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Barnes kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning for Barnes, with a survey first and a report with pictures at the end. Call for a fixed quote.
- An overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer
- An extract that no longer clears the smoke
- A TR19 certificate needed for the insurer
Managing agents and facilities teams in Barnes
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare in Barnes and across Greater London. Larger estates can be phased building by building around the people who use them.
When the building owner and the occupier are different, the lease normally sets out who maintains what. We can quote either party, and the report can go to both.
How we handle kitchen extract cleaning in Barnes
Cooking sends fat-laden vapour into the canopy with every service. It cools inside the duct and settles as a sticky film that thickens month by month. That film is fuel, and cleaning the whole system is how you keep it under control. Typical jobs include a smoky, hot kitchen with weak extraction and grease dripping from the canopy or filters, across plenums and filters, canopies and hoods and discharge points. Canopy cleaning, extract cleaning and duct cleaning are often used to mean the same thing, but in Barnes, as everywhere, the insurer wants the full system cleaned, not just the hood.
A kitchen running fryers and chargrills all day builds up grease much faster than one that mostly steams and boils, so the interval is set by what you cook as well as how long.
In London, few kitchens can spare a day to close, so work in Barnes 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.
Duct Doctor has been trading since 2009, and we’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we carry full insurance.
- Where
- Barnes (SW13, SW15, SW14)
- Region
- Greater London
- Paperwork
- Certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- When we work
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
What a clean will not put right
Kitchen extract cleaning can’t fix everything, and we’d rather say so up front. It will not put right:
- Fat blocking the kitchen drains
- Extraction that can’t cope with the cooking because of its design
- A duct that is holed or coming apart
If in doubt, ring 0345 646 2711 or email us and we will say what we think before booking.
Where we work
- Vertical risers
- Extract fans
- Discharge points
- Plenums and filters
- Horizontal duct runs
- Canopies and hoods
What happens if it’s left?
If your kitchen in Barnes is past its cleaning date, it’s worth booking now. The job takes a single shift for most kitchens, with long duct runs and tall risers needing more time, and we work evenings, overnight and weekends so you do not lose a service. Waiting only adds grease and risk. In Barnes, a planned overnight visit is much easier than closing unexpectedly.
The cost depends on the size of the system, the condition it’s in and how easy it is to reach. You get a fixed price before we start, so there are no surprises.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Barnes
- Trading since 2009
- Full insurance on every job
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
The process
When we arrive, we check the system against the survey or the pictures you sent. If anything is different, we talk it through with the person on site before carrying on. From there, it takes anything from a few hours to a full night, depending on the size of the system. For a job in Barnes, tell us about loading bays, permits, lifts and roof access when you book.
- First comes a survey of the whole system, by pictures or a visit.
- We measure the grease at set points along the system, then give you a fixed price.
- With the kitchen closed and equipment off and cool, the area is sheeted.
- We clean the canopy, plenum, filters, ducts, risers, fan and discharge.
- Finally the system is re-tested and photographed, and the certificate and report follow.
How to prepare
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
- Tell us where we can park and unload
How to get a quote
For a fixed quote, call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and tell us the type of site, your opening hours and roughly what the system looks like. Photos and the last report, if you have one, make the quote quicker. We typically come back within one working day.
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What affects the quote in Barnes
We do not publish a price list, because sites vary so much. What we look at:
- The times the site is available
- The condition of the system
- How big the system is
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
Several systems or sites on one quote often makes better use of the time. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at and we will price it together.
What to send for a quote
We can often survey from photos. The most useful are:
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- The postcode and the type of business
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
Here’s what helps us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, photos of the system and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Then ring 0345 646 2711 or email us.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
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. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
A few tasks are always specialist work: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings call for the right kit, training and safe access. That is our job.
