Surrey · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extraction cleaning in Hammer
TR19 grease cleaning of complete kitchen extract systems, from canopy to discharge for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Hammer. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and fully insured.
- A TR19 certificate needed for the insurer
- Poor airflow at the canopy
- Stale cooking odours from the system
Hammer kitchens: local notes
Food Standards Agency data counts about 10 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 8 takeaways and sandwich shops across Hammer and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Each one that cooks under a canopy has an extract system that collects grease and needs regular cleaning. Fire safety in Hammer falls to Surrey Fire and Rescue Service. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises. In Hammer, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Waverley council. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after.
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Woolmer Hill School or anywhere near Hammer, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean. A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near St. Stephen's Church or elsewhere in Hammer, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.
Hammer is about 9 miles south of Farnham, in Surrey. Hammer gets the same approach as every site we work on: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where needed and a written report with pictures. Hammer is one of 395 places in Surrey where we work for commercial clients. There’s also a page for Guildford, about 14 miles away.
Kitchen extract cleaning in GU27 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. That includes premises on Hammer Lane, Moor Road and Copse Road and nearby roads. We also cover Woolmer Hill (1 mile south), Hammer Bottom (1 mile west), Shottermill (1 mile east), Bramshott Chase (1 mile north) and Linchmere (1 mile south-west). Larger places within reach include Guildford (14 miles north-east), Farnham (9 miles north), Cranleigh (12 miles east), Ash (11 miles north), Godalming (9 miles north-east) and Farncombe (10 miles north-east).
Landmarks near Hammer
Around Hammer, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near The Prince of Wales pub and Camelsdale Primary School and the streets around them. Hammer’s nearest station is Haslemere station, roughly 1.5 miles east. Well-known places in the area include Haslemere and District Hospital (2 miles east). For a walk, there’s Lynchmere Commons and Wheeler's Down.
About our kitchen extract cleaning in Hammer
The canopy over the range is only the start of a kitchen extract system. 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. We’re often asked to deal with a new tenancy or takeover with no cleaning history and an inspection that picked up a dirty extract, across extract fans, canopies and hoods and horizontal duct runs. Canopy cleaning, extract cleaning and duct cleaning are often used to mean the same thing, but in Hammer, as everywhere, the insurer wants the full system cleaned, not just the hood.
Each job starts with a look at where grease has built up: grease readings at set points tell us where the heaviest deposits are, and the same readings after the clean show the result.
Somewhere as small as Hammer, commercial kitchens are few: perhaps a pub, a school or care home kitchen, or a hall used for events. Each still has a canopy and duct that collect grease.
The sign-off is always in writing: a written report, dated and illustrated with pictures, and for TR19® Grease cleans, a certificate issued through the BESCA VHE portal. Any parts we couldn’t reach are recorded on it too.
- Place
- Hammer (GU27)
- Wider area
- Surrey
- Reporting
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Do you need kitchen extract cleaning in Hammer?
The reason for all this is fire. 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. For a kitchen in Hammer, keeping that fuel under control is part of the fire risk assessment.
What we’re most often called out for:
- Grease smells coming from the extract
- Cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey
- An inspection that picked up a dirty extract
- A kitchen with no current TR19 certificate
Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Haslemere and District Hospital is the nearest hospital to Hammer, about 2 miles east.
Comparing quotes
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- What hours they’ll be on site
- What paperwork you get at the end
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or photos
How it works
Night work is normal for us. Evenings, nights and weekends are when much of our work happens, so the site can open as normal afterwards. The visit itself takes as long as the system needs, from a few hours to several planned visits. Seeing the system in pictures first means the trip to Hammer can be planned properly.
- You send photos or we visit, and the system is surveyed from 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.
- We re-test, photograph and send your certificate and photo report.
Before we arrive
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
Ask for a quote
Here’s what helps us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, a few photos and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Once you have those, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or email us.
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For landlords and multi-site operators
We regularly work with managing agents. Tell us the site, the work and the access arrangements, and we’ll send a fixed quote.
The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
Common questions in Hammer
Which council inspects kitchens in Hammer?
Food hygiene inspections in Hammer are carried out by Waverley council. Ratings are published by the Food Standards Agency, so a clean extract and good records are worth keeping up.
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Hammer?
That is Surrey Fire and Rescue Service. 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.
Are you accredited for kitchen extract cleaning?
We’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 sit alongside that, and we’re fully insured.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes. Every job is surveyed first, either from photos and details you send or on a site visit. Then you get a fixed quote.
Do you cover Hammer?
Yes. Our technicians work in Hammer, within the South East and London area we cover.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes. There’s a 24/7 emergency line, for problems that cannot wait. Call us any time and explain what’s happened.
Do we have to close the kitchen for the clean?
Cleans are timed to avoid service. Overnight, weekend and between-service cleans are all possible and the kitchen is ready to cook when we leave.
What do I get 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.
When something else is needed
We’d rather tell you now than book work that will not help, so here are the limits:
- Fat blocking the kitchen drains
- Fire dampers that will not close (that needs damper testing and remedials)
- Damaged duct sections that need replacing
Not sure which it is? You can ring 0345 646 2711 or email us and we will tell you honestly before booking.
Where we work
- Discharge points
- Vertical risers
- Extract fans
- Plenums and filters
- Horizontal duct runs
- Canopies and hoods
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What happens if it’s left?
Grease build-up causes everyday problems too. Blocked filters and narrowed ducts slow the airflow, leaving the kitchen hot and smoky and the fan strains to keep up. Grease drips, smells and condensation are common next. It’s worth booking a check, because nobody sees inside a duct day to day.
When the work has to happen, how we reach it and how big the site is can all change the price. We take each of them into account, and the price is fixed before work begins.
What you get with us
- We’re fully insured
- We diagnose before we treat
- In business since 2009
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
Between visits
Results last longer with the right care. Here’s what we suggest:
- Never cook with filters missing or out of place
- Book the next clean before the date on the report
- Wipe the canopy down at the end of each day
- Empty any grease troughs or cups on the canopy
Any section without access is marked on the report. A TR19 report should record what wasn’t cleaned as well as what was, and new access panels can be fitted so the next clean covers it.
Stick to the cleaning interval on the certificate. If the kitchen starts cooking longer hours, the interval should be looked at again, and grease readings will show it.
Part by part
Schools, hospitals and care homes
Some healthcare kitchens never fully close. We plan the clean around meal times and work in a contained, tidy way, so residents and patients are not disturbed.
Extract fan and discharge
Some systems have attenuators to cut noise, and they hold grease. We clean what can be reached and note anything that can’t.