Greater London · Ductwork cleaning
Ductwork Cleaning in Earlsfield
Cleaning of kitchen extract ductwork, horizontal runs and vertical risers through access panels for commercial sites in Earlsfield and across Greater London. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and fully insured.
- Ductwork that has never been cleaned
- Grease pooling at the foot of the riser
- Grease leaking from duct joints
What affects the quote in Earlsfield
Before we fix a price, we need to know a few things. We check:
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- The condition we find in the survey
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
- Parking and loading at the site
Whatever the type of site, the quote works the same way: the size of the job, access, condition and working hours. Ask for a fixed quote and we will explain each part.
What we need to know
There’s no need for technical detail. Just send:
- The site address and the type of premises
- 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
- Problems your staff have spotted
We don’t publish a price list, because every site is different. We look at your system first, from pictures or on a visit, and then send you a fixed quote. To start, ring 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form.
Ductwork cleaning in Earlsfield, done properly
In doctor’s terms, the ductwork is the system’s arteries: diagnose where grease has built up, clear it and confirm the result. Grease readings before and after give you the evidence, alongside before and after pictures. Common call-outs are for hardened, baked-on grease in long horizontal runs and grease leaking from duct joints, across access panels, vertical risers and multi-storey ducts.
London kitchens tend to trade late and open early, so work in Earlsfield 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.
Each 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.
- Where
- Earlsfield (SW18, SW17, SW19)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Reporting
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed price before work begins
- Working hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
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Why deal with it now?
Under BESA guidance, the mean grease level should stay at or below 200 microns between cleans. Anywhere that reaches 500 microns or more needs immediate spot cleaning. Leaving the duct makes those limits harder to keep to. Shared walls, risers and roofs mean a problem at one London site seldom stays put.
Working hours, access and the scale of the site all affect the cost. We take each of them into account, and the price is fixed before any work starts.
Why Earlsfield businesses choose us
- Trading since 2009
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
- Fixed quotes, usually within one working day
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
Read our cost guide and our accreditations and certificates.
Part by part
Attenuators and discharge
Attenuators, where fitted, quieten the extract, and their linings can soak up grease. We clean what can be reached and note anything that can’t.
Horizontal duct runs
Grease settles on the floor of a flat duct run. Thick deposits are scraped out by hand before degreasing, then the walls and roof are cleaned too.
Aftercare tips
A little care between visits keeps the system in better shape. We recommend:
- Run the extract fan throughout service
- Tell us if grease leaks from the ductwork
- Make sure filters are seated properly
- Ask us about extra access panels where sections cannot be reached
Every panel we open is refitted when we finish, and the surrounding area is left clean. Grease and dirty water are contained and removed.
Run the extract the whole time the kitchen is cooking. Moving air carries vapour through rather than letting it settle, so switching off early adds to the build-up.
Ductwork cleaning around Earlsfield
The FSA’s data shows about 62 bars, pubs and nightclubs and about 4 hotels and B&Bs registered within about 1.5 miles of central Earlsfield. Any of them serving cooked food has an extract to keep clean, from canopy to discharge. Earlsfield 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. Kitchens in Earlsfield get their food hygiene inspections from Wandsworth council. 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.
Commuter trade near Earlsfield station can mean long cooking hours, and long hours put a kitchen into BESA’s more frequent cleaning bands. If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Beatrix Potter Primary School or anywhere near Earlsfield, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean. Volunteers running a hall kitchen near St John the Divine, or anywhere in Earlsfield, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Earlsfield is about 2 miles north-east of Wimbledon, in Greater London. Whether your site is in the middle of Earlsfield or further out, ductwork cleaning is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from a single unit to a large public building. Our Greater London coverage runs to 764 places, Earlsfield among them.
We cover every part of the SW18, SW17 and SW19 postcode area for ductwork cleaning and the roads nearby. You’ll find streets such as Burr Road, Acuba Road and Mount Road, all of which we cover for ductwork cleaning. Neighbouring places we cover for ductwork cleaning include Southfields (1 mile north-west), Summerstown (1 mile south), Wandsworth (1 mile north), Tooting Bec (1 mile south-east) and Tooting (1 mile south-east). Further out, we also cover London (5 miles north-east), City of Westminster (5 miles north), Marylebone (5 miles north), Kensington (4 miles north), St Pancras (6 miles north-east) and Shoreditch (7 miles north-east).
Landmarks near Earlsfield
Typical jobs here are in premises near Hillcroft School, Southfields Academy and Leather Bottle pub, among other places. Earlsfield has its own railway station: Earlsfield station. Other landmarks nearby include Southside Wandsworth (0.8 miles north-west) and St James' Hospital (1 mile east). For a walk, there’s Battersea Park Lake and Wandle Meadow Nature Park.
Questions from Earlsfield
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Earlsfield?
The local authority for Earlsfield is Wandsworth council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. An officer may look up into the canopy, so clean filters on the day and a recent certificate on file both help.
Which fire service covers Earlsfield?
That is 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.
Do you install duct access panels?
Yes. We’ll point out where panels are needed, and we can fit them so those sections are cleaned in future.
Will the duct clean disrupt the kitchen?
We clean while the kitchen is closed, evenings, overnight or at weekends. The extract and cooking equipment need to be off.
How do you clean inside the ductwork?
After a survey and grease readings, the duct is opened up through its access panels. We clean the runs and risers section by section, then the readings are repeated.
How much notice do you need?
Earlier is better, particularly for night and weekend visits. We normally quote within one working day, and emergencies are covered by our 24/7 line.
What does TR19 mean?
BESA’s ventilation hygiene specification in two main parts: TR19® Grease for kitchen extracts and TR19® Air for supply and extract systems. It is not law, but it’s the benchmark.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes, every time. Diagnosis comes before treatment: the survey shows what needs doing and what access we need and the fixed quote is built on it.
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 are happy to quote for all of it.
From a single site to a large estate, you get the same standard: the system surveyed, the price fixed, the visit fitted around trading and everything written up afterwards.
What your team can do, and what needs us
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, alongside our reports.
A few tasks are always specialist work: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease call for the right kit, training and safe access. That is our job.
How it works
There are three stages on the day: set-up, the treatment itself and the sign-off. Set-up means sheeting and making equipment safe, and the sign-off is a written report with pictures. The middle part takes longest, and that takes from a few hours to more than one visit, depending on duct length and access. Loading bays, visitor permits and roof access are the first things we ask about for a site in Earlsfield.
- 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.
- Next the ducts and risers are degreased, using whatever suits the deposit.
- We test again, take pictures and note any part that couldn’t be reached.
Before we arrive
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
Ask for a quote
Some systems can be priced from photos; others need a survey. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in photos, get a survey first. Either way, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.