Greater London · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in Greenhill, Greater London
Kitchen extract cleaning for Greenhill, from a team that has been trading since 2009. Out-of-hours visits and 24/7 emergency callout.
- An inspection that picked up a dirty extract
- Grease smells coming from the extract
- Heavy grease build-up inside the duct runs
Kitchen duct cleaning in Greenhill
Has the extract gone a while without a clean, or has the paperwork gone missing? Send a few photos of the canopy and filters when you call 0345 646 2711, or email photos, and you will have a fixed quote for kitchen extract cleaning in Greenhill, normally within one working day. If you have cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey and a kitchen taken over without any extract records, we can help. Need a TR19 duct cleaning contractor for Greenhill? We’ve been cleaning kitchen extracts across the South East since 2009, as a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member.
Each job starts with a look at where grease has built up: wet film or deposit thickness readings show which parts of the duct need the most attention, and the same readings after the clean show the result.
London kitchens are often tucked into basements or the back of a building, and the duct may run up through several floors before it discharges at the roof. For a kitchen in Greenhill, that normally means a longer system to clean and more access panels to plan around.
For insurers and inspectors, the record counts. That’s why every job is written up in a report with photos, plus a TR19® certificate through the BESCA VHE portal where the work is a TR19® Grease clean.
- Place
- Greenhill (NW3, NW6)
- Region
- Greater London
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Price
- A fixed price before work begins
- Hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
When to call us in Greenhill
Grease in the extract matters because it burns. Flames from a pan or grill can be pulled into the canopy by the fan, and once grease in the duct catches, fire can spread through the building’s ductwork. That is why controlling extract grease belongs in the fire risk assessment.
Clients typically contact us when they notice one of these:
- A kitchen with no current TR19 certificate
- An extract that no longer clears the smoke
- Heavy grease build-up inside the duct runs
- Grease dripping from the canopy or filters
A kitchen near Hampstead Heath station that serves breakfast and dinner can run its extract twelve hours or more, which shortens the cleaning interval.
What to look for in a quote
- When they can work, and whether that’s outside your opening hours
- Whether they’re fully insured
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- What happens if part of the system can’t be accessed
Leave it or put it right?
TR19® isn’t law, but the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 is. The responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, and in a kitchen that means keeping extract grease under control. Cleaning to TR19 is the recognised way to show you’ve done it. Planning ahead in Greenhill lets you pick a quiet night rather than lose a busy one.
One small site or a whole estate, we price it on the same basis: the work involved, the access and the timing. You’ll have a fixed price before any work starts.
What you get with us
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
- Each visit written up, with pictures
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
Take a look at our cost guide and how to check a contractor.
How the job changes from site to site
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. School holidays are an easy time to do it.
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.
Nearby places to Greenhill
What else we do in Greenhill
What affects the cost of kitchen extract cleaning
Sites vary more than people expect. The main factors:
- The times the site is available
- Where the site is and how we reach it
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
Every site is different, so each one gets its own fixed quote. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all make a difference.
Helping us quote
Photos and a few facts are often enough to price the work. Send what you can of the following:
- A few general shots of the system
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
- The postcode and the type of business
- Problems your staff have spotted
For kitchen extract cleaning in Greenhill, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email. 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 normally follows within one working day.
Kitchen extracts in Greenhill
The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 617 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 268 takeaways within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Greenhill. Any of them cooking under a canopy is sending grease into its ductwork every service. Overnight is the normal time to clean a London kitchen extract, so trading is not affected. Fire safety in Greenhill falls to London Fire Brigade. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk.
A hospital like New End Hospital, about within half a mile north-west, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day. School kitchens, at schools like The Royal School for example, are usually cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost.
Greenhill is about 1 mile north-east of Hampstead, in Greater London. Every kind of commercial site in Greenhill, kitchen extract cleaning is something we can help with. We can work out of hours so trading isn’t interrupted. 764 places in Greater London are on our list, from busy centres to quieter spots.
