Surrey · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in Great Bookham, Surrey
Our technicians work in Great Bookham on kitchen extract cleaning. Out-of-hours visits, a fixed quote and a written report with photos on every job.
- Grease dripping from the canopy or filters
- A TR19 certificate needed for the insurer
- Extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit
Kitchen extract cleaning in Great Bookham, done properly
Every time food is cooked, warm vapour carries fat up into the extract. It cools inside the duct and settles as a sticky film that thickens month by month. That layer will burn, and cleaning the whole system is how you keep it under control. The work covers canopies and hoods, vertical risers and horizontal duct runs, and common reasons people get in touch are cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey and ductwork thick with old, hardened grease. Whether you call it kitchen extract cleaning, TR19 cleaning or kitchen duct cleaning, it’s the job we do every week across Surrey.
Most kitchens in Great Bookham fall into one of BESA’s three bands: 3-monthly for heavy use, 6-monthly for moderate use and yearly for light use, adjusted by what the grease readings show.
Kitchens around a place like Great Bookham are often in older buildings or single-storey extensions, with the duct running through a roof space or up an outside wall. Flat runs collect grease and need proper access to clean.
Each visit ends with a written report and photos, so there’s a dated record of the work. Kitchen extract cleaning to TR19® Grease is certificated through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Place
- Great Bookham (KT23, KT22)
- Wider area
- Surrey
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- Hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Your questions about kitchen extract cleaning in Great Bookham
Which fire service covers Great Bookham?
Great Bookham is in the area of Surrey Fire and Rescue Service. If a fire safety officer visits a commercial kitchen, they may ask about the fire risk assessment and how the extract is kept clean.
Can you come to Great Bookham after we close?
Yes, evening, overnight and weekend work is normal for us. It means the site in Great Bookham keeps running as normal. When you ring 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line, mention when the site is quiet.
What’s the right cleaning interval for a kitchen extract?
BESA guidance gives minimum intervals of 3, 6 or 12 months, depending on daily cooking hours. Kitchens that fry or grill a lot may need cleaning sooner, which grease thickness testing will show.
What information do you need?
Just the basics: where it is, what kind of site, when it’s open and the access. Photos and the last report help too. After that, simply phone us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email.
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.
What about areas you can’t get to?
Anything we can’t reach goes on the report, with a note of where it is, and we explain what access is needed, for example new access panels.
What do you do with what you remove?
Waste is contained during the work and removed when we leave, from grease and debris to used cleaning water. None of it is left on site.
How long does it take to clean a kitchen extract system?
It takes a single shift for most kitchens, with long duct runs and tall risers needing more time. We will confirm the time when we quote.
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What affects the cost of kitchen extract cleaning
The diagnosis comes before the price. We look at:
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
- Parking and loading at the site
- What state the system is in
- Site rules, permits and inductions
What you pay depends on how big the system is, the condition it’s in and access to every part of it. You get a fixed price before we start, so you know where you stand.
What we need to know
Photos and a few facts are often enough to price the work. Useful things to send:
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
If you need kitchen extract cleaning in Great Bookham, call us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos. Tell us what kind of premises it is and when it’s open, and send photos or your last report if you can. A fixed quote usually follows within one working day.
Grease, kitchens and Great Bookham
There are about 11 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 8 sandwich bars and takeaways in Great Bookham and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Any of them cooking under a canopy is sending grease into its ductwork every service. Surrey Fire and Rescue Service covers Great Bookham. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel. Kitchens in Great Bookham get their food hygiene inspections from Mole Valley council. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after.
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Church of St Nicolas, or anywhere in Great Bookham, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it. If you run a café or takeaway near Bookham station, early starts and late finishes leave little time to clean, so overnight extract cleaning suits.
Great Bookham is about 6 miles south-west of Epsom, in Surrey. We carry out kitchen extract cleaning for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Great Bookham and the rest of Surrey. Great Bookham is one of 395 places in Surrey we cover for kitchen extract cleaning. For sites nearby, see our Guildford page (9 miles or so).
All of KT23 and KT22 is within our area for kitchen extract cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. That includes premises on High Street, Church Road and Beeches Drive and nearby roads. We also cover Fetcham (1 mile north-east), Little Bookham (1 mile south-west), Leatherhead (2 miles north-east), Mickleham (2 miles east) and Westhumble (3 miles south-east). Further out, we also cover Guildford (9 miles west), Woking (9 miles west), Epsom (6 miles north-east), Horley (11 miles south-east), Redhill (9 miles east) and Ewell (7 miles north-east).
Landmarks near Great Bookham
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Howard of Effingham School, Manor House School and The Old Crown pub, among other places. Great Bookham’s nearest station is Bookham station, roughly 0.8 miles north-west of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Headley Court (4.1 miles east) and Betchworth Castle (4.4 miles south-east). Not far away are Box Hill and Jubilee Wood.
Common problems we fix in Great Bookham
In Great Bookham, as anywhere, grease gathers where the air slows down: long horizontal runs, bends, the base of risers and around the fan. Cooler sections of duct collect the most.
Clients normally contact us when they notice one of these:
- Cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey
- Fat running down the canopy edge
- Poor airflow at the canopy
- An overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer
Healthcare kitchens cannot easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Great Bookham is Headley Court, about 4.1 miles east.
Comparing quotes
- Proof of accreditation you can verify
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
- When the next visit should be, and why
- What hours they’ll be on site
For landlords and multi-site operators
If you look after several sites, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Every building has its own written report, so records stay tidy.
From a single site to a large estate, the standard is the same: a survey first, a fixed quote, the work timed around the site and a report with photos.
Part by part
Restaurant and pub kitchens
High-heat cooking loads the extract with grease, so grease readings help set the right interval.
Ductwork and risers
Vertical risers carry the air up through the building, and grease runs down their walls and pools at the base. Access panels along the riser let us clean it in sections.
How the visit works
At the end of the visit, someone from your team can look over the work with us. We point out anything that couldn’t be reached or needs a follow-up, and the same goes into the written report. All told, the work takes one visit for most kitchens, while large or complex systems may need more than one. Everything the job in Great Bookham needs is worked out beforehand, from the survey.
- 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.
- With the kitchen closed and equipment off and cool, the area is sheeted.
- The whole route is cleaned, from the canopy through the ductwork to the fan and the discharge.
- Finally the system is re-tested and photographed, and the certificate and report follow.
Getting ready for the visit
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
Getting a quote
Getting a quote does not take long. Call or email with a few details and you will usually have a fixed price within one working day. Where a survey is needed, we arrange a time that suits the site.
Advice
What your team can do, and what needs us
Some jobs should never be done in-house: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings call for the right kit, training and safe access. That is our job.
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. What they cannot safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, and that’s where we come in.
What happens if it’s left?
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. Light use slows the build-up but does not stop it.
Every site is different, so we price each one individually. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all make a difference.
Why book with us
- Every visit written up, with photos
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
- We diagnose before we treat
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001