Kitchen Extract Cleaning in Daws Heath

Kitchen duct cleaning in Daws Heath

A kitchen extract system is far more than the canopy you can see. Behind it sit the plenum and grease filters, then the ductwork, risers, extract fan and discharge, and each part collects grease. Our clean follows the air from canopy to discharge, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. If you have a smoky, hot kitchen with weak extraction and fat running down the canopy edge, we can put it right, from vertical risers, plenums and filters and extract fans onwards. Canopy cleaning, extract cleaning and duct cleaning are often used to mean the same thing, but in Daws Heath, as everywhere, the insurer wants the full system cleaned, not just the hood.

What can be cleaned depends on what can be reached. Where a duct run has no panels, we say so on the report and can fit new ones.

In a village or hamlet like Daws Heath, the kitchens that need extract cleaning are typically a pub, a school, a care home or a hall kitchen, wherever there is one. Every one of them still needs its extract kept clear of grease.

Insurers, fire officers and environmental health officers all look at records. So every job comes with a written report and pictures, plus a TR19® certificate through the BESCA VHE portal where the work is a TR19® Grease clean.

Fixed quotes for kitchen extract cleaning in Daws Heath

We quote each job individually. These are the things that affect it:

• One-off work versus a regular cycle
• Whether several sites go on one quote
• Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
• Site requirements such as sign-in and permits

A single site or a whole portfolio, the quote is built the same way: what needs doing, how we get to it and when. The price is fixed before any work starts.

What to send for a quote

When you contact us, these details help:

• The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
• Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
• Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
• The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it

Some systems can be priced from photos; others need a survey. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, you get a fixed price before any work starts.

When to call us in Daws Heath

The reason for all this is fire. 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’s why controlling extract grease belongs in the fire risk assessment.

Signs it’s time to call us include:

• Fat running down the canopy edge
• Extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit
• A new tenancy or takeover with no cleaning history
• A system with no record of a TR19 clean

For schools such as The Deanes School, kitchen extract cleaning is normally booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.

What to look for in a quote

• When they can work, and whether that’s outside your opening hours
• Proof of insurance
• Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
• What happens if part of the system cannot be accessed

Our hiring checklist

Keeping the system healthy

Results last longer with the right care. We suggest:

• Make sure every filter is fitted before cooking
• Keep the extract on whenever the range is lit
• Flag any change in how the extract sounds or works
• Keep the baffle filters clean

Every clean ends with a photo report. It shows the system before and after, part by part, and lists what was cleaned, any areas we couldn’t reach and the date the next clean is due.

Book the next clean before the last one runs out. If the kitchen starts cooking longer hours, the interval should be looked at again, and grease readings will show it.