Southampton · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in Chilworth, Southampton
Kitchen extract cleaning for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Chilworth. BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease.
- Extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit
- Grease dripping from the canopy or filters
- A new tenancy or takeover with no cleaning history
Honest limits
It’s worth knowing the limits before booking:
- A fan motor or bearings that have failed (that needs a fan repair or replacement)
- Damaged duct sections that need replacing
- A grease trap that needs emptying
If you’re not sure, just call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we’ll give you a straight answer.
What the work covers
- Horizontal duct runs
- Plenums and filters
- Extract fans
- Canopies and hoods
- Vertical risers
- Discharge points
Kitchen extract cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Chilworth
A kitchen extract system is far more than the canopy you can see. 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. A TR19® Grease clean deals with the whole route, not only the parts on show. If you have cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey and poor airflow at the canopy, we can help. For TR19 kitchen extract cleaning in Chilworth, you get one team and one number for every site.
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.
For a kitchen in or near Chilworth, the visit is planned around opening hours and the journey, and the clean itself is the same full TR19® job as in any town: canopy, filters, duct, fan and discharge, with a certificate and photo report at the end.
Good records are part of the job. Each visit is written up with photos, covering the work done, any areas we couldn’t access and a recommended next date. File it in your maintenance log so it’s ready for an insurer, fire officer or EHO.
- Location
- Chilworth (SO16)
- Region
- Southampton
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, alongside our reports.
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
When to call us in Chilworth
Hours of cooking are the biggest factor. BESA guidance sets minimum cleaning intervals of every 3 months for 12 to 16 hours a day, 6 months for 6 to 12 hours, and 12 months for 2 to 6 hours. They are minimums: measured grease levels set the real interval.
These are the problems we see most often:
- A kitchen taken over without any extract records
- Rancid smells from grease in the duct
- A system with no record of a TR19 clean
- Extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Church of St Denys or elsewhere in Chilworth, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.
What to look for in a quote
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
- Whether a survey comes first
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
- What records you’ll receive afterwards
For landlords and multi-site operators
We regularly work with managing agents. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
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.
Questions from Chilworth
Do you work in villages like Chilworth?
Yes, smaller places are covered as well as towns. A survey first, from pictures or a visit, means we arrive with the right kit.
Which fire authority looks after Chilworth?
Fire safety enforcement in Chilworth is handled by Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
Can you price the work without visiting?
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.
How do you protect the area?
With sheeting and covers, before anything else happens. The work is kept contained and clean down when we finish.
Can one contract cover all our sites?
Yes. One number covers all your sites across London and the South East, with visits on a regular schedule.
What accreditations do you hold?
Duct Doctor is a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes. We always survey first, either from pictures and details you send or on a site visit. A fixed quote follows.
Is TR19 a legal requirement?
No law names TR19 directly, but the Fire Safety Order 2005 does require the responsible person to manage fire risk. Insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to TR19 as the standard, and many policies require it.
Between visits
Simple habits between visits make a real difference. Our advice:
- Empty any grease troughs or cups on the canopy
- Make sure every filter is fitted before cooking
- Keep the cleaning records where you can find them
- Wipe the canopy down at the end of each day
Every clean ends with a photo report. Before and after pictures show each part of the system, alongside a list of what was cleaned, anything out of reach and the recommended next clean date.
Wipe the canopy down regularly and empty grease troughs or collection points. A daily wipe isn’t a deep clean, but it helps between visits.
Part by part
Extract fan and discharge
Attenuators, where fitted, can soak up grease and need attention. We clean what can be reached and note anything that cannot.
Canopy and plenum
Canopies vary from a single hood to long runs over several appliances, every section is cleaned and recorded in the photo report before and after.
Kitchen extract cleaning in Chilworth: the local picture
The FSA’s food hygiene register includes about 5 pubs, bars and clubs and about 3 hotels, B&Bs and guest houses within about 1.5 miles of central Chilworth. Wherever they cook, the canopy, duct and fan collect grease just as a restaurant’s do. In Chilworth, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Test Valley council. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after. The fire and rescue service for Chilworth is Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises.
Term dates shape school work: for a school like Cantell School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break. If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Princess Anne Hospital about 1.9 miles south-west, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen.
Chilworth is about 2 miles south-west of Chandler's Ford, in Southampton. We provide kitchen extract cleaning for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Chilworth and the rest of Southampton. Chilworth is one of 40 places in Southampton we cover for commercial clients.
Kitchen extract cleaning in SO16 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. If you need kitchen extract cleaning at premises on Heatherlands Road, Roman Road and Pinelands Road or a nearby road, our technicians can take on the work. We also cover the places around Chilworth: Chilworth Old Village (1 mile north-west), Bassett (1 mile south), Lordswood (1 mile south-west), Highfield (2 miles south) and North Baddesley (2 miles north-west). Within a short drive, we also cover Southampton (3 miles south), Shirley (3 miles south), Regents Park (3 miles south-west), Townhill Park (3 miles south-east), Midanbury (3 miles south-east) and Thornhill (4 miles south-east).
Local landmarks in Chilworth
Typical jobs here are in premises near Saint George Catholic Voluntary Aided College Southampton and Lakeside Country Park and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is Swaythling station, about 1.9 miles south-east of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Eastleigh Museum (2.5 miles east) and Marlands Shopping Centre (3.6 miles south). For a walk, there’s Flexford Nature Reserve.
How it works
We turn up at the time agreed with you, which is often after service, overnight or at a weekend. Equipment that has to be off is switched off and allowed to cool first, and the area around the work is covered and protected. On site, it takes a few hours for a small kitchen, longer for a large system. Somewhere like Chilworth, lanes, gates and parking are worth mentioning in advance.
- First the diagnosis: a survey of the whole system and its access points.
- Grease readings set the baseline, and a fixed quote follows.
- After the kitchen closes, we sheet the area and set up to contain grease and water.
- The treatment: heavy grease scraped out, then every part degreased to TR19® Grease.
- The sign-off: post-clean readings, a TR19 certificate and a photo report with the next clean date.
Getting ready for the visit
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
How to get a quote
Here’s what helps us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, pictures of the system and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Then phone us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email.