Hampshire · Grease filter exchange
Grease filter exchange in Swanwick, Hampshire
Specialist grease filter exchange for Swanwick: diagnosis first, then a fixed quote, the work and a report with pictures. Ask us for a fixed quote.
- A greasy plenum behind the filters
- Missing filters in the filter bank
- Grease filters clogged with grease
Grease filter exchange in Swanwick
We run grease filter exchange for all kinds of kitchens in Swanwick, from a single canopy to several. Visits can be timed around your service, so cooking is not interrupted. The work covers restaurants and pubs, island canopies and baffle filters, and people most often call us about staff short of time to wash filters and bent or damaged filters that don’t sit properly.
For a kitchen in or near Swanwick, the visit is planned around opening hours and the journey, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy to discharge, then a TR19® certificate and a photo report.
For insurers and inspectors, the record counts. That is why every job is written up in a report with photos, plus a TR19® certificate through the BESCA VHE portal where the work is a TR19® Grease clean.
- Where
- Swanwick (SO31, PO15)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Records
- Written report with photos
- Quotes
- A fixed price before we start
- Working hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
What happens if it’s left?
Changing filters on schedule costs far less disruption than a blocked extract. 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.
The price reflects the work, not guesswork. That’s why every job is surveyed first, and why the quote is fixed before work begins.
Why book with us
- We diagnose before we treat
- Fixed quotes from a survey or pictures
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
- Full insurance on every job
Towns and villages near Swanwick
Other services in Swanwick
Swanwick kitchens: local notes
The coast is only about 3 miles from Swanwick. Salt in the air is hard on rooftop fans, discharge cowls and fixings, so we check them for corrosion as well as grease. Look up Swanwick on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you’ll find about 33 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 15 sandwich bars and takeaways within about 1.5 miles of central Swanwick. Clogged filters slow the airflow, and busy kitchens like these clog them fast. Swanwick 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.
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Church of St Paul or elsewhere in Swanwick, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event. Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Coldeast is the nearest hospital to Swanwick, about 0.9 miles south.
Swanwick is about 2 miles south of Hedge End, in Hampshire. Whether your site is in the middle of Swanwick or further out, we cover grease filter exchange for every kind of premises, from small sites to large estates. We cover 683 places across Hampshire, large and small.
Work in SO31 and PO15 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. If you need grease filter exchange at premises on Walpole Lane, Ashby Mews and Swanwick Lane or anywhere close by, our technicians can take on the work. We also cover the places around Swanwick: Lower Swanwick (1 mile north-west), Sarisbury (1 mile south-east), Park Gate (1 mile south-east), Burridge (1 mile north-east) and Sarisbury Green (1 mile south). Larger places within reach include Winchester (12 miles north), Gosport (8 miles south-east), Havant (13 miles east), Eastleigh (6 miles north-west), Fareham (4 miles south-east) and Horndean (12 miles east).
Local landmarks in Swanwick
In Swanwick, that means kitchens and buildings near The Old Ship Inn and Brookfield Community School and Language College, among other places. The closest station to Swanwick is Bursledon station, about 0.8 miles west. Well-known places in the area include Bursledon Brickworks Industrial Museum (less than half a mile north) and St Andrew's Castle (2.4 miles south-west). Green spaces nearby include Swanwick Lakes.
What your team can do, and what needs us
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, next to our reports.
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but the parts you can’t see still need a specialist at the right interval.
Do you need grease filter exchange in Swanwick?
However long the kitchen cooks each day, the filters see every minute of it. A kitchen that cooks all day loads its filters quickly so changes need to come round sooner.
These are the problems we see most often:
- Grease left in baffles after washing
- Bent or damaged filters that don’t sit properly
- Poor airflow through the filters
- Filters left unwashed on busy weeks
For schools such as Sarisbury Church of England Junior School, kitchen extract cleaning is normally booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
What your quote should include
- What insurance they carry
- What records you’ll receive afterwards
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
- Whether VAT is included
What happens on the day
Protection comes first: sheeting goes over floors and surfaces close to the work. Then we make the system safe and start. The work on site takes anything from a few minutes to an hour or so, depending on the number of filters, and we clear up before we go. In a small place like Swanwick, the journey is planned ahead and the visit arranged around the site’s hours.
- The filters in each canopy are measured and counted.
- We set the interval with you.
- On each visit, we remove the greasy filters.
- Clean filters go in and we check they sit snugly.
- The dirty filters leave with us and the next visit is booked.
Preparing for the visit
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
Ask for a quote
To get a fixed quote, call 0345 646 2711 or send us an email with the site type, your trading hours and a short description of the system. A few photos and your last certificate or report help a lot. You’ll usually have a quote within one working day.
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Your questions about grease filter exchange in Swanwick
Which council inspects kitchens in Swanwick?
Food hygiene inspections in Swanwick are carried out by Fareham council. Have your latest TR19® certificate and photo report to hand, as an officer may ask how the extract is maintained.
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for Swanwick?
Swanwick is in the area of 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.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes. Photos often do the job, and larger or hidden systems get a visit.
Do you deal with bent or broken filters?
Damaged filters don’t seat properly and let grease through. We point them out on the visit so they can be replaced.
Where does the waste go?
It leaves the site with us at the end of the visit. While we work, it’s kept contained so the area stays clean.
Does a filter exchange disrupt service?
Not for long, and we can time it to avoid service. Cooking shouldn’t happen with the filters out, so we swap them in one go.
Which sectors do you work in?
Any commercial site with kitchens or ventilation, from a small pub to a hospital. We work with hotels, schools, care homes, offices, retail and leisure sites.
Are you fully insured?
Yes, we are fully insured. CHAS and SafeContractor accreditation sit alongside it, for sites that check contractor safety.
What the work involves, part by part
Baffle filters
In a baffle filter, the air zigzags through metal baffles. Grease is thrown out of the airstream and collects on the baffles.
Canopy filter housings
Filters sit in a housing or channel in the canopy. A damaged housing leaves gaps.
What a clean won’t put right
We’d rather tell you now than book work that won’t help, so these are the things it will not cover:
- A heavily greased plenum or canopy, which needs cleaning to TR19
- Cooking smells reaching neighbours, which need odour control
- Grease deep in the extract system
Not sure which it is? You can give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we’ll tell you honestly before you book.
What the work covers
- Baffle filters
- Mesh filters
- Restaurants and pubs
- Island canopies
- School and hospital kitchens
- Wall canopies
What affects the quote in Swanwick
The price is fixed before any work begins. It’s based on:
- The condition we find in the survey
- How many systems or sites are involved
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
One small site or a whole estate, we price it on the same basis: what needs doing, how we get to it and when. You will have a fixed price before work begins.
Helping us quote
When you call or email, these details help:
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
Quotes are quick. Send a few details and pictures, and we usually reply with a fixed quote within one working day. Where a survey is needed, we arrange a time that suits the site.