Hampshire · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extraction cleaning in Monkwood
Kitchen extract cleaning across Monkwood and nearby, booked around your opening hours and signed off in writing with pictures.
- Extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit
- A smoky, hot kitchen with weak extraction
- Years of baked-on grease in the ducts
Common questions in Monkwood
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Monkwood?
Food hygiene inspections in Monkwood are carried out by East Hampshire council. An officer may look up into the canopy, so clean filters on the day and a recent certificate on file both help.
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for Monkwood?
That is Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. If a fire safety officer visits a commercial kitchen, they may ask about the fire risk assessment and how the extract is kept clean.
How long does it take to clean a kitchen extract system?
Short systems are done in a few hours, while long runs and tall risers take longer and may need more than one visit. Your quote says how long to expect.
What paperwork comes with a kitchen extract clean?
You get both a certificate and a photo report. Keep them in the maintenance log with the fire risk assessment so they’re to hand when an insurer asks.
What types of premises do you cover?
Any site with a kitchen or a ventilation system to look after, from a small pub to a hospital. Hotels, schools, care homes, offices, shops and leisure sites are all part of our work.
Can you price the work without visiting?
Yes, for many jobs. Send a few wide pictures plus close-ups of panels, filters or grilles, and a fixed quote usually follows within one working day. If pictures aren’t enough, we’ll survey first.
What’s TR19?
It’s the industry benchmark for cleaning ventilation and kitchen extract systems, written by BESA. It sets out inspection, cleaning and record keeping, and it takes a risk-based approach.
Are you accredited for kitchen extract cleaning?
We are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 sit alongside that, and we’re fully insured.
How we handle kitchen extract cleaning in Monkwood
Every time food is cooked, warm vapour carries fat up into the extract. As it cools, it clings to the inside of the ductwork and keeps building. That film is fuel, and a proper clean removes it before it becomes a fire risk. Common call-outs are for grease dripping from the canopy or filters and years of baked-on grease in the ducts, on horizontal duct runs, vertical risers and extract fans. Kitchen extract cleaning, TR19 cleaning, extraction cleaning: whatever you call it, in Monkwood it means the same thing to us: the whole system, cleaned and certificated.
The fire risk in a kitchen extract sits in the parts nobody sees: the plenum, the duct and the fan, which is why a TR19® clean in Monkwood goes well beyond the canopy.
Somewhere as small as Monkwood, commercial kitchens are few: perhaps a pub, a school or care home kitchen, or a hall used for events. Each still has a canopy and duct that collect grease, whatever the size of the place.
It’s worth checking any contractor’s accreditations. 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
- Monkwood (SO24)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Records
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Towns and villages near Monkwood
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What the work involves, part by part
Ductwork and risers
Bends and changes of direction trap more grease than straight runs. Those are among the points where we take readings before and after, so the report shows the difference.
Grease filters
Baffle filters are cleaned as part of every TR19 clean, and refitted so they sit properly in the housing. We will tell you if any need replacing.
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 can quote for the whole system.
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works, and we will send a fixed quote.
What we’re called out for in Monkwood
In Monkwood, as anywhere, grease gathers where the air slows down: in long flat runs, at bends and changes of direction, and in the fan housing. Cooler sections of duct collect the most.
Keep an eye out for any of the following:
- An overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer
- A smoky, hot kitchen with weak extraction
- A kitchen with no current TR19 certificate
- Grease dripping from the canopy or filters
Hinton Ampner House, about 4.8 miles west, is one of the historic houses near Monkwood; if you run event catering at a venue like that, cleans can be booked between functions.
What to look for in a quote
- What records you will receive afterwards
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- How they set the interval to the next visit
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
Monkwood kitchens: local notes
In Monkwood, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from East Hampshire council. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after. Monkwood sits within the area of 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.
Where a hall near Monkwood Mission Church, or anywhere in Monkwood, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does. Healthcare kitchens cannot easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Monkwood is Alton Community Hospital, about 5.5 miles north-east.
Monkwood is about 6 miles south-west of Alton, in Hampshire. Every kind of commercial site in Monkwood, we can take on kitchen extract cleaning. We can work out of hours so the site keeps running. 683 places in Hampshire are on our list, from busy centres to quieter spots. There’s also a page for Southampton, roughly 18 miles from Monkwood.
Our technicians cover all of the SO24 postcode area for kitchen extract cleaning and the streets around it. If you need kitchen extract cleaning at premises on Hill Farm Road, Flint Fields and Soame's Lane or a nearby road, we can help. Neighbouring places we cover for kitchen extract cleaning include Charlwood (1 mile north-east), West Tisted (1 mile south-west), Gilbert Street (1 mile north-west), Kitwood (2 miles north) and Ropley (2 miles north-west). Within a short drive, we also cover Basingstoke (14 miles north), Winchester (12 miles west), Havant (15 miles south), Eastleigh (15 miles south-west), Horndean (11 miles south) and Alton (6 miles north-east).
Local landmarks in Monkwood
Nearby you will also find Alton Community Hospital (5.5 miles north-east). Not far away are Red Hill and Shutts Copse.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. What they cannot safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, and that is where we come in.
Keep a record of what your team does. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, next to our reports.
Aftercare tips
After the visit, a few habits help the work last:
- Refit filters properly after cleaning
- Book the next clean before the date on the report
- Wipe the canopy down at the end of each day
- Keep the TR19 certificate and photo report in the maintenance log
After cleaning, we re-test the same points we measured at the start, so you can see the difference in numbers as well as photos. Your TR19 certificate is then issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
Clean the grease filters often, not just on clean day. A filter that is clean and seated properly stops more grease getting into the plenum, which slows build-up further down the system.
How the visit works
Before we leave, we walk the area with whoever is on site. Anything we couldn’t reach or that needs attention is pointed out there and then, and it goes on the report too. All told, the work takes anything from a few hours to a full night, depending on the size of the system. Visits to a village like Monkwood are booked in advance, at a time that suits whoever runs the site.
- First the diagnosis: a survey of the whole system and its access points.
- We record grease levels at set points, then fix the price.
- We arrive after close, protect the area and contain the waste.
- The treatment: heavy grease scraped out, then every part degreased to TR19® Grease.
- The sign-off: post-clean readings, a TR19 certificate and a photo report with the next clean date.
How to prepare
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Move anything stored near the system
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
Get a fixed quote
To help us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, pictures of the system and any previous report or certificate. Once you have those, ring 0345 646 2711, or send details by email.
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When something else is needed
We’ll always give you a straight diagnosis, so here’s what this work cannot put right:
- A damper that sticks or has a damaged link
- A canopy that’s too small or a system that was badly designed
- A fan motor that has burnt out
Not sure which it is? You can give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or email us and we’ll tell you honestly.
What the work covers
- Canopies and hoods
- Discharge points
- Extract fans
- Horizontal duct runs
- Vertical risers
- Plenums and filters