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Duct cleaning in Mottingham
Ductwork cleaning for Mottingham and the surrounding area: diagnosis first, then a fixed quote, the work and a report with photos. Call for a fixed quote.
- High readings at a recent grease test
- Smells of old cooking grease from the ductwork
- A duct nobody has opened in years
Ductwork cleaning in Mottingham
We’ve been trading since 2009, working across London and the South East. We’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, with each certificate issued through the BESCA portal. The work covers bends and junctions, access panels and multi-storey ducts, and common reasons people get in touch are thick crusts of old grease along the duct and proof of duct cleaning for the insurer.
In London, few kitchens can spare a day to close, so work in Mottingham is normally booked for the night or the early hours. Before the clean, we agree loading, parking and roof access with whoever manages the building.
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.
- Place
- Mottingham (SE9, SE12, BR1)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
What a clean won’t put right
We’ll always give you a straight diagnosis, so here’s what ductwork cleaning will not do:
- Parts of the duct with no way in
- Leaking duct joints that need repair
- A failed fan motor at the end of the duct (a fan repair job)
If in doubt, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we will say what we think.
Where we work
- Attenuators
- Bends and junctions
- Horizontal duct runs
- Multi-storey ducts
- Vertical risers
- Access panels
Your questions about ductwork cleaning in Mottingham
Which council inspects kitchens in Mottingham?
In Mottingham, it’s Lewisham council that carries out food hygiene inspections. Have your latest TR19® certificate and photo report to hand, as an officer may ask how the extract is maintained.
How do you handle parking and loading in Mottingham?
Parking and loading in London need planning, so tell us about bays, permits and building rules when you book. Night visits tend to make loading easier on London streets.
What’s the cleaning interval for extract ductwork?
It follows the same interval as the whole extract, from every 3 months for heavy use to every 12 months for light use. Grease thickness testing shows whether that is often enough.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes. Regular plans can run on 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycles, to suit the system and how it’s used.
Can you look after several sites?
Yes. One number covers all your sites across London and the South East, and visits can be set on a regular cycle.
How do you know if the ductwork needs cleaning?
A grease thickness test gives the answer. Readings are taken by Wet Film Thickness Test (WFTT) or Deposit Thickness Test (DTT). A mean above 200 microns, or 500 microns at any point, means it’s due.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
Restaurants and pubs, hotels, schools and colleges, hospitals and care homes, offices and retail, as well as food production and leisure sites.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes. For many sites, pictures and a few details are enough, and larger or hidden systems get a visit.
Also near Mottingham
What else we do in Mottingham
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Keep a record of what your team does. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, alongside our reports.
If your staff spot something between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that will not come clean, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We’ll take a look and give you a fixed quote.
For landlords and multi-site operators
Running several sites is easier with one contractor. We cover South East England and London, so a run of sites can go into one programme and kept to a regular schedule.
If you look after several sites, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Each site gets its own report and photos, so records stay tidy.
What happens on the day
We work around your opening hours, not the other way round. We book the visit for a time the area is closed, whether that is an evening, overnight or a weekend. When the team arrives, the work area is protected and the relevant equipment is switched off to cool, and the job takes a few hours for a short run, longer for long runs and tall risers. Managed blocks in London often need contractors booked in ahead, and we’re happy to deal with the agent directly for a site in Mottingham.
- First we diagnose: the route, the access and the grease levels.
- A fixed quote follows, based on what we found.
- Each section is cleaned in turn through its access panel.
- We take extra care at bends and at the foot of risers.
- Readings, pictures and a recommended next clean date complete the job.
How to prepare
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
- Clear the space around the work
Getting a quote
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, from your photos and details or, where that isn’t enough, a survey on site. Then we send a fixed price, before we start.
Related advice
Ductwork cleaning around Mottingham
Look up Mottingham on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you’ll find about 82 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 49 takeaways and sandwich shops in and around Mottingham, up to about a mile and a half out. Each kitchen that cooks under a canopy sends grease-laden air into a duct, where it cools and settles. London jobs usually start after the last service, with loading and roof access agreed with the building first. Food hygiene inspections in Mottingham are the job of Lewisham council’s environmental health team. 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.
Term dates shape school work: for a school like Marvels Lane Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break. Commuter trade near Grove Park station can mean long cooking hours, and long hours put a kitchen into BESA’s more frequent cleaning bands.
Mottingham is about 1 mile south-west of Eltham, in Greater London. Mottingham gets the same approach as every site we work on: a survey first, a fixed quote, work timed around your hours and a report with pictures. We cover 764 places across Greater London, from busy centres to quieter spots. For sites nearby, see our London page, about 7 miles away.
All of SE9, SE12 and BR1 is covered for ductwork cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. Streets in the area include Horley Road, Dorset Road and Albert Road, all of which we cover for ductwork cleaning. We also cover the places around Mottingham: Chinbrook (1 mile south-west), Grove Park (1 mile west), Coldharbour (1 mile east), Middle Park (1 mile north) and Horn Park (1 mile north-west). Larger places within reach include London (7 miles north-west), City of Westminster (10 miles north-west), Marylebone (10 miles north-west), Kensington (11 miles north-west), St Pancras (9 miles north-west) and Shoreditch (8 miles north-west).
Local landmarks in Mottingham
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Colfe's School, Chinbrook Meadows and Haberdashers' Aske's Knights Academy and the streets around them. Mottingham’s nearest station is Grove Park station, roughly 0.7 miles west of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Greenwich Castle (3.5 miles north-west) and Prefab Museum (1.7 miles west). The countryside around Mottingham includes Summer Hill and The Tarn.
Do you need ductwork cleaning in Mottingham?
Ducts in Mottingham gather grease for the same reasons as ducts anywhere: daily cooking hours, the menu and the state of the filters. Under BESA guidance, the minimum interval is 3, 6 or 12 months, by daily cooking hours.
Most sites get in touch after spotting one of these:
- Heavy grease at the base of a riser
- Duct runs that cannot be reached
- A rancid smell from the extract duct
- Hardened, baked-on grease in long horizontal runs
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Jubilee International Church, or anywhere in Mottingham, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Questions to ask before you book
- What records you’ll receive afterwards
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
- When they can work, and whether that’s outside your opening hours
- If they look at the system before pricing
Looking after it afterwards
Think of this as the after-treatment advice, short and simple:
- Don’t switch the extract off early
- Diarise the next duct clean
- Keep access panels clear of stored items
- Keep your cleaning records together
When the duct is cleaned as part of a full TR19® Grease clean, a TR19 certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal. It records the date, the location and the technician.
Book the next duct clean before the date passes. A change in cooking hours may change the interval under BESA guidance, and grease thickness testing will show it.
What the work involves, part by part
Horizontal duct runs
Flat runs of duct link the canopy to the riser or the outside wall. Grease drops out of the slowing air along them, and we clean them section by section through access panels.
Attenuators and discharge
Some systems have attenuators to reduce noise, and their linings can soak up grease. We clean what can be reached and note anything that can’t.