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Ductwork Cleaning in Temple Bar
Ductwork cleaning across Temple Bar and nearby, booked around your opening hours and signed off in writing with pictures.
- Duct runs with no cleaning record
- Grease leaking from duct joints
- Sections of duct with no access panels
About our ductwork cleaning in Temple Bar
Duct cleaning is the hardest part of an extract clean, and the part most often skipped. Sections with no way in can go uncleaned for years. Each section we can reach is cleaned, and any we cannot is written down, so you know exactly where you stand. If you’re dealing with grease seeping out of the duct seams and years of grease along the duct floor, we can put it right, from horizontal duct runs, attenuators and bends and junctions onwards.
London kitchens tend to trade late and open early, so work in Temple Bar is normally booked for the night or the early hours. Parking, loading and access to the roof are agreed with the building before the night of the clean.
The sign-off is always in writing: a dated report with pictures of the work, and for TR19® Grease cleans, a certificate issued through the BESCA VHE portal. Any parts we couldn’t reach are recorded on it too.
- Place
- Temple Bar (WC2B, WC2E, EC1N)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed price before we start
- Hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Why it’s worth doing now in Temple Bar
TR19® is not law, but the duty to manage fire risk is. The Fire Safety Order 2005 makes the responsible person assess and reduce fire risk, including the grease inside the extract ductwork. For a site in Temple Bar, fitting the work in overnight now is far easier than closing at short notice later.
No two sites are the same, so each one gets its own fixed quote. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all play a part.
Why us?
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
- Fixed quotes from a survey or pictures
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
Read how cleaning jobs are priced and our accreditations and certificates.
Towns and villages near Temple Bar
What else we do in Temple Bar
What we’re called out for in Temple Bar
Damaged or poorly fitted filters let more grease into the duct. The duct then takes grease that the filters should have stopped and it fills faster.
Most sites get in touch when they notice something like this:
- Readings above 200 microns from a grease thickness test
- Hardened, baked-on grease in long horizontal runs
- Duct runs that cannot be reached
- Stale grease odours from the duct
Church and community hall kitchens, near Temple Church or anywhere around Temple Bar, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other.
Questions to ask before you book
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
- Whether the price is fixed
- Whether the quote shows VAT
What happens on the day
We work around your opening hours, not the other way round. Most visits are booked for when the area is out of use, such as evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends. When the team arrives, the work area is protected and the relevant equipment is switched off to cool, and the job takes from a few hours to more than one visit, depending on duct length and access. For a job in Temple Bar, tell us about loading bays, permits, lifts and roof access when you book.
- First we diagnose: the route, the access and the grease levels.
- A fixed quote follows, based on what we found.
- We clean section by section, working from panel to panel.
- Bends, risers and the base of each riser get extra attention.
- The duct is signed off with readings, photos and a next clean date.
How to prepare
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
- Move anything stored near the system
Getting a quote
Need a price for ductwork cleaning? Please call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form with a few details about the site. We will explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before anything is booked.
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Your questions about ductwork cleaning in Temple Bar
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Temple Bar?
The local authority for Temple Bar is the City of London Corporation, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. It helps to keep the extract cleaning records with your food safety paperwork, so they’re ready if asked for.
Do you do school kitchen extract cleaning in Temple Bar in the summer holidays?
Yes, out-of-term visits are normal for schools. The FSA’s register shows about 86 schools and colleges with food registrations within roughly a mile and a half of Temple Bar. Tell us your holiday dates and we’ll book the visit for when the site is empty.
Are you fully insured?
Yes. Duct Doctor is fully insured, and the details are available on request.
Can you clean ductwork with no access panels?
Sections out of reach are written down on the report, in line with TR19. We can fit new access panels so they’re cleaned next time.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. We run scheduled maintenance contracts, with visits at the interval your system needs. The report from each visit recommends the next date.
Is a quote from photos possible?
Typically, yes. Send a few wide pictures plus close-ups of panels, filters or grilles, and a fixed quote typically follows within one working day. If photos are not enough, we’ll survey first.
What’s TR19?
A BESA specification, with two parts that matter most here: TR19® Grease for kitchen extract systems and TR19® Air for general ventilation. It isn’t law, but it’s the benchmark.
Can you look after several sites?
Yes. We work across South East England and London, so sites at different addresses can be planned together on one programme. Every site has its own report.
What a clean will not put right
An honest diagnosis matters more to us than a booking, so here’s what this work cannot put right:
- A damper stuck open in the duct
- Duct sections that need replacing
- A failed fan motor at the end of the duct (a fan repair job)
Not sure which it is? You can call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we will tell you honestly before booking.
What we work on in Temple Bar
- Access panels
- Bends and junctions
- Vertical risers
- Multi-storey ducts
- Attenuators
- Horizontal duct runs
Multi-site and managed buildings
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare across Greater London. Larger estates can be phased building by building around the people who use them.
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.
Keeping the system healthy
To keep the system working properly between visits:
- Keep access panels clear of stored items
- Report any grease dripping from duct joints
- Keep the fan on while anything is cooking
- Keep to the interval on the report
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.
Run the extract the whole time the kitchen is cooking. Moving air carries vapour through rather than letting it settle, so switching off early adds to the build-up.
What ductwork cleaning looks like in Temple Bar
Food Standards Agency data counts about 4,076 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 890 sandwich bars and takeaways within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Temple Bar. Behind every canopy among them is a run of ductwork that collects grease out of sight. In London, kitchens are normally cleaned overnight, when the kitchen is closed and loading is easier. In Temple Bar, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from the City of London Corporation. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready.
If you run a café or takeaway near City Thameslink station, early starts and late finishes leave little time to clean, so overnight extract cleaning suits. Term dates shape school work: for a school like St Clement Danes CofE Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
Temple Bar is about 1 mile south of St Pancras, in Greater London. Whether your site is in the middle of Temple Bar or further out, we cover ductwork cleaning for every kind of premises, from small sites to large estates. Across Greater London, we cover 764 places, and Temple Bar is one of them.
All of WC2B, WC2E and EC1N is within our area for ductwork cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. That includes premises on Shoe Lane, Drury Lane and New Square and the roads around them. With the A4 and A40 close by, Temple Bar is easy for our technicians to reach for ductwork cleaning. We also cover Temple (1 mile south), Clare Market (1 mile west), Aldwych (1 mile west), Blackfriars (1 mile east) and Covent Garden (1 mile west). Larger places within reach include Kensington (4 miles west), Walthamstow (6 miles north-east), Hampstead (4 miles north-west), Ruislip (13 miles west), Brompton (3 miles south-west) and Stockwell (3 miles south).
Around Temple Bar
Typical jobs here are in premises near British Library of Political and Economic Science, Mercers' School and London Nautical School, among other places. You will also find Lincoln's Inn Fields (under half a mile north-west) and Queen's Head Tavern (less than half a mile north-east). There’s a railway station in Temple Bar itself: City Thameslink station. Nearby you’ll also find Montfichet's Tower (0.5 miles east) and Twinings Museum (less than half a mile south-west). Open spaces near Temple Bar include Ludgate Hill and Barnsbury Wood.
What staff can safely do
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, which is where we come in.
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Regular in-house cleaning slows the build-up, but hidden parts of the system still need specialist attention.