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Gunnersbury kitchen extract cleaning
Professional kitchen extract cleaning in and around Gunnersbury, booked around your opening hours and finished with a written report and photos.
- An inspection that picked up a dirty extract
- Grease drips onto cooking equipment
- A TR19 certificate needed for the insurer
How we handle kitchen extract cleaning in Gunnersbury
The part of the system nobody sees is often the dirtiest. We reach horizontal runs and vertical risers through access panels, scraping heavy deposits by hand before degreasing. Anything out of reach is noted in the report and extra access panels can be added. If you’re dealing with cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey and fat running down the canopy edge, we can put it right. If you need a kitchen extract clean in Gunnersbury, one call covers the survey, the clean and the paperwork.
Before we clean, we look at where the grease is: grease readings at set points tell us where the heaviest deposits are, and readings afterwards go into your report.
Across London, many commercial kitchens are squeezed into basements and narrow back-of-house spaces, with extract ducts that can climb several floors to discharge at roof level. In Gunnersbury, as elsewhere in the capital, a long duct run means more access points to open and more grease to remove.
Duct Doctor has been trading since 2009, as a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we’re fully insured.
- Place
- Gunnersbury (W4, W3, TW8)
- Region
- Greater London
- Records
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quotes
- A fixed price before any work starts
- When we work
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Honest limits
In fairness, there are a few things this work won’t fix:
- A grease trap that needs emptying
- A damper that sticks or has a damaged link
- Extraction that can’t cope with the cooking because of its design
If in doubt, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we’ll say what we think.
What the work covers
- Plenums and filters
- Vertical risers
- Canopies and hoods
- Discharge points
- Horizontal duct runs
- Extract fans
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How we price kitchen extract cleaning
The quote reflects the site in front of us. We consider:
- What state the system is in
- A single visit or a regular plan
- Any permits to work or inductions
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
Several systems or sites on one quote can make for a more efficient booking. Mention every system or site you need covered, and you’ll get one fixed quote.
Helping us quote
Many jobs can be priced from pictures and some basics. Send what you can of the following:
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
Some systems can be priced from pictures; others need a survey. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in photos, get a survey first. Either way, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
Do you need kitchen extract cleaning in Gunnersbury?
Grease filters are the first line of defence, and they’re often the weak point. Damaged, missing or overloaded filters let grease straight past, and from there it travels on to the fan.
The symptoms we’re asked about most include:
- Cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey
- A kitchen taken over without any extract records
- Fat running down the canopy edge
- Rancid smells from grease in the duct
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near St Michael's Church, or anywhere in Gunnersbury, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
What your quote should include
- How they set the interval to the next visit
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- Whether a survey comes first
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
Why act early in Gunnersbury
After a fire, one of the first questions is often when the extract was last cleaned. Many policies require cleaning to TR19, and an insurer can refuse or reduce a claim without proof. A current certificate is far easier to produce than an explanation. In a London building, a problem in a duct, damper or fan rarely stays in one unit.
A single site or a whole portfolio, we price it on the same basis: the work involved, the access and the timing. You will have a fixed price before we start.
Why Gunnersbury businesses choose us
- Photo reports with every job
- In business since 2009
- We diagnose before we treat
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
Take a look at what affects the cost or our accreditations and certificates.
Kitchen extract cleaning in Gunnersbury: the local picture
Food Standards Agency records include about 71 pubs and bars and about 10 hotels, B&Bs and guest houses within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Gunnersbury. A pub or hotel kitchen that cooks every day builds up grease in its extract like any other. Gunnersbury is covered by London Fire Brigade. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk. Food hygiene inspections in Gunnersbury are the job of Hounslow council’s environmental health team. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand.
For schools such as Strand-on-the-Green Junior School, kitchen extract cleaning is usually booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed. If you cook for passing trade around Gunnersbury station, the extract can be cleaned between your last and first customer.
