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Kitchen Extract Cleaning in Hadley
Kitchen extract cleaning for Hadley, from a team that has been trading since 2009. Out-of-hours visits and 24/7 emergency callout.
- Grease smells coming from the extract
- A system with no record of a TR19 clean
- Fat running down the canopy edge
How it works
Our technicians bring everything the work needs, including protection sheets, the right tools and access kit. You only need to give us clear access and switch off what needs to be off. The visit takes a single shift for most kitchens, with long duct runs and tall risers needing more time. If your building in Hadley has sign-in rules, permits or key holders, mention them when you book.
- 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.
- On the night, the equipment is off and cool and the kitchen is sheeted.
- Filters, canopy and plenum are cleaned, then the ducts, risers, fan and discharge.
- We re-test, photograph and send your certificate and photo report.
Getting ready for the visit
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
- Move anything stored near the system
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
Getting a quote
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 work begins.
Related advice
Kitchen extract cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Hadley
A kitchen extract system is far more than the canopy you can see. Beyond the filters run the plenum, the ducts and risers, the fan and the point where air leaves the building, and grease settles in every one of them. Our clean follows the air from canopy to discharge, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. The work covers extract fans, plenums and filters and vertical risers, and people most often call us about a kitchen taken over without any extract records and extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit. For TR19 kitchen extract cleaning in Hadley, one call covers the survey, the clean and the paperwork.
A kitchen running fryers and chargrills all day builds up grease much faster than one that mostly steams and boils, so we look at the menu as well as the opening hours when we suggest the next date.
London kitchens tend to trade late and open early, so work in Hadley is normally booked for the night or the early hours. Before the clean, we agree loading, parking and roof access with whoever manages the building.
Think of the report as the system’s health record: a dated account with pictures of everything we did. Grease extract cleans are also certificated to TR19® Grease through the BESCA VHE portal and sits alongside the report.
- Location
- Hadley (EN5, EN4)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Records
- Certificate and photo report
- Quote
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- When we work
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Nearby places to Hadley
What else we do in Hadley
Common questions in Hadley
Do you do school kitchen extract cleaning in Hadley in the summer holidays?
Yes. The holidays are the usual time for school work. Food Standards Agency records list about 21 schools, colleges and universities with registered kitchens within about a mile and a half of Hadley. Tell us your holiday dates and we’ll book the visit for when the site is empty.
Do you work overnight in Hadley?
Yes, we can come after you close and finish before you open. That way a site in Hadley doesn’t have to lose a day’s trading. Just call 0345 646 2711 or send us an email with your opening times and we will plan around them.
What do you need from me for a quote?
Only a few details: the address, the site type, your opening hours and how we reach the system. Photos and the last report help too. Then ring 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.
Does the law say I must clean to TR19?
Strictly, the legal duty comes from the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, not from TR19. TR19 is the industry benchmark for meeting that duty in a kitchen extract, and an insurer may refuse or reduce a claim without it.
What accreditations do you hold?
As a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, our work sits within an independently audited scheme. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured.
Can you set up regular visits?
Yes. Tell us what you have and how it’s used, and we’ll suggest a schedule and quote for it.
What does a TR19 kitchen extract clean include?
We clean every part the grease travels through. Canopy, plenum, filters, ductwork, risers, fan and discharge are all included, reached through access panels where needed.
Will I get a certificate after the clean?
You receive a TR19 certificate and a photo report. Certificates are issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal, and the report includes before and after pictures, grease readings and the recommended next clean date.
What the work involves, part by part
Restaurant and pub kitchens
Busy restaurant and pub kitchens often cook for long hours, frying and grilling, so their cleaning interval is often 3 or 6 months under BESA guidance. We clean after close or before opening.
Grease filters
Filters need cleaning far more often than the duct and we offer a filter exchange service for that. Clean filters slow the build-up further down the system.
Leave it or put it right?
