Hampshire · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in Lower Swanwick, Hampshire
One call covers kitchen extract cleaning in Lower Swanwick: survey, fixed quote, work and sign-off. Fully insured, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001.
- A kitchen with no current TR19 certificate
- Ductwork thick with old, hardened grease
- Grease smells coming from the extract
Looking after it afterwards
A little care between visits keeps the system in better shape. We recommend:
- Wipe the canopy down at the end of each day
- Report grease drips, smells or fan noise right away
- Keep the cleaning records where you can find them
- Switch the fan on before cooking starts
The certificate records when the clean was done, where and by whom. Keep it in the maintenance log with your fire risk assessment, so it’s to hand when an insurer, fire officer or EHO asks.
Regular filter cleaning is the simplest thing a kitchen can do. A filter that is clean and seated properly stops more grease getting into the plenum, so the ductwork stays cleaner for longer.
Commercial kitchen extraction cleaning in Lower Swanwick
Across Lower Swanwick, 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 are dealing with an extract that has never been cleaned to TR19 and extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit, we can help. Whether you call it kitchen extract cleaning, TR19 cleaning or kitchen duct cleaning, in Lower Swanwick it means the same thing to us: the whole system, cleaned and certificated.
What can be cleaned depends on what can be reached. Where a duct run has no panels, we say so on the report and can fit new ones.
For a kitchen in or near Lower Swanwick, the visit is planned around opening hours and the journey, 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.
For insurers and inspectors, the record counts. So every job comes with a written report and photos, plus a TR19® certificate through the BESCA VHE portal where the work is a TR19® Grease clean.
- Location
- Lower Swanwick (SO31)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Reporting
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- When we work
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Lower Swanwick questions
Can you get to a site in Lower Swanwick?
Yes, we work in villages as well as towns, and Lower Swanwick is covered. The journey is planned ahead, so a few details about the route help.
Can school kitchens in Lower Swanwick be cleaned in the holidays?
Yes. Half-terms and the summer break are the natural time for school work. Food Standards Agency records list about 7 schools, colleges and universities with registered kitchens within about a mile and a half of Lower Swanwick. Tell us your holiday dates and we will book the visit for when the site is empty.
Will the clean disrupt our service?
When the kitchen is closed, at whatever time suits you. The equipment is switched off and left to cool, and we hand the kitchen back ready for the next service.
What do you need from me for a quote?
Only a few details: where it is, what kind of site, when it’s open and the access. Photos and the last report help too. Then phone us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line.
What’s the right cleaning interval for a kitchen extract?
That comes down mainly to daily cooking hours. Heavy use of 12 to 16 hours a day calls for a clean at least every 3 months under BESA guidance, and lighter use less often. We will recommend a date after measuring the grease.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes. There’s a 24/7 emergency line for anything that can’t wait until a planned visit. Ring any time and tell us what’s happened.
What does kitchen extract cleaning cost?
It depends on the site, so we quote each one individually. To get one, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email with the site type, opening hours and a few photos.
Where does the waste go?
It leaves the site with us at the end of the visit. While we work, it’s kept contained to keep the area clean.
Kitchen extracts in Lower Swanwick
Lower Swanwick lies within about 2 miles of the sea. Near the sea, the fan and discharge at the top of a kitchen extract corrode faster than they would inland. Food Standards Agency records list about 25 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 13 takeaways and sandwich shops in Lower Swanwick and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Every kitchen in that count with a canopy has a full extract system, canopy to discharge, to keep clear of grease. Lower Swanwick 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.
If you cook for passing trade around Bursledon station, the extract can be cleaned between your last and first customer. School kitchens, at schools like Bursledon Church of England Infant School for example, are usually cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost. Church and community hall kitchens, near Church of St Leonard or anywhere around Lower Swanwick, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other.
Lower Swanwick is about 2 miles west of Whiteley, in Hampshire. Whether your site is in the middle of Lower Swanwick or further out, we cover kitchen extract cleaning for every kind of premises, from a single unit to a large public building. Lower Swanwick is one of 683 towns, villages and districts in Hampshire where we work for kitchen extract cleaning.
Every address in SO31 is covered for kitchen extract cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. Whether your site is on Green Lane, Bridge Road and Station Road or a nearby road, our technicians can take on the work. Other places close to Lower Swanwick include Swanwick (1 mile south-east), Sarisbury (1 mile south-east), Sarisbury Green (1 mile south), Park Gate (2 miles south-east) and Burridge (2 miles east). Further out, we also cover Winchester (12 miles north), Gosport (8 miles south-east), Havant (14 miles east), Eastleigh (6 miles north), Fareham (5 miles south-east) and Horndean (13 miles east).
Local landmarks in Lower Swanwick
Typical jobs here are in premises near Brookfield Community School and Language College and The Old Ship Inn. Lower Swanwick has its own railway station: Bursledon station. A little further out are St Andrew's Castle (2.4 miles south) and Bursledon Brickworks Industrial Museum (less than half a mile north-east). For a walk, there’s Swanwick Lakes.
Why act early in Lower Swanwick
There’s no law that names TR19, but the Fire Safety Order 2005 still applies. The responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, which in a kitchen includes the grease in the extract. TR19 is the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to. With notice, the visit to Lower Swanwick can be fitted around your bookings and events.
A single site or a whole portfolio, 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 choose Duct Doctor in Lower Swanwick
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
- Photo reports with every job
- Fixed quotes from a survey or pictures
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
How we price kitchen extract cleaning
We quote each job individually. This is what makes a difference:
- Where the site is and how we reach it
- The number of sites or systems
- A single visit or a regular plan
- What state the system is in
Putting the work off seldom saves money. Build-up, wear and faults tend to get worse, not better, which can make the next visit longer. If you’re not sure what’s needed, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we’ll give you an honest view and a fixed quote.
What we need to know
You don’t need the technical terms. It helps if you can send:
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: the system from a couple of angles, plus any access panels or hatches. Add the site type and your opening hours, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
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 are happy to quote for all of it.
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.
How it works
Protection comes first: sheeting goes over floors and surfaces close to the work. After that, the system is made safe and the work begins. It takes one visit for most kitchens, while large or complex systems may need more than one, and the area is cleaned down before we leave. Somewhere like Lower Swanwick, lanes, gates and parking are worth mentioning in advance.
- 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.
- On the night, the equipment is off and cool and the kitchen is sheeted.
- Filters, canopy and plenum are cleaned, then the ducts, risers, fan and discharge.
- We re-test, photograph and send your certificate and photo report.
How to prepare
- Move anything stored near the system
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
Get a fixed quote
Getting a quote does not take long. Send a few details and photos, and we typically reply with a fixed quote within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.
Advice
What kitchen extract cleaning can’t fix
Before booking, it helps to know what’s not included:
- A fan motor that has burnt out
- A duct that’s holed or coming apart
- Faulty fire dampers in the duct
Not sure which it is? You can give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we will tell you honestly.
What we work on in Lower Swanwick
- Canopies and hoods
- Horizontal duct runs
- Plenums and filters
- Extract fans
- Discharge points
- Vertical risers
What staff can safely do
In-house cleaning and specialist cleaning do different jobs. Wiping filters daily and washing them weekly keeps the visible parts in order, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.