Surrey · Ductwork cleaning
Ductwork Cleaning in Tongham
Ductwork cleaning for Tongham and the surrounding area: a survey, a fixed price, careful work and proper paperwork. Ask us for a fixed quote.
- Stale grease odours from the duct
- Grease seeping out of the duct seams
- A grease test showing the duct is overdue
Ductwork cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Tongham
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. We open up every reachable section and record any we can’t reach, so you know exactly where you stand. The work covers horizontal duct runs, attenuators and multi-storey ducts, and the jobs we see most are a grease test showing the duct is overdue and thick deposits at the bottom of a vertical duct.
Kitchens around a place like Tongham are often in older buildings or single-storey extensions, with the duct running through a roof space or up an outside wall. Flat runs collect grease and need proper access to clean.
Think of the report as the system’s health record: a dated account with photos of everything we did. Grease extract cleans are also certificated to TR19® Grease through the BESCA VHE portal, ready for your insurer.
- Location
- Tongham (GU10)
- Region
- Surrey
- Records
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Common questions in Tongham
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Tongham?
Kitchens in Tongham are inspected by Guildford council’s environmental health officers. How often a business is inspected depends on the risk rating the council gives it, so it’s worth staying ready all year.
Do you work overnight in Tongham?
Yes, evening, overnight and weekend work is normal for us. That way a site in Tongham does not have to lose a day’s trading. Let us know the hours you’re closed and we will book within them.
Do you install duct access panels?
Yes. We will point out where panels are needed, and we can fit them so those sections are cleaned in future.
What’s involved in cleaning extract ducts?
Through access panels along the duct. Heavy grease is scraped out by hand, then the surfaces are degreased with a method that suits the deposit, such as degreasers, hot water or steam.
Who is responsible for fire safety on the premises?
In the words of the Fire Safety Order 2005, it’s the responsible person. That’s generally the employer or the person in control of the premises, and where several people have control, each can have duties. If you are not sure, check your lease and fire risk assessment.
Do you work in Tongham?
Yes. We work in Tongham and the rest of Surrey, within our South East and London area. To book, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.
Can you price the work without visiting?
Often, yes. Photos of the system and the access, plus your opening hours and last report, are often enough. Where we can’t see enough, we arrange a survey.
What’s the cleaning interval for extract ductwork?
It depends mostly on daily cooking hours. Heavy use of 12 to 16 hours a day means at least every 3 months, while lighter use can go longer.
For landlords and multi-site operators
The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. Shared systems, like a riser serving several units, need a clear agreement on who books the work, and we’re happy to quote for all of it.
Why act early in Tongham
Insurers know the risk of a greasy duct. Many require cleaning to TR19, and they can refuse or reduce a claim without proof. A certificate that covers the ductwork is what they want to see. A planned visit to Tongham fits your hours; an emergency does not.
Whatever the type of site, the quote works the same way: the size of the job, access, condition and working hours. Call for a fixed quote and we’ll explain each part.
Why Tongham businesses choose us
- In business since 2009
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Fixed quotes from a survey or photos
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
See how cleaning jobs are priced and how to check a contractor.
How we price ductwork cleaning
The price is fixed before any work begins. It’s based on:
- Where the site is and how we reach it
- The scale of the work
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
A single site or a whole portfolio, we price it on the same basis: the work involved, the access and the timing. You’ll have a fixed price before work begins.
Asking for a quote
What to send for a quote:
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
- The site address and the type of premises
- Problems your staff have spotted
Every quote begins with a look at the system, either from photos and details you send or from a site visit. After that, you get a fixed price for the work so you know the cost before any work starts.
Ductwork cleaning around Tongham
Look up Tongham on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you’ll find about 14 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 18 sandwich bars and takeaways in Tongham and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Each kitchen that cooks under a canopy sends grease-laden air into a duct, where it cools and settles. Fire safety in Tongham falls to Surrey Fire and Rescue Service. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises. Kitchens in Tongham get their food hygiene inspections from Guildford council. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand.
A hospital like Guildford Hospital, about 5.3 miles east, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day. Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Church of St Paul, or anywhere in Tongham, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Tongham is about 1 mile south-east of Aldershot, in Surrey. Every kind of commercial site in Tongham, we can take on ductwork cleaning. We can work out of hours so trading is not interrupted. Tongham is one of 395 towns, villages and districts in Surrey we cover for ductwork cleaning. You can also see our page for Guildford, about 7 miles away.
Here we cover the GU10 postcode area for ductwork cleaning. We cover sites on The Street, Chester Way and Lambourne Way and nearby roads. Neighbouring places we cover for ductwork cleaning include Sandy Cross (1 mile south), Ash (1 mile north-east), Seale (1 mile south-east), Ash Green (1 mile north-east) and Badshot Lea (1 mile west). Further out, we also cover Guildford (7 miles east), Woking (9 miles north-east), Camberley (7 miles north), Farnham (3 miles south-west), Frimley (6 miles north) and Haslemere (10 miles south).
Local landmarks in Tongham
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Aldershot Park, The White Hart pub and Ash Manor School and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is Ash station, roughly 1.4 miles north-east of the centre. A little further out are Farnham Castle (3.2 miles west) and Guildford Hospital (5.3 miles east). Not far away are Aunt's Pool and Hog's Back.
When to call us in Tongham
The further the air travels from the cooking, the cooler it gets. As it cools, the grease it carries condenses onto the duct walls, so duct runs keep collecting grease long after the canopy.
It’s time to book a visit if you see:
- Smells of old cooking grease from the ductwork
- Duct runs that cannot be reached
- Thick crusts of old grease along the duct
- Ductwork that has never been cleaned
Wanborough Manor, about 3.1 miles east, is one of the historic houses near Tongham; if you run event catering at a venue like that, cleans can be booked between functions.
Questions to ask before you book
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
- What insurance they carry
- Whether they recommend a next date
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
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The process
A visit follows the same order every time: protect the area, isolate whatever needs isolating, do the work, clear away and leave you the report. On site, the work takes anything from a few hours to several visits, depending on the length of duct. Evenings, weekends or a closed day all work for a site in a place like Tongham.
- First the duct route is traced and every access point noted.
- Set points along the runs are tested for grease.
- We open the panels and scrape out the heaviest grease.
- The duct is degreased with the method that suits the grease, from degreasers to hot water or steam.
- We test again, take photos and note any part that couldn’t be reached.
How to prepare
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
- Clear the space around the work
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
Ask for a quote
Getting a quote does not take long. Send a few details and photos, and we usually reply with a fixed quote within one working day. Where a survey is needed, we arrange a time that suits the site.
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What the work involves, part by part
Multi-storey and shared buildings
In a shared building, the duct links the kitchen to other spaces, so the responsible person has more reason to keep it clean. Your certificate and report give building managers the record they need.
Bends and transitions
A bend can hold far more grease than a straight run of the same length. We clean it back by hand and with degreaser, and readings are taken there before and after.
What a clean will not put right
Not every problem is solved by ductwork cleaning, and we will tell you before any work starts. It won’t put right:
- Parts of the duct with no way in
- A duct that’s too small or badly routed for the kitchen (a design issue)
- Leaking duct joints that need repair
Not sure which it is? You can ring 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we’ll tell you honestly.
What the work covers
- Vertical risers
- Multi-storey ducts
- Attenuators
- Bends and junctions
- Access panels
- Horizontal duct runs