Barnes kitchens: local notes
The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 450 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 62 takeaways within about 1.5 miles of central Barnes. Every kitchen in that count with a canopy has a full extract system, canopy to discharge, to keep clear of grease. Overnight is the normal time to clean a London kitchen extract, so trading isn’t affected. Environmental health officers from Richmond-Upon-Thames council inspect food businesses in Barnes. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector.
If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Barnes Hospital about 0.7 miles south-west, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen. For kitchens close to Barnes Bridge station, where the day often starts early and ends late, the extract can be cleaned overnight.
Barnes is about 2 miles west of Fulham, in Greater London. Anywhere in SW13, we can carry out kitchen extract cleaning at your premises. Barnes is one of 764 towns, villages and districts in Greater London we cover for commercial clients. You can also see our page for London, about 7 miles away.
Here we cover the SW13, SW15 and SW14 postcode area for kitchen extract cleaning. Local streets include Church Road, Station Road and Barnes High Street, and we cover them all for kitchen extract cleaning. With the A306 and B349 close by, Barnes is simple for us to get to at any hour. We also cover the places around Barnes: Old Chiswick (1 mile north), Turnham Green (1 mile north-west), Mortlake (1 mile south-west), East Sheen (1 mile south-west) and Putney (1 mile south-east). Within a short drive, we also cover London (7 miles east), City of Westminster (5 miles north-east), Marylebone (5 miles north-east), Kensington (3 miles north-east), St Pancras (7 miles north-east) and Shoreditch (8 miles north-east).
What’s near Barnes
Typical jobs here are in premises near Chiswick School, Sun Inn and Barn Elms. You will also find Polish Library POSK in London (1.4 miles north) and The Harrodian School (0.6 miles north). Barnes has its own railway station: Barnes Bridge station. Nearby you will also find Barnes Hospital (0.7 miles south-west) and Putney Exchange (1.4 miles south-east). For a walk, there’s Richmond Hill and Kew Gardens Lake.
Questions from Barnes
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Barnes?
It’s London Fire Brigade, which covers Barnes. Records of extract cleaning are a sensible thing to have ready if a fire safety officer carries out an audit.
Do you do school kitchen extract cleaning in Barnes in the summer holidays?
Yes. Half-terms and the summer break are the natural time for school work. With about 33 schools and colleges on the FSA’s register within roughly a mile and a half of Barnes, it pays to plan holiday dates ahead. Booking early in the term gives the best choice of holiday dates.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
We work for restaurants, pubs, hotels, schools, colleges, hospitals, care homes, offices and shops, plus food production and leisure sites.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. Tell us what you have and how it’s used and we will propose a schedule with a fixed quote.
How often does a kitchen extract system need cleaning?
It depends on how many hours a day the kitchen cooks. Heavy use of 12 to 16 hours a day calls for a clean at least every 3 months under BESA guidance, and lighter use less often. We will recommend a date after measuring the grease.
What’s TR19?
TR19® is the BESA specification for keeping ventilation systems clean. TR19® Grease, a standalone specification since 2019, covers grease in kitchen extract systems, while TR19® Air covers other supply and extract ductwork.
What paperwork comes with a kitchen extract clean?
You receive a TR19 certificate and a photo report. Certificates are issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal, and the report includes before and after photos, grease readings and the recommended next clean date.
Do you work in Barnes?
Yes. We work across Greater London, Surrey, Kent, Sussex, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Hertfordshire and Essex, and that includes Barnes.
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Do you need kitchen extract cleaning in Barnes?
Grease in the extract matters because it burns. Flames from a pan or grill can be pulled into the canopy by the fan, where burning grease can carry a fire along the ducts and into other parts of the building. That’s why controlling extract grease belongs in the fire risk assessment.
It’s time to book a visit if you see:
- Missing paperwork after a change of operator
- An overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer
- A kitchen with no current TR19 certificate
- Stale cooking odours from the system
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Barnes Methodist Church, or anywhere in Barnes, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Comparing quotes
- How they set the interval to the next visit
- Proof of insurance
- What hours they’ll be on site
- Whether VAT is included