Greater London · Ductwork cleaning
Paddington ductwork cleaning
Professional ductwork cleaning in and around Paddington, booked around your opening hours and signed off in writing with photos.
- Grease pooling at the foot of the riser
- Duct runs that cannot be reached
- Grease seeping out of the duct seams
What affects the cost of ductwork cleaning
We quote each job individually. These are the things that affect it:
- Where the site is and how we reach it
- A single visit or a regular plan
- Any permits to work or inductions
- The times the site is available
You will not find a price list here, because each job is priced on what it involves. For a fixed quote, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email, and we will explain what it covers.
What to send for a quote
To help us quote quickly, send us:
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- The postcode and the type of business
Need a price for ductwork cleaning? Please call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and tell us about the site. We’ll talk you through the work and give you a fixed quote before anything is booked.
Ductwork cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Paddington
Duct Doctor has cleaned kitchen extract ductwork since 2009, working across London and the South East. As a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, our duct cleaning is done to BESA TR19® Grease, and our certificates are issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal. If you have gaps where access panels were never fitted and grease leaking from duct joints, we can help.
Across London, many commercial kitchens are squeezed into basements and narrow back-of-house spaces, and the duct may run up through several floors before it discharges at the roof. In Paddington, as elsewhere in the capital, a long duct run means more access points to open and more grease to remove.
Each visit ends with a written report and pictures, so there’s a dated record of the work. Kitchen extract cleaning to TR19® Grease is certificated through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Location
- Paddington (W2, W1H, W1U)
- Region
- Greater London
- Reporting
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- Working hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
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.
Running several sites is easier with one contractor. We cover South East England and London, so visits at different addresses can be planned together and kept to a regular schedule.
What a clean will not put right
Some problems need a different service or another trade:
- Undersized or badly laid-out ducts
- Sections that can’t be reached safely without new access (those are recorded, and panels can be fitted)
- Faulty fire dampers
If in doubt, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we will say what we think before you book.
What the work covers
- Bends and junctions
- Horizontal duct runs
- Access panels
- Attenuators
- Vertical risers
- Multi-storey ducts
Common problems we fix in Paddington
Wherever the kitchen is, in Paddington or elsewhere, the duct fills in the same way: daily cooking hours, the menu and the state of the filters. BESA guidance sets minimum intervals of 3, 6 or 12 months depending on daily use.
Most sites get in touch after spotting something like this:
- A grease test showing the duct is overdue
- Gaps where access panels were never fitted
- A duct clean needed for an insurer
- Thick crusts of old grease along the duct
Commuter trade near London Paddington station can mean long cooking hours, and long hours put a kitchen into BESA’s more frequent cleaning bands.
What your quote should include
- When they can work, and whether that is outside your opening hours
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
- If they look at the system before pricing
Grease, kitchens and Paddington
Food Standards Agency records include about 72 pubs, bars and clubs and about 180 hotels and B&Bs within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Paddington. A pub or hotel kitchen that cooks every day builds up grease in its extract like any other. Paddington sits within the area of London Fire Brigade. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order. In Paddington, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Westminster council. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector.
Bursars and site managers at schools such as International Community School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty. A hospital like Maida Vale Hospital for Nervous Diseases, about 0.7 miles north-west, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day.
Paddington is about 1 mile west of City of Westminster, in Greater London. From the centre of Paddington to the outskirts, we cover ductwork cleaning for every kind of premises, from small sites to large estates. Our area takes in 764 places across Greater London, large and small.
Our technicians cover all of W2, W1H and W1U for ductwork cleaning and the roads nearby. You will find streets such as Harrow Road, Craven Road and Harbet Road, and we cover them all for ductwork cleaning. With the A5 and A40 close by, Paddington is simple for us to get to at any hour. Close by, we work in Paddington Green (1 mile north-west), Hyde Park Estate (1 mile south-east), Connaught Village (1 mile south-east), Tyburn (1 mile south-east) and Little Venice (1 mile north-west). Larger places within reach include London (4 miles east), Shoreditch (4 miles east), Walthamstow (8 miles north-east), Hoxton (4 miles east), Whitechapel (4 miles east) and Ruislip (11 miles west).
Local landmarks in Paddington
Around Paddington, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Royal Society of Medicine Library, Fountains Abbey pub and Royal Parks of London and the streets around them. You’ll also find North Westminster Community School (under half a mile north-east) and Hampden Gurney CofE Primary School (less than half a mile east). Paddington has its own railway station: London Paddington station. A little further out are Harrods (1.3 miles south) and London Toy & Model Museum (0.5 miles south-west). For a walk, there’s Greville Place nature reserve and The Long Water.
Your questions about ductwork cleaning in Paddington
Which environmental health team covers Paddington?
That’s Westminster council, whose environmental health officers carry out food hygiene inspections in Paddington. How often a business is inspected depends on the risk rating the council gives it, so it’s worth staying ready all year.
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Paddington?
That is London Fire Brigade. If a fire safety officer visits a commercial kitchen, they may ask about the fire risk assessment and how the extract is kept clean.
Can extra access doors be added to the duct?
Yes, we do. We will point out where panels are needed, and we can fit them so those sections are cleaned in future.
How do you know if the ductwork needs cleaning?
Start with the date of the last clean. If it’s overdue, or there is not one, a clean is due, and grease readings will confirm how urgent it is.
When is the ductwork cleaned?
Only while we are working, and we work around you. Overnight and weekend work is common, so no service is lost.
What’s TR19?
TR19® is the BESA specification for keeping ventilation systems clean. TR19® Grease, a standalone specification since 2019, covers grease in kitchen extract systems, and TR19® Air covers general supply and extract systems.
How far ahead should we book?
Book as early as you can for planned work, especially if the next clean or test is due soon. For emergencies, we take calls 24/7.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes, every time. Diagnosis comes before treatment: the survey shows what needs doing and what access we need and the fixed quote is built on it.
What happens on the day
There are three stages on the day: set-up, the treatment itself and the sign-off. Set-up means sheeting and making equipment safe, while signing off means the written report and photos. Most of the time goes on the work itself, and that takes anything from a few hours to several visits, depending on the length of duct. In a London area like Paddington, parking, loading and building access are planned before the day of the work.
- We trace the duct and find every way in.
- Grease thickness is measured at set points.
- Once the kitchen has closed, we protect the area and open the panels.
- Heavy deposits come out by hand, then each section is degreased.
- We close up, re-test, photograph and record anything out of reach.
Before we arrive
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
Get a fixed 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
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Regular in-house cleaning slows the build-up, but the parts you cannot see still need a specialist at the right interval.
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
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Leave it or put it right?
Booking the duct clean in Paddington now keeps it a planned job. The work takes a few hours for a short run, longer for long runs and tall risers, done out of hours so the kitchen keeps cooking. Shared walls, risers and roofs mean a problem at one London site seldom stays put.
The price reflects the work, not guesswork. That’s why every job is surveyed first, and why the quote is fixed before we start.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Paddington
- Photo reports with every job
- Full insurance on every job
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
Take a look at our cost guide or our accreditations.