Greater London · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in Fish Island, Greater London
Kitchen extract cleaning in Fish Island from ventilation hygiene specialists trading since 2009. Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus a 24/7 emergency line.
- Rancid smells from grease in the duct
- Heavy grease build-up inside the duct runs
- An overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer
What we do, step by step
We work around your opening hours, not the other way round. We book the visit for a time the area is closed, whether that is an evening, overnight or a weekend. Once we’re in, the area is sheeted and anything that has to be off is turned off and cooled, and the job takes as long as the system needs, from a few hours to several planned visits. In Fish Island, as across London, we typically work overnight or at weekends and hand the site back ready to open.
- We survey the system, from your photos or on site, canopy to discharge.
- We take grease readings at set points and give you a fixed quote.
- The kitchen is closed, the equipment cooled and everything nearby protected.
- We work through the system from the canopy to the fan and discharge.
- Readings are repeated, photos taken, and your TR19 certificate and photo report issued.
Preparing for the visit
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
Getting a quote
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, from your pictures and details or, where that isn’t enough, a survey on site. Then we send a fixed price, before we start.
Related advice
Commercial kitchen extraction cleaning in Fish Island
Many insurers ask for proof that the extract has been cleaned to TR19, and a claim can be refused or reduced without it. The certificate and photo report from each clean in Fish Island give you that record, ready for the fire risk assessment file. We are often asked to deal with missing paperwork after a change of operator and a system with no record of a TR19 clean, across discharge points, canopies and hoods and horizontal duct runs. If you need a kitchen extract clean in Fish Island, one call covers the survey, the clean and the paperwork.
BESA sets minimum intervals by hours of cooking a day: 3-monthly for heavy use, 6-monthly for moderate use and yearly for light use, with grease readings setting the real interval.
Kitchens in Fish Island, like many across London, can share a building with flats or offices, with the duct running up through shared risers. A duct fire there can reach parts of the building far from the range, so a regular TR19® clean protects everyone in it.
A written report with photos follows every visit, so you have a record of what was done and when. Where the work is a TR19® Grease clean, the certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Place
- Fish Island (E3, E9, E20)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed price before we start
- Hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Multi-site and managed buildings
For anyone managing more than one site, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Each site gets its own report and pictures, so each one has its own record.
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Signs you need kitchen extract cleaning in Fish Island
Grease in an extract starts as vapour. As the air cools on its way through the duct, the fat condenses and sticks, and the layer grows a little with every meal cooked. The grease filters stop some, never all of it.
It’s time to book a visit if you see:
- Cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey
- Missing paperwork after a change of operator
- An extract that has never been cleaned to TR19
- Years of baked-on grease in the ducts
A hospital like St Clement's Hospital, about 1 mile south, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day.
Questions to ask before booking
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- Whether they’re fully insured
- Whether a written report and pictures are included
Kitchen extract cleaning around Fish Island
Look up Fish Island on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you will find about 468 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 175 takeaways and sandwich shops in and around Fish Island, up to about a mile and a half out. Any of them cooking under a canopy is sending grease into its ductwork every service. Kitchens in Fish Island get their food hygiene inspections from Tower Hamlets council. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector. Most London extract cleaning happens at night, after the last service.
Where a hall near St Mary of Eton, or anywhere in Fish Island, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does. A kitchen near Hackney Wick station that serves breakfast and dinner can run its extract twelve hours or more, which shortens the cleaning interval.
Fish Island is about 1 mile west of Stratford, in Greater London. We carry out kitchen extract cleaning for commercial premises of every kind in Fish Island and the rest of Greater London. Fish Island is one of 764 towns, villages and districts in Greater London we cover for commercial clients.
Kitchen extract cleaning in E3, E9 and E20 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. If you need kitchen extract cleaning at premises on Wick Lane, Dace Road and Wyke Road or anywhere close by, our technicians can take on the work. Nearby, we also carry out kitchen extract cleaning in Hackney Wick (1 mile north), Old Ford (1 mile south), Donnybrook Quarter (1 mile south-west), Bow (1 mile south) and East Village (1 mile north-east). We also work in nearby towns such as London (4 miles south-west), City of Westminster (6 miles west), Marylebone (6 miles west), Kensington (8 miles west), St Pancras (4 miles west) and Shoreditch (3 miles west).
What’s near Fish Island
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Mulberry UTC, Grove Hall Park and The Lea Tavern and the streets around them. Fish Island has its own railway station: Hackney Wick station. A little further out are V&A East (under half a mile east) and Tower of London (3.1 miles south-west). Green spaces nearby include Hollow Pond and Tower Hill.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
If your staff spot something 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.
Keep a record of what your team does. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, next to our reports.
Towns and villages near Fish Island
Other services in Fish Island
What affects the cost of kitchen extract cleaning
You’ll get a fixed price before work begins. It takes into account:
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
- Where the site is and how we reach it
- Any permits to work or inductions
- How many systems or sites are involved
What you pay reflects the actual work. That is why every job is surveyed first, and why the quote is fixed before work begins.
What to send for a quote
When you contact us, these details help:
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
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 we start.
Your questions about kitchen extract cleaning in Fish Island
Do you do school kitchen extract cleaning in Fish Island in the summer holidays?
Yes. The holidays are the usual time for school work. With about 50 schools and colleges on the FSA’s register within roughly a mile and a half of Fish Island, it pays to plan holiday dates ahead. You can ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos with the dates the site is empty.
Which fire service covers Fish Island?
London Fire Brigade is the fire and rescue service for Fish Island. A recent cleaning certificate and a note of the next clean date show that grease in the extract is being managed.
What paperwork comes with a kitchen extract clean?
Every clean comes with a TR19 certificate and a photo report. Keep them in the maintenance log with the fire risk assessment so they’re to hand when an insurer asks.
How often does a kitchen extract system need cleaning?
It depends on how many hours a day the kitchen cooks. Heavy use of 12 to 16 hours a day calls for a clean at least every 3 months under BESA guidance, and lighter use less often. Your report gives a recommended next clean date.
Do I have to clean my extract to TR19 by law?
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 many insurers ask for proof of it.
Is Fish Island in your area?
Yes. Fish Island is part of the area we cover, as part of our area across London and the South East.
What happens to the waste?
It’s contained and taken away. We collect grease, debris and waste water as we go rather than letting it spread.
What accreditations do you hold?
Our work is to BESA TR19® Grease, and we are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, with certificates issued through the BESCA portal. Duct Doctor has been trading since 2009.
What the work involves, part by part
Schools, hospitals and care homes
School kitchens can look lightly used but still need a TR19 clean at least every 12 months under BESA guidance. Holidays make it simple to schedule.
Ductwork and risers
Long flat runs of duct are where grease collects. We open access panels along the route and clean each section, recording any that cannot be reached.
Leave it or put it right?
If there’s a fire and the extract hasn’t been cleaned, the paperwork becomes the problem. Many insurers ask for proof of TR19 cleaning and may reduce or refuse a claim without it. A certificate in the file answers that question. A booked night’s work in Fish Island costs you no trading time; an unplanned closure does.
Working hours, access and the scale of the site all affect the cost. Each of those is built into the quote, and the price is fixed before work begins.
Why Fish Island businesses choose us
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
Read our cost guide and our accreditations and certificates.