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Kitchen extract cleaning in Brompton, Greater London
Kitchen extract cleaning for Brompton and the surrounding area: a survey, a fixed price, careful work and proper paperwork. Ask us for a fixed quote.
- Grease drips onto cooking equipment
- A TR19 certificate needed for the insurer
- An overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer
Brompton: your questions answered
Do you work overnight in Brompton?
Yes, out-of-hours work is a big part of what we do. The site is handed back ready to open. Let us know the hours you are closed and we’ll book within them.
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Brompton?
Food hygiene inspections in Brompton are carried out by Kensington and Chelsea council. Ratings are published by the Food Standards Agency, so a clean extract and good records are worth keeping up.
Which parts of the extract do you clean?
Every part the air passes through, as far as access allows. Where there are not enough access panels to reach a section, it’s recorded, and we can fit new ones.
What happens to the waste?
We take it away when we go. While we work, it’s kept contained so the area stays clean.
What about areas you cannot get to?
They’re listed in the report, never skipped quietly. You will know exactly which parts weren’t reached and why, and we can quote to improve the access.
Can you price the work without visiting?
Typically, yes. Send wide shots, close-ups of any access panels and anything that worries you, and a fixed quote usually follows within one working day. Some sites still need a visit, and we’ll say so.
How much notice do you need?
Earlier is better, especially for out-of-hours work. Quotes typically come back within one working day, and emergencies are covered by our 24/7 line.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
Any site with a kitchen or a ventilation system to look after, from a single café to a large school. Hotels, schools, care homes, offices, shops and leisure sites are all part of our work.
Kitchen extract cleaning in Brompton, done properly
The canopy over the range is only the start of a kitchen extract system. Beyond the filters run the plenum, the ducts and risers, the fan and the point where air leaves the building, and grease settles in every one of them. Our clean follows the air from canopy to discharge, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. If you have heavy grease build-up inside the duct runs and cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey, we can help. Some call it canopy cleaning, others extract cleaning or duct cleaning, but in Brompton, as everywhere, the insurer wants the full system cleaned, not just the hood.
Kitchens that fry and grill hardest need the most frequent cleans, so we look at the menu as well as the opening hours when we suggest the next date.
Across London, many commercial kitchens are squeezed into basements and narrow back-of-house spaces, and the duct may run up through several floors before it discharges at the roof. In Brompton, as elsewhere in the capital, a long duct run means more access points to open and more grease to remove.
Think of the report as the system’s health record: dated, with photos, and showing what was done. Grease extract cleans are also certificated to TR19® Grease through the BESCA VHE portal and sits alongside the report.
- Where
- Brompton (SW3, SW7, SW1X)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed price before we start
- Hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
What we’re called out for in Brompton
What’s on the menu matters as much as how much is cooked. Frying, grilling and roasting send far more fat into the canopy than steaming or boiling, so two kitchens with the same hours can need very different intervals.
Keep an eye out for any of the following:
- A new tenancy or takeover with no cleaning history
- Grease smells coming from the extract
- Cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey
- Extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Hellenic College of London or anywhere near Brompton, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean.
Before you book anyone
- When the next visit should be, and why
- Whether a written report and pictures are included
- Whether they’re fully insured
- Whether the quote shows VAT
For landlords and multi-site operators
If you look after several sites, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Every building has its own written report, so each one has its own record.
Keeping records across a portfolio is half the battle. Every visit ends with a dated report and pictures, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.
Leave it or put it right?
A clogged extract does not only raise the fire risk. Filters block, airflow drops and the kitchen gets hotter and smokier and the fan strains to keep up. Grease drips, smells and condensation are common next. It’s better booked as a planned job in Brompton than handled as an emergency.
Putting the work off seldom saves money. Problems in a system tend to grow, and a neglected system can mean more work. If you are not sure what’s needed, ring 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form for straight advice and a fixed quote.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Brompton
- Every visit written up, with pictures
- Every job surveyed first
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
- In business since 2009
Take a look at our cost guide or our accreditations and certificates.
