Hampshire · Grease filter exchange
Grease filter exchange in Tinkers Cross, Hampshire
For a scheduled grease filter exchange, swapping dirty canopy filters for clean ones in Tinkers Cross, one call is all it takes: survey, fixed quote, work and sign-off. CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, ISO 9001 and fully insured.
- Filters that leave gaps in the canopy
- Grease building up behind the canopy filters
- Filters left unwashed on busy weeks
Grease filter exchange in Tinkers Cross
Across Tinkers Cross, our filter exchange suits restaurants, pubs, cafés, schools, care homes and other kitchens, whether there’s one canopy or many. Visits can be timed around your service so nobody has to stop cooking. We are often asked to deal with staff short of time to wash filters and grease left in baffles after washing, on wall canopies, island canopies and restaurants and pubs.
For a kitchen in or near Tinkers Cross, the visit is planned around opening hours and the journey, and the clean itself is the same full TR19® job as in any town: canopy to discharge, then a TR19® certificate and a photo report.
We are CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, we hold ISO 9001 and we are fully insured. On top of that, we’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we have been trading since 2009.
- Place
- Tinkers Cross (SP6)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Reporting
- Photo report after every visit
- Quote
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- When we work
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Leave it or put it right?
Leaving filters too long pushes more grease into the plenum and ducts. That makes the next full clean a bigger job, and grease may build up faster than the cleaning interval allows. Somewhere as small as Tinkers Cross, losing a kitchen or building to a fault is felt by everyone who uses it.
Working hours, access and the scale of the site can all change the price. We take each of them into account and give you a fixed price before any work starts.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Tinkers Cross
- Each visit written up, with pictures
- Fixed quotes, typically within one working day
- Full insurance on every job
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
Read what affects the cost and our accreditations.
Towns and villages near Tinkers Cross
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Common questions in Tinkers Cross
Which fire service covers Tinkers Cross?
Fire safety enforcement in Tinkers Cross is handled by Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. Records of extract cleaning are a sensible thing to have ready if a fire safety officer carries out an audit.
Do you work in villages like Tinkers Cross?
Yes, Tinkers Cross is part of our area, however small the site. Let us know about access, parking and anything unusual about getting there when you book.
Do you offer emergency callouts?
Yes, any time. For anything urgent, such as a fan failure or damage after a fire, ring the 24/7 line and we will talk you through the next steps.
How long will you be on site?
It depends on the size of the system, but for many sites it takes a short visit, depending on how many filters the canopies hold. We will give you a better idea when we quote.
What accreditations do you have?
Our accreditations are CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. The Vent Hygiene Elite scheme is run by BESCA and audited independently.
Do you take the used filters away?
They leave with us. That is the point of an exchange: you always have a clean set fitted and nothing greasy left on site.
Do you deal with bent or broken filters?
Damaged filters do not seat properly and let grease through. We flag any we find and explain what’s needed.
What do you do with what you remove?
We contain it and take it with us. Grease, debris and waste water are collected as the work goes on, so it doesn’t spread.
Grease, kitchens and Tinkers Cross
The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 11 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 7 takeaways within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Tinkers Cross. Clogged filters slow the airflow, and busy kitchens like these clog them fast. Environmental health officers from New Forest council inspect food businesses in Tinkers Cross. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked. Tinkers Cross sits within the area of Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order.
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Fordingbridge Junior School or anywhere near Tinkers Cross, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean. If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Tinkers Cross (Breamore House is about 2.2 miles north), fitting access panels needs care.
Tinkers Cross is in Hampshire. Sites in Tinkers Cross get the same service as everywhere we cover: a survey first, a fixed quote, work timed around your hours and a report with photos. Our Hampshire coverage runs to 683 places, Tinkers Cross among them. We also work in Southampton, about 18 miles from Tinkers Cross.
Every address in SP6 is covered for grease filter exchange, from busy streets to back roads. Local streets include Linguire Lane, Neave Road and Seton Way, and we cover them all for grease filter exchange. Neighbouring places we cover for grease filter exchange include Lower Burgate (1 mile east), Fordingbridge (1 mile south), Upper Burgate (1 mile north-east), Horseport (1 mile south-east) and Criddlestyle (1 mile south-east). Within a short drive, we also cover Totton (13 miles east), Romsey (14 miles east), New Milton (14 miles south-east), Ringwood (6 miles south), Barton on Sea (15 miles south-east) and Marchwood (15 miles east).
Near you in Tinkers Cross
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around The Ship Inn and The Burgate School and Sixth Form. Other landmarks nearby include Fordingbridge Museum (0.8 miles south-east) and Godshill Castle Hill (1.5 miles east). Open spaces near Tinkers Cross include Blashford Lakes.
What happens on the day
We work around your opening hours, not the other way round. Most visits are booked for when the area is out of use, such as evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends. When the team arrives, the work area is protected and the relevant equipment is switched off to cool, and the work takes anything from a few minutes to an hour or so, depending on the number of filters. Visits to a village like Tinkers Cross are booked in advance, at a time that suits whoever runs the site.
- We record the number, size and type of your filters.
- An exchange schedule is agreed to suit your cooking.
- On each visit, we remove the greasy filters.
- A clean set is fitted and checked for gaps.
- We take the greasy set away and confirm the next date.
How to prepare
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Clear loose items from the work area
- Tell us where we can park and unload
Get a fixed quote
For a fixed quote, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email with the site type, your trading hours and a short description of the system. A few pictures and your last certificate or report help a lot. We usually come back within one working day.
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What affects the quote in Tinkers Cross
A fixed price needs a few facts first. We look at:
- Any permits to work or inductions
- What state the system is in
- Whether several sites go on one quote
- The size of the system
Whatever the type of site, the quote works the same way: how much there is, how we reach it, what state it’s in and when we can work. Ask for a fixed quote and we’ll go through it with you.
What we need to know
Photos and a few facts are often enough to price the work. Useful things to send:
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
The quickest way to a quote is to send photos: 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 many jobs can be priced from that alone.
Multi-site and managed buildings
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Tell us the site, the work and the access arrangements, and we will send a fixed quote.
Keeping records across a portfolio is half the battle. Each visit produces a dated report with photos, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.
When it’s something else
We will always give you a straight diagnosis, so here’s what grease filter exchange will not do:
- Extraction problems caused by the fan rather than the filters
- A canopy too small for the cooking beneath it
- Grease behind the filters that a swap can’t remove
Not sure which it is? You can call us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we’ll tell you honestly.
What we work on in Tinkers Cross
- School and hospital kitchens
- Island canopies
- Wall canopies
- Baffle filters
- Restaurants and pubs
- Mesh filters
What staff can safely do
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. What they cannot safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, and that is where we come in.
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
Different parts, different methods
Canopy filter housings
Every exchange includes a check of how the filters sit since a gap is a route for grease.
Baffle filters
In a baffle filter, the air zigzags through metal baffles. Grease drops out as it does.