TR19® is not law, but the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 is. It puts a duty on the responsible person to assess and reduce fire risk, and in a kitchen that means keeping extract grease under control. TR19 is the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to. London buildings are shared, so a fire or failure in one system can reach the neighbours above and beside you.
Every site is different, so each one gets its own fixed quote. The size of the job, how we reach it, its condition and the working hours all make a difference.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Hadley
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
- We diagnose before we treat
- Photo reports with every job
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
When your team notices a problem between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that will not come clean, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We will take a look and give you a fixed quote.
Staff cleaning does not replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Regular in-house cleaning slows the build-up, but hidden parts of the system still need specialist attention.
What affects the quote in Hadley
Some jobs are bigger than they look, and some smaller. The main factors:
- The scale of the work
- Where the site is and how we reach it
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
- Whether several sites go on one quote
Combining work into one visit or one programme 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
The more you tell us, the more accurate the quote. With your enquiry, please include:
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
For kitchen extract cleaning in Hadley, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form. Tell us what kind of premises it is and when it’s open, plus pictures or the previous report if they’re to hand. A fixed quote typically follows within one working day.
Common problems we fix in Hadley
Grease in the extract matters because it burns. Flames from a pan or grill can be pulled into the canopy by the fan, where burning grease can carry a fire along the ducts and into other parts of the building. That’s why controlling extract grease belongs in the fire risk assessment.
Common reasons sites call us are:
- Missing paperwork after a change of operator
- Rancid smells from grease in the duct
- A TR19 certificate needed for the insurer
- Years of baked-on grease in the ducts
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Christ Church or elsewhere in Hadley, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.
Questions to ask before booking
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- What happens if part of the system cannot be accessed
- How they set the interval to the next visit
Looking after it afterwards
How long the results last depends on use and care. We suggest:
- Report grease drips, smells or fan noise straight away
- Wash or exchange the filters often
- Never cook with filters missing or out of place
- File each certificate with the fire risk assessment
The certificate records when the clean was done, where and by whom. Keep it in the maintenance log with your fire risk assessment, so it’s to hand when an insurer, fire officer or EHO asks.
Report drips, smells or a noisy fan early. Drips, odours and fan noise often mean grease is building, and a grease thickness test can confirm it.
What kitchen extract cleaning looks like in Hadley
The FSA’s food hygiene register includes about 21 bars, pubs and nightclubs in Hadley and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Where they serve hot food, their kitchen extracts need cleaning to TR19® like any restaurant’s. Environmental health officers from Barnet council inspect food businesses in Hadley. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. London jobs normally start after the last service, with loading and roof access agreed with the building first.
A hospital like Barnet General Hospital, about 0.7 miles south-west, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day. For schools such as Susi Earnshaw Theatre School, kitchen extract cleaning is normally booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
Hadley is about 1 mile north-west of Barnet, in Greater London. Hadley gets the same approach as every site we work on: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where necessary and a written report with pictures. 764 places in Greater London are on our list, large and small. There’s also a page for London, about 12 miles away.
We work across the EN5 and EN4 postcode area for kitchen extract cleaning and the roads nearby. We cover sites on Byng Road, Park Road and Dury Road and the roads around them. With the A1081 close by, Hadley is easy for our technicians to reach for kitchen extract cleaning. We also cover High Barnet (1 mile west), Kitts End (1 mile north), Arkley (1 mile south-west), Totteridge (1 mile south) and Dancers Hill (2 miles north). Larger places within reach include London (12 miles south-east), City of Westminster (10 miles south), Marylebone (10 miles south), Kensington (11 miles south), St Pancras (10 miles south) and Shoreditch (10 miles south-east).
Around Hadley
In Hadley, that means kitchens and buildings near Foulds School, Queen Elizabeth's Girls' School and Ye Olde Monken Holt pub. The nearest railway station is New Barnet station, roughly 1.3 miles south-east of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Barnet General Hospital (0.7 miles south-west) and Spires Shopping Centre (less than half a mile south-west). Green spaces nearby include Darland's Lake and King George's Fields (Monken Hadley).