Hampshire · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in East Harting, Hampshire
Kitchen extract cleaning across East Harting and nearby, timed so the site keeps working and signed off in writing with photos.
- An extract that no longer clears the smoke
- Cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey
- A kitchen taken over without any extract records
About our kitchen extract cleaning in East Harting
Across East Harting, we clean kitchen extract systems to BESA TR19® Grease. We survey first and take grease readings, then clean the canopy, plenum, filters, ducts, fan and discharge. You get a TR19 certificate and a photo report at the end. If you have a kitchen taken over without any extract records and an extract that has never been cleaned to TR19, we can help. Some call it canopy cleaning, others extract cleaning or duct cleaning, but a proper TR19® clean in East Harting covers all of it, from the hood to the fan.
Most kitchens in East Harting fall into one of BESA’s three bands: every 3 months for 12–16 hours, every 6 months for 6–12 hours and every 12 months for 2–6 hours, adjusted by what the grease readings show.
In a small place like East Harting, 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.
Accreditations are easy to claim and worth checking. We’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, with full insurance on top.
- Where
- East Harting (GU31)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Your questions about kitchen extract cleaning in East Harting
Do you clean school canteen extracts around East Harting out of term?
Yes. The holidays are the usual time for school work. There are about 3 schools, colleges and universities on the FSA’s food hygiene register within about 1.5 miles of East Harting. Booking early in the term gives the best choice of holiday dates.
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in East Harting?
It’s Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service, which covers East Harting. TR19® isn’t law, but it’s the benchmark many fire officers and insurers look to when they ask how often the extract is cleaned.
Are you a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member?
We are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
With sheeting and covers, before anything else happens. We keep the work contained and leave the area clean.
Do you clean the whole extract system or just the canopy?
The whole system: the canopy, the plenum behind the filters, the filters, horizontal ducts, vertical risers, the fan and the discharge, plus attenuators where fitted. Any part without access is noted.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
We work for restaurants, pubs, hotels, schools, colleges, hospitals, care homes, offices and shops, as well as food production and leisure sites.
Do I have to clean my extract to TR19 by law?
Strictly, the legal duty comes from the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, not from TR19. In practice, TR19 is how kitchens show they’re managing grease, and many insurers ask for proof of it.
Can you look after several sites?
Yes. One number covers all your sites across London and the South East, with visits on a regular schedule.
How the visit works
We turn up at the time agreed with you, which is often after service, overnight or at a weekend. Equipment that has to be off is switched off and allowed to cool before we start, and floors and nearby surfaces are sheeted. The work itself takes a single shift for most kitchens, with long duct runs and tall risers needing more time. In a small place like East Harting, the journey is planned ahead and the visit arranged around the site’s hours.
- First the diagnosis: a survey of the whole system and its access points.
- Grease readings set the baseline, and a fixed quote follows.
- We arrive after close, protect the area and contain the waste.
- Heavy deposits are scraped by hand and the system degreased to TR19® Grease.
- Then the clean bill of health: readings, a TR19 certificate and a photo report with the next date.
Preparing for the visit
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
How to get a quote
To help us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, pictures of the system and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Then ring 0345 646 2711 or email us.
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Aftercare tips
So the system stays in good health:
- Make sure every filter is fitted before cooking
- Report grease drips, smells or fan noise right away
- Wipe the canopy down at the end of each day
- Switch the fan on before cooking starts
The report gives a recommended date for the next clean, set from your daily cooking hours and the readings we took. We can put the system on a 3, 6 or 12-monthly plan, so the date isn’t missed.
Report drips, smells or a noisy fan early. Drips, odours and fan noise often mean grease is building, and a grease thickness test can confirm it.
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What kitchen extract cleaning cannot fix
In fairness, some problems need a different fix:
- A canopy that’s too small or a system that was badly designed
- Faulty fire dampers in the duct
- Ductwork that’s corroded, split or leaking (that is for a ductwork contractor)
Not sure which it is? You can call 0345 646 2711 or email us and we will tell you honestly.
Parts of the system we cover
- Vertical risers
- Plenums and filters
- Extract fans
- Discharge points
- Horizontal duct runs
- Canopies and hoods
East Harting kitchens: local notes
Fire safety in East Harting falls to Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel. Environmental health officers from Chichester council inspect food businesses in East Harting. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready.
Term dates shape school work: for a school like Harting CofE Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break. Volunteers running a hall kitchen near The Parish Church of St Mary & St Gabriel, or anywhere in East Harting, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it. Healthcare kitchens can’t easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to East Harting is Petersfield Community Hospital, about 4.1 miles north-west.
East Harting is about 4 miles south-east of Petersfield, in Hampshire. We provide kitchen extract cleaning for commercial premises of every kind in East Harting and the rest of Hampshire. East Harting is one of 683 towns, villages and districts in Hampshire where we work for commercial clients. Portsmouth is in our area too, about 15 miles from East Harting.
Every address in GU31 is covered for kitchen extract cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. You’ll find streets such as Hollist Lane, East Harting Street and Orchard Close, and we cover them all for kitchen extract cleaning. Neighbouring places we cover for kitchen extract cleaning include South Harting (1 mile west), Nyewood (1 mile north), Elsted (1 mile east), Elsted Marsh (2 miles east) and Dumpford (2 miles north-east). We also work in nearby towns such as Havant (9 miles south-west), Horndean (8 miles south-west), Alton (13 miles north), Waterlooville (10 miles south-west), Petersfield (4 miles north-west) and Purbrook (10 miles south-west).
Around East Harting
Around East Harting, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near The Ship Inn. For rail, the closest station is Petersfield station, roughly 4.1 miles north-west of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Petersfield Community Hospital (4.1 miles north-west) and Bear Museum (3.7 miles north-west). For a walk, there’s Iping and Stedham Commons and Oakham Hill.
For landlords and multi-site operators
We work for landlords, managing agents and facilities managers as well as the people running the site. Shared systems, like a riser serving several units, need a clear agreement on who books the work, and we are happy to quote for all of it.
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Each visit produces a dated report with pictures, ready to show insurers, fire officers or EHOs.
Why deal with it now?
Putting it off simply moves the grease further down the duct. Over time, soft grease bakes into a harder, thicker crust, which is slower to clean. Regular cleans keep each visit shorter. Systems in rural buildings are often out of sight and out of mind.
Putting the work off seldom saves money. Problems in a system tend to grow, which can make the next visit longer. If you are not sure what’s needed, ring 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we’ll give you an honest view and a fixed quote.
What you get with us
- Every job surveyed first
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
- A written report with pictures after every visit
- Trading since 2009
What your team can do, and what needs us
A few tasks are always specialist work: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease need training, the right equipment and safe access. Leave those to us.
When your team notices a problem between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We’ll take a look and send you a fixed quote.
What the work involves, part by part
Extract fan and discharge
Some systems have attenuators to cut noise, and they hold grease. We clean what can be reached and note anything that can’t.
Restaurant and pub kitchens
Grills, fryers and woks send a lot of fat into the extract, so grease readings help set the right interval.