Southampton · Commercial kitchen deep cleaning
Commercial kitchen deep cleaning in Hounsdown, Southampton
One call covers deep cleaning of commercial kitchens, including walls, floors, ceilings and cooking equipment in Hounsdown: survey, fixed quote, work and sign-off. CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, ISO 9001 and fully insured.
- Grime behind and under cooking equipment
- Greasy, slippery kitchen floors
- Grease stains on walls near the cooking line
Part by part
Floors
Removing grease from the floor cuts slip risks and makes the daily mop more effective.
Walls and ceilings
Surfaces close to the range build up grease quickly. They get a thorough degrease, including the joints and edges.
Kitchen deep cleaning in Hounsdown, done properly
In Hounsdown, we fit deep cleans around the hours the kitchen cooks. Most are done overnight, early in the morning or at the weekend, so the kitchen is ready for the next service. Schools can book during the holidays. The work covers behind and under equipment, ranges and ovens and floors and floor drains, and people most often call us about food debris trapped under the range and grease built up on walls and ceilings.
Kitchens around a smaller place like Hounsdown are often in older buildings, with drains and grease traps that have been there for years. A blocked drain or a smelly grease trap is typically the first sign.
Duct Doctor has been trading since 2009, and we’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured.
- Location
- Hounsdown (SO40)
- Region
- Southampton
- Records
- Photo report after every visit
- Quotes
- A fixed price before work begins
- Hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Also near Hounsdown
What else we do in Hounsdown
When it’s something else
It’s worth knowing the limits before booking:
- Faults with cooking or refrigeration equipment, which need an engineer
- Worn or broken surfaces that cleaning can’t restore
- Pests already in the kitchen
Not sure which it is? You can give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we’ll tell you honestly.
What the work covers
- Stainless steel surfaces
- Behind and under equipment
- Walls and ceilings
- Ranges and ovens
- Fryers and grills
- Floors and floor drains
Kitchen deep cleaning around Hounsdown
According to Food Standards Agency records, there are about 15 pubs, bars and clubs within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Hounsdown. Pub and hotel kitchens get the same build-up behind equipment and in the grease trap as any other. It’s New Forest council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Hounsdown. They look at the cleanliness of the whole kitchen: walls, floors, ceilings and equipment. Having the dates of the last deep clean to hand saves digging for them on the day.
Half-term is a good time for school kitchens, at schools like Hounsdown School for instance, to have the grease trap emptied and the kitchen deep cleaned. If you run a kitchen in an older building near Hounsdown, such as a historic house like Southampton Tudor House and Garden (about 4.1 miles east), older drains make a working grease trap all the more important.
Hounsdown is about 1 mile south of Totton, in Southampton. We carry out kitchen deep cleaning for commercial premises of every kind in Hounsdown and the rest of Southampton. Our Southampton coverage runs to 40 places, and Hounsdown is one of them.
Postcode districts we cover here for kitchen deep cleaning: SO40. Local streets include Main Road, Pound Lane and Chapel Lane, all of which we cover for kitchen deep cleaning. Neighbouring places we cover for kitchen deep cleaning include Ashurst Bridge (1 mile north-west), Totton (1 mile north), Netley Marsh (1 mile north-west), Woodlands (2 miles west) and Winsor (3 miles north-west). Larger places within reach include Southampton (5 miles east), Shirley (3 miles east), Regents Park (3 miles east), Townhill Park (6 miles east), Midanbury (6 miles east) and Thornhill (7 miles east).
Landmarks near Hounsdown
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Foxhills Infant School and The Forest Inn, among other places. The closest station to Hounsdown is Totton station, about 1.1 miles north-east of the centre. Nearby you’ll also find National Dairy Museum (0.8 miles south) and Ashurst Hospital (1.4 miles south-west). The countryside around Hounsdown includes Testwood Lakes.
What happens on the day
The visit has three parts: getting the area ready, doing the work and signing it off. Getting ready means protecting surfaces and switching off what needs to be off, while signing off means the written report and photos. The middle part takes longest, which takes a full shift for most kitchens, longer for a large one. Because the survey comes first, a visit to Hounsdown can normally be finished without a second trip.
- We look round the kitchen and agree exactly what’s included.
- Equipment is turned off and allowed to cool before anything else happens.
- Ceilings, walls and high-level surfaces are cleaned first, working downwards.
- We clean the cooking equipment and the spaces behind and under it.
- We finish with the floors and leave the kitchen ready to use.
Getting ready for the visit
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
Get a fixed quote
Some systems can be priced from photos; others need a survey. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in pictures, get a survey first. Either way, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
Advice
What your team can do, and what needs us
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
When your team notices a problem between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We’ll take a look and give you a fixed quote.
What we are called out for in Hounsdown
Daily cleaning focuses on the surfaces you can reach. Areas behind ranges and fryers, and high-level surfaces, tend to be missed, and that’s where the build-up grows.
Keep an eye out for any of the following:
- Food debris that could attract pests
- Build-up behind fryers and ovens
- A whole-kitchen clean while the extract is cleaned
- A clean-up ahead of an inspection
If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Ashurst Hospital about 1.4 miles south-west, deep cleans and grease trap visits are planned so meals still go out.
Questions to ask before booking
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- Whether a survey comes first
- How they set the interval to the next visit
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Facilities teams in offices, schools and healthcare sites book us too in Hounsdown and across Southampton. Larger estates can be phased building by building to keep disruption down.
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 can quote for the whole system.
Hounsdown questions
Which environmental health team covers Hounsdown?
In Hounsdown, it’s New Forest council that carries out food hygiene inspections. An officer may look behind equipment and at drains, so it pays to have the deep clean booked before those areas build up.
Can a school kitchen in Hounsdown be done out of term time?
Yes, and it’s the easiest time to do it. The FSA’s register shows about 13 schools and colleges with food registrations within roughly a mile and a half of Hounsdown. You can call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email with the dates the site is empty.
Is it possible to book a deep clean with a TR19 clean?
We can. Many kitchens book a deep clean alongside their TR19® extract clean, so the whole kitchen is done at once. The extract clean comes with a certificate and photo report.
What should we do before the deep clean?
Just put away food and small items, and let us in. We’ll need the cooking equipment switched off and cool when we arrive.
Which accreditations do you hold?
Our accreditations are CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. The Vent Hygiene Elite scheme is run by BESCA and audited independently.
Can you set up regular visits?
Yes, of course. Send details of the systems and how they’re used and we will propose a schedule with a fixed quote.
Do you provide a certificate or report?
Yes, always. The report is dated and includes photos, and TR19® Grease cleans come with a certificate through the BESCA VHE portal. File it with your fire safety records.
Do you cover Hounsdown?
Yes. Our area takes in London and the counties of South East England, Hounsdown included.
Fixed quotes for kitchen deep cleaning in Hounsdown
Sites vary more than people expect. The main factors:
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
- How easy every part is to reach
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- Whether several sites go on one quote
Working hours, access and the scale of the site all affect the cost. We take each of them into account, and the price is fixed before work begins.
Helping us quote
What to send for a quote:
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
- The postcode and the type of business
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
To get a fixed quote, call us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line with the site type, your trading hours and a short description of the system. A few pictures and your last certificate or report help a lot. We usually come back within one working day.