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Brixton ductwork cleaning
Ductwork cleaning in Brixton from ventilation hygiene specialists trading since 2009. Out-of-hours visits and 24/7 emergency callout.
- Duct runs with no cleaning record
- Fat dripping from the ductwork
- Heavy grease at the base of a riser
Ductwork cleaning in Brixton
The ductwork is where an extract clean is won or lost. Without enough access panels, long stretches can go years without being touched. Each section we can reach is cleaned, and any we cannot is written down, so you know exactly where you stand. Common call-outs are for ductwork that has never been cleaned and heavy grease at the base of a riser, across access panels, horizontal duct runs and bends and junctions.
Across London, many commercial kitchens are squeezed into basements and narrow back-of-house spaces, with extract ducts that can climb several floors to discharge at roof level. For a kitchen in Brixton, that typically means a longer system to clean and more access panels to plan around.
Every visit ends with a written report and pictures, so there’s a dated record of the work. Kitchen extract cleaning to TR19® Grease is certificated through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Place
- Brixton (SW2, SW9, SW4)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Records
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Price
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- Working hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
What affects the cost of ductwork cleaning
The survey tells us what the work involves. The main factors are:
- Any permits to work or inductions
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
- How big the system is
- The condition of the system
A single site or a whole portfolio, the quote is built the same way: what needs doing, how we get to it and when. You will have a fixed price before any work starts.
Asking for a quote
When you contact us, it’s useful to have:
- Any previous report or certificate
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
To help us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, photos of the system and any previous report or certificate. Once you have those, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us.
What staff can safely do
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: 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.
Staff cleaning and specialist work aren’t the same thing. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but they don’t reach the grease that builds up further in. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
How the job changes from site to site
Access panels
Access panels are the doors that let us into the duct. Without them, parts of the duct cannot be reached and the report has to say so.
Bends and transitions
Grease tends to pile up at elbows. It’s scraped out and degreased, and test it before and after.
FAQs for Brixton
Can a school canteen extract in Brixton be done out of term time?
Yes, out-of-term visits are normal for schools. With about 71 schools and colleges on the FSA’s register within roughly a mile and a half of Brixton, it pays to plan holiday dates ahead. Booking early in the term gives the best choice of holiday dates.
Which fire authority looks after Brixton?
Fire safety enforcement in Brixton is handled by London Fire Brigade. 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 extract ducts?
Allow a shift or more, depending on the length of the runs and the number of access points. We will confirm the time when we quote.
What do you do to protect the area?
Protection goes down first: sheeting over floors, worktops and anything close to the work. We tidy up and take our waste away before we leave.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes, always. We diagnose before we treat: the survey tells us what the system needs and how to reach it and the fixed quote is built on it.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes, day and night, every day of the year. Our office is open from 8am to 6pm on weekdays, and the emergency line covers the rest.
Where does the waste go?
It leaves the site with us at the end of the visit. During the work, it’s contained to keep the area clean.
What is TR19?
A BESA specification, with two parts that matter most here: TR19® Grease for kitchen extract systems and TR19® Air for general ventilation. It isn’t legislation, but it’s the standard people check against.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
For anyone managing more than one site, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Each site gets its own report and pictures, so each one has its own record.
Multi-site operators often want one contractor and one number. We cover South East England and London, so visits at different addresses can be planned together and kept to a regular schedule.
Ductwork cleaning around Brixton
Food Standards Agency records include about 100 bars, pubs and nightclubs and about 7 hotels and guest houses in and around Brixton, up to about a mile and a half out. A pub or hotel kitchen that cooks every day builds up grease in its extract like any other. Environmental health officers from Lambeth council inspect food businesses in Brixton. 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. In London, kitchens are normally cleaned overnight, when the kitchen is closed and loading is easier.
Commuter trade near Brixton station can mean long cooking hours, and long hours put a kitchen into BESA’s more frequent cleaning bands. A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Trinity Congregational Church or elsewhere in Brixton, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often. Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Dulwich Community Hospital is the nearest hospital to Brixton, about 1.6 miles east.
Brixton is about 1 mile south of Stockwell, in Greater London. Anywhere in SW2, we can carry out ductwork cleaning at your premises. Across Greater London, we cover 764 places, Brixton among them.
Our technicians cover all of the SW2, SW9 and SW4 postcode area for ductwork cleaning and the roads nearby. Ductwork cleaning is available to premises on Acre Lane, Jelf Road and Trent Road and the roads around them. Brixton sits on or near the A204 and A2217, so getting to you is simple for ductwork cleaning. Nearby, we also carry out ductwork cleaning in Stockwell (1 mile north), Clapham Park (1 mile west), Angell Town (1 mile north), Loughborough Junction (1 mile north-east) and Tulse Hill (1 mile south-east). We also work in nearby towns such as London (3 miles north), City of Westminster (4 miles north), Marylebone (4 miles north), Kensington (5 miles north-west), St Pancras (5 miles north) and Shoreditch (5 miles north).
Near you in Brixton
In Brixton, that means kitchens and buildings near Trinity Arms, Max Roach Park and Trinity Academy, among other places. There’s a railway station in Brixton itself: Brixton station. Nearby you’ll also find London General Cab Company Museum (0.9 miles north) and Baynard's Castle (3.8 miles north). Open spaces near Brixton include Battersea Park Lake and Centre for Wildlife Gardening.
Between visits
Looking after the system between visits is straightforward, and it makes the next visit easier:
- Flag drips from the duct straight away
- Diarise the next duct clean
- File each certificate and photo report in the maintenance log
- Have the grease measured if cooking hours go up
Keep the certificate and report with the fire risk assessment. An insurer, fire officer or EHO may ask to see it, and the pictures make the duct’s condition easy to see.
Book the next duct clean before the date passes. If the kitchen starts cooking longer hours, the interval may need to shorten, and grease thickness testing will show it.
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How the visit works
A visit follows the same order every time: sheeting and protection first, make the system safe, do the work, clear away and leave you the report. On site, the work takes from a few hours to more than one visit, depending on duct length and access. In a London area like Brixton, parking, loading and building access are planned before the day of the work.
- First the duct route is traced and every access point noted.
- Grease readings are taken at set points along the duct.
- Through the access panels, thick grease is removed by hand first.
- Horizontal runs and risers are then degreased by the method that suits the deposit.
- Post-clean readings and photos go into the report, with any unreachable section listed.
Before we arrive
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
Getting a quote
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, you get a fixed price before work begins.
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When it’s something else
Some problems need a different service or another trade:
- A worn-out fan that needs replacing
- Duct sections that need replacing
- Undersized or badly laid-out ducts
If you are not sure, just ring 0345 646 2711 or email us and we will give you a straight answer before you book.
Parts of the system we cover
- Multi-storey ducts
- Vertical risers
- Bends and junctions
- Attenuators
- Horizontal duct runs
- Access panels