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Ductwork Cleaning in Eltham
Specialist ductwork cleaning for Eltham: a survey, a fixed price, careful work and proper paperwork. Ask us for a fixed quote.
- Stale grease odours from the duct
- Thick deposits at the bottom of a vertical duct
- Readings above 200 microns from a grease thickness test
Ductwork cleaning in Eltham
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 photos. Typical jobs include an insurer asking for TR19 evidence and readings above 200 microns from a grease thickness test, on multi-storey ducts, horizontal duct runs and vertical risers.
London kitchens tend to trade late and open early, so extract cleaning in Eltham is typically done overnight, after the last service. Before the clean, we agree loading, parking and roof access with whoever manages the building.
The sign-off is always in writing: a written report, dated and illustrated with pictures, plus a certificate through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal when the work is a TR19® Grease clean. Any parts we couldn’t reach are recorded on it too.
- Place
- Eltham (SE9, SE12, DA15, BR7)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Paperwork
- Certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Eltham: your questions answered
Do you clean school canteen extracts around Eltham out of term?
Yes, out-of-term visits are normal for schools. With about 34 schools and colleges on the FSA’s register within roughly a mile and a half of Eltham, it pays to plan holiday dates ahead. Tell us your holiday dates and we will book the visit for when the site is empty.
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Eltham?
That’s Greenwich council, whose environmental health officers carry out food hygiene inspections in Eltham. How often a business is inspected depends on the risk rating the council gives it, so it’s worth staying ready all year.
Is a quote from pictures possible?
In many cases, yes. Photos of the system and the access, plus your opening hours and last report, are often enough. Larger or hidden systems need a survey on site first.
Do you cover Eltham?
Yes. We work in Eltham and the rest of Greater London, as part of our work across South East England and London. To book, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or email us.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
We cover floors and nearby surfaces with sheeting before work begins, and waste is contained as we go. At the end, the area is cleaned down.
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.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes, any time. For anything urgent, such as a fan failure or damage after a fire, ring the 24/7 line and we’ll talk you through the next steps.
How long does it take to clean extract ducts?
Allow from a few hours to more than one visit, depending on duct length and access. We will confirm the time when we quote.
Multi-site and managed buildings
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. Shared systems, like a riser serving several units, need a clear agreement on who books the work, and we can quote for the whole system.
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What else we do in Eltham
Keeping the system healthy
Here’s the after-treatment advice, in brief:
- Keep your cleaning records together
- Have the grease measured if cooking hours go up
- Get panels fitted where the duct couldn’t be cleaned
- Report any grease dripping from duct joints
Keep the certificate and report with the fire risk assessment. It’s the evidence an insurer or inspector may ask for, and the photos make the duct’s condition easy to see.
Grease that never reaches the duct never needs cleaning out of it. Keep the filters clean, well fitted and in place whenever you cook.
How the visit works
There are three stages on the day: set-up, the treatment itself and the sign-off. Getting ready means protecting surfaces and switching off what needs to be off, and the sign-off is a written report with photos. The middle part takes longest, which takes anything from a few hours to several visits, depending on the length of duct. Most London sites cannot stop for the day, so work in Eltham is normally done overnight, early in the morning or at weekends.
- We trace the duct and find every way in.
- Grease thickness is measured at set points.
- Out of hours, the area is protected and the access panels opened.
- Heavy deposits come out by hand, then each section is degreased.
- We close up, re-test, photograph and record anything out of reach.
Getting ready for the visit
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Let us know about parking and loading
Ask for a quote
If you need ductwork cleaning in Eltham, call us on 0345 646 2711 or email us. Tell us what kind of premises it is and when it’s open, and send photos or your last report if you can. We usually send a fixed quote within one working day.
Advice
Eltham kitchens: local notes
Food Standards Agency records list about 107 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 56 sandwich bars and takeaways in Eltham and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Where they cook under a canopy, grease does not stop at the filters: it settles along the duct and up the riser. London jobs normally start after the last service, with loading and roof access agreed with the building first. Eltham sits within the area of London Fire Brigade. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel.
School kitchens, at schools like St Thomas More Catholic Comprehensive School for example, are normally cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost. Healthcare kitchens cannot easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Eltham is Eltham Community Hospital, about under half a mile north.
Eltham is about 7 miles west of Dartford, in Greater London. For ductwork cleaning in and around Eltham, it’s easy to get a fixed quote: please ring 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line. We work across South East England and London, including Eltham. We cover 764 places across Greater London, from busy centres to quieter spots. For sites nearby, see our London page, about 8 miles away.
Postcode districts we cover here for ductwork cleaning: SE9, SE12, DA15 and BR7. Whether your site is on Eltham High Street, Tarnwood Park and Elmslie Court or anywhere close by, our technicians can take on the work. Being close to the A20 and B263, Eltham is simple for us to get to at any hour. Other places close to Eltham include Middle Park (1 mile west), New Eltham (1 mile south-east), Well Hall (1 mile north), Coldharbour (1 mile south) and Avery Hill (1 mile north-east). Larger places within reach include London (8 miles north-west), City of Westminster (10 miles north-west), Marylebone (10 miles north-west), Kensington (12 miles west), St Pancras (9 miles north-west) and Shoreditch (8 miles north-west).
What’s near Eltham
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Horn Park, Eltham Church of England Primary School and The Greyhound Public House. There’s a railway station in Eltham itself: Mottingham station. Other landmarks nearby include Eltham Community Hospital (under half a mile north) and Metropolitan Police Museum (2.1 miles east). The countryside around Eltham includes The Tarn and Summer Hill.
Honest limits
Not every problem is solved by ductwork cleaning, and we’d rather say so up front. It will not put right:
- Ductwork that is corroded, split or holed (that needs a ductwork contractor)
- Faulty fire dampers
- A failed fan motor at the end of the duct (a fan repair job)
Not sure which it is? You can call 0345 646 2711 or email us and we will tell you honestly.
What the work covers
- Access panels
- Multi-storey ducts
- Attenuators
- Bends and junctions
- Horizontal duct runs
- Vertical risers
What staff can safely do
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but the parts you can’t see still need a specialist at the right interval.
In-house cleaning and specialist cleaning do different jobs. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
Do you need ductwork cleaning in Eltham?
A duct with too few access doors can’t be fully cleaned. Sections between panels go uncleaned, sometimes since the system was installed, and grease there keeps thickening unseen.
These are the problems we see most often:
- Grease seeping out of the duct seams
- Years of grease along the duct floor
- Smells of old cooking grease from the ductwork
- Heavy grease at the base of a riser
A kitchen near Mottingham station that serves breakfast and dinner can run its extract twelve hours or more, which shortens the cleaning interval.
Before booking anyone
- If they look at the system before pricing
- Proof of insurance
- When the next visit should be, and why
- Whether the figure could change on the day
Why it’s worth doing now in Eltham
A fire in a greasy duct is hard to reach and hard to stop. It can travel through the ductwork to other parts of the building, which is why the duct matters as much as the canopy. A booked night’s work in Eltham costs you no trading time; an unplanned closure does.
Several systems or sites on one quote often makes better use of the time. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at, and you’ll get one fixed quote.
What you get with us
- We diagnose before we treat
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
- One number for every site across the South East and London
- We’re fully insured
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