Surrey · Ductwork cleaning
Shillinglee ductwork cleaning
We cover Shillinglee for cleaning of kitchen extract ductwork, horizontal runs and vertical risers through access panels. Out-of-hours visits, a fixed quote and a written report with pictures as standard.
- Heavy grease at the base of a riser
- Grease seeping out of the duct seams
- A duct clean needed for an insurer
Why act early in Shillinglee
BESA guidance says grease shouldn’t exceed a mean of 200 microns between cleans. A reading of 500 microns or more at any point means a spot clean straight away. Leaving the duct makes those limits harder to keep to. Somewhere as small as Shillinglee, losing a kitchen or building to a fault is felt by everyone who uses it.
One small site or a whole estate, the quote is built the same way: what needs doing, how we get to it and when. You will have a fixed price before work begins.
Why Shillinglee businesses choose us
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Every job surveyed first
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
Take a look at how cleaning jobs are priced or our accreditations.
Ductwork cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Shillinglee
Between the canopy and the fan runs the ductwork, hidden above ceilings and inside walls. Every horizontal run and vertical riser collects grease along the way and a fire in the duct can spread through the building. Our ductwork cleaning reaches inside the runs and risers through access panels, to BESA TR19® Grease. The work covers vertical risers, bends and junctions and horizontal duct runs, and people most often call us about thick deposits at the bottom of a vertical duct and grease leaking from duct joints.
For a kitchen in or near Shillinglee, the visit is planned around opening hours and the journey, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy to discharge, then a TR19® certificate and a photo report.
Our accreditations include CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured. We are also a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we’ve been trading since 2009.
- Location
- Shillinglee (GU8)
- Wider area
- Surrey
- Records
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quotes
- A fixed price before we start
- Working hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Questions from Shillinglee
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for Shillinglee?
Surrey Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Shillinglee. TR19® isn’t law, but it’s the benchmark many fire officers and insurers look to when they ask how often the extract is cleaned.
Can the work in Shillinglee be done at night or at weekends?
Yes, we can come after you close and finish before you open. Your customers, staff or residents in Shillinglee needn’t be disturbed. Just phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us with your opening times and we will plan around them.
Are you accredited?
Our accreditations are 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.
Will we have to shut during the visit?
Not usually. Booking the work out of hours means the site can carry on as normal. Bigger sites can be done in stages to keep things running.
Do you work in Shillinglee?
Yes. We work in Shillinglee and the rest of Surrey, as part of our work across South East England and London. To book, ring 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line.
Is TR19 a legal requirement?
Not in itself. Insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to TR19® as the benchmark, and many insurers ask for proof of cleaning to it. The law behind it is the Fire Safety Order 2005 in England and Wales.
How far ahead should we book?
It depends on the time you need and how big the job is. Mention your preferred dates with your enquiry, and for anything urgent, ring our 24/7 emergency line.
What about areas you can’t get to?
We never leave them off the paperwork. You will know exactly which parts weren’t reached and why, along with a quote to put access in.
Ductwork cleaning in Shillinglee: the local picture
In Shillinglee, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Chichester council. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready. About 37 miles out from central London, Shillinglee is part of the South East area we work across. The visit is fixed around your opening hours, not ours.
Healthcare kitchens cannot easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Shillinglee is Haslemere and District Hospital, about 3.8 miles west.
Shillinglee is about 12 miles south-east of Farnham, in Surrey. Across the GU8 area, we can take on ductwork cleaning. Shillinglee is one of 395 towns, villages and districts in Surrey where we work for commercial clients. Our Guildford page covers sites nearby, about 12 miles away.
Every address in GU8 is covered for ductwork cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. Other places close to Shillinglee include Ramsnest Common (1 mile north-west), Northchapel (2 miles south-west), Ansteadbrook (2 miles west), Ebernoe (3 miles south) and Lurgashall (4 miles south-west). Further out, we also cover Guildford (12 miles north), Farnham (12 miles north-west), Haslemere (4 miles west), Cranleigh (7 miles north-east), Ash (12 miles north) and Godalming (7 miles north).
Landmarks near Shillinglee
Shillinglee’s nearest station is Witley station, about 3.8 miles north of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Haslemere and District Hospital (3.8 miles west). Green spaces nearby include Shillinglee Lake and Blackdown.
Towns and villages near Shillinglee
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Looking after it afterwards
Once we have finished, these simple steps help:
- Flag drips from the duct right away
- Store the certificate with the fire risk assessment
- Run the extract fan throughout service
- Never cook with a filter missing
Every panel we open is refitted when we finish, and the area around them is cleaned down. Waste grease and water are taken away.
Some signs mean the duct needs attention sooner: drips from the ductwork, stale smells or a noisy fan. Testing will show whether any section has reached 500 microns.
What we are called out for in Shillinglee
Air cools as it moves away from the canopy. As it cools, the grease it carries condenses onto the duct walls, so duct runs keep collecting grease long after the canopy.
Most sites get in touch when they notice one of these:
- Grease pooling at the foot of the riser
- Ductwork that has never been cleaned
- Years of grease along the duct floor
- Grease leaking from duct joints
For kitchens in and around Shillinglee, the clean covers everything from the canopy to the discharge.
What to look for in a quote
- Whether they recommend a next date
- What hours they’ll be on site
- Whether the figure could change on the day
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
How the job changes from site to site
Bends and transitions
Transitions from the canopy spigot into the duct catch a lot of grease. We clean it from the canopy side or through a nearby panel.
Multi-storey and shared buildings
In a building with several floors, the duct may pass other tenants’ spaces. We plan access with you and the building manager, so the clean is done safely and quietly.
What staff can safely do
Keep a record of what your team does. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, next to our reports.
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
What happens on the day
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. Seeing the system in photos first means the trip to Shillinglee can be planned properly.
- We trace the duct and find every way in.
- Grease thickness is measured at set points.
- Out of hours, the area is protected and the access panels opened.
- Heavy deposits come out by hand, then each section is degreased.
- Panels are closed, readings and pictures repeated, and unreachable sections recorded.
How to prepare
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
- Clear the space around the work
- Let us know about parking and loading
How to get a quote
We do not publish a price list, because no two systems are the same. We look at your system first, from pictures or on a visit, and then send you a fixed quote. To get going, call 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.
Related advice
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Whether it’s one building or many, you get the same standard: a survey first, a fixed quote, the work timed around the site and a report with pictures.
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we’re happy to quote for all of it.