kind of site you run in Stoke Charity, grease filter exchange is something we can help with. We can work out of hours so trading is not interrupted. Across Hampshire, we cover 683 places, Stoke Charity among them. You can also see our page for Southampton, about 16 miles away.
Grease filter exchange in SO21 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. We also cover Hunton (1 mile north-west), Egypt (1 mile north-west), Sutton Scotney (1 mile west), South Wonston (2 miles south-west) and Worthy Down (3 miles south-west). Within a short drive, we also cover Basingstoke (12 miles north-east), Winchester (6 miles south), Eastleigh (13 miles south), Andover (9 miles north-west), Chandler's Ford (12 miles south) and Alton (14 miles east).
What’s near Stoke Charity
Around Stoke Charity, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near The Wonston Arms, among other places. The closest station to Stoke Charity is Micheldever station, about 3 miles north-east of the centre.
For landlords and multi-site operators
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works, and we will send a fixed quote.
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare across Hampshire. Larger estates can be phased building by building around the people who use them.
What a clean will not put right
A few issues sit outside what this work can do:
- Cooking smells reaching neighbours, which need odour control
- A fan that’s failing or too weak for the system
- A heavily greased plenum or canopy, which needs cleaning to TR19
Not sure which it is? You can ring 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we’ll tell you honestly before booking.
Parts of the system we cover
- Baffle filters
- Restaurants and pubs
- Island canopies
- Mesh filters
- School and hospital kitchens
- Wall canopies
How the visit works
Your trading hours come first. We book the visit for a time the area is closed, whether that’s an evening, overnight or a weekend. Once we’re in, the area is sheeted and anything that has to be off is turned off and cooled, and the job takes less than an hour in most kitchens. If the van will struggle with a lane or gateway near Stoke Charity, let us know and we’ll plan around it.
- We start by noting how many filters you have and what type they are.
- A change schedule is agreed to match the kitchen’s cooking hours.
- Each visit starts with the used filters being removed.
- Clean, dry filters are fitted in their place, with no gaps left between them.
- Anything we notice, such as bent filters or a dirty plenum, is pointed out.
How to prepare
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
How to get a quote
Some systems can be priced from pictures; others need a survey. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, you get a fixed price before any work starts.
Related advice
How the job changes from site to site
Mesh filters
Mesh filters are still found in many canopies. They can be on the same exchange schedule as baffle filters.
The plenum
The plenum is the space behind the filters. Grease that gets past the filters settles there.