Hampshire · Grease filter exchange
Grease Filter Exchange in Welborne
A scheduled grease filter exchange, swapping dirty canopy filters for clean ones for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Welborne. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and fully insured.
- Grease dripping from the canopy
- Gaps where filters have been removed
- Smoke and heat lingering under the hood
Honest limits
We will not sell you work that does not address the problem, so these are the things it will not cover:
- Grease behind the filters that a swap cannot remove
- Extraction problems caused by the fan rather than the filters
- Cooking smells reaching neighbours, which need odour control
Not sure which it is? You can give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we will tell you honestly before booking.
What the work covers
- Restaurants and pubs
- School and hospital kitchens
- Mesh filters
- Baffle filters
- Wall canopies
- Island canopies
About our grease filter exchange in Welborne
The filters in the canopy are the first thing cooking vapour meets. They catch grease before it reaches the plenum and ductwork, but only while they’re reasonably clean. Our grease filter exchange service swaps dirty filters for clean ones on a schedule. We are often asked to deal with a canopy that drips grease and poor airflow through the filters, across wall canopies, school and hospital kitchens and restaurants and pubs.
Somewhere as small as Welborne, commercial kitchens are few: perhaps a pub, a school or care home kitchen, or a hall used for events. Every one of them still needs its extract kept clear of grease, whatever the size of the place.
It’s worth checking any contractor’s accreditations. We’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured.
- Place
- Welborne (PO17)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Records
- Photo report after each visit
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
A few tasks are always specialist work: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings call for the right kit, training and safe access. Leave those to us.
If your staff spot something between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that won’t come clean, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We can diagnose it and quote.
What the work involves, part by part
School, care home and staff kitchens
Even kitchens with fixed meal times build up grease, though often more slowly.
Busy restaurant and pub kitchens
Kitchens that fry and grill all day load their filters fast. They often need the shortest exchange interval.
Your questions about grease filter exchange in Welborne
Will you come out to Welborne?
Yes. Welborne is within the area we cover across London and the South East. Photos of the system and directions to the site help us plan the visit.
Can sea air affect grease filter exchange in Welborne?
It can, as Welborne is within about 3 miles of the sea, where salt in the air is hard on metal. Corroded fixings and housings are noted on the report so they can be dealt with.
What is TR19?
A BESA specification in two main parts: TR19® Grease for kitchen extracts and TR19® Air for supply and extract systems. It isn’t legislation, but it’s the standard people check against.
What do you do to protect the area?
Protection goes down first: floor sheeting and covers over nearby surfaces and equipment. The area is left tidy, with our waste taken away.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. Regular plans can run on 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycles, to suit the system and how it’s used.
Do you have insurance?
Yes. Full insurance covers our work, and we have been trading since 2009.
Can you come out in an emergency?
Yes, 24/7. Office hours are Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm, with the emergency line covering every other hour.
Can you clean our existing filters instead?
Yes, filter cleaning is available. We’ll check your filters first because bent or damaged ones may need replacing.
Nearby places to Welborne
Other services in Welborne
How we price grease filter exchange
There’s no set price list, because no two systems are the same. What we look at:
- How big the system is
- Where the site is and how we reach it
- The times the site is available
- The condition we find in the survey
A single site or a whole portfolio, the quote is built the same way: what needs doing, how we get to it and when. You will have a fixed price before work begins.
Asking for a quote
Photos and a few facts are often enough to price the work. Useful things to send:
- The site address and the type of premises
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Add the site type and your opening hours, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
When the building owner and the occupier are different, the lease normally sets out who maintains what. We can quote either party and send the paperwork to whoever needs it.
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Every visit ends with a dated report and photos, ready to show insurers, fire officers or EHOs.
How the visit works
The first job on site is protection: floors, worktops and anything near the work are covered. After that, the system is made safe and the work begins. The work on site takes less than an hour in most kitchens, and the area is cleaned down before we leave. Seeing the system in pictures first means the trip to Welborne can be planned properly.
- We count and measure the filters in every 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.
- Anything we notice, such as bent filters or a dirty plenum, is pointed out.
Before we arrive
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
- Find the previous report, if there is one
Getting a quote
Getting a quote doesn’t take long. Call or email with a few details and you will typically have a fixed price within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.
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Welborne kitchens: local notes
Sea air reaches Welborne, which sits within about 3 miles of the coast. Salt air speeds up corrosion of roof-level fans, discharge cowls and their fixings. According to Food Standards Agency records, there are about 4 bars, pubs and nightclubs within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Welborne. Where they serve hot food, their kitchen extracts need cleaning to TR19® like any restaurant’s. In Welborne, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Fareham council. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after.
Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as Knowle Hospital (about 0.5 miles west), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands. Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Church of St Francis, or anywhere in Welborne, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Welborne is about 2 miles north of Fareham, in Hampshire. Across the PO17 area, we can carry out grease filter exchange at your premises. Welborne is one of 683 towns, villages and districts in Hampshire where we work for grease filter exchange. For sites nearby, see our Portsmouth page (7 miles or so).
Here we cover the PO17 postcode area for grease filter exchange. If your site is just outside Welborne, we cover Crockerhill (1 mile east), Wickham Common (1 mile north-east), North Fareham (1 mile south-east), Hundred Acres (2 miles north-east) and Fareham (2 miles south). Further out, we also cover Winchester (13 miles north-west), Gosport (6 miles south), Havant (9 miles east), Eastleigh (9 miles north-west), Horndean (8 miles east) and Totton (14 miles west).
What’s near Welborne
Typical jobs here are in premises near The Miners Arms and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Fareham station, about 1.9 miles south of the centre. A little further out are Carron Row Farm Museum (2.4 miles south-west) and Portchester Castle (4.5 miles south-east). For a walk, there’s Portsdown Hill and Swanwick Lakes.
When to call us in Welborne
Long cooking hours in Welborne or anywhere else mean more grease on the filters. A kitchen that cooks all day loads its filters quickly so changes need to come round sooner.
The symptoms we are asked about most are:
- Filters that come out of the sink still dirty
- Gaps where filters have been removed
- Blocked baffle filters
- Grease collecting in the filter channels
Bursars and site managers at schools such as The Henry Cort Community College tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
Questions to ask before you book
- What hours they’ll be on site
- Whether a written report and photos are included
- Whether a survey comes first
- Whether VAT is included