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Ductwork cleaning in Esher, Surrey
Ductwork cleaning across Esher and nearby, booked around your opening hours and finished with a written report and pictures.
- Fat dripping from the ductwork
- Thick deposits at the bottom of a vertical duct
- Proof of duct cleaning for the insurer
Your questions about ductwork cleaning in Esher
Do you do school kitchen extract cleaning in Esher in the summer holidays?
Yes. The holidays are the usual time for school work. The FSA’s register shows about 7 schools and colleges with food registrations within roughly a mile and a half of Esher. Tell us your holiday dates and we’ll book the visit for when the site is empty.
Who inspects food businesses in Esher?
That is Elmbridge council, whose environmental health officers carry out food hygiene inspections in Esher. How often a business is inspected depends on the risk rating the council gives it, so it’s worth staying ready all year.
What happens to the waste?
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.
How is kitchen extract ductwork cleaned?
Through access panels along the duct. Heavy grease is scraped out by hand, then the surfaces are degreased with a method that suits the deposit, such as degreasers, hot water or steam.
How often should kitchen ducts be cleaned?
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’s often enough.
Will the duct clean disrupt the kitchen?
When the kitchen is closed. Long ducts can be split across visits, with the kitchen ready to cook each morning.
Is a quote from pictures possible?
Often, yes. With good pictures, the site type and your last report, we can price many jobs. Where we cannot see enough, we arrange a survey.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. Our area covers London and the South East, so we can schedule a run of sites as one programme. Each site gets its own report and pictures.
Ductwork cleaning in Esher
Nobody sees duct grease building, so nobody notices it until something goes wrong. A flare-up drawn up from the range can light it, carrying a fire along the duct and into rooms far from the kitchen. Removing it is the whole point. The work covers access panels, vertical risers and horizontal duct runs, and the jobs we see most are thick deposits at the bottom of a vertical duct and grease leaking from duct joints.
In a smaller place like Esher, the kitchens with extract systems are more likely to be a pub, a café, a takeaway or a school or care home kitchen than a big restaurant. A kitchen that cooks fewer hours still builds up grease, so the interval is set by hours of use and grease readings.
Nothing is signed off by word of mouth: 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. It shows what was done and what, if anything, couldn’t be reached.
- Location
- Esher (KT10, KT7, KT8)
- Region
- Surrey
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
What happens if it’s left?
TR19® isn’t law, but the duty to manage fire risk is. The Fire Safety Order 2005 makes the responsible person assess and reduce fire risk, and grease in the duct is part of that. A visit arranged in advance is far less disruptive than a callout on a busy day.
One small site or a whole estate, the quote is built the same way: the work involved, the access and the timing. You’ll have a fixed price before we start.
Why Esher businesses choose us
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
- Trading since 2009
- One number for every site across the South East and London
- We’re fully insured
Read our cost guide or how to check a contractor.
What we’re called out for in Esher
Damaged or poorly fitted filters let more grease into the duct. The duct then takes grease that the filters should have stopped and it fills faster.
These are the problems we see most often:
- Grease seeping out of the duct seams
- Smells of old cooking grease from the ductwork
- An insurer asking for TR19 evidence
- Duct runs that can’t be reached
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Milbourne Lodge School or anywhere near Esher, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean.
Comparing quotes
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
- What hours they’ll be on site
- Whether a survey comes first
- Whether the figure could change on the day
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What your team can do, and what needs us
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: 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. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but the parts you can’t see still need a specialist at the right interval.
Part by part
Attenuators and discharge
The last section of duct before the discharge is often the coolest, which can mean heavier deposits. We include it in the clean and the readings.
Vertical risers
Cleaning a riser needs access along its height. Where it can’t be reached safely, the report says so.
Ductwork cleaning around Esher
The FSA’s data shows about 21 pubs and bars registered in Esher and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Wherever they cook, the canopy, duct and fan collect grease just as a restaurant’s do. Surrey Fire and Rescue Service covers Esher. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk. It’s Elmbridge council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Esher. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready.
Where a hall near St George's Church, or anywhere in Esher, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does. Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; No. 2 New Zealand General Hospital is the nearest hospital to Esher, about 2.9 miles north-west.
Esher is about 5 miles north-west of Epsom, in Surrey. If you need ductwork cleaning in Esher, it’s easy to get a fixed quote: please give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email. Our area covers London and the South East, including Esher. We cover 395 places across Surrey, large and small. There’s also a page for Guildford, about 12 miles away.
We work across KT10, KT7 and KT8 for ductwork cleaning and the roads nearby. Whether your site is on High Street, Station Road and Warren Close or a nearby road, our technicians can take on the work. Main roads around Esher include the A244 and A307, which makes travel easy for ductwork cleaning. Nearby, we also carry out ductwork cleaning in West End (1 mile south-west), Lower Green (1 mile north), Hinchley Wood (1 mile east), Claygate (1 mile south-east) and Weston Green (1 mile north-east). Within a short drive, we also cover Guildford (12 miles south-west), Woking (10 miles west), Epsom (5 miles south-east), Redhill (12 miles south-east), Ewell (5 miles east) and Egham (9 miles north-west).
What’s near Esher
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Albert Arms, Esher Church of England High School and Claremont Park. Esher’s nearest station is Esher station, about 0.8 miles north-east of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Chessington Castle Hill (3.2 miles east) and No. 2 New Zealand General Hospital (2.9 miles north-west). Green spaces nearby include Jubilee Wood and The Lake.
For landlords and multi-site operators
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.
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare in Esher and across Surrey. Larger estates can be phased building by building around the people who use them.
The process
Before we leave, we walk the area with whoever is on site. We point out anything that couldn’t be reached or needs a follow-up, and the same goes into the written report. All told, the work takes from a few hours to more than one visit, depending on duct length and access. Tell us when your site near Esher is quiet and the visit will be booked for then.
- Diagnosis: a survey of the duct’s route, size and access.
- A fixed quote follows, based on what we found.
- We clean section by section, working from panel to panel.
- Bends, risers and the base of each riser get extra attention.
- Readings, pictures and a recommended next clean date complete the job.
Preparing for the visit
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
- Clear loose items from the work area
Ask for a quote
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: the system from a couple of angles, plus any access panels or hatches. Add the site type and your opening hours, and we can price many jobs without a visit.
Related advice
Looking after it afterwards
After the visit, a few habits help the work last:
- Consider fitting panels where the report shows gaps
- Never cook with a filter missing
- Tell us if grease leaks from the ductwork
- Keep to the interval on the report
The report gives a recommended next clean date, worked out from the grease we found and how long you cook each day, in line with BESA guidance.
The less grease gets past the canopy, the cleaner the duct stays. Clean, properly seated filters are the duct’s best protection.