Hampshire · Kitchen extract cleaning
TR19 kitchen extract cleaning in Bradley
Need kitchen extract cleaning in Bradley? We survey first, give you a fixed quote and work around your opening hours, then sign off with a report and photos.
- A smoky, hot kitchen with weak extraction
- Years of baked-on grease in the ducts
- Extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit
Kitchen extract cleaning in Bradley
Few kitchens can stop cooking for a day so the extract can be cleaned. Cleans are booked for evenings, overnight or weekends, or between services where the kitchen has a gap. Equipment is switched off and left to cool, the area is sheeted, and the kitchen is handed back ready to cook. The work covers discharge points, plenums and filters and extract fans, and people most often call us about an extract that no longer clears the smoke and stale cooking odours from the system. Kitchen extract cleaning, TR19 cleaning, extraction cleaning: whatever you call it, in Bradley it means the same thing to us: the whole system, cleaned and certificated.
Grease that collects out of sight, behind the filters and along the duct, is what insurers and fire officers worry about, which is why a TR19® clean in Bradley goes well beyond the canopy.
For a kitchen in or near Bradley, the visit is planned around opening hours and the journey, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy to discharge, then a TR19® certificate and a photo report.
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
- Bradley (SO24)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Paperwork
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Price
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- Working hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Every visit ends with a dated report and photos, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.
If you look after several sites, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Each site gets its own report and photos, so each one has its own record.
Also in Bradley
What we are called out for in Bradley
Grease filters are the first line of defence, and they’re often the weak point. Filters that are bent, badly fitted, missing or left uncleaned let more fat into the plenum and duct, and from there it travels on to the fan.
Clients usually contact us when they notice one of these:
- Extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit
- Proof of cleaning requested by an insurer
- A smoky, hot kitchen with weak extraction
- Years of baked-on grease in the ducts
Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Alton Community Hospital is the nearest hospital to Bradley, about 4.8 miles south-east.
Before you book anyone
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- If they look at the system before pricing
- When they can work, and whether that’s outside your opening hours
- How areas they can’t reach will be recorded
The process
Your staff don’t need to do much on the day. A contact on site lets us in at the agreed time and points us to the system, and the rest is down to us. Before we leave, the area is tidied and the paperwork follows. Visits to a village like Bradley are booked in advance, at a time that suits whoever runs the site.
- Diagnosis comes first, with a survey of the system and how it’s reached.
- Grease readings set the baseline, and a fixed quote follows.
- We arrive after close, protect the area and contain the waste.
- Heavy deposits are scraped by hand and the system degreased to TR19® Grease.
- The sign-off: post-clean readings, a TR19 certificate and a photo report with the next clean date.
Preparing for the visit
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Clear loose items from the work area
Getting a quote
Need a price for kitchen extract cleaning? Please ring 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form with a few details about the site. We will talk you through the work and send you a fixed quote before you commit to anything.
Advice
Why act early in Bradley
After a fire, one of the first questions is often when the extract was last cleaned. Many insurers ask for proof of TR19 cleaning and may reduce or refuse a claim without it. A current certificate is far easier to produce than an explanation. In a place like Bradley, ductwork and fans are easy to forget until something goes wrong.
Putting the work off seldom saves money. Build-up, wear and faults tend to get worse, not better, which can make the next visit longer. If you’re not sure what’s needed, call 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we will give you an honest view and a fixed quote.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Bradley
- A written report with pictures after every visit
- Trading since 2009
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
Read our cost guide and our accreditations.
Kitchen extract cleaning around Bradley
We cover Bradley, about 49 miles from central London, as part of our work across London and the South East. Visits are booked around your hours, evenings and weekends included. In Bradley, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from East Hampshire council. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked.
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Church of All Saints or elsewhere in Bradley, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often. If you run catering at a historic house or estate in the area (Hall Place is about 1.9 miles south-east), event kitchens in older buildings often have awkward duct runs that need planning.
Bradley is about 5 miles west of Alton, in Hampshire. We provide kitchen extract cleaning for commercial premises of every kind in Bradley and the rest of Hampshire. Across Hampshire, we cover 683 places, and Bradley is one of them. There’s also a page for Reading, about 20 miles away.
We cover every part of SO24 for kitchen extract cleaning and the roads nearby. Neighbouring places we cover for kitchen extract cleaning include Burkham (1 mile north-east), Bentworth (2 miles south-east), Holt End (2 miles south-east), New Copse (2 miles south-east) and Bagmore (3 miles north-east). We also work in nearby towns such as Basingstoke (7 miles north), Winchester (12 miles south-west), Fleet (13 miles north-east), Aldershot (15 miles east), Alton (5 miles east) and Petersfield (13 miles south-east).
Local landmarks in Bradley
Well-known places in the area include Barton Castle (2.3 miles south-west) and Alton Community Hospital (4.8 miles south-east). Not far away are King's Hill.
Aftercare tips
Think of this as the after-treatment advice, in brief:
- Clean grease off the canopy surfaces regularly
- Never cook with filters missing or out of place
- Diarise the next clean as soon as you get the certificate
- Don’t let the canopy gutters overflow
Any section without access is marked on the report. That is part of an honest TR19 clean, not a failing, and we can fit access panels so it’s reached next time.
Tell whoever looks after the system when something changes. Drips, odours and fan noise often mean grease is building, and a grease thickness test can confirm it.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Keep a record of what your team does. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, next to our reports.
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 they do not reach the grease that builds up further in. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
What affects the cost of kitchen extract cleaning
The survey tells us what the work involves. We look at:
- A single visit or a regular plan
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- How big the system is
- The times the site is available
No two sites are the same, so each one gets its own fixed quote. The size of the job, how we reach it, its condition and the working hours all play a part.
Asking for a quote
To speed up the quote, please include:
- The postcode and the type of business
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
For a fixed quote, call 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form with the site type, your trading hours and a short description of the system. Photos and the last report, if you have one, make the quote quicker. We usually come back within one working day.
Your questions about kitchen extract cleaning in Bradley
Which environmental health team covers Bradley?
The local authority for Bradley is East Hampshire council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. It helps to keep the extract cleaning records with your food safety paperwork, so they’re ready if asked for.
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for Bradley?
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Bradley. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
What is TR19?
BESA’s ventilation hygiene specification in two main parts: TR19® Grease for kitchen extract systems and TR19® Air for general ventilation. It is not legislation, but it’s the standard people check against.
Do you clean the whole extract system or just the canopy?
We clean every part the grease travels through. Canopy, plenum, filters, ductwork, risers, fan and discharge are all included, reached through access panels where necessary.
What’s the right cleaning interval for a kitchen extract?
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. Grease readings can show a shorter interval is needed.
What do you do to protect the area?
We cover floors and nearby surfaces with sheeting before we start, and waste is contained as we go. At the end, the area is cleaned down.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes, 24/7. Our office is open from 8am to 6pm on weekdays, with the emergency line covering every other hour.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes. For many sites, photos and a few details are enough, while bigger or harder-to-see systems are surveyed on site.