Hampshire · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in Mead End, Hampshire
Need kitchen extract cleaning in Mead End? We survey first, give you a fixed quote and work around your opening hours, then sign off with a report and photos.
- A system with no record of a TR19 clean
- Grease dripping from the canopy or filters
- A kitchen taken over without any extract records
Kitchen extract cleaning in Mead End, done properly
The canopy over the range is only the start of a kitchen extract system. Behind it sit the plenum and grease filters, then the ductwork, risers, extract fan and discharge, and grease settles in every one of them. A TR19® Grease clean deals with the whole route, not only the parts on show. Typical jobs include fat running down the canopy edge and rancid smells from grease in the duct, on discharge points, canopies and hoods and horizontal duct runs. Some call it canopy cleaning, others extract cleaning or duct cleaning, but in Mead End, as everywhere, the insurer wants the full system cleaned, not just the hood.
Grease that collects out of sight, behind the filters and along the duct, is what insurers and fire officers worry about, which is why a TR19® clean in Mead End goes well beyond the canopy.
For a kitchen in or near Mead End, the visit is planned around opening hours and the journey, and the clean itself is the same full TR19® job as in any town: canopy to discharge, then a TR19® certificate and a photo report.
Our accreditations include CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured. On top of that, we are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we’ve been trading since 2009.
- Where
- Mead End (SO41)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Paperwork
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed price before we start
- Hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Between visits
Good habits slow the build-up between visits. Our tips:
- Keep the cleaning records where you can find them
- Empty any grease troughs or cups on the canopy
- Make sure every filter is fitted before cooking
- Switch the fan on before cooking starts
We hand the kitchen back clean, with the sheeting removed and waste taken away. Waste grease and water are contained and removed, and equipment can be switched back on once we have gone.
Clean the grease filters often, not just on clean day. Clean, well-fitted filters catch more fat before it reaches the duct, which slows build-up further down the system.
Common questions in Mead End
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for Mead End?
Fire safety enforcement in Mead End is handled by Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. Records of extract cleaning are a sensible thing to have ready if a fire safety officer carries out an audit.
Can you come to Mead End after we close?
Yes. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends. The work in Mead End can fit around your hours. Your opening times are the first thing we ask for.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes. Scheduled maintenance plans are part of what we do, set at the interval the system needs. The report from each visit recommends the next date.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. We work across South East England and London, so we can schedule a run of sites on one programme. Each site gets its own report and pictures.
How long will the clean take?
It takes as long as the system needs, from a few hours to several planned visits. We’ll confirm the time when we quote.
What do you do with what you remove?
We take it away at the end of the visit. During the work, it’s contained so the area stays clean.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes, any time. If something urgent happens, like a fan failing or damage after a fire, call our 24/7 line and we will talk you through the next steps.
Is a quote from photos possible?
Yes, for many jobs. Send wide shots, close-ups of any access panels and anything that worries you, and we typically come back within one working day. Some sites still need a visit, and we’ll say so.
Why act early in Mead End
Grease build-up causes everyday problems too. Blocked filters and narrowed ducts slow the airflow, leaving the kitchen hot and smoky and the fan strains to keep up. Smells, dripping grease and condensation often follow. Somewhere as small as Mead End, losing a kitchen or building to a fault is felt by everyone who uses it.
Working hours, access and the scale of the site all affect the cost. We take each of them into account and give you a fixed price before we start.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Mead End
- Every job surveyed first
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- In business since 2009
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
A few tasks are always specialist work: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings need training, the right equipment and safe access. That’s our job.
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. What they cannot safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, and that is where we come in.
What else we do in Mead End
Grease, kitchens and Mead End
The FSA’s food hygiene register includes about 5 pubs, bars and clubs and about 3 hotels, B&Bs and guest houses within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Mead End. A pub or hotel kitchen that cooks every day builds up grease in its extract like any other. The fire and rescue service for Mead End is Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. Fire and rescue authorities enforce the Fire Safety Order in most non-domestic premises, and in a kitchen that fire risk includes the grease in the extract. It’s New Forest council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Mead End. 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.
Commuter trade near Sway station can mean long cooking hours, and long hours put a kitchen into BESA’s more frequent cleaning bands. A hospital like Lymington New Forest Hospital, about 3.8 miles east, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day.
Mead End is about 4 miles north-west of Lymington, in Hampshire. Mead End gets the same approach as every site we work on: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where necessary and a written report with photos. Mead End is one of 683 towns, villages and districts in Hampshire we cover for kitchen extract cleaning. There’s also a page for Southampton, about 14 miles away.
Here we cover the SO41 postcode area for kitchen extract cleaning. Streets in the area include Marley Mount and Boundway, and we cover them all for kitchen extract cleaning. We also cover the places around Mead End: Tiptoe (1 mile south), Sway (1 mile east), Bashley (1 mile south-west), Ashley (2 miles south) and Wootton (2 miles west). We also work in nearby towns such as Totton (11 miles north-east), Lymington (4 miles south-east), Hythe (11 miles north-east), Ringwood (8 miles north-west), Barton on Sea (3 miles south-west) and Dibden Purlieu (11 miles north-east).
Around Mead End
In Mead End, that means kitchens and buildings near The Plough Public House and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Sway station, roughly 0.9 miles east. Well-known places in the area include Lymington New Forest Hospital (3.8 miles east) and Sammy Miller Motorcycle Museum (2.2 miles south-west). Open spaces near Mead End include Milford on Sea LNR.
What a clean will not put right
An honest diagnosis matters more to us than a booking, so here’s what kitchen extract cleaning won’t do:
- An undersized canopy or fan
- A duct that’s holed or coming apart
- Faulty fire dampers in the duct
Not sure which it is? You can call 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we’ll tell you honestly before you book.
Where we work
- Canopies and hoods
- Extract fans
- Vertical risers
- Horizontal duct runs
- Discharge points
- Plenums and filters
Do you need kitchen extract cleaning in Mead End?
The type of cooking changes the amount of grease. Fryers, grills and open flames throw much more fat into the extract than gentler cooking, so two kitchens with the same hours can need very different intervals.
The symptoms we’re asked about most include:
- Ductwork thick with old, hardened grease
- Proof of cleaning requested by an insurer
- Stale cooking odours from the system
- An extract that has never been cleaned to TR19
Bursars and site managers at schools such as Tiptoe Primary School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
What to look for in a quote
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
- When they can work, and whether that is outside your opening hours
- Whether they recommend a next date
- Proof of accreditation you can verify
What the work involves, part by part
Ductwork and risers
Risers take the extract up through floors to roof level, and grease often collects at the bottom of them. Access panels along the riser let us clean it in sections.
Schools, hospitals and care homes
Institutional kitchens tend to cook to set hours, so cleans can be planned for holidays or quiet times. The certificate goes straight into the site’s maintenance records.
The process
Your staff do not need to do much on the day. A contact on site lets us in at the agreed time and points us to the system, and the rest is down to us. Afterwards, the area is left tidy and the written report follows. In a small place like Mead End, 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.
- 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.
- Then the clean bill of health: readings, a TR19 certificate and a photo report with the next date.
How to prepare
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
How to get a quote
There’s no standard price list, because no two systems are the same. We look at your system first, from photos or on a visit, then send a fixed quote. To start, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email.