Surrey · Ductwork cleaning
Duct cleaning in Tilford Common
For ductwork cleaning in Tilford Common, one call is all it takes, from survey to sign-off. Fully insured, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001.
- Sections of duct with no access panels
- Stale grease odours from the duct
- Hardened, baked-on grease in long horizontal runs
Grease, kitchens and Tilford Common
The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 5 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens within about 1.5 miles of central Tilford Common. Wherever those kitchens cook under a canopy, the horizontal runs and risers need cleaning as well as the hood. Food hygiene inspections in Tilford Common are the job of Waverley council’s environmental health team. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked. The fire and rescue service for Tilford Common is Surrey Fire and Rescue Service. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk.
Older buildings often hide long, awkward duct runs, and if you run a kitchen at a historic venue in the area (Farnham Castle is about 3.9 miles north-west), access may need planning. Bursars and site managers at schools such as All Saints CofE Aided Infant School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
Tilford Common is about 3 miles south-east of Farnham, in Surrey. Whatever kind of site you run in Tilford Common, ductwork cleaning is something we can help with. We can work out of hours so trading isn’t interrupted. Our area takes in 395 places across Surrey, large and small. You can also see our page for Guildford, about 9 miles away.
Every address in GU10 is within our area for ductwork cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. We also cover Tilford Reeds (1 mile north-west), Tilford (1 mile north), Rushmoor (1 mile south), Charleshill (2 miles north-east) and Millbridge (2 miles west). Larger places within reach include Guildford (9 miles north-east), Woking (12 miles north-east), Camberley (11 miles north), Farnham (3 miles north-west), Frimley (10 miles north) and Haslemere (6 miles south).
Near you in Tilford Common
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Thundry Meadows and The Duke of Cambridge pub, among other places. Tilford Common’s nearest station is Farnham station, about 3.2 miles north-west of the centre. Nearby you’ll also find Milford Hospital (5.4 miles east) and Farnham Castle (3.9 miles north-west). Open spaces near Tilford Common include Culverswell Hill and Upper Lake.
Ductwork cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Tilford Common
Ductwork in Tilford Common is cleaned the same thorough way as everywhere else we work: readings at set points, heavy grease scraped out by hand, then degreasing to suit the deposit. Readings are taken again afterwards and photos go into your report. Common call-outs are for ductwork that has never been cleaned and proof of duct cleaning for the insurer, across vertical risers, horizontal duct runs and multi-storey ducts.
In a village or hamlet like Tilford Common, the kitchens that need extract cleaning are usually a pub, a school, a care home or a hall kitchen, wherever there is one. Each still has a canopy and duct that collect grease, whatever the size of the place.
The paperwork matters as much as the work. You get a written report with pictures after each visit, listing what was done, anything we couldn’t reach and when the next visit is due. Keep it with your fire safety records so it’s ready for an insurer, fire officer or EHO.
- Location
- Tilford Common (GU10)
- Wider area
- Surrey
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
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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 reach it from the plenum side where possible.
Attenuators and discharge
Near the discharge, the air has cooled the most, so it can collect more grease than expected. We include it in the clean and the readings.
Your questions about ductwork cleaning in Tilford Common
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Tilford Common?
Food hygiene inspections in Tilford Common are carried out by Waverley council. An officer may look up into the canopy, so clean filters on the day and a recent certificate on file both help.
Do you work at weekends in Tilford Common?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. It means the site in Tilford Common keeps running as normal. Just call us on 0345 646 2711 or email us with your opening times and we’ll plan around them.
Are you insured?
Yes. Full insurance covers our work, and we have been trading since 2009.
Who is the responsible person?
The Fire Safety Order 2005 calls them the responsible person: often the employer, owner or occupier. Landlords, facilities managers and managing agents can also hold responsibility.
How do you protect the area?
We start with protection: sheeting over floors, worktops and anything close to the work. We tidy up and take our waste away before we leave.
Will we have to shut during the visit?
Not typically. The area we are working in has to be out of use while we are there, so we book a time when it would be closed anyway.
Which accreditations do you hold?
Duct Doctor is a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes. We run scheduled maintenance contracts, set at the interval the system needs. The report from each visit recommends the next date.
When to call us in Tilford Common
Risers carry the extract up through the building. Grease clings to the walls and can run down to the base as liquid grease runs down. Access along its height is needed to clean it properly.
Most sites get in touch after spotting something like this:
- A duct clean needed for an insurer
- Readings above 200 microns from a grease thickness test
- Grease leaking from duct joints
- Ductwork that has never been cleaned
Church and community hall kitchens, near Church of All Saints or anywhere around Tilford Common, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other.
Before booking anyone
- How they set the interval to the next visit
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
- What insurance they carry
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
When something else is needed
In fairness, there are a few things this work won’t fix:
- Ductwork that was poorly designed
- Duct sections that need replacing
- Parts of the duct with no way in
If in doubt, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or email us and we will say what we think.
What we work on in Tilford Common
- Access panels
- Vertical risers
- Bends and junctions
- Horizontal duct runs
- Attenuators
- Multi-storey ducts
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
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 on a regular cycle.
For anyone managing more than one site, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Each site gets its own report and photos, so records stay tidy.
What affects the cost of ductwork cleaning
Your quote is based on your site. We take into account:
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
- The condition we find in the survey
- The size of the system
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
The price reflects the work, not guesswork. That’s why we survey first, from photos or on site, and why the quote is fixed before any work starts.
What to send for a quote
Many jobs can be priced from photos and some basics. Useful things to send:
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
- Wide pictures of the system and the area around it
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
Want a quote for ductwork cleaning? Please give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and tell us about the site. We’ll talk you through the work and send you a fixed quote before you commit to anything.
What we do, step by step
On the day, we arrive at the time agreed with you, which is often after service, overnight or at a weekend. Equipment that has to be off is switched off and allowed to cool before work begins, and the area around the work is covered and protected. The work itself takes a few hours for a short run, longer for long runs and tall risers. Rural roads and tight entrances are worth telling us about before a visit to Tilford Common.
- We trace the duct and find every way in.
- We take grease readings along the route.
- Once the kitchen has closed, we protect the area and open the panels.
- Heavy deposits come out by hand, then each section is degreased.
- Panels are closed, readings and photos repeated, and unreachable sections recorded.
Getting ready for the visit
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
Ask for a quote
The quickest way to a quote is to send pictures: 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.
Advice
What staff can safely do
In-house cleaning and specialist cleaning do different jobs. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
If your staff spot something between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that will not come clean, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We can diagnose it and quote.