Greater London · Ductwork cleaning
Ductwork cleaning in Putney, Greater London
Cleaning of kitchen extract ductwork, horizontal runs and vertical risers through access panels for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Putney. BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease.
- Grease leaking from duct joints
- Proof of duct cleaning for the insurer
- Thick crusts of old grease along the duct
About our ductwork cleaning in Putney
Many ducts were installed with too few access doors. TR19 calls for any section we couldn’t reach to be recorded, and new panels can be fitted to reach it in future. It’s better to know than to assume. The work covers multi-storey ducts, bends and junctions and access panels, and people most often call us about stale grease odours from the duct and sections of duct with no access panels.
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. For a kitchen in Putney, that normally means a longer system to clean and more access panels to plan around.
Our accreditations include CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured. We’re also a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, trading since 2009.
- Place
- Putney (SW15, SW19, SW13)
- Region
- Greater London
- Reporting
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- Hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
How the job changes from site to site
Attenuators and discharge
At the end of the duct is the discharge. It can gather grease and mark the wall or roof around it, so it’s cleaned as far as safe access allows.
Vertical risers
Risers carry the extract up through the building to the roof. Grease collects on the walls and at the foot of the riser, so the base is one of our test points.
What we do, step by step
There are three stages on the day: set-up, the treatment itself and the sign-off. Getting ready means protecting surfaces and switching off what needs to be off, while signing off means the written report and pictures. The middle part takes longest, which takes a few hours for a short run, longer for long runs and tall risers. If your building in Putney has sign-in rules, permits or key holders, mention them when you book.
- 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.
Getting ready for the visit
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
Get a fixed quote
Want a quote for ductwork cleaning? Please phone us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and tell us about the site. We will explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before you commit to anything.
Advice
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, and that is where we come in.
Staff cleaning and specialist work are not the same thing. Wiping filters daily and washing them weekly keeps the visible parts in order, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
Putney questions
Does London parking affect a job in Putney?
Tell us where a van can stop near your site in Putney, and about any building rules on loading. If the building has a loading slot system, we will book into it.
Which fire authority looks after Putney?
London Fire Brigade is the fire and rescue service for Putney. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
How do you clean inside the ductwork?
Each section is cleaned through its own panel. Heavy grease comes out by hand, and what’s left is degreased, with readings taken before and after.
When is the ductwork cleaned?
The duct is cleaned out of hours, so evenings, nights and weekends are all possible. Equipment and the extract are switched off while we work.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
Floors and surfaces near the work are sheeted before we start, and waste is contained as we go. Before we leave, we tidy up and clean down.
Where does the waste go?
Anything we remove is contained as we work and taken away with us, from grease and debris to used cleaning water. None of it is left on site.
Can you clean ductwork with no access panels?
Ductwork needs access to be cleaned. Those parts are listed, and we can install panels so they’re reached next time.
What happens if you cannot reach some of it?
Anything we cannot reach goes on the report, with a note of where it is, and we tell you what would make it reachable, such as extra access panels in ductwork.
How we price ductwork cleaning
The quote reflects the site in front of us. We consider:
- The scale of the work
- How easy every part is to reach
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
A single site or a whole portfolio, we price it on the same basis: what needs doing, how we get to it and when. The price is fixed before we start.
What we need to know
To help us quote quickly, please include:
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
- Problems your staff have spotted
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- Any previous report or certificate
Quotes are quick. Call or email with a few details and you’ll typically have a fixed price within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.
Places near Putney
What else we do in Putney
What a clean will not put right
A few issues sit outside what this work can do:
- A failed fan motor at the end of the duct (a fan repair job)
- Parts of the duct with no way in
- A duct that is too small or badly routed for the kitchen (a design issue)
If you are not sure, just call us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we will give you a straight answer.
What we work on in Putney
- Vertical risers
- Attenuators
- Access panels
- Multi-storey ducts
- Horizontal duct runs
- Bends and junctions
Kitchen extracts in Putney
Food Standards Agency data counts about 376 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 77 sandwich bars and takeaways in and around Putney, 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. It’s Wandsworth council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Putney. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. The fire and rescue service for Putney is London Fire Brigade. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk.
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Polish Church of St John the Evangelist or elsewhere in Putney, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often. Healthcare kitchens cannot easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Putney is Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability, about 0.8 miles south-east.
Putney is about 1 mile south-west of Fulham, in Greater London. Sites in Putney get the same service as everywhere we cover: a survey first, a fixed quote, work timed around your hours and a report with pictures. Putney is one of 764 places in Greater London where we work for commercial clients. For sites nearby, see our London page (6 miles or so).
We cover every part of SW15, SW19 and SW13 for ductwork cleaning and the roads nearby. If you need ductwork cleaning at premises on Putney High Street, Upper Richmond Road and Spencer Walk or a nearby road, our technicians can take on the work. Putney is on the A3 and B306, so it’s easy for us to get to for out-of-hours visits. Close by, we work in Roehampton (1 mile south-west), Barnes (1 mile north-west), Fulham (1 mile north-east), Mortlake (2 miles west) and Wimbledon Park (2 miles south). Further out, we also cover London (6 miles north-east), City of Westminster (5 miles north-east), Marylebone (5 miles north-east), Kensington (3 miles north), St Pancras (6 miles north-east) and Shoreditch (8 miles north-east).
Around Putney
In Putney, that means kitchens and buildings near Putney School of Art and Design, Bishops Park and The Railway pub and the streets around them. Putney has its own railway station: Putney station. Well-known places in the area include Putney Exchange (under half a mile east) and Antique Breadboard Museum (within half a mile north-east). For a walk, there’s Henman Hill and Battersea Park Lake.
Do you need ductwork cleaning in Putney?
The further the air travels from the cooking, the cooler it gets. Cooling air drops its grease onto the inside of the duct, so duct runs keep collecting grease long after the canopy.
Signs it’s time to call us include:
- Heavy grease at the base of a riser
- Gaps where access panels were never fitted
- Thick crusts of old grease along the duct
- A duct nobody has opened in years
Bursars and site managers at schools such as Our Lady of Victories Catholic Primary School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
What your quote should include
- Whether the figure could change on the day
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
- How areas they cannot reach will be recorded
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
Why deal with it now?
Under BESA guidance, the mean grease level should stay at or below 200 microns between cleans. Anywhere that reaches 500 microns or more needs immediate spot cleaning. Leaving the duct makes those limits harder to keep to. Leaving it on a busy London site only adds to the work.
Kitchens, offices, schools and hospitals are all priced the same way: the size of the job, access, condition and working hours. Ask for a fixed quote and we will go through it with you.
Why Putney businesses choose us
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
- We diagnose before we treat
- Fully insured
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001