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Kitchen Extract Cleaning in Hedge End
Kitchen extract cleaning in Hedge End from ventilation hygiene specialists trading since 2009. Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus a 24/7 emergency line.
- Extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit
- Grease drips onto cooking equipment
- A smoky, hot kitchen with weak extraction
Kitchen extract cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Hedge End
The canopy over the range is only the start of a kitchen extract system. Beyond the filters run the plenum, the ducts and risers, the fan and the point where air leaves the building, and grease settles in every one of them. Our clean follows the air from canopy to discharge, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. If you are dealing with cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey and heavy grease build-up inside the duct runs, we can help. If you need a kitchen extract clean in Hedge End, you get one team and one number for every site.
Kitchens that fry and grill hardest need the most frequent cleans, so the interval is set by what you cook as well as how long.
Kitchens in towns like Hedge End are often in older buildings that were never designed for them, which can mean awkward duct routes, long flat runs and not enough access panels. Where the duct cannot be reached, new panels can be fitted, and anything left uncleaned is recorded on the report.
Nothing is signed off by word of mouth: a dated report with pictures of the work, plus a certificate through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal when the work is a TR19® Grease clean. Any parts we couldn’t reach are recorded on it too.
- Where
- Hedge End (SO30, SO31)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
How the visit works
A visit follows the same order every time: sheeting and protection first, isolate whatever needs isolating, carry out the kitchen extract cleaning, clear away and hand over the paperwork. The visit itself takes as long as the system needs, from a few hours to several planned visits. Before the visit, a few pictures of the system and how to reach it help us plan the work in Hedge End.
- Diagnosis comes first, with a survey of the system and how it’s reached.
- Grease readings set the baseline, and a fixed quote follows.
- After the kitchen closes, we sheet the area and set up to contain grease and water.
- Heavy deposits are scraped by hand and the system degreased to TR19® Grease.
- The sign-off: post-clean readings, a TR19 certificate and a photo report with the next clean date.
Getting ready for the visit
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
- Tell us where we can park and unload
Ask for a quote
Need a price for kitchen extract cleaning? Please ring 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and tell us about the site. We’ll talk you through the work and send you a fixed quote before anything is booked.
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What the work involves, part by part
Ductwork and risers
Vertical risers carry the air up through the building, and grease often collects at the bottom of them. Access panels along the riser let us clean it in sections.
Extract fan and discharge
At the end of the system is the discharge, which can collect grease and stain the surface around it. It’s cleaned as far as safe access allows, and any limits are recorded.
Kitchen extract cleaning in Hedge End: the local picture
Food Standards Agency data counts about 41 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 19 sandwich bars and takeaways within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Hedge End. Wherever food is cooked under a canopy, the extract above it gathers grease and needs cleaning on a schedule. Food hygiene inspections in Hedge End are the job of Eastleigh council’s environmental health team. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked. Hedge End 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.
Where a hall near Church of St John the Evangelist, or anywhere in Hedge End, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does. A hospital like Moorgreen Hospital, about 1.2 miles north-west, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day.
Hedge End is about 4 miles east of Southampton, in Hampshire. We provide kitchen extract cleaning for commercial premises of every kind in Hedge End and the rest of Hampshire. Hedge End is one of 683 places in Hampshire where we work for commercial clients.
We work across SO30 and SO31 for kitchen extract cleaning and the streets around it. Whether your site is on Lynton Road, Watts Road and Dean Court or a nearby road, our technicians can take on the work. Hedge End sits on or near the A334 and B3033, so getting to you is simple for evening and night visits. If your site is just outside Hedge End, we cover Thornhill (2 miles west), Harefield (2 miles west), West End (2 miles north-west), Chartwell Green (2 miles north-west) and Sholing (3 miles south-west). Within a short drive, we also cover Winchester (10 miles north), Gosport (10 miles south-east), Havant (14 miles east), Eastleigh (4 miles north-west), Fareham (6 miles south-east) and Horndean (13 miles east).
Landmarks near Hedge End
Around Hedge End, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Wildern School and Wildern School. The closest station to Hedge End is Hedge End station, about 1.2 miles north of the centre. Nearby you’ll also find Netley Castle (3.6 miles south-west) and Bursledon Brickworks Industrial Museum (2 miles south). Open spaces near Hedge End include Netley Common.
Do you need kitchen extract cleaning in Hedge End?
Cooking fat leaves the pan as a fine vapour. As the air cools on its way through the duct, the fat condenses and sticks, building a layer that gets thicker with every service. Filters catch some of it, but never all.
Keep an eye out for any of the following:
- An inspection that picked up a dirty extract
- Ductwork thick with old, hardened grease
- A smoky, hot kitchen with weak extraction
- A system with no record of a TR19 clean
School kitchens, at schools like Shamblehurst Primary School for example, are normally cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost.
Questions to ask before you book
- What hours they’ll be on site
- How areas they can’t reach will be recorded
- What insurance they carry
- Whether the quote shows VAT
What affects the quote in Hedge End
The quote reflects the site in front of us. We consider:
- Travel, parking and unloading
- What state the system is in
- How many systems or sites are involved
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
Working hours, access and the scale of the site can all change the price. Each of those is built into the quote, and the price is fixed before we start.
What we need to know
Photos let us diagnose from a distance. The most useful are:
- Any previous report or certificate
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- The postcode and the type of business
Getting a quote doesn’t take long. Call or email with a few details and you will usually have a fixed price within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.
Hedge End questions
Do you work overnight in Hedge End?
Yes, out-of-hours work is a big part of what we do. That way a site in Hedge End does not have to lose a day’s trading. When you ring 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line, mention when the site is quiet.
Do you do school kitchen extract cleaning in Hedge End in the summer holidays?
Yes, out-of-term visits are normal for schools. There are about 16 schools, colleges and universities on the FSA’s food hygiene register within about 1.5 miles of Hedge End. Send us your term dates when you phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email, and we’ll fit the work in.
Do insurers need proof of extract cleaning?
Many policies require TR19 cleaning, and insurers often ask to see the certificate. Without proof, a claim can be refused or reduced, so it’s worth checking your policy wording.
Does the law say I must clean to TR19?
The legal duty sits in the Fire Safety Order 2005 rather than in TR19 itself. In practice, TR19 is how kitchens show they’re managing grease, and an insurer may refuse or reduce a claim without it.
Can one contract cover all our sites?
Yes. One number covers all your sites in our area, and visits can be set on a regular cycle.
What happens to the waste?
Waste is contained during the work and removed when we leave, from grease and debris to used cleaning water. None of it is left on site.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes, any time. For anything urgent, such as a fan failure or damage after a fire, ring the 24/7 line, and we’ll advise on what to do next.
How long does it take to clean a kitchen extract system?
Short systems are 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.
Honest limits
To be straight with you, there are a few things this work won’t fix:
- Extraction that cannot cope with the cooking because of its design
- A duct that is holed or coming apart
- A grease trap that needs emptying
If you’re not sure, just give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we’ll give you a straight answer.
Where we work
- Extract fans
- Plenums and filters
- Discharge points
- Horizontal duct runs
- Vertical risers
- Canopies and hoods
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. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we can quote for the whole system.
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Staff cleaning versus specialist work
When your team notices a problem between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that will not come clean, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We will take a look and send you a fixed quote.
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.