Greater London · Ductwork cleaning
Ductwork cleaning in Charlton, Greater London
Ductwork cleaning in Charlton, surveyed first and signed off with a written report and photos. Ask us for a fixed quote.
- Stale grease odours from the duct
- Sections of duct with no access panels
- Hardened, baked-on grease in long horizontal runs
About our ductwork cleaning in Charlton
In doctor’s terms, the ductwork is the system’s 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 are dealing with heavy grease at the base of a riser and readings above 200 microns from a grease thickness test, we can help, from bends and junctions, horizontal duct runs and attenuators onwards.
In London, few kitchens can spare a day to close, so work in Charlton is normally booked for the night or the early hours. Parking, loading and access to the roof are agreed with the building before the night of the clean.
Accreditations are easy to claim and worth checking. Ours are BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, plus CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, with full insurance on top.
- Place
- Charlton (SE7, SE18)
- Region
- Greater London
- Records
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Quote
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Working hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
What the work involves, part by part
Horizontal duct runs
Horizontal runs carry the extract along ceilings and through voids. Grease drops out of the slowing air along them, so each section is cleaned through its access panels.
Attenuators and discharge
Some systems have attenuators to reduce noise, but they can hold grease in their linings. We clean what can be reached and note anything that can’t.
What affects the cost of ductwork cleaning
You’ll get a fixed price before we start. It takes into account:
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- What state the system is in
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
- The scale of the work
The cost depends on how big the system is, the condition it’s in and how easy it is to reach. You get a fixed price before any work starts, so you know where you stand.
Asking for a quote
Before you ask for a quote, gather:
- The postcode and the type of business
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
For a fixed quote, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email with the site type, your trading hours and a short description of the system. A few pictures and your last certificate or report help a lot. You will typically have a quote within one working day.
What your team can do, and what needs us
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Regular in-house cleaning slows the build-up, but hidden parts of the system still need specialist attention.
What happens on the day
Night work is normal for us. Evenings, nights and weekends are when much of our work happens, so a kitchen or building can carry on as usual the next day. The visit itself takes a shift or more, depending on the length of the runs and the number of access points. If your building in Charlton has sign-in rules, permits or key holders, mention them when you book.
- Diagnosis: a survey of the duct’s route, size and access.
- A fixed quote follows, based on what we found.
- Each section is cleaned in turn through its access panel.
- Bends, risers and the base of each riser get extra attention.
- The duct is signed off with readings, photos and a next clean date.
How to prepare
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
Get a fixed quote
The quickest way to a quote is to send pictures: the system from a couple of angles, plus any access panels or hatches. Add the site type and your opening hours, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.
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Nearby places to Charlton
What else we do in Charlton
Common problems we fix in Charlton
A duct with too few access doors cannot be fully cleaned. Sections between panels go uncleaned, sometimes since the system was installed, and grease there keeps thickening unseen.
The symptoms we are asked about most include:
- Duct runs with no cleaning record
- Grease leaking from duct joints
- A grease test showing the duct is overdue
- Smells of old cooking grease from the ductwork
A hospital like British Hospital for Mothers and Babies, about 0.5 miles east, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day.
Before you book anyone
- Whether the figure could change on the day
- Whether they’re fully insured
- How areas they cannot reach will be recorded
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
Managing agents and facilities teams in Charlton
From a single site to a large estate, you get the same standard: diagnosis, a fixed price, work booked around your hours and a written report with pictures.
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’re happy to quote for all of it.
Keeping the system healthy
To keep the system working properly between visits:
- Keep to the interval on the report
- Ask us about extra access panels where sections can’t be reached
- Keep access panels clear of stored items
- Run the extract fan throughout service
Access panels are closed and sealed back up after cleaning, and the area around them is cleaned down. Grease and dirty water are contained and removed.
The less grease gets past the canopy, the cleaner the duct stays. Keep the filters clean, well fitted and in place whenever you cook.
Charlton: your questions answered
Do you work at weekends in Charlton?
Yes, evening, overnight and weekend work is normal for us. Your customers, staff or residents in Charlton needn’t be disturbed. Just phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email with your opening times and we will plan around them.
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Charlton?
London Fire Brigade is the fire and rescue service for Charlton. If a fire safety officer visits a commercial kitchen, they may ask about the fire risk assessment and how the extract is kept clean.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes. There’s a 24/7 emergency line for anything that cannot wait until a planned visit. Ring any time and tell us what’s happened.
Are you insured?
Yes, fully. CHAS and SafeContractor accreditation sit alongside it, for sites that check contractor safety.
Which accreditations do you hold?
We hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. The Vent Hygiene Elite scheme is run by BESCA and audited independently.
Where does the waste go?
It leaves the site with us when we go. While we work, it’s kept contained to keep the area clean.
Who has the legal duty for fire safety?
It depends on the building. Under the Fire Safety Order 2005, it’s the responsible person, which can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, an FM or a managing agent.
Will I get a report after the ducts are cleaned?
Readings, pictures and, for a full clean, a TR19 certificate. It also gives a recommended next clean date.
What ductwork cleaning looks like in Charlton
According to Food Standards Agency records, there are about 29 pubs, bars and clubs and about 4 hotels, B&Bs and guest houses in and around Charlton, 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. In Charlton, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Greenwich council. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready. Overnight is the normal time to clean a London kitchen extract, so trading is not affected.
If you cook for passing trade around Charlton station, the extract can be cleaned between your last and first customer. If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near St Catherine Labouré or elsewhere in Charlton, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
Charlton is about 2 miles west of Plumstead, in Greater London. Whatever kind of site you run in Charlton, ductwork cleaning is something we can help with. We can work out of hours so trading is not interrupted. Across Greater London, we cover 764 places, and Charlton is one of them. For sites nearby, see our London page, about 6 miles away.
Postcode districts we cover here for ductwork cleaning: SE7 and SE18. If you need ductwork cleaning at premises on Floyd Road, Guild Road and Priolo Road or anywhere close by, our technicians can take on the work. Close by, we work in New Charlton (1 mile north-west), Westcombe Park (1 mile west), Woolwich (1 mile east), Vanbrugh Park Estate (1 mile south-west) and Kidbrooke (2 miles south). Further out, we also cover London (6 miles west), City of Westminster (8 miles west), Marylebone (8 miles west), Kensington (10 miles west), St Pancras (7 miles west) and Shoreditch (6 miles north-west).
What’s near Charlton
In Charlton, that means kitchens and buildings near Charlton Park, Wildwood Montessori School and Royal Greenwich Trust School. There’s a railway station in Charlton itself: Charlton station. Other landmarks nearby include British Hospital for Mothers and Babies (0.5 miles east) and Gallions Reach Shopping Park (2.3 miles north-east). Open spaces near Charlton include Gilbert's Pit.