Surrey · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in Farnham, Surrey
Kitchen extract cleaning for Farnham, from a team that has been trading since 2009. Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus a 24/7 emergency line.
- Stale cooking odours from the system
- A new tenancy or takeover with no cleaning history
- Grease drips onto cooking equipment
Kitchen extract cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Farnham
We’ve been trading since 2009, cleaning kitchen extracts across the South East and London. We’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we’re fully insured, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001. If you have rancid smells from grease in the duct and proof of cleaning requested by an insurer, we can put it right, from plenums and filters, vertical risers and extract fans onwards. Hood cleaning is where most enquiries from Farnham start: a system that is clean inside, not just on the surface, and a certificate that proves it.
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.
In a town like Farnham, most of the kitchen extracts we’re asked about belong to restaurants, cafés, pubs, takeaways and school or care home kitchens. Whatever the kitchen, the canopy, filters, duct and fan all collect grease.
Think of the report as the system’s health record: a dated account with photos of everything we did. Grease extract cleans are also certificated to TR19® Grease through the BESCA VHE portal, ready for your insurer.
- Place
- Farnham (GU9, GU10)
- Region
- Surrey
- Reporting
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Price
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- Working hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Managing agents and facilities teams in Farnham
We regularly work with managing agents. Tell us the site, the work and the access arrangements, and we’ll send a fixed quote.
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare in Farnham and across Surrey. Work can be phased by floor, building or site around the people who use them.
What the work involves, part by part
Extract fan and discharge
The fan pulls the air through the whole system, and grease that gets past everything else ends up on its blades. It’s isolated, opened and cleaned as part of the TR19 clean.
Restaurant and pub kitchens
Grills, fryers and woks send a lot of fat into the extract, so grease readings help set the right interval.
Aftercare tips
After the visit, a few habits help the work last:
- Keep grease collection points emptied
- Report grease drips, smells or fan noise straight away
- Keep the extract on whenever the range is lit
- Refit filters properly after cleaning
We hand the kitchen back clean, with the sheeting removed and waste taken away. Waste grease and water are contained and removed, so you can start cooking as normal.
Stick to the cleaning interval on the certificate. BESA guidance links the minimum interval to daily cooking hours, so a change in hours may mean a change in interval, and grease readings will show it.
Fixed quotes for kitchen extract cleaning in Farnham
Sites vary more than people expect. The main factors:
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- The number of sites or systems
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
- The scale of the work
What you pay reflects the actual work. That is why every job is surveyed first, and why the quote is fixed before we start.
What we need to know
When you call or email, it’s useful to have:
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- Any previous report or certificate
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- Problems your staff have spotted
Getting a quote does not take long. Call or email with a few details and you will typically have a fixed price within one working day. Where a survey is needed, we arrange a time that suits the site.
Grease, kitchens and Farnham
Look up Farnham on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you will find about 56 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 9 takeaways in Farnham and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Every kitchen in that count with a canopy has a full extract system, canopy to discharge, to keep clear of grease. Farnham is covered by Surrey 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. Environmental health officers from Waverley council inspect food businesses in Farnham. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand.
Healthcare kitchens can’t easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Farnham is Fleet Community Hospital, about 5.8 miles north-west. If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near St Joan of Arc's Church or elsewhere in Farnham, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
Farnham is about 6 miles south of Farnborough, in Surrey. Whatever kind of site you run in Farnham, we can take on kitchen extract cleaning. We can work out of hours so trading isn’t interrupted. Our area takes in 395 places across Surrey, from busy centres to quieter spots. Our Guildford page covers sites nearby (10 miles or so).
Every address in GU9 and GU10 is covered for kitchen extract cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. That includes premises on Barncroft, Approach Road and Saxon Croft and the roads around them. Main roads around Farnham include the A31 and A287, which makes travel easy for evening and night visits. Other places close to Farnham include Compton (1 mile east), Hale (1 mile north), Upper Hale (2 miles north), Runfold (2 miles east) and Heath End (2 miles north). We also work in nearby towns such as Guildford (10 miles east), Woking (12 miles north-east), Camberley (9 miles north), Frimley (8 miles north), Haslemere (9 miles south) and Cranleigh (14 miles east). Farnham is among the bigger places we cover in Surrey for kitchen extract cleaning.
Local landmarks in Farnham
Around Farnham, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Moor Park, William Cobbett Public House and Weydon School and the streets around them. There’s a railway station in Farnham itself: Farnham station. Other landmarks nearby include Museum of Farnham (less than half a mile north-west) and Farnham Castle (0.6 miles north-west). Not far away are Farnham Park and Aunt's Pool.
Common problems we fix in Farnham
Grease in an extract starts as vapour. Once it cools inside the ductwork, it condenses onto every surface it touches, and the layer grows a little with every meal cooked. Filters catch some of it, but never all.
Most sites get in touch after spotting one of these:
- An inspection that picked up a dirty extract
- Grease drips onto cooking equipment
- Stale cooking odours from the system
- Cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey
For schools such as Farnham College, kitchen extract cleaning is typically booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
What to look for in a quote
- How areas they cannot reach will be recorded
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
- Whether they recommend a next date
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Keep a record of what your team does. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, alongside our reports.
In-house cleaning and specialist cleaning do different jobs. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but they do not reach the grease that builds up further in. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
How it works
Before we leave, we walk the area with whoever is on site. We point out anything that couldn’t be reached or needs a follow-up, and the same goes into the written report. The visit takes as long as the system needs, from a few hours to several planned visits. Photos taken on a phone are typically enough for us to plan a job in Farnham and give a fixed quote.
- Diagnosis comes first, with a survey of the system and how it’s reached.
- 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
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Let us know about parking and loading
Get a fixed quote
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.
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Farnham: your questions answered
Which environmental health team covers Farnham?
That is Waverley council, whose environmental health officers carry out food hygiene inspections in Farnham. It helps to keep the extract cleaning records with your food safety paperwork, so they’re ready if asked for.
Which fire service covers Farnham?
Fire safety enforcement in Farnham is handled by Surrey Fire and Rescue Service. Records of extract cleaning are a sensible thing to have ready if a fire safety officer carries out an audit.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes, 24/7. Office hours are Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm, with the emergency line covering every other hour.
How much notice do you need?
It depends on the time you need and how big the job is. Tell us your preferred dates when you ask for a quote, and if it’s an emergency, call us any time.
Which parts of the extract do you clean?
We clean every part the grease travels through. Canopy, plenum, filters, ductwork, risers, fan and discharge are all included, reached through access panels where necessary.
What about areas you cannot get to?
We record them on the report, with pictures where possible, and we tell you what would make it reachable, such as extra access panels in ductwork.
How long will the clean take?
Length of duct, grease levels and access all affect it. As a guide, it takes one visit for most kitchens, while large or complex systems may need more than one.
What’s TR19?
BESA’s ventilation hygiene specification in two main parts: TR19® Grease for kitchen extract systems and TR19® Air for general ventilation. It is not law, but it’s the benchmark.