Hampshire · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in Fair Oak, Hampshire
Our technicians work in Fair Oak on kitchen extract cleaning. Out-of-hours visits, a fixed quote and a written report with photos as standard.
- A kitchen with no current TR19 certificate
- Missing paperwork after a change of operator
- Grease smells coming from the extract
What affects the cost of kitchen extract cleaning
You’ll get a fixed price before any work starts. It takes into account:
- How easy every part is to reach
- The times the site is available
- The condition of the system
- A single visit or a regular plan
Working hours, access and the scale of the site can all change the price. We take each of them into account, and the price is fixed before we start.
Helping us quote
Photos let us diagnose from a distance. Try to include:
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- A few general shots of the system
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
Need a price for kitchen extract cleaning? Please phone us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form with a few details about the site. We will explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before you commit to anything.
About our kitchen extract cleaning in Fair Oak
Has the extract gone a while without a clean, or has the paperwork gone missing? Just call us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line with photos of the canopy and filters, and we’ll come back with a fixed price for the work in Fair Oak, usually within one working day. Typical jobs include grease drips onto cooking equipment and an extract that has never been cleaned to TR19, across canopies and hoods, vertical risers and extract fans. Some call it canopy cleaning, others extract cleaning or duct cleaning, but in Fair Oak, as everywhere, the insurer wants the full system cleaned, not just the hood.
Before we clean, we look at where the grease is: grease readings at set points tell us where the heaviest deposits are, and readings afterwards go into your report.
Size does not change the work: a kitchen in a place like Fair Oak gets the whole system cleaned, canopy to discharge. The visit is booked around your opening hours, and the journey is planned ahead.
Our accreditations include CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured. We are also a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, trading since 2009.
- Where
- Fair Oak (SO50)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quote
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Working hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
What happens if it’s left?
Leaving the clean until the next refit does not make the grease go away. Fat that was soft and easy to remove hardens with heat and time, and that takes more work to shift. Regular cleans keep each visit shorter. Booking ahead lets us plan the trip to Fair Oak at a time that suits you.
One small site or a whole estate, we price it on the same basis: what needs doing, how we get to it and when. The price is fixed before work begins.
Why us?
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
- Trading since 2009
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
Take a look at our cost guide or how to check a contractor.
Your questions about kitchen extract cleaning in Fair Oak
Can a school canteen extract in Fair Oak be done out of term time?
Yes, and it’s the easiest time to do it. With about 4 schools and colleges on the FSA’s register within roughly a mile and a half of Fair Oak, it pays to plan holiday dates ahead. Tell us your holiday dates and we will book the visit for when the site is empty.
Can you work in Fair Oak outside opening hours?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. It means the site in Fair Oak keeps running as normal. Tell us your opening hours when you ask for a quote.
What is TR19?
It’s BESA’s specification and the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to. It covers how systems are inspected, cleaned and checked and expects a risk-based approach.
How long does a kitchen extract clean take?
A small kitchen with a short duct can be done in a few hours, but large systems may be spread over more than one visit. We will tell you how long when we quote.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes, always. We diagnose before we treat: the survey shows what needs doing and what access we need and the fixed quote is built on it.
How often should a kitchen extract be cleaned?
That comes down mainly to daily cooking hours. BESA’s minimums run from every 3 months for heavy use to every 12 months for light use. We will recommend a date after measuring the grease.
Can you look after several sites?
Yes. Send the list of sites and the work at each and you’ll get one fixed quote.
Is TR19 a legal requirement?
No law names TR19 directly, but the responsible person still has a legal duty under the Fire Safety Order 2005. TR19 is the standard insurers and fire officers expect, and many policies require it.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Fair Oak
Facilities teams in offices, schools and healthcare sites book us too across Hampshire. Work can be phased by floor, building or site to keep disruption down.
The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
What staff can safely do
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but hidden parts of the system still need specialist attention.
In-house cleaning and specialist cleaning do different jobs. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but they do not reach the grease that builds up further in. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
When something else is needed
We won’t sell you work that doesn’t address the problem, so these are the things it will not cover:
- A broken extract fan that won’t run
- Blocked drains from a neglected grease trap (a separate service)
- Extraction that can’t cope with the cooking because of its design
Not sure which it is? You can call 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we will tell you honestly before you book.
What we work on in Fair Oak
- Plenums and filters
- Vertical risers
- Discharge points
- Canopies and hoods
- Extract fans
- Horizontal duct runs
Grease, kitchens and Fair Oak
Food Standards Agency data counts about 9 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 11 takeaways within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Fair Oak. Each one that cooks under a canopy has an extract system that collects grease and needs regular cleaning. In Fair Oak, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Eastleigh council. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. Before-and-after photos from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. Fire safety in Fair Oak falls to Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises.
If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Fair Oak (South Stoneham House is about 3.9 miles south-west), fitting access panels needs care. Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as Moorgreen Hospital (about 2.7 miles south-west), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands.
Fair Oak is about 2 miles east of Eastleigh, in Hampshire. If you need kitchen extract cleaning in Fair Oak, please call us on 0345 646 2711 or email us for a fixed quote. We work across South East England and London, including Fair Oak. We cover 683 places across Hampshire, large and small.
Work in SO50 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. That includes premises on Dean Road, Witt Road and Sandy Lane and the roads around them. If your site is just outside Fair Oak, we cover Horton Heath (1 mile south), Wintershill (2 miles east), Durley (2 miles south-east), Lower Upham (2 miles east) and Durley Street (2 miles east). Further out, we also cover Winchester (7 miles north), Gosport (13 miles south-east), Havant (15 miles south-east), Fareham (9 miles south-east), Horndean (13 miles east) and Totton (10 miles west).
Around Fair Oak
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around The Old George Public House, Wyvern Technology College and Wyvern Technology College. The nearest railway station is Hedge End station, roughly 2.2 miles south. A little further out are Moorgreen Hospital (2.7 miles south-west) and Eastleigh Museum (2.5 miles west). Open spaces near Fair Oak include Bishops Waltham Branch LNR.
The process
There are three stages on the day: set-up, the treatment itself and the sign-off. Getting ready means protecting surfaces and switching off what needs to be off, while signing off means the written report and photos. Most of the time goes on the work itself, and that takes a single shift for most kitchens, with long duct runs and tall risers needing more time. Because the survey comes first, a visit to Fair Oak can typically be finished without a second trip.
- We survey the system, from your pictures or on site, canopy to discharge.
- Grease thickness is measured and the price is fixed before work starts.
- On the night, the equipment is off and cool and the kitchen is sheeted.
- We work through the system from the canopy to the fan and discharge.
- We re-test, photograph and send your certificate and photo report.
How to prepare
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
- Let us know about parking and loading
Ask for a quote
Every quote begins with a look at the system, either from photos and details you send or from a site visit. Then we send a fixed price so you know the cost before work begins.
Advice
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Signs you need kitchen extract cleaning in Fair Oak
How fast grease builds up depends mostly on how long the kitchen cooks each day. BESA guidance sets minimum cleaning intervals of every 3 months for 12 to 16 hours a day, 6 months for 6 to 12 hours, and 12 months for 2 to 6 hours. They are minimums: measured grease levels set the real interval.
These are the problems we see most often:
- Proof of cleaning requested by an insurer
- Extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit
- A new tenancy or takeover with no cleaning history
- Heavy grease build-up inside the duct runs
School kitchens, at schools like Fair Oak Junior School for example, are usually cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost.
What to look for in a quote
- Whether a written report and pictures are included
- How areas they can’t reach will be recorded
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed