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Ductwork Cleaning in Brockley
Professional ductwork cleaning in and around Brockley, timed so the site keeps working and signed off in writing with photos.
- A grease test showing the duct is overdue
- Duct runs that cannot be reached
- Grease pooling at the foot of the riser
Why deal with it now?
A partly blocked duct slows the airflow. Less air moves, so heat and smoke stay in the kitchen while the fan strains and grease can drip from duct joints. In Brockley, a planned overnight visit is much easier than closing unexpectedly.
Putting the work off seldom saves money. Build-up, wear and faults tend to get worse, not better, and a neglected system can mean more work. If you’re unsure, call 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we’ll give you an honest view and a fixed quote.
Why book with us
- Full insurance on every job
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- We diagnose before we treat
Take a look at our cost guide or our accreditations and certificates.
How we handle ductwork cleaning in Brockley
We treat ductwork like a doctor treats arteries: find the blockages, clear them, then check the flow is right. Grease readings before and after give you the evidence, alongside before and after pictures. If you’re dealing with duct runs that can’t be reached and proof of duct cleaning for the insurer, we can put it right, from horizontal duct runs, attenuators and access panels onwards.
London kitchens are often tucked into basements or the back of a building, with extract ducts that can climb several floors to discharge at roof level. For a kitchen in Brockley, that usually means a longer system to clean and more access panels to plan around.
We have been trading since 2009, and we’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured.
- Place
- Brockley (SE4, SE23, SE6)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Paperwork
- Certificate and photo report
- Quote
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- Hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
What staff can safely do
A few tasks are always specialist work: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings call for the right kit, training and safe access. Leave those to us.
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.
Ductwork cleaning around Brockley
There are about 316 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 199 takeaways and sandwich shops within about 1.5 miles of central Brockley, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Each kitchen that cooks under a canopy sends grease-laden air into a duct, where it cools and settles. Brockley sits within the area of London Fire Brigade. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk. Food hygiene inspections in Brockley are the job of Lewisham council’s environmental health team. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector.
Bursars and site managers at schools such as Beecroft Garden Primary tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty. Commuter trade near Crofton Park station can mean long cooking hours, and long hours put a kitchen into BESA’s more frequent cleaning bands.
Brockley is about 1 mile south of New Cross, in Greater London. We provide ductwork cleaning for commercial premises of every kind in Brockley and the rest of Greater London. Our Greater London coverage runs to 764 places, and Brockley is one of them.
Ductwork cleaning in SE4, SE23 and SE6 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. Whether your site is on Ivy Road, Nash Road and Lindal Road or a nearby road, our technicians can take on the work. We also cover the places around Brockley: Crofton Park (1 mile south-east), Honor Oak (1 mile west), Ladywell (1 mile east), Forest Hill (1 mile south-west) and Nunhead (1 mile north-west). Within a short drive, we also cover London (4 miles north-west), City of Westminster (7 miles north-west), Marylebone (7 miles north-west), Kensington (8 miles north-west), St Pancras (6 miles north-west) and Shoreditch (5 miles north).
Local landmarks in Brockley
Around Brockley, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Blythe Hill Tavern, Allenby Tutorial Trust and Blythe Hill Fields and the streets around them. There’s a railway station in Brockley itself: Crofton Park station. A little further out are Horniman Museum and Gardens (1.4 miles south-west) and University Hospital Lewisham (0.7 miles east). For a walk, there’s One Tree Hill and Knight's Hill.
What the work involves, part by part
Vertical risers
A riser takes the duct up through one or more floors. Grease runs down the walls and gathers at the base, which is one of the points we test.
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.
Brockley: your questions answered
Can school kitchens in Brockley be cleaned in the holidays?
Yes. Half-terms and the summer break are the natural time for school work. The FSA’s register shows about 52 schools and colleges with food registrations within roughly a mile and a half of Brockley. Send us your term dates when you phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us, and we will fit the work in.
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Brockley?
In Brockley, it’s Lewisham council that carries out food hygiene inspections. An officer may look up into the canopy, so clean filters on the day and a recent certificate on file both help.
What if part of the duct can’t be reached?
Sections out of reach are written down on the report, in line with TR19. We can fit new access panels so they’re cleaned next time.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
We work for restaurants, pubs, hotels, schools, colleges, hospitals, care homes, offices and shops, as well as food production and leisure sites.
What is TR19?
BESA’s ventilation hygiene specification in two main parts: TR19® Grease for kitchen extracts and TR19® Air for supply and extract systems. It isn’t law, but it’s the benchmark.
Do you work in Brockley?
Yes. Our area takes in London and the counties of South East England, and that includes Brockley.
What do you do with what you remove?
We take it away when we go. While we work, it’s kept contained to keep the area clean.
Can one contract cover all our sites?
Yes. Tell us the addresses and what each needs and we’ll quote them together.
What a clean will not put right
We will not sell you work that doesn’t address the problem, so these are the things it will not cover:
- A duct that is too small or badly routed for the kitchen (a design issue)
- Faulty fire dampers
- An extract fan that has stopped working
If in doubt, call 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we’ll say what we think before booking.
What the work covers
- Access panels
- Multi-storey ducts
- Vertical risers
- Horizontal duct runs
- Attenuators
- Bends and junctions
What we’re called out for in Brockley
Ducts in Brockley gather grease for the same reasons as ducts anywhere: hours of cooking, the type of food and how well the filters are kept. BESA guidance sets minimum intervals of 3, 6 or 12 months depending on daily use.
These are the problems we see most often:
- High readings at a recent grease test
- An insurer asking for TR19 evidence
- A rancid smell from the extract duct
- Ductwork that has never been cleaned
Healthcare kitchens can’t easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Brockley is University Hospital Lewisham, about 0.7 miles east.
Comparing quotes
- Proof of insurance
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
What we do, step by step
Your staff don’t need to do much on the day. Someone lets us in at the agreed time and shows us where everything is, and we take it from there. Afterwards, the area is left tidy and the written report follows. If your building in Brockley has sign-in rules, permits or key holders, mention them when you book.
- First we diagnose: the route, the access and the grease levels.
- A fixed quote follows, based on what we found.
- Each section is cleaned in turn through its access panel.
- We take extra care at bends and at the foot of risers.
- The duct is signed off with readings, photos and a next clean date.
Preparing for the visit
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
Get a fixed quote
Photos are enough for some jobs, while others need a look on site. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in pictures, get a survey first. Either way, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
Advice
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What else we do in Brockley
For landlords and multi-site operators
For anyone managing more than one site, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Every building has its own written report, so each one has its own record.
Whether it’s one building or many, the standard is the same: a survey first, a fixed quote, the work timed around the site and a report with photos.