Gunnersbury is about 1 mile south of Acton, in Greater London. From the centre of Gunnersbury to the outskirts, kitchen extract cleaning is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from small sites to large estates. 764 places in Greater London are on our list, large and small. London is in our area too, around 8 miles away.
We cover every part of W4, W3 and TW8 for kitchen extract cleaning and the streets around it. We cover sites on Kew Road, Kent Road and Power Road and the roads around them. Being close to the A3000, Gunnersbury is easy for our technicians to reach for kitchen extract cleaning. If your site is just outside Gunnersbury, we cover Strand-on-the-Green (1 mile south), Kew (1 mile south), Grove Park (1 mile south-east), Chiswick (1 mile east) and Turnham Green (1 mile south-east). Larger places within reach include London (8 miles east), City of Westminster (6 miles east), Marylebone (6 miles east), Kensington (3 miles east), St Pancras (7 miles east) and Shoreditch (9 miles east).
What’s near Gunnersbury
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Clayton Hotel Chiswick, Kew College Prep and Ark Acton Academy, among other places. You will also find Turnham Green (0.5 miles east) and Library for Iranian Studies (1 mile north). Gunnersbury has its own railway station: Gunnersbury station. Other landmarks nearby include Barnes Hospital (2 miles south-east) and Livat Hammersmith (2.1 miles east). For a walk, there’s Kew Gardens Lake and Castlebar Hill.
Gunnersbury questions
Can school kitchens in Gunnersbury be cleaned in the holidays?
Yes, and it’s the easiest time to do it. There are about 40 schools, colleges and universities on the FSA’s food hygiene register within about 1.5 miles of Gunnersbury. Tell us your holiday dates and we’ll book the visit for when the site is empty.
Which environmental health team covers Gunnersbury?
In Gunnersbury, it’s Hounslow council that carries out food hygiene inspections. It helps to keep the extract cleaning records with your food safety paperwork, so they’re ready if asked for.
What happens to the waste?
It’s contained and taken away. We collect grease, debris and waste water as we go, so it doesn’t spread.
Do we have to close the kitchen for the clean?
When the kitchen is closed, at whatever time suits you. The equipment is switched off and left to cool, and we hand the kitchen back ready for the next service.
What does kitchen extract cleaning cost?
Size, condition, access and working hours all affect the cost. Call for a fixed quote and we will normally reply within one working day.
Is a quote from pictures possible?
Usually, yes. Send wide shots, close-ups of any access panels and anything that worries you, and a fixed quote normally follows within one working day. If photos are not enough, we will survey first.
Can you look after several sites?
Yes. Tell us the addresses and what each needs and you will get one fixed quote.
How long will the clean take?
It takes anything from a few hours to a full night, depending on the size of the system. We will confirm the time when we quote.
Keeping the system healthy
Here’s the after-treatment advice, in brief:
- Make sure every filter is fitted before cooking
- File each certificate with the fire risk assessment
- Clean the grease filters regularly between TR19 cleans
- Run the extract fan throughout cooking
The kitchen is left clean and ready for the next service. Grease and dirty water are collected and taken off site, so you can start cooking as normal.
Regular filter cleaning is the simplest thing a kitchen can do. Clean, well-fitted filters catch more fat before it reaches the duct, which slows build-up further down the system.
How the visit works
The first job on site is protection: floors, worktops and anything near the work are covered. After that, the system is made safe and the work begins. The work on site takes one visit for most kitchens, while large or complex systems may need more than one, and the area is cleaned down before we leave. In Gunnersbury, as across London, we normally work overnight or at weekends and hand the site back ready to open.
- 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.
Before we arrive
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
Ask for a quote
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: 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 many jobs can be priced from that alone.
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How the job changes from site to site
Extract fan and discharge
Attenuators, where fitted, can soak up grease and need attention. Where they can be cleaned, they are, and the report notes anything that cannot.
Restaurant and pub kitchens
Restaurants and pubs tend to cook long hours with plenty of frying and grilling, so their cleaning interval is often 3 or 6 months under BESA guidance. Cleans are done after close, overnight or before opening.