Hampshire · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in Charlwood, Hampshire
Need kitchen extract cleaning in Charlwood? We diagnose first, fix the price and book the work around your hours, then sign off with a report and pictures.
- Grease drips onto cooking equipment
- Cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey
- A kitchen with no current TR19 certificate
Kitchen extracts in Charlwood
It’s East Hampshire council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Charlwood. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked. About 50 miles out from central London, Charlwood is part of the South East area we work across. The visit is fixed around your opening hours, not ours.
If you run catering at a historic house or estate in the area (Bentworth Hall is about 4.8 miles north), event kitchens in older buildings often have awkward duct runs that need planning. If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Monkwood Mission Church or elsewhere in Charlwood, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
Charlwood is about 6 miles south-west of Alton, in Hampshire. Every kind of commercial site in Charlwood, we can take on kitchen extract cleaning. We can work out of hours so the site keeps running. We cover 683 places across Hampshire, from busy centres to quieter spots. There’s also a page for Southampton, about 19 miles away.
Work in SO24 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. If your site is just outside Charlwood, we cover Monkwood (1 mile south-west), Kitwood (1 mile north-west), Gilbert Street (1 mile north-west), Ropley (2 miles west) and West Tisted (2 miles south-west). We also work in nearby towns such as Basingstoke (13 miles north), Winchester (12 miles west), Havant (15 miles south), Eastleigh (15 miles south-west), Horndean (12 miles south) and Alton (6 miles north-east).
Local landmarks in Charlwood
Nearby you’ll also find Alton Community Hospital (4.7 miles north-east). The countryside around Charlwood includes Red Hill and Shutts Copse.
About our kitchen extract cleaning in Charlwood
Few kitchens can stop cooking for a day so the extract can be cleaned. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends, or during holidays where a site closes for them. Equipment is switched off and left to cool, the area is sheeted, and the kitchen is handed back ready to cook. Typical jobs include fat running down the canopy edge and a TR19 certificate needed for the insurer, on plenums and filters, canopies and hoods and horizontal duct runs. Most calls from Charlwood come after an insurer, an EHO or a fire officer asks to see the last TR19 certificate. We handle the clean and the paperwork in one visit.
The fire risk in a kitchen extract sits in the parts nobody sees: the plenum, the duct and the fan, so that’s where most of the work in Charlwood goes.
Work in a small place like Charlwood starts with a call to agree access and timings, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy, filters, duct, fan and discharge, with a certificate and photo report at the end.
Think of the report as the system’s health record: a dated account with pictures of everything we did. For TR19® Grease cleans, the certificate comes through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal, ready for your insurer.
- Where
- Charlwood (SO24)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Price
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- Working hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Charlwood questions
Can you come to Charlwood after we close?
Yes. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends. The site is handed back ready to open. Tell us your opening hours when you ask for a quote.
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Charlwood?
Kitchens in Charlwood are inspected by East Hampshire council’s environmental health officers. An officer may look up into the canopy, so clean filters on the day and a recent certificate on file both help.
How much notice do you need?
That depends on the slot you want and the size of the job. Mention your preferred dates with your enquiry, and if it’s an emergency, call us any time.
Can you price the work without visiting?
Yes, where the photos show enough. Otherwise, we book a survey at a time that suits the site, then a fixed quote.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. Our area covers London and the South East, so we can schedule a run of sites as one programme. Every site has its own report.
How much does kitchen extract cleaning cost?
We don’t publish prices, because the cost depends on the job: how big it is, what state it’s in, how we reach it and the working hours. We fix the price before we start.
How do you protect the area?
With sheeting and covers, before anything else happens. The work is kept contained and clean down when we finish.
Is TR19 a legal requirement?
TR19 is not written into law, but the Fire Safety Order 2005 does require the responsible person to manage fire risk. Insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to TR19 as the standard, and many policies require it.
Fixed quotes for kitchen extract cleaning in Charlwood
Every site gets its own quote. These are the things that affect it:
- The scale of the work
- Parking and loading at the site
- The number of sites or systems
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
We do not list prices on the website, because the cost depends on the site in front of us. For a fixed quote, ring 0345 646 2711 or email us, and we will explain what it covers.
Helping us quote
What to send for a quote:
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
If you need kitchen extract cleaning in Charlwood, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email. Tell us what kind of premises it is and when it’s open, plus photos or the previous report if they’re to hand. We normally send a fixed quote within one working day.
Why act early in Charlwood
After a fire, one of the first questions is often when the extract was last cleaned. Many insurers ask for proof of TR19 cleaning and may reduce or refuse a claim without it. A current certificate is far easier to produce than an explanation. Rural sites can’t always move to another kitchen or room when something fails.
No two sites are the same, so each one gets its own fixed quote. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all make a difference.
Why us?
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
- Photo reports with every job
- Every job surveyed first
- Fixed quotes, typically within one working day
Take a look at how cleaning jobs are priced and how to check a contractor.
Part by part
Restaurant and pub kitchens
A pub or restaurant can’t afford to cancel a service for a clean. We work overnight and at weekends where that suits, and hand back a clean kitchen ready to cook.
Ductwork and risers
Horizontal runs collect grease as the air slows and cools. Each run is cleaned through its access panels, recording any that can’t be reached.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
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.
Staff cleaning doesn’t replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but the parts you can’t see still need a specialist at the right interval.
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Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
How it works
A visit follows the same order every time: sheeting and protection first, make the system safe, do the work, clear away and hand over the paperwork. The visit itself takes one visit for most kitchens, while large or complex systems may need more than one. For a village or hamlet like Charlwood, tell us about narrow lanes, gates and parking when you book.
- We survey the system, from your photos or on site, canopy to discharge.
- Grease thickness is measured and the price is fixed before work starts.
- The kitchen is closed, the equipment cooled and everything nearby protected.
- We work through the system from the canopy to the fan and discharge.
- We re-test, photograph and send your certificate and photo report.
Preparing for the visit
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
- Move anything stored near the system
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
Ask for a quote
To get a fixed quote, ring 0345 646 2711, or send details by email with the site type, your trading hours and a short description of the system. Photos and the last report, if you have one, make the quote quicker. You will normally have a quote within one working day.
Related advice
What we’re called out for in Charlwood
Grease in the extract matters because it burns. Flames from a pan or grill can be pulled into the canopy by the fan, where burning grease can carry a fire along the ducts and into other parts of the building. For a kitchen in Charlwood, keeping that fuel under control is part of the fire risk assessment.
Common reasons sites call us include:
- Rancid smells from grease in the duct
- An extract that no longer clears the smoke
- Fat running down the canopy edge
- Cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey
A hospital like Alton Community Hospital, about 4.7 miles north-east, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day.
Questions to ask before you book
- What insurance they carry
- What paperwork you get at the end
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
- What hours they’ll be on site