Greater London · Ductwork cleaning
Duct cleaning in Ivybridge
Ductwork cleaning for Ivybridge, from a team that has been trading since 2009. Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus a 24/7 emergency line.
- Thick deposits at the bottom of a vertical duct
- High readings at a recent grease test
- Years of grease along the duct floor
Ductwork cleaning in Ivybridge, done properly
No two duct runs are the same, in Ivybridge or anywhere else. Some run a short distance to an outside wall, others climb several floors to the roof. We map the route during the survey, so we know where to get in and how long it will take. Typical jobs include high readings at a recent grease test and thick deposits at the bottom of a vertical duct, across multi-storey ducts, bends and junctions and attenuators.
Across London, many commercial kitchens are squeezed into basements and narrow back-of-house spaces, with extract ducts that can climb several floors to discharge at roof level. For a kitchen in Ivybridge, that normally means a longer system to clean and more access panels to plan around.
Good records are part of the job. You get a written report with photos after each visit, covering the work done, any areas we couldn’t access and a recommended next date. File it in your maintenance log so it’s to hand when an insurer or inspector asks.
- Place
- Ivybridge (TW7, TW1, TW2)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Paperwork
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed price before work begins
- Working hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
How it works
There’s very little for your team to do on the day. Someone lets us in at the agreed time and shows us where everything is, and we take it from there. Before we leave, the area is tidied and the paperwork follows. Getting kit into a London building takes planning, so let us know where we can load and park in Ivybridge.
- First the duct route is traced and every access point noted.
- We measure grease thickness at set points before cleaning.
- Access panels are opened and heavy deposits scraped out by hand.
- The duct is degreased with the method that suits the grease, from degreasers to hot water or steam.
- Readings and pictures are repeated and any section we couldn’t reach is recorded.
Before we arrive
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
Getting a quote
For a fixed quote, ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos with the site type, your trading hours and a short description of the system. A few photos and your last certificate or report help a lot. We typically come back within one working day.
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Multi-site and managed buildings
Facilities teams in offices, schools and healthcare sites book us too in Ivybridge and across Greater London. Work can be phased by floor, building or site to keep disruption down.
We work for landlords, managing agents and facilities managers as well as the people running the site. Shared systems, like a riser serving several units, need a clear agreement on who books the work, and we’re happy to quote for all of it.
Questions from Ivybridge
Do you do school kitchen extract cleaning in Ivybridge in the summer holidays?
Yes. Half-terms and the summer break are the natural time for school work. Food Standards Agency records list about 35 schools, colleges and universities with registered kitchens within about a mile and a half of Ivybridge. You can phone us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos with the dates the site is empty.
Does London parking affect a job in Ivybridge?
Parking and loading in London need planning, so tell us about bays, permits and building rules when you book. If the building has a loading slot system, we will book into it.
What is TR19?
It’s BESA’s specification and the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to. It covers how systems are inspected, cleaned and checked, and it takes a risk-based approach.
Are you fully insured?
Yes, fully. CHAS and SafeContractor accreditation sit alongside it, for sites that check contractor safety.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. We work across South East England and London, so we can schedule a run of sites as one programme. Each site gets its own report and photos.
Do we have to stop cooking while the ducts are cleaned?
When the kitchen is closed. Long ducts can be split across visits, with the kitchen ready to cook each morning.
Can you fit access panels in our ductwork?
Yes, we install duct access panels. We place them where they help most, and we will recommend where.
Are you accredited?
We hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, alongside BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. Vent Hygiene Elite is run by BESCA and independently audited.
Looking after it afterwards
Aftercare is simple, and it helps at the next visit:
- Ask for a grease thickness test if the kitchen gets busier
- Store the certificate with the fire risk assessment
- Never cook with a filter missing
- Leave a way through to the access panels
You will have a recommended date for the next clean, worked out from the grease we found and how long you cook each day, in line with BESA guidance.
