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Kitchen extraction cleaning in Catford
Kitchen extract cleaning for Catford and the surrounding area: a survey, a fixed price, careful work and proper paperwork. Call for a fixed quote.
- Cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey
- A system with no record of a TR19 clean
- Grease dripping from the canopy or filters
Kitchen extract cleaning in Catford, done properly
Duct Doctor has been cleaning kitchen extract systems since 2009. We’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 and are fully insured. Common call-outs are for cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey and a kitchen with no current TR19 certificate, on vertical risers, horizontal duct runs and canopies and hoods. Kitchen extract cleaning, TR19 cleaning, extraction cleaning: whatever you call it, in Catford it means the same thing to us: the whole system, cleaned and certificated.
What can be cleaned depends on what can be reached. Sections without access panels are recorded on the report, and new panels can be fitted so they’re cleaned next time.
London kitchens are often tucked into basements or the back of a building, and the duct may run up through several floors before it discharges at the roof. For a kitchen in Catford, that typically means a longer system to clean and more access panels to plan around.
Accreditations are easy to claim and worth checking. We are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured.
- Where
- Catford (SE6, BR1)
- Region
- Greater London
- Reporting
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: 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, which is where we come in.
When your team notices a problem between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We will take a look and send you a fixed quote.
Towns and villages near Catford
What else we do in Catford
What the work involves, part by part
Canopy and plenum
Whether it’s one hood or a long island canopy, each section is cleaned and photographed before and after.
Extract fan and discharge
The discharge is where air leaves the building, which can collect grease and stain the surface around it. It’s cleaned as far as safe access allows, and any limits are recorded.
FAQs for Catford
Can you work in Catford outside opening hours?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. That way a site in Catford doesn’t have to lose a day’s trading. Let us know the hours you are closed and we will book within them.
Can school kitchens in Catford be cleaned in the holidays?
Yes. Half-terms and the summer break are the natural time for school work. Around Catford, the Food Standards Agency lists about 46 schools and colleges with registered kitchens within a mile and a half or so. Just give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email with your term dates and we will plan around them.
Do insurers need proof of extract cleaning?
Because a dirty extract can spread a fire through a building. Many insurers require TR19 cleaning, and may refuse or reduce a claim without proof, so keep every certificate.
How long does a kitchen extract clean take?
That depends on the size of the system, the amount of grease and the number of access points. As a guide, it takes a few hours for a small kitchen, longer for a large system.
What do you do with what you remove?
Waste is contained during the work and removed when we leave, including grease, debris and dirty water. None of it is left on site.
How much notice do you need?
For planned work, earlier is better, particularly if your next visit is nearly due. Emergencies are different, because our line is open 24/7.
Is TR19 a legal requirement?
TR19 isn’t written into law, but the responsible person still has a legal duty under the Fire Safety Order 2005. TR19 is the standard insurers and fire officers expect, and many policies require it.
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.
When something else is needed
We won’t sell you work that doesn’t address the problem, so these are the things it won’t cover:
- Fat blocking the kitchen drains
- Ductwork that is corroded, split or leaking (that’s for a ductwork contractor)
- Faulty fire dampers in the duct
If you’re not sure, just call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we’ll give you a straight answer before you book.
Parts of the system we cover
- Plenums and filters
- Extract fans
- Canopies and hoods
- Discharge points
- Horizontal duct runs
- Vertical risers
Why act early in Catford
Any food business in Catford can expect visits from the council’s environmental health officers, and a greasy canopy or dripping filters won’t go unnoticed. Keeping the extract clean helps the whole kitchen pass muster. For a site in Catford, fitting the work in overnight now is far easier than closing at short notice later.
What you pay reflects the actual work. That is why we survey first, from pictures or on site, and the price is agreed before any work starts.
What you get with us
- One number for every site across the South East and London
- Each visit written up, with photos
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
- In business since 2009
What we do, step by step
There’s very little for your team to do on the day. Someone lets us in at the agreed time and shows us where everything is, and we take it from there. Before we leave, the area is tidied and the paperwork follows. In a London area like Catford, parking, loading and building access are planned before the day of the work.
- We start with a survey, so we know every part of the system before we quote.
- We measure the grease at set points along the system, then give you a fixed price.
- On the day, cooking equipment is switched off and left to cool, and everything nearby is sheeted.
- We clean the canopy, plenum, filters, ducts, risers, fan and discharge.
- Readings and photos are taken again, and you receive a TR19 certificate and photo report.
Getting ready for the visit
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
Get a fixed quote
To help us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, a few photos and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Once you have those, ring 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.
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For landlords and multi-site operators
Keeping records across a portfolio is half the battle. Each visit produces a dated report with 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 pictures, so records stay tidy.
Grease, kitchens and Catford
The FSA’s data shows about 32 bars, pubs and nightclubs and about 3 hotels, B&Bs and guest houses registered within about 1.5 miles of central Catford. Any of them serving cooked food has an extract to keep clean, from canopy to discharge. The fire and rescue service for Catford is London Fire Brigade. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises. It’s Lewisham council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Catford. 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.
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Church of St Laurence and Community Centre, or anywhere in Catford, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it. A hospital like University Hospital Lewisham, about 0.8 miles north, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day.
Catford is about 5 miles east of Streatham, in Greater London. We provide kitchen extract cleaning for commercial premises of every kind in Catford and the rest of Greater London. Catford is one of 764 places in Greater London where we work for kitchen extract cleaning.
We work across the SE6 and BR1 postcode area for kitchen extract cleaning and the roads nearby. That includes premises on Bargery Road, Penerley Road and Inchmery Road and the roads around them. Close by, we work in Bellingham (1 mile south-west), Southend (1 mile south-west), Ladywell (1 mile north), Hither Green (1 mile north-east) and Bell Green (1 mile south-west). Larger places within reach include London (5 miles north-west), City of Westminster (8 miles north-west), Marylebone (8 miles north-west), Kensington (9 miles north-west), St Pancras (7 miles north-west) and Shoreditch (6 miles north-west).
Near you in Catford
In Catford, that means kitchens and buildings near The London & Rye pub, Trinity Church of England School and Forster Memorial Park. For rail, the closest station is Catford Bridge station, about 0.5 miles north-west. Nearby you will also find Greenwich Castle (2.6 miles north) and University Hospital Lewisham (0.8 miles north). For a walk, there’s Downham Woodland Walk and Knight's Hill.
Signs you need kitchen extract cleaning in Catford
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 is why controlling extract grease belongs in the fire risk assessment.
Any of these means the system needs a check-up:
- Heavy grease build-up inside the duct runs
- A TR19 certificate needed for the insurer
- Fat running down the canopy edge
- Stale cooking odours from the system
Term dates shape school work: for a school like Holy Cross Catholic Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
Before booking anyone
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- What hours they’ll be on site
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- When the next visit should be, and why