Greater London · Ductwork cleaning
Ductwork cleaning in Clare Market, Greater London
Ductwork cleaning for Clare Market, from a team that has been trading since 2009. Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus a 24/7 emergency line.
- Duct runs with no cleaning record
- Proof of duct cleaning for the insurer
- Smells of old cooking grease from the ductwork
Common questions in Clare Market
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Clare Market?
London Fire Brigade is the fire and rescue service for Clare Market. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
Does London parking affect a job in Clare Market?
We plan it in advance, so let us know about loading bays, permits and access rules at the building. If the building has a loading slot system, we’ll book into it.
What shows that the ducts need a clean?
We measure it. Using a Wet Film Thickness Test or Deposit Thickness Test, we check the grease at set points. A mean above 200 microns, or 500 microns at any point, means it’s due.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. You deal with one contact for every site in our area, and visits can be set on a regular cycle.
Can you clean ductwork with no access panels?
Every reachable section is cleaned and the rest recorded. Fitting extra access panels is the usual answer, and we can do that for you.
What’s the cleaning interval for extract ductwork?
The duct is cleaned as part of the whole system, at intervals set by BESA guidance, from every 3 months for heavy use to every 12 months for light use. Grease thickness testing shows whether that is often enough.
Where does the waste go?
Waste is contained during the work and removed when we leave, from grease and debris to used cleaning water. None of it is left on site.
Do you install duct access panels?
Yes, we fit access panels where the duct needs them. That lets the next clean reach sections that were missed, and the report will show where they’re needed.
About our ductwork cleaning in Clare Market
Duct Doctor has cleaned kitchen extract ductwork since 2009, working across London and the South East. As a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, our duct cleaning is done to BESA TR19® Grease, with each certificate issued through the BESCA portal. If you have heavy grease at the base of a riser and ductwork that has never been cleaned, we can put it right.
In a London area like Clare Market, a kitchen extract often passes through shared space on its way out: a riser, a service void, the floors above. Grease in a duct like that is a fire risk to the whole building, not just the kitchen, which is why keeping it clean to TR19® matters.
It’s worth checking any contractor’s accreditations. We’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured.
- Where
- Clare Market (WC2H, W1D, WC2B)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Paperwork
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
What we are called out for in Clare Market
A duct with too few access doors cannot be fully cleaned. Stretches with no way in may never have been touched, and grease there keeps thickening unseen.
Look out for any of the following:
- Grease pooling at the foot of the riser
- Years of grease along the duct floor
- Stale grease odours from the duct
- Fat dripping from the ductwork
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Enon Chapel or elsewhere in Clare Market, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.
What your quote should include
- Whether they’re fully insured
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
- What hours they’ll be on site
- Whether the quote shows VAT
Leave it or put it right?
BESA guidance says grease shouldn’t exceed a mean of 200 microns between cleans. A reading of 500 microns or more at any point means a spot clean right away. Leaving the duct makes those limits harder to keep to. Leaving it on a busy London site only adds to the work.
Every site is different, so we price each one individually. The size of the job, how we reach it, its condition and the working hours all play a part.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Clare Market
- Full insurance on every job
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
- A fixed price before any work starts
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
Nearby places to Clare Market
What else we do in Clare Market
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. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, which is where we come in.
Staff cleaning does not replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but hidden parts of the system still need specialist attention.
Kitchen extracts in Clare Market
According to Food Standards Agency records, there are about 501 pubs, bars and clubs and about 233 hotels and B&Bs in and around Clare Market, up to about a mile and a half out. Any of them serving cooked food has an extract to keep clean, from canopy to discharge. In Clare Market, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Westminster council. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. Night work suits London kitchens, and roads and loading bays tend to be quieter too.
A kitchen near London Charing Cross station that serves breakfast and dinner can run its extract twelve hours or more, which shortens the cleaning interval. For schools such as St Clement Danes CofE Primary School, kitchen extract cleaning is usually booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
Clare Market is about 1 mile south of St Pancras, in Greater London. Sites in Clare Market get the same service as everywhere we cover: a survey first, a fixed quote, work timed around your hours and a report with pictures. Clare Market is one of 764 towns, villages and districts in Greater London where we work for ductwork cleaning.
Work in WC2H, W1D and WC2B follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. That includes premises on Drury Lane, New Square and Old Square and nearby roads. Main roads around Clare Market include the A4 and A301, so getting to you is simple for evening and night visits. If your site is just outside Clare Market, we cover Aldwych (1 mile south), Temple Bar (1 mile east), Covent Garden (1 mile south-west), Temple (1 mile south-east) and Seven Dials (1 mile west). We also work in nearby towns such as Kensington (4 miles west), Walthamstow (6 miles north-east), Hampstead (4 miles north-west), Ruislip (13 miles west), Stockwell (3 miles south) and Orpington (13 miles south-east).
Around Clare Market
In Clare Market, that means kitchens and buildings near Lincoln's Inn Fields, London Nautical School and LSE Shaw Library and the streets around them. You will also find Ye Old White Horse pub (within half a mile north) and Mercers' School (less than half a mile north-east). Clare Market’s nearest station is London Charing Cross station, roughly 0.6 miles south-west of the centre. A little further out are St Philip's Hospital (less than half a mile north-west) and Montfichet's Tower (0.7 miles east). Open spaces near Clare Market include Ludgate Hill and St. James's Park Lake.
Honest limits
It’s worth knowing the limits before booking:
- Parts of the duct with no way in
- A duct that’s too small or badly routed for the kitchen (a design issue)
- An extract fan that has stopped working
Not sure which it is? You can call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we will tell you honestly before you book.
Parts of the system we cover
- Bends and junctions
- Multi-storey ducts
- Horizontal duct runs
- Access panels
- Vertical risers
- Attenuators
Aftercare tips
Simple habits between visits make a real difference. Our advice:
- Get panels fitted where the duct couldn’t be cleaned
- Make sure filters are seated properly
- Flag drips from the duct straight away
- Diarise the next duct clean
File the paperwork in the maintenance log. It’s the evidence an insurer or inspector may ask for, and the pictures make the duct’s condition easy to see.
Grease that never reaches the duct never needs cleaning out of it. Clean, properly seated filters are the duct’s best protection.
What we do, step by step
Everything the job needs comes with us, including protection sheets, the right tools and access kit. All we need from you is clear access and the right equipment switched off. On site, the work takes from a few hours to more than one visit, depending on duct length and access. Before any visit in Clare Market, we agree where the van can stop and how equipment reaches the system.
- We map the duct route and check where the access panels are.
- Set points along the runs are tested for grease.
- Access panels are opened and heavy deposits scraped out by hand.
- Horizontal runs and risers are then degreased by the method that suits the deposit.
- Readings and photos are repeated and any section we couldn’t reach is recorded.
Before we arrive
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
- Clear the space around the work
Ask for a quote
If you need ductwork cleaning in Clare Market, call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email. Let us know the site type and the opening hours, plus pictures or the previous report if they’re to hand. We typically send a fixed quote within one working day.
Related advice
Part by part
Multi-storey and shared buildings
A duct that climbs several floors may be cleaned over more than one visit. We agree a sequence that suits the building, out of hours where possible.
Access panels
Every section of duct is cleaned through an access panel. Without them, parts of the duct cannot be reached, and TR19 expects them to be recorded.