Hertfordshire · Kitchen extract cleaning
TR19 kitchen extract cleaning in Cow Roast
Need kitchen extract cleaning in Cow Roast? We diagnose first, fix the price and book the work around your hours, finishing with a written report and pictures.
- Fat running down the canopy edge
- Years of baked-on grease in the ducts
- A smoky, hot kitchen with weak extraction
Common problems we fix in Cow Roast
How fast grease builds up depends mostly on how long the kitchen cooks each day. Under BESA guidance, heavy use of 12 to 16 hours a day means a clean at least every 3 months, moderate use every 6 months and light use every 12. Those are minimums, and grease readings can show a kitchen needs cleaning sooner.
Common reasons sites call us include:
- Extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit
- A new tenancy or takeover with no cleaning history
- Poor airflow at the canopy
- Ductwork thick with old, hardened grease
School kitchens, at schools like Tring School for example, are usually cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost.
What to look for in a quote
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or pictures
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
How we handle kitchen extract cleaning in Cow Roast
Think of it as a health check for the kitchen’s airways: diagnose with a survey, treat with a thorough clean, then sign it off. The sign-off is a TR19 certificate with a photo report, issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal. If you are dealing with an overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer and heavy grease build-up inside the duct runs, we can put it right. Kitchens in Cow Roast book us for TR19 cleaning for three reasons: the insurer asked, the EHO asked, or the canopy is dripping. Either way, the answer is the same: a proper clean and the paperwork to match.
Grease that collects out of sight, behind the filters and along the duct, is what insurers and fire officers worry about, so that is where most of the work in Cow Roast goes.
Rural kitchens often have long, low duct runs through a roof space or along an outside wall, where grease settles in the flat sections. We agree access and timings in advance.
Our accreditations include CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured. We are also a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, trading since 2009.
- Where
- Cow Roast (HP23)
- Wider area
- Hertfordshire
- Records
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quote
- A fixed price before any work starts
- When we work
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
What the work involves, part by part
Restaurant and pub kitchens
Restaurants and pubs tend to cook long hours with plenty of frying and grilling, so their cleaning interval is often 3 or 6 months under BESA guidance. We clean after close or before opening.
Canopy and plenum
Behind the grease filters sits the plenum, which daily cleaning never reaches. With the filters out, the plenum is scraped and degreased.
How we price kitchen extract cleaning
Every site gets its own quote. These are the things that affect it:
- Where the site is and how we reach it
- A single visit or a regular plan
- What state the system is in
- The size of the system
We don’t list prices on the website, because each job is priced on what it involves. For a fixed quote, call us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line, and we will explain what it covers.
Asking for a quote
There’s no need for technical detail. Just send:
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
Some systems can be priced from pictures; others need a survey. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
How the visit works
There’s very little for your team to do 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. For a village or hamlet like Cow Roast, tell us about narrow lanes, gates and parking when you book.
- We survey the system first, from your pictures and details or on a site visit.
- 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.
- 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.
Preparing for the visit
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
How to get a quote
For kitchen extract cleaning in Cow Roast, call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form. Tell us what kind of premises it is and when it’s open, and send photos or your last report if you can. We usually send a fixed quote within one working day.
Advice
When something else is needed
An honest diagnosis matters more to us than a booking, so here’s what kitchen extract cleaning will not do:
- A damper that sticks or has a damaged link
- A fan motor or bearings that have failed (that needs a fan repair or replacement)
- Fat blocking the kitchen drains
If you are not sure, just give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we will give you a straight answer before booking.
Parts of the system we cover
- Canopies and hoods
- Vertical risers
- Extract fans
- Discharge points
- Plenums and filters
- Horizontal duct runs
What staff can safely do
When your team notices a problem between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that won’t come clean, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We can diagnose it and quote.
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.
FAQs for Cow Roast
Do you clean school canteen extracts around Cow Roast out of term?
Yes, holiday work suits schools best. With about 4 schools and colleges on the FSA’s register within roughly a mile and a half of Cow Roast, it pays to plan holiday dates ahead. Booking early in the term gives the best choice of holiday dates.
Who is the fire and rescue service for Cow Roast?
Cow Roast is in the area of Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service. Records of extract cleaning are a sensible thing to have ready if a fire safety officer carries out an audit.
Why do insurers care about extract cleaning?
Extract grease is fuel for a kitchen fire, so many insurers want evidence it’s being cleaned to TR19. Each clean gives you a certificate and photo report to show them.
Are you a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member?
Our work is to BESA TR19® Grease, and we are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, with certificates issued through the BESCA portal. We have been trading since 2009.
Can you look after several sites?
Yes. Send the list of sites and the work at each and we’ll quote them together.
What happens to the waste?
Waste is contained during the work and removed when we leave, including grease, debris and dirty water. We don’t leave it behind.
Is TR19 a legal requirement?
Strictly, the legal duty comes from the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, not from TR19. In practice, TR19 is how kitchens show they’re managing grease, and an insurer may refuse or reduce a claim without it.
What is TR19?
TR19® is BESA’s specification for ventilation hygiene. Since 2019, TR19® Grease has been a standalone specification for grease in kitchen extract systems, and TR19® Air covers general supply and extract systems.
What else we do in Cow Roast
Leave it or put it right?
Putting it off simply moves the grease further down the duct. Fat that was soft and easy to remove hardens with heat and time, and that takes more work to shift. Staying on a regular cycle keeps each clean manageable. In a small place like Cow Roast, a system that fails can take a site out of use.
The price reflects the work, not guesswork. That is why we survey first, from photos or on site, and why the quote is fixed before any work starts.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Cow Roast
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
- In business since 2009
- Fully insured
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
Kitchen extract cleaning in Cow Roast: the local picture
The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 7 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Cow Roast. Each one that cooks under a canopy has an extract system that collects grease and needs regular cleaning. It’s Dacorum council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Cow Roast. 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. Cow Roast sits within the area of Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service. Fire and rescue authorities enforce the Fire Safety Order in most non-domestic premises, and in a kitchen that fire risk includes the grease in the extract.
Where a hall near Church of St Bartholomew (church of England), or anywhere in Cow Roast, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does. If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Cow Roast (Cholesbury Manor House is about 2.7 miles south-west), fitting access panels needs care.
Cow Roast is about 2 miles north-west of Berkhamsted, in Hertfordshire. Every kind of commercial site in Cow Roast, we can take on kitchen extract cleaning. We can work out of hours so trading is not interrupted. Across Hertfordshire, we cover 381 places, Cow Roast among them. Milton Keynes is in our area too, around 19 miles away.
Postcode districts we cover here for kitchen extract cleaning: HP23. If you need kitchen extract cleaning at premises on Wharf Lane and Tring Road or anywhere close by, we can help. Other places close to Cow Roast include Dudswell (1 mile south-east), Wigginton (1 mile west), Heath End (2 miles south), Tring (2 miles north-west) and Hawridge (2 miles south). Further out, we also cover Watford (12 miles south-east), Hemel Hempstead (7 miles east), St Albans (12 miles east), Harpenden (11 miles east), Bushey (15 miles south-east) and Rickmansworth (12 miles south-east).
Landmarks near Cow Roast
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around The Artisan at The Cow Roast Inn and Tring Park and the streets around them. Cow Roast’s nearest station is Tring station, roughly 1.3 miles north of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Pitstone Green Museum (3.6 miles north) and Hawridge Court (2.9 miles south). Open spaces near Cow Roast include College Lake nature reserve and Pavis Wood.