The process
The first job on site is protection: floors, worktops and anything near the work are covered. Then we make the system safe and start. It takes a few hours for a small kitchen, longer for a large system, and the area is cleaned down before we leave. Before any visit in Brompton, we agree where the van can stop and how equipment reaches the system.
- First comes a survey of the whole system, by pictures or a visit.
- Grease readings are taken at set points and you get a fixed quote.
- On the day, cooking equipment is switched off and left to cool, and everything nearby is sheeted.
- Canopy, plenum, filters, duct runs, risers, fan and discharge are all cleaned to TR19® Grease.
- Readings and photos are taken again, and you receive a TR19 certificate and photo report.
Getting ready for the visit
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
- Tell us where we can park and unload
Ask for a quote
The quickest way to a quote is to send photos: the system from a couple of angles, plus any access panels or hatches. Add the site type and your opening hours, and we can price many jobs without a visit.
Related advice
What staff can safely do
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, next to our reports.
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. What they cannot safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, and that is where we come in.
What kitchen extract cleaning cannot fix
We will always give you a straight diagnosis, so here’s what this work can’t put right:
- A canopy that’s too small or a system that was badly designed
- Fire dampers that won’t close (that needs damper testing and remedials)
- Fat blocking the kitchen drains
If you’re not sure, just call us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we’ll give you a straight answer.
What the work covers
- Plenums and filters
- Discharge points
- Extract fans
- Horizontal duct runs
- Vertical risers
- Canopies and hoods
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Part by part
Ductwork and risers
Risers take the extract up through floors to roof level, and grease runs down their walls and pools at the base. Access panels along the riser let us clean it in sections.
Extract fan and discharge
The fan pulls the air through the whole system, and grease that gets past everything else ends up on its blades. We isolate it, open it up and degrease it.
What kitchen extract cleaning looks like in Brompton
There are about 1,653 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 119 takeaways and sandwich shops across Brompton and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half), according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Each one that cooks under a canopy has an extract system that collects grease and needs regular cleaning. Environmental health officers from Kensington and Chelsea council inspect food businesses in Brompton. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked. Brompton is covered by London Fire Brigade. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk.
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Church of St Simon Zelotes or elsewhere in Brompton, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often. A kitchen near London Victoria station that serves breakfast and dinner can run its extract twelve hours or more, which shortens the cleaning interval.
Brompton is about 1 mile south of City of Westminster, in Greater London. Wherever you are in the SW3 postcode area, we can carry out kitchen extract cleaning at your premises. We cover 764 places across Greater London, from busy centres to quieter spots.
We cover every part of the SW3, SW7 and SW1X postcode area for kitchen extract cleaning and the roads nearby. Kitchen extract cleaning is available to premises on West Road, Hans Road and Eaton Lane and nearby roads. Brompton sits on or near the A315 and A3212, so getting to you is simple for kitchen extract cleaning. We also cover Chelsea (1 mile south), Belgravia (1 mile north-east), South Kensington (1 mile south-west), Victoria (1 mile east) and Little Chelsea (1 mile south-west). Further out, we also cover London (3 miles east), St Pancras (3 miles north-east), Shoreditch (4 miles north-east), Walthamstow (9 miles north-east), Hoxton (4 miles north-east) and Whitechapel (4 miles east).
Around Brompton
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to St Thomas More RC Language College, St Joseph's Catholic Primary School and Natural History Museum Library and Archives and the streets around them. Other local landmarks include Shuckburgh Arms (within half a mile south-west) and Burton’s Court (0.5 miles south). The nearest railway station is London Victoria station, roughly 0.8 miles east. A little further out are Baynard's Castle (3 miles east) and Berkshire & Westminster Dragoons Museum (under half a mile south-east). For a walk, there’s Greville Place nature reserve and Serpentine.