Hampshire · Kitchen extract cleaning
Sandy Balls kitchen extract cleaning
TR19 grease cleaning of complete kitchen extract systems, from canopy to discharge for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Sandy Balls. BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease.
- Grease drips onto cooking equipment
- Poor airflow at the canopy
- A TR19 certificate needed for the insurer
Kitchen extract cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Sandy Balls
Think of it as a health check for the kitchen’s airways: diagnose with a survey, treat with a thorough clean, then sign it off. That clean bill of health comes as a TR19 certificate and a photo report, issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal. If you have a smoky, hot kitchen with weak extraction and heavy grease build-up inside the duct runs, we can put it right. Hood cleaning is where most enquiries from Sandy Balls start: a clean that goes past the canopy into the duct and fan, backed by a certificate.
BESA sets minimum intervals by hours of cooking a day: 3-monthly for heavy use, 6-monthly for moderate use and yearly for light use, with grease readings setting the real interval.
Rural kitchens often have long, low duct runs through a roof space or along an outside wall, where grease settles in the flat sections. Access, parking and timings are agreed before the day.
Nothing is signed off by word of mouth: a written report, dated and illustrated with photos, 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
- Sandy Balls (SP6)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed price before we start
- When we work
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Sandy Balls: your questions answered
Will you come out to Sandy Balls?
Yes. Villages and rural sites across the South East are part of our work, Sandy Balls included. Photos of the system and directions to the site help us plan the visit.
Which council inspects kitchens in Sandy Balls?
In Sandy Balls, it’s New Forest council that carries out food hygiene inspections. How often a business is inspected depends on the risk rating the council gives it, so it’s worth staying ready all year.
Can you come out in an emergency?
Yes, day and night, every day of the year. Office hours are Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm, with the emergency line covering every other hour.
Which parts of the extract do you clean?
Every part the air passes through, as far as access allows. Sections with no access are listed on the report, and extra panels can be fitted.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes. We always survey first, either from pictures and details you send or on a site visit. A fixed quote follows.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. Plans on a 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycle are available, depending on what the system needs.
What if parts of the system can’t be reached?
Anything we can’t reach goes on the report, with pictures where possible, and we tell you what would make it reachable, for example new access panels.
How do you protect the area?
By covering it before any work starts. We keep the work contained and clean down when we finish.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Sandy Balls
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare across Hampshire. Larger estates can be phased building by building around the people who use them.
Whether it’s one building or many, you get the same standard: a survey first, a fixed quote, the work timed around the site and a report with photos.
Fixed quotes for kitchen extract cleaning in Sandy Balls
The quote reflects the site in front of us. We take into account:
- Where the site is and how we reach it
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
- The size of the system
- Whether several sites go on one quote
When the work has to happen, how we reach it and how big the site is can all change the price. Each of those is built into the quote, and the price is fixed before any work starts.
What we need to know
When you contact us, these details help:
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
Photos are enough for some jobs, while others need a look on site. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
Different parts, different methods
Schools, hospitals and care homes
In a care home or hospital, the kitchen may cook every day of the year. Cleans are planned between meals or overnight, so residents and patients are not disturbed.
Canopy and plenum
Behind the grease filters sits the plenum, which daily cleaning never reaches. We take the filters out and clean the plenum and housing thoroughly.
What your team can do, and what needs us
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’s where we come in.
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 grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
More services for Sandy Balls
Do you need kitchen extract cleaning in Sandy Balls?
Grease in the extract matters because it burns. Flames from a pan or grill can be pulled into the canopy by the fan, where burning grease can carry a fire along the ducts and into other parts of the building. That is why controlling extract grease belongs in the fire risk assessment.
Look out for these warning signs:
- Heavy grease build-up inside the duct runs
- A TR19 certificate needed for the insurer
- A kitchen with no current TR19 certificate
- Poor airflow at the canopy
If you run catering at a historic house or estate in the area (Breamore House is about 2.9 miles north), event kitchens in older buildings often have awkward duct runs that need planning.
What to look for in a quote
- Proof of accreditation you can verify
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- Proof of insurance
- What records you will receive afterwards
Kitchen extract cleaning around Sandy Balls
The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 10 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 6 sandwich bars and takeaways in and around Sandy Balls, up to about a mile and a half out. Those that fry, grill or roast under a canopy need their extracts cleaned at intervals set by how long they cook. Sandy Balls sits within the area of 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. Kitchens in Sandy Balls get their food hygiene inspections from New Forest council. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready.
Term dates shape school work: for a school like The Burgate School and Sixth Form, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break. Volunteers running a hall kitchen near St Giles, or anywhere in Sandy Balls, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Sandy Balls is in Hampshire. We carry out kitchen extract cleaning for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Sandy Balls and the rest of Hampshire. Our area takes in 683 places across Hampshire, large and small. We also work in Southampton, about 16 miles from Sandy Balls.
Work in SP6 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. Whether your site is on The Pines, River Road and Larch Row or anywhere close by, our technicians can take on the work. Neighbouring places we cover for kitchen extract cleaning include Godshill (1 mile north-east), Criddlestyle (1 mile south-west), Blissford (1 mile south), Stuckton (1 mile south-west) and Frogham (1 mile south). Larger places within reach include Totton (11 miles east), Lymington (15 miles south-east), Romsey (13 miles east), New Milton (13 miles south), Ringwood (6 miles south) and Barton on Sea (14 miles south).
Around Sandy Balls
In Sandy Balls, that means kitchens and buildings near The Fighting Cocks pub and the streets around them. Other landmarks nearby include Fordingbridge Doll Museum (1.3 miles west) and Godshill Castle Hill (0.9 miles north). For a walk, there’s Linbrook Lake and Blashford Lakes.
What we do, step by step
We turn up at the time agreed with you, which is often after service, overnight or at a weekend. Anything that needs to be off for the work is switched off and left to cool before work begins, and floors and nearby surfaces are sheeted. On site, it takes anything from a few hours to a full night, depending on the size of the system. We agree a date with you, plan the drive to Sandy Balls and turn up when the site is quiet.
- We survey the system first, from your photos and details or on a site visit.
- Set points are tested for grease thickness and the quote is fixed before we start.
- Once the kitchen has closed and the equipment has cooled, we sheet and protect the area.
- We clean the canopy, plenum, filters, ducts, risers, fan and discharge.
- Readings and pictures are taken again, and you receive a TR19 certificate and photo report.
Before we arrive
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
Ask for a quote
For kitchen extract cleaning in Sandy Balls, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or email photos. Tell us what kind of premises it is and when it’s open, plus pictures or the previous report if they’re to hand. We usually send a fixed quote within one working day.
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Why it’s worth doing now in Sandy Balls
Environmental health officers inspect food businesses, in Sandy Balls as everywhere else, and a greasy canopy or dripping filters won’t go unnoticed. Keeping the extract clean helps the whole kitchen pass muster. Somewhere as small as Sandy Balls, losing a kitchen or building to a fault is felt by everyone who uses it.
Every site is different, so each one gets its own fixed quote. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all make a difference.
Why us?
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
- A fixed price before any work starts