Extra access panels mean more of the duct gets cleaned each time. Grease you can reach is grease that gets removed.
When to call us in Ivybridge
Slow air leaves the most grease behind. Flat runs, bends, reducers and the base of risers are the usual hotspots, and those are the points we pay most attention to.
If you notice any of these, it’s worth a diagnosis:
- Sections of duct with no access panels
- Grease seeping out of the duct seams
- Duct runs with no cleaning record
- Grease pooling at the foot of the riser
A kitchen near Twickenham station that serves breakfast and dinner can run its extract twelve hours or more, which shortens the cleaning interval.
Questions to ask before booking
- Whether VAT is included
- Whether a written report and photos are included
- How areas they cannot reach will be recorded
- How they set the interval to the next visit
Kitchen extracts in Ivybridge
Look up Ivybridge on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you will find about 319 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 101 takeaways in Ivybridge 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 Ivybridge, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Hounslow council. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. Before-and-after photos from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. London Fire Brigade covers Ivybridge. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises.
Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; South Middlesex Hospital is the nearest hospital to Ivybridge, about within half a mile south-east. School kitchens, at schools like Chase Bridge Primary School for example, are typically cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost.
Ivybridge is about 1 mile south-east of Hounslow, in Greater London. Whether your site is in the middle of Ivybridge or further out, we cover ductwork cleaning for every kind of premises, from a single unit to a large public building. Our Greater London coverage runs to 764 places, and Ivybridge is one of them. You can also see our page for London, roughly 11 miles from Ivybridge.
Postcode districts we cover here for ductwork cleaning: TW7, TW1 and TW2. Local streets include Hall Road, Rugby Road and Mogden Lane, all of which we cover for ductwork cleaning. We also cover the places around Ivybridge: Hounslow (1 mile north-west), Woodlands (1 mile north), Twickenham (1 mile south), Isleworth (1 mile north-east) and St Margarets (1 mile east). Further out, we also cover London (11 miles east), City of Westminster (9 miles north-east), Marylebone (9 miles north-east), Kensington (7 miles north-east), St Pancras (11 miles north-east) and Shoreditch (12 miles east).
Landmarks near Ivybridge
Around Ivybridge, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near The Richmond upon Thames School, Inwood Park and Duke of Cambridge pub, among other places. For rail, the closest station is Twickenham station, about 0.8 miles south-east of the centre. A little further out are South Middlesex Hospital (under half a mile south-east) and Treaty Centre (1.2 miles north-west). The countryside around Ivybridge includes Richmond Hill and Garden Lake.
Part by part
Access panels
Extra panels can be installed where there are gaps, so the next clean reaches more of the system. We’ll recommend where they should go.
Attenuators and discharge
Attenuators, where fitted, quieten the extract, but they can hold grease in their linings. They’re cleaned where possible and recorded if not.
Also near Ivybridge
Also in Ivybridge
Why deal with it now?
Insurers know the risk of a greasy duct. Many require cleaning to TR19, and they can refuse or reduce a claim without proof. Your certificate and photo report show the ducts were cleaned. For a site in Ivybridge, fitting the work in overnight now is far easier than closing at short notice later.
We do not list prices on the website, because the cost depends on the site in front of us. For a fixed quote, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or email photos, and we will explain what it covers.
Why Ivybridge businesses choose us
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
- Every visit written up, with photos
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Full insurance on every job
Take a look at what affects the cost or our accreditations.
Honest limits
An honest diagnosis matters more to us than a booking, so here’s what ductwork cleaning won’t do:
- A failed fan motor at the end of the duct (a fan repair job)
- Duct sections that need replacing
- Duct sealed behind fixed ceilings or walls
Not sure which it is? You can give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we will tell you honestly.
What we work on in Ivybridge
- Horizontal duct runs
- Bends and junctions
- Multi-storey ducts
- Access panels
- Attenuators
- Vertical risers