Greater London · Ductwork cleaning
Duct cleaning in Hampstead Garden Suburb
For ductwork cleaning in Hampstead Garden Suburb, one call is all it takes: survey, fixed quote, work and sign-off. Fully insured, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001.
- Sections of duct with no access panels
- A rancid smell from the extract duct
- A grease test showing the duct is overdue
How the visit works
The first job on site is protection: sheeting goes over floors and surfaces close to the work. After that, the system is made safe and the work begins. It takes a few hours for a short run, longer for long runs and tall risers, and we clear up before we go. Expect the work in Hampstead Garden Suburb to happen after your last customer leaves, not during trading.
- The duct route is surveyed and every access point found.
- Grease thickness is measured at set points.
- Out of hours, the area is protected and the access panels opened.
- Thick grease is scraped out, then the runs and risers are degreased.
- We close up, re-test, photograph and record anything out of reach.
Before we arrive
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
Ask for a quote
To help us quote: the address, the type of site and when it’s open, a few photos and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Then ring 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line.
Related advice
Ductwork cleaning in Hampstead Garden Suburb
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 photos. The work covers attenuators, multi-storey ducts and access panels, and people most often call us about grease leaking from duct joints and smells of old cooking grease from the ductwork.
In a London area like Hampstead Garden Suburb, a kitchen extract often passes through shared space on its way out: a riser, a service void, the floors above. A duct fire there can reach parts of the building far from the range, which is why keeping it clean to TR19® matters.
We have been trading since 2009, and we are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured.
- Place
- Hampstead Garden Suburb (NW11, N2, N3)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Paperwork
- Certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed price before work begins
- Working hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
FAQs for Hampstead Garden Suburb
Do you work overnight in Hampstead Garden Suburb?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. The work in Hampstead Garden Suburb can fit around your hours. When you ring 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line, mention when the site is quiet.
Can you clean school kitchen extracts in Hampstead Garden Suburb during the holidays?
Yes. The holidays are the usual time for school work. Food Standards Agency records list about 36 schools, colleges and universities with registered kitchens within about a mile and a half of Hampstead Garden Suburb. Send us your term dates when you call 0345 646 2711 or email us, and we’ll fit the work in.
Who has the legal duty for fire safety?
The Fire Safety Order 2005 calls them the responsible person: often the employer, owner or occupier. In shared or managed buildings, a landlord, facilities manager or managing agent can share the duty.
Do I get a certificate for ductwork cleaning?
A full system clean comes with a TR19 certificate and a photo report. It includes readings, pictures and any unreachable sections.
What types of premises do you cover?
We work for restaurants, pubs, hotels, schools, colleges, hospitals, care homes, offices and shops, plus food production and leisure sites.
Do you install duct access panels?
Yes, we do. We’ll point out where panels are needed, and we can fit them so those sections are cleaned in future.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes, of course. Tell us what you have and how it’s used and we’ll propose a schedule with a fixed quote.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. Tell us the addresses and what each needs and you’ll get one fixed quote.
What your team can do, and what needs us
Some jobs should never be done in-house: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease call for the right kit, training and safe access. That’s our job.
Keep a record of what your team does. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, alongside our reports.
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Part by part
Bends and transitions
A bend can hold far more grease than a straight run of the same length. It’s scraped out and degreased, and test it before and after.
Attenuators and discharge
The discharge is where the duct ends and air leaves the building. It can gather grease and mark the wall or roof around it, so it’s cleaned as far as safe access allows.
Keeping the system healthy
A little care between visits keeps the system in better shape. Our advice:
- Don’t switch the extract off early
- Report any grease dripping from duct joints
- Leave a way through to the access panels
- Check readings when the menu changes
Every panel we open is refitted when we finish, and the area around them is cleaned down. Waste grease and water are taken away.
Extra access panels mean more of the duct gets cleaned each time. It doesn’t stop grease forming, but it stops it building unseen.
What we’re called out for in Hampstead Garden Suburb
Slow air leaves the most grease behind. Long horizontal runs, bends, changes in size and the foot of a riser all collect more, and those are the points we pay most attention to.
If you notice any of these, it’s worth a diagnosis:
- Grease seeping out of the duct seams
- Proof of duct cleaning for the insurer
- Stale grease odours from the duct
- Sections of duct with no access panels
Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as Highgate Private Hospital (about 1.3 miles east), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands.
What your quote should include
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
- When they can work, and whether that’s outside your opening hours
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
- Whether the price is fixed
Multi-site and managed buildings
When the building owner and the occupier are different, it’s worth checking the lease for who maintains the systems. We are happy to deal with either side and send the paperwork to whoever needs it.
We regularly work with managing agents. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works and we will come back with a fixed quote.
Kitchen extracts in Hampstead Garden Suburb
Food Standards Agency records list about 145 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 39 takeaways and sandwich shops in Hampstead Garden Suburb and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Wherever those kitchens cook under a canopy, the horizontal runs and risers need cleaning as well as the hood. In Hampstead Garden Suburb, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Barnet council. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. Before-and-after photos from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. Overnight is the normal time to clean a London kitchen extract, so trading is not affected.
Bursars and site managers at schools such as The Henrietta Barnett School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty. Historic houses near Hampstead Garden Suburb, such as Heath Hall about 0.8 miles south-east, are a reminder that older buildings with event kitchens can have long, awkward duct routes.
Hampstead Garden Suburb is about 1 mile south-west of East Finchley, in Greater London. Across the NW11 area, we can take on ductwork cleaning. Hampstead Garden Suburb is one of 764 towns, villages and districts in Greater London where we work for commercial clients. London is in our area too, about 7 miles from Hampstead Garden Suburb.
All of NW11, N2 and N3 is within our area for ductwork cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. You’ll find streets such as Maya Road, Oakwood Road and Bigwood Road, and we cover them all for ductwork cleaning. Being close to the A1, Hampstead Garden Suburb is easy for our technicians to reach for ductwork cleaning. We also cover the places around Hampstead Garden Suburb: Temple Fortune (1 mile west), East Finchley (1 mile north-east), Golders Green (1 mile south-west), North End (1 mile south) and Vale of Health (1 mile south). Further out, we also cover London (7 miles south-east), City of Westminster (5 miles south), Marylebone (5 miles south), Kensington (6 miles south), St Pancras (5 miles south-east) and Shoreditch (6 miles south-east).
Around Hampstead Garden Suburb
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to The Old White Lion pub, Brookland Infant and Nursery School and Lyttelton Playing Fields. The nearest railway station is Brent Cross West station, about 2.1 miles south-west. Nearby you will also find Brent Cross Shopping Centre (1.7 miles west) and Jewish Museum - Finchley (0.9 miles north). For a walk, there’s Darland's Lake and Parliament Hill.
Why it’s worth doing now in Hampstead Garden Suburb
Dealing with the ductwork in Hampstead Garden Suburb now beats dealing with it after a problem. The work takes anything from a few hours to several visits, depending on the length of duct, and we work evenings, overnight and weekends. A busy site in Hampstead Garden Suburb builds up dirt and wear quickly, so putting it off makes the eventual job larger.
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.
Why book with us
- One number for every site across the South East and London
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Every job surveyed first
- A fixed price before any work starts
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