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Berrylands kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning across Berrylands and nearby, booked around your opening hours and finished with a written report and pictures.
- Heavy grease build-up inside the duct runs
- Rancid smells from grease in the duct
- An inspection that picked up a dirty extract
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
Multi-site operators often want one contractor and one number. We work across London and the South East, so a run of sites can go into one programme and kept on a regular cycle.
Kitchen extract cleaning in Berrylands
Many insurers ask for proof that the extract has been cleaned to TR19, and a claim can be refused or reduced without it. For a kitchen in Berrylands, our certificate and photo report give you that record for the maintenance log. The work covers canopies and hoods, plenums and filters and discharge points, and people most often call us about grease drips onto cooking equipment and an inspection that picked up a dirty extract. Most calls from Berrylands come after an insurer, an EHO or a fire officer asks to see the last TR19 certificate. Either way, the answer is the same: a proper clean and the paperwork to match.
Access decides how thorough a clean can be. Where a duct run has no panels, we say so on the report and can fit new ones.
In London, few kitchens can spare a day to close, so work in Berrylands 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.
Accreditations are easy to claim and worth checking. Ours are BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, plus CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, with full insurance on top.
- Location
- Berrylands (KT5, KT3, KT6)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Reporting
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- Hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
In-house cleaning and specialist cleaning do different jobs. Wiping filters daily and washing them weekly keeps the visible parts in order, but they don’t reach the grease that builds up further in. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, alongside our reports.
Your questions about kitchen extract cleaning in Berrylands
Can a school canteen extract in Berrylands be done out of term time?
Yes, out-of-term visits are normal for schools. The FSA’s register shows about 45 schools and colleges with food registrations within roughly a mile and a half of Berrylands. Send us your term dates when you ring 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line, and we will fit the work in.
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Berrylands?
Kitchens in Berrylands are inspected by Kingston-Upon-Thames council’s environmental health officers. An officer may look up into the canopy, so clean filters on the day and a recent certificate on file both help.
What do you do to protect the area?
We cover floors and nearby surfaces with sheeting before any work starts, and waste is contained as we go. At the end, the area is cleaned down.
How often should a kitchen extract be cleaned?
Under BESA guidance, the minimum depends on how long you cook each day: 3-monthly for heavy use, 6-monthly for moderate use and 12-monthly for light use. Measured grease levels set the real interval.
Can you quote from photos?
Often, yes. With good photos, the site type and your last report, we can price many jobs. Larger or hidden systems need a survey on site first.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes. Regular plans can run on 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycles, depending on what the system needs.
How long does it take to clean a kitchen extract system?
That depends on the size of the system, the amount of grease and the number of access points. As a guide, it takes as long as the system needs, from a few hours to several planned visits.
Do you offer emergency callouts?
Yes, any time. For anything urgent, such as a fan failure or damage after a fire, ring the 24/7 line, and we will advise on what to do next.
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What happens if it’s left?
There’s no law that names TR19, but the Fire Safety Order 2005 still applies. It puts a duty on the responsible person to assess and reduce fire risk, which in a kitchen includes the grease in the extract. Cleaning to TR19 is the recognised way to show you’ve done it. For a site in Berrylands, fitting the work in overnight now is far easier than closing at short notice later.
Putting the work off seldom saves money. Problems in a system tend to grow, which can make the next visit longer. If you’re unsure, call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we’ll give you an honest view and a fixed quote.
Why Berrylands businesses choose us
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
- Every job surveyed first
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
Take a look at our cost guide or our accreditations.
How we price kitchen extract cleaning
Every site gets its own quote. This is what makes a difference:
- Travel, parking and unloading
- The times the site is available
- How big the system is
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
Every site is different, so each one gets its own fixed quote. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all play a part.
What to send for a quote
Photos and a few facts are often enough to price the work. Send what you can of the following:
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- Any previous report or certificate
Photos are enough for some jobs, while others need a look on site. 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.
What the work involves, part by part
Ductwork and risers
Grease builds up most where the duct turns. Those are among the points where we take readings before and after, so the report shows the difference.
Schools, hospitals and care homes
Even a kitchen that cooks only a few hours a day needs cleaning at least every 12 months under BESA guidance. Holidays make it simple to schedule.
Kitchen extract cleaning around Berrylands
Look up Berrylands on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you will find about 330 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 118 takeaways and sandwich shops within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Berrylands. Those that fry, grill or roast under a canopy need their extracts cleaned at intervals set by how long they cook. In London, kitchens are normally cleaned overnight, when the kitchen is closed and loading is easier. Food hygiene inspections in Berrylands are the job of Kingston-Upon-Thames council’s environmental health team. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked.
If you cook for passing trade around Berrylands station, the extract can be cleaned between your last and first customer. Healthcare kitchens cannot easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Berrylands is Tolworth Hospital, about 1.1 miles south. School kitchens, at schools like Christ Church CofE Primary School for example, are typically cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost.
Berrylands is about 1 mile east of Surbiton, in Greater London. Berrylands gets the same approach as every site we work on: a survey first, a fixed quote, work timed around your hours and a report with pictures. Our area takes in 764 places across Greater London, from busy centres to quieter spots. Our London page covers sites nearby (11 miles or so).
Kitchen extract cleaning in KT5, KT3 and KT6 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. That includes premises on Park Road, The Avenue and Regent Road and nearby roads. Nearby, we also carry out kitchen extract cleaning in Tolworth (1 mile south), Surbiton (1 mile west), Old Malden (1 mile south-east), Worcester Park (2 miles south-east) and Chessington (2 miles south). Larger places within reach include London (11 miles north-east), City of Westminster (10 miles north-east), Marylebone (10 miles north-east), Kensington (8 miles north-east), St Pancras (12 miles north-east) and Shoreditch (13 miles north-east).
Around Berrylands
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Beverley Park, Coronation Hall pub and Kingston School of Art, among other places. There’s a railway station in Berrylands itself: Berrylands station. A little further out are Tolworth Hospital (1.1 miles south) and Bentall Centre (1.5 miles north-west). Green spaces nearby include Kingston Hill Road area and The Lake.
How it works
The visit has three parts: set-up, the treatment itself and the sign-off. Getting ready means protecting surfaces and switching off what needs to be off, while signing off means the written report and pictures. The middle part takes longest, which takes a single shift for most kitchens, with long duct runs and tall risers needing more time. For a job in Berrylands, tell us about loading bays, permits, lifts and roof access when you book.
- We survey the system, from your photos or on site, canopy to discharge.
- Grease thickness is measured and the price is fixed before work starts.
- The kitchen is closed, the equipment cooled and everything nearby protected.
- We work through the system from the canopy to the fan and discharge.
- We re-test, photograph and send your certificate and photo report.
Getting ready for the visit
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
- Move anything stored near the system
Ask for a quote
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Add the site type and your opening hours, and we can price many jobs without a visit.
Related advice
Between visits
Aftercare is simple, and it helps at the next visit:
- Give the canopy a daily wipe
- Switch the fan on before cooking starts
- Tell us when the extract starts to drip or smell
- Don’t let the canopy gutters overflow
We hand the kitchen back clean, with the sheeting removed and waste taken away. Grease and dirty water are collected and taken off site, so you can start cooking as normal.
Run the extract whenever the kitchen is cooking. Switching it off early leaves vapour to settle on the canopy and plenum, and the next clean has more to do.