Surrey · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extraction cleaning in Fickleshole
For TR19 Grease cleaning of complete kitchen extract systems, from canopy to discharge in Fickleshole, one call is all it takes, from survey to sign-off. Fully insured, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001.
- A kitchen taken over without any extract records
- An overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer
- Years of baked-on grease in the ducts
What your team can do, and what needs us
If your staff spot something between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that will not come clean, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We’ll take a look and send you a fixed quote.
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
Kitchen extract cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Fickleshole
Every time food is cooked, warm vapour carries fat up into the extract. As it cools, it clings to the inside of the ductwork and keeps building. That film is fuel, and a proper clean removes it before it becomes a fire risk. Typical jobs include proof of cleaning requested by an insurer and rancid smells from grease in the duct, on discharge points, horizontal duct runs and plenums and filters. If you need a kitchen extract clean in Fickleshole, you get one team and one number for every site.
What can be cleaned depends on what can be reached. Sections without access panels are recorded on the report, and new panels can be fitted so they’re cleaned next time.
Rural kitchens often have long, low duct runs through a roof space or along an outside wall, and those horizontal sections are where grease settles. We agree access and timings in advance.
Accreditations are easy to claim and worth checking. We are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured.
- Location
- Fickleshole (CR6)
- Region
- Surrey
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
What a clean won’t put right
Before booking, it helps to know what’s not included:
- A broken extract fan that won’t run
- A grease trap that needs emptying
- Fire dampers that won’t close (that needs damper testing and remedials)
If you are not sure, just call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we will give you a straight answer.
What we work on in Fickleshole
- Plenums and filters
- Canopies and hoods
- Vertical risers
- Horizontal duct runs
- Discharge points
- Extract fans
Places near Fickleshole
Other services in Fickleshole
Kitchen extract cleaning in Fickleshole: the local picture
Food Standards Agency records list about 9 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 13 takeaways and sandwich shops across Fickleshole and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Every kitchen in that count with a canopy has a full extract system, canopy to discharge, to keep clear of grease. Kitchens in Fickleshole get their food hygiene inspections from Croydon council. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Before-and-after photos from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. Fire safety in Fickleshole falls to Surrey Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order.
For schools such as Fairchildes Primary School, kitchen extract cleaning is typically booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed. If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Fickleshole (Down House is about 2.6 miles east), fitting access panels needs care.
Fickleshole is about 5 miles north-east of Caterham, in Surrey. Whether your site is in the middle of Fickleshole or further out, kitchen extract cleaning is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from small sites to large estates. Across Surrey, we cover 395 places, and Fickleshole is one of them. Our London page covers sites nearby, about 13 miles away.
Work in CR6 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. We cover sites on Featherbed Lane and Fairchildes Lane and nearby roads. We also cover the places around Fickleshole: Farleigh (1 mile west), New Addington (1 mile north), Chelsham (1 mile south-west), Leaves Green (2 miles north-east) and Forestdale (2 miles north-west). Further out, we also cover Epsom (11 miles west), Horley (12 miles south-west), Redhill (9 miles south-west), Ewell (11 miles west), Reigate (10 miles south-west) and Caterham (5 miles south-west).
Near you in Fickleshole
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Meridian High School, Addington Vale and The White Bear pub and the streets around them. Fickleshole’s nearest station is Woldingham station, roughly 3.2 miles south-west of the centre. A little further out are Warlingham Park Hospital (1.2 miles south-west). Open spaces near Fickleshole include Nore Hill and Hutchinson's Bank.
Your questions about kitchen extract cleaning in Fickleshole
Which council inspects kitchens in Fickleshole?
Food hygiene inspections in Fickleshole are carried out by Croydon council. An officer may look up into the canopy, so clean filters on the day and a recent certificate on file both help.
Do you do school kitchen extract cleaning in Fickleshole in the summer holidays?
Yes, out-of-term visits are normal for schools. Around Fickleshole, the Food Standards Agency lists about 4 schools and colleges with registered kitchens within a mile and a half or so. Just ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos with your term dates and we will plan around them.
Can you price the work without visiting?
Normally, yes. Send wide shots, close-ups of any access panels and anything that worries you, and a fixed quote typically follows within one working day. If photos are not enough, we’ll survey first.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes, always. Diagnosis comes before treatment: the survey tells us what the system needs and how to reach it and the fixed quote is built on it.
What should I send you?
Some photos and a quick description of the system plus the address and your hours. We’ll ask for anything else we need.
When do you clean the extract?
When the kitchen is closed, at whatever time suits you. We need the equipment cool, and we leave the kitchen ready to cook.
What is TR19?
It’s BESA’s specification and the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to. It covers how systems are inspected, cleaned and checked and expects a risk-based approach.
How much notice should we give?
The more notice, the better, particularly for night and weekend visits. We usually quote within one working day, and there’s a 24/7 line for emergencies.
Why act early in Fickleshole
Leaving the clean until the next refit doesn’t make the grease go away. Fat that was soft and easy to remove hardens with heat and time, and that takes more work to shift. Regular cleans keep each visit shorter. A fault that closes a site in a village like Fickleshole affects everyone who depends on it.
No two sites are the same, so we price each one individually. The size of the job, how we reach it, its condition and the working hours all play a part.
What you get with us
- We diagnose before we treat
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
See our cost guide or our accreditations.
What we do, step by step
We turn up at the time agreed with you, often in the evening, overnight or at the weekend so the site keeps working. Anything that needs to be off for the work is switched off and left to cool first, and the area around the work is covered and protected. The work itself takes a few hours for a small kitchen, longer for a large system. A quick note on how to find the site and where to park makes a visit to Fickleshole run smoothly.
- We start with a survey, so we know every part of the system before we quote.
- Grease readings are taken at set points and you get a fixed quote.
- Once the kitchen has closed and the equipment has cooled, we sheet and protect the area.
- 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.
How to prepare
- Move anything stored near the system
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
How to get a quote
To get a fixed quote, ring 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and tell us the type of site, your opening hours and roughly what the system looks like. A few pictures and your last certificate or report help a lot. We usually come back within one working day.
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Aftercare tips
Looking after the system between visits is straightforward, and it helps at the next visit:
- Book the next clean before the date on the report
- Don’t let the canopy gutters overflow
- Keep the extract on whenever the range is lit
- Keep the cleaning records where you can find them
Every clean ends with a photo report. Before and after pictures show each part of the system, and lists what was cleaned, any areas we couldn’t reach and the date the next clean is due.
Keep the fan on throughout service. Switching it off early leaves vapour to settle on the canopy and plenum, and the next clean has more to do.
When to call us in Fickleshole
What’s on the menu matters as much as how much is cooked. Fryers, grills and open flames throw much more fat into the extract than gentler cooking, so two kitchens with the same hours can need very different intervals.
Clients normally contact us when they notice one of these:
- An overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer
- Ductwork thick with old, hardened grease
- A new tenancy or takeover with no cleaning history
- An extract that no longer clears the smoke
Church and community hall kitchens, near Church of St Leonard or anywhere around Fickleshole, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other.
Questions to ask before booking
- How areas they can’t reach will be recorded
- What insurance they carry
- Whether VAT is included
- Whether the figure could change on the day
For landlords and multi-site operators
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Each visit produces a dated report with 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: a survey first, a fixed quote, the work timed around the site and a report with photos.