Postcode districts we cover here for kitchen extract cleaning: NW3 and NW6. Kitchen extract cleaning is available to premises on Back Lane, Well Road and Ornan Road and the roads around them. Nearby, we also carry out kitchen extract cleaning in Hampstead (1 mile south-west), Vale of Health (1 mile north), West Hampstead (1 mile west), Fortune Green (1 mile west) and Haverstock (1 mile south-east). We also work in nearby towns such as London (5 miles south-east), City of Westminster (3 miles south), Marylebone (3 miles south-east), Kensington (4 miles south), St Pancras (3 miles south-east) and Shoreditch (5 miles south-east).
What’s near Greenhill
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Cecil Sharp House, Fitzjohn's Primary School and King William IV Public House. Other local landmarks include South Hampstead High School (0.6 miles south) and Hampstead Heath (0.7 miles north-east). Greenhill has its own railway station: Hampstead Heath station. A little further out are New End Hospital (less than half a mile north-west) and Montfichet's Tower (4.3 miles south-east). Green spaces nearby include Belsize Wood and Parliament Hill.
How it works
Each visit runs to the same pattern: sheeting and protection first, make the system safe, carry out the kitchen extract cleaning, tidy up and leave you the report. On site, the work takes a few hours for a small kitchen, longer for a large system. In Greenhill, as across London, we normally work overnight or at weekends and hand the site back ready to open.
- We survey the system first, from your photos and details or on a site visit.
- Set points are tested for grease thickness and the quote is fixed before any work starts.
- 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.
Before we arrive
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
- Move anything stored near the system
- Find the previous report, if there is one
Ask for a quote
The quickest way to a quote is to send photos: the system from a couple of angles, plus any access panels or hatches. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and we can price many jobs without a visit.
Related advice
Greenhill: your questions answered
Can a school canteen extract in Greenhill be done out of term time?
Yes. Half-terms and the summer break are the natural time for school work. Food Standards Agency records list about 69 schools, colleges and universities with registered kitchens within about a mile and a half of Greenhill. Just ring 0345 646 2711 or email us with your term dates and we’ll plan around them.
Which fire authority looks after Greenhill?
That’s London Fire Brigade. TR19® is not law, but it’s the benchmark many fire officers and insurers look to when they ask how often the extract is cleaned.
Which parts of the extract do you clean?
Every part the air passes through, as far as access allows. Where there are not enough access panels to reach a section, it’s recorded, and we can fit new ones.
What is TR19?
A BESA specification in two main parts: TR19® Grease for kitchen extract systems and TR19® Air for general ventilation. It isn’t law, but it’s the benchmark.
Will I get a certificate after the clean?
You get both a certificate and a photo report. Keep them in the maintenance log with the fire risk assessment, ready for your insurer or an inspection.
Is a quote from pictures possible?
Yes, where the pictures show enough. If not, a site survey comes first, then a fixed quote.
What about areas you can’t get to?
Anything we cannot reach goes on the report, with a note of where it is, and we tell you what would make it reachable, for example new access panels.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes, any time. For anything urgent, such as a fan failure or damage after a fire, ring the 24/7 line and we’ll talk you through the next steps.
Between visits
Once we’ve finished, these simple steps help:
- Tell us when the extract starts to drip or smell
- Make sure every filter is fitted before cooking
- Keep to the recommended cleaning interval
- Run the extract fan throughout cooking
Any section without access is marked on the report. A TR19 report should record what wasn’t cleaned as well as what was, and we can fit access panels so it’s reached next time.
Tell whoever looks after the system when something changes. Grease dripping from the canopy, a burning smell or a fan that sounds rough are all signs of build-up, and a grease thickness test can confirm it.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Greenhill
We work for landlords, managing agents and facilities managers as well as the people running the site. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we can quote for the whole system.
If you look after several sites, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Each site gets its own report and photos, so records stay tidy.