Hampshire · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen Extract Cleaning in Upper Enham
Kitchen extract cleaning for commercial sites in Upper Enham and across Hampshire. BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease.
- Extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit
- Grease dripping from the canopy or filters
- Ductwork thick with old, hardened grease
Kitchen extract cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Upper Enham
Cooking sends fat-laden vapour into the canopy with every service. As it cools, it clings to the inside of the ductwork and keeps building. That layer will burn, and cleaning the whole system is how you keep it under control. Common call-outs are for fat running down the canopy edge and poor airflow at the canopy, on plenums and filters, horizontal duct runs and canopies and hoods. Canopy cleaning, extract cleaning and duct cleaning are often used to mean the same thing, but in Upper Enham, as everywhere, the insurer wants the full system cleaned, not just the hood.
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.
Work in a small place like Upper Enham starts with a call to agree access and timings, 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.
Good records are part of the job. Each visit is written up with pictures, covering the work done, any areas we couldn’t access and a recommended next date. File it in your maintenance log so it’s to hand when an insurer or inspector asks.
- Place
- Upper Enham (SP11)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Reporting
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Quote
- A fixed price before work begins
- Hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Looking after it afterwards
No system stays clean for ever, but care slows the build-up. A few tips:
- Make sure every filter is fitted before cooking
- Diarise the next clean as soon as you get the certificate
- Wash or exchange the filters often
- Keep the extract on whenever the range is lit
If we couldn’t get into part of the duct, the report says so plainly. That is part of an honest TR19 clean, not a failing, and new access panels can be fitted so the next clean covers it.
Book the next clean before the last one runs out. If the kitchen starts cooking longer hours, the interval should be looked at again, and grease readings will show it.
Do you need kitchen extract cleaning in Upper Enham?
The type of cooking changes the amount of grease. Frying, grilling and roasting send far more fat into the canopy than steaming or boiling, which is why grease readings matter more than the calendar.
Most sites get in touch after spotting one of these:
- Extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit
- Fat running down the canopy edge
- Rancid smells from grease in the duct
- Proof of cleaning requested by an insurer
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Saint George or elsewhere in Upper Enham, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
Before you book anyone
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- What records you will receive afterwards
- When they can work, and whether that’s outside your opening hours
- Whether the figure could change on the day
Fixed quotes for kitchen extract cleaning in Upper Enham
There’s no set price list, because sites vary so much. The quote depends on:
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- Parking and loading at the site
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
- The scale of the work
You won’t find a price list here, because the cost depends on the site in front of us. Call for a fixed quote, and we’ll talk you through it.
Helping us quote
A few details help us quote accurately. When you get in touch, it helps to send:
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
- Problems your staff have spotted
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
Need a price for kitchen extract cleaning? Please call 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and tell us about the site. We will explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before you commit to anything.
How the job changes from site to site
Ductwork and risers
Risers take the extract up through floors to roof level, and grease runs down their walls and pools at the base. They’re cleaned through access points along their height.
Extract fan and discharge
Grease that reaches the fan coats the blades and the housing. It’s isolated, opened and cleaned as part of the TR19 clean.
What happens on the day
The visit has three parts: getting the area ready, doing the work and signing it off. Getting ready means protecting surfaces and switching off what needs to be off, and the sign-off is a written report with photos. Most of the time goes on the work itself, which takes a few hours for a small kitchen, longer for a large system. The timing of a visit to Upper Enham is set by you, and the travel is our side of the planning.
- We survey the system, from your pictures or on site, canopy to discharge.
- We take grease readings at set points and give you a fixed quote.
- On the night, the equipment is off and cool and the kitchen is sheeted.
- We work through the system from the canopy to the fan and discharge.
- Readings are repeated, pictures taken, and your TR19 certificate and photo report issued.
How to prepare
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
How to get a quote
If you need kitchen extract cleaning in Upper Enham, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line. Let us know the site type and the opening hours, and send pictures or your last report if you can. A fixed quote normally follows within one working day.
Related advice
Questions from Upper Enham
Will you come out to Upper Enham?
Yes, smaller places are covered as well as towns. Photos of the system and directions to the site help us plan the visit.
Which council inspects kitchens in Upper Enham?
Food hygiene inspections in Upper Enham are carried out by Test Valley council. How often a business is inspected depends on the risk rating the council gives it, so it’s worth staying ready all year.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
We cover floors and nearby surfaces with sheeting before any work starts, and waste is contained as we go. Before we leave, we tidy up and clean down.
How much does kitchen extract cleaning cost in Upper Enham?
Size, condition, access and working hours all affect the cost. Ask us for a fixed quote and we will typically reply within one working day.
Do you clean the whole extract system or just the canopy?
A TR19 Grease clean covers the full extract route, not just the canopy. That means canopy, plenum, filters, ducts, risers, fan and discharge, reached through access panels where necessary.
How far ahead should we book?
For planned work, earlier is better, particularly if your next visit is nearly due. Emergencies are different, because our line is open 24/7.
Can one contract cover all our sites?
Yes. One number covers all your sites in our area, with visits on a regular schedule.
What happens if you cannot reach some of it?
We never leave them off the paperwork. The report says which parts couldn’t be reached and why, along with a quote to put access in.
Multi-site and managed buildings
We work for landlords, managing agents and facilities managers as well as the people running the site. 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.
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. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.
Towns and villages near Upper Enham
Also in Upper Enham
Upper Enham kitchens: local notes
Food Standards Agency records list about 4 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Upper Enham. Wherever food is cooked under a canopy, the extract above it gathers grease and needs cleaning on a schedule. It’s Test Valley council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Upper Enham. 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. The fire and rescue service for Upper Enham is Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises.
Term dates shape school work: for a school like Smannell and Enham Church of England (Aided) Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break. Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as Andover War Memorial Hospital (about 2.6 miles south-west), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands.
Upper Enham is about 3 miles north of Andover, in Hampshire. Sites in Upper Enham get the same service as everywhere we cover: a survey first, a fixed quote, work timed around your hours and a report with photos. Upper Enham is one of 683 towns, villages and districts in Hampshire we cover for kitchen extract cleaning. We also work in Southampton, around 23 miles away.
Postcode districts we cover here for kitchen extract cleaning: SP11. That includes premises on Dunhills Lane, Maccallum Road and Green Drove and nearby roads. We also cover the places around Upper Enham: Enham Alamein (1 mile south), Little London (1 mile east), Smannell (1 mile south-east), Wildhern (1 mile north-west) and Knights Enham (1 mile south). Larger places within reach include Winchester (15 miles south-east), Andover (3 miles south), Hyde (14 miles south-east), Tidworth (8 miles west), Weeke (14 miles south-east) and Kempshott (14 miles east).
Near you in Upper Enham
Around Upper Enham, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near The Hare & Hounds pub. The nearest railway station is Andover station, roughly 2.8 miles south. Nearby you’ll also find Finkley Down Farm Museum (2.1 miles south) and Andover War Memorial Hospital (2.6 miles south-west). For a walk, there’s Anton Lakes and Mill Lake.
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 can’t safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, and that is where we come in.
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.