Hertfordshire · Kitchen extract cleaning
Childwick Green kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning for Childwick Green, from a team that has been trading since 2009. Out-of-hours visits and 24/7 emergency callout.
- Extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit
- Rancid smells from grease in the duct
- A TR19 certificate needed for the insurer
When it’s something else
An honest diagnosis matters more to us than a booking, so here’s what kitchen extract cleaning won’t do:
- A duct that is holed or coming apart
- A fan motor that has burnt out
- Extraction that can’t cope with the cooking because of its design
If you are not sure, just call us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we’ll give you a straight answer before booking.
Parts of the system we cover
- Vertical risers
- Canopies and hoods
- Discharge points
- Extract fans
- Plenums and filters
- Horizontal duct runs
About our kitchen extract cleaning in Childwick Green
Not sure when the extract was last cleaned, or by whom? Send a few pictures of the canopy and filters when you call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form, and you will have a fixed quote for kitchen extract cleaning in Childwick Green, normally within one working day. The work covers plenums and filters, horizontal duct runs and vertical risers, and people most often call us about a kitchen with no current TR19 certificate and proof of cleaning requested by an insurer. For TR19 kitchen extract cleaning in Childwick Green, one call covers the survey, the clean and the paperwork.
BESA sets minimum intervals by hours of cooking a day: every 3 months for 12–16 hours, every 6 months for 6–12 hours and every 12 months for 2–6 hours, adjusted by what the grease readings show.
Somewhere as small as Childwick Green, commercial kitchens are few: perhaps a pub, a school or care home kitchen, or a hall used for events. Each still has a canopy and duct that collect grease, whatever the size of the place.
Nothing is signed off by word of mouth: a written report, dated and illustrated with photos, and for TR19® Grease cleans, a certificate issued through the BESCA VHE portal. It shows what was done and what, if anything, couldn’t be reached.
- Place
- Childwick Green (AL3)
- Wider area
- Hertfordshire
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- Hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
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What staff can safely do
If your staff spot something between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We will take a look and give you a fixed quote.
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.
Childwick Green questions
Which fire authority looks after Childwick Green?
Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Childwick Green. TR19® is not law, but it’s the benchmark many fire officers and insurers look to when they ask how often the extract is cleaned.
Which environmental health team covers Childwick Green?
Kitchens in Childwick Green are inspected by St Albans City council’s environmental health officers. Ratings are published by the Food Standards Agency, so a clean extract and good records are worth keeping up.
What accreditations do you hold?
We’re members of Vent Hygiene Elite, the scheme run by BESCA, and we clean to BESA TR19® Grease. We hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 too, and we are fully insured.
What’s the right cleaning interval for a kitchen extract?
The minimum is set by BESA guidance on daily use, from 3-monthly to 12-monthly. Heavy frying and grilling can mean shorter intervals, which grease thickness testing will show.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes, every time. We diagnose before we treat: the survey tells us what the system needs and how to reach it and the fixed quote is built on it.
Why do insurers care about extract cleaning?
Because a dirty extract can spread a fire through a building. Many policies say the extract must be cleaned to TR19, and a claim may be reduced without proof, so keep every certificate.
Is a quote from pictures possible?
Often, yes. With good photos, the site type and your last report, we can price many jobs. Where we cannot see enough, we arrange a survey.
How long does it take to clean a kitchen extract system?
Length of duct, grease levels and access all affect it. Most jobs take a few hours for a small kitchen, longer for a large system.
The process
Every visit runs to the same pattern: protect the area, isolate whatever needs isolating, carry out the kitchen extract cleaning, clear away and hand over the paperwork. The visit itself takes anything from a few hours to a full night, depending on the size of the system. Pictures of the system and its access let us plan the work in Childwick Green before we set off.
- 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.
- With the kitchen closed and equipment off and cool, the area is sheeted.
- Canopy, plenum, filters, duct runs, risers, fan and discharge are all cleaned to TR19® Grease.
- We test again, photograph the result and issue your TR19 certificate and photo report.
Before we arrive
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
Getting a quote
Want a quote for kitchen extract cleaning? Please phone us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos with a few details about the site. We’ll explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before you commit to anything.
Advice
Do you need kitchen extract cleaning in Childwick Green?
Grease in an extract starts as vapour. As the air cools on its way through the duct, the fat condenses and sticks, and the layer grows a little with every meal cooked. Filters catch some of it, but never all.
If you notice any of these, it’s worth a diagnosis:
- Cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey
- An extract that has never been cleaned to TR19
- An overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer
- Grease dripping from the canopy or filters
If you run catering at a historic house or estate in the area (Childwickbury Manor is about 0.4 miles south-west), event kitchens in older buildings often have awkward duct runs that need planning.
Questions to ask before you book
- When they can work, and whether that’s outside your opening hours
- When the next visit should be, and why
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
- Whether a survey comes first
Fixed quotes for kitchen extract cleaning in Childwick Green
Every site gets its own quote. This is what makes a difference:
- The size of the system
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
- How many systems or sites are involved
- Travel, parking and unloading
What you pay depends on the size of the system, the condition it’s in and access to every part of it. You get a fixed price before work begins, so you know where you stand.
Helping us quote
Before you ask for a quote, gather:
- The site address and the type of premises
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- Problems your staff have spotted
Getting a quote doesn’t take long. Call or email with a few details and you will usually have a fixed price within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Each visit ends with a dated report and photos, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.
Whether it’s one building or many, you get the same standard: the system surveyed, the price fixed, the visit fitted around trading and everything written up afterwards.
What the work involves, part by part
Restaurant and pub kitchens
A pub or restaurant can’t afford to cancel a service for a clean. We work overnight and at weekends where that suits, and hand back a clean kitchen ready to cook.
Canopy and plenum
Whether it’s one hood or a long island canopy, each section is cleaned and photographed before and after.
Grease, kitchens and Childwick Green
The FSA’s data shows about 7 pubs and bars registered in and around Childwick Green, up to about a mile and a half out. Where they serve hot food, their kitchen extracts need cleaning to TR19® like any restaurant’s. Kitchens in Childwick Green get their food hygiene inspections from St Albans City council. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector. Childwick Green is covered by Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order.
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Church of St Mary or elsewhere in Childwick Green, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event. School kitchens, at schools like Townsend Church of England School for example, are normally cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost.
Childwick Green is about 2 miles south of Harpenden, in Hertfordshire. Wherever you are in the AL3 postcode area, we can take on kitchen extract cleaning. 381 places in Hertfordshire are on our list, from busy centres to quieter spots. For sites nearby, see our London page (22 miles or so).
Work in AL3 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. Streets in the area include Childwick Green and School Lane, all of which we cover for kitchen extract cleaning. Neighbouring places we cover for kitchen extract cleaning include Ayres End (1 mile north-east), Bernards Heath (2 miles south), Sandridge (2 miles east), Marshalswick (2 miles south-east) and St Albans (2 miles south). Larger places within reach include Watford (9 miles south), Hemel Hempstead (5 miles south-west), Stevenage (11 miles north-east), Welwyn Garden City (7 miles east), Hitchin (12 miles north) and Hoddesdon (14 miles east).
What’s near Childwick Green
In Childwick Green, that means kitchens and buildings near Three Horseshoes Public House and Margaret Wix Primary School. Childwick Green’s nearest station is Harpenden station, roughly 2.1 miles north of the centre. A little further out are Harpenden Museum (2 miles north) and Village Arcade St Albans (2.3 miles south). Not far away are Verulamium Lake and Grebe House Wildlife Garden.