Hertfordshire · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen Extract Cleaning in Hertford
Professional kitchen extract cleaning in and around Hertford, booked around your opening hours and signed off in writing with photos.
- An overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer
- Stale cooking odours from the system
- Grease drips onto cooking equipment
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but the parts you cannot see still need a specialist at the right interval.
Kitchen extract cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Hertford
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 kitchen taken over without any extract records and a kitchen with no current TR19 certificate, across extract fans, plenums and filters and canopies and hoods. Whether you call it kitchen extract cleaning, TR19 cleaning or kitchen duct cleaning, in Hertford it means the same thing to us: the whole system, cleaned and certificated.
We clean every reachable part of the system in Hertford: canopy, plenum, filters, ducts, risers and fan, and the discharge where it can be reached.
In a town like Hertford, most of the kitchen extracts we’re asked about belong to restaurants, cafés, pubs, takeaways and school or care home kitchens. Whatever the kitchen, the canopy, filters, duct and fan all collect grease.
Insurers, fire officers and environmental health officers all look at records. That is why every job is written up in a report with photos, and grease extract cleans come with a TR19® certificate issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Location
- Hertford (SG14, SG13)
- Wider area
- Hertfordshire
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Places near Hertford
What else we do in Hertford
Why act early in Hertford
There’s no law that names TR19, but the Fire Safety Order 2005 still applies. The responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, which in a kitchen includes the grease in the extract. Cleaning to TR19 is the recognised way to show you’ve done it. Grease, dust and wear all build up with time.
The cost depends on how big the system is, what state it’s in and access to every part of it. You get a fixed price before work begins, so you know where you stand.
Why us?
- A written report with photos after every visit
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
Take a look at what affects the cost or our accreditations.
What happens on the day
We work around your opening hours, not the other way round. We book the visit for a time the area is closed, whether that’s an evening, overnight or a weekend. When the team arrives, the work area is protected and the relevant equipment is switched off to cool, and the work takes as long as the system needs, from a few hours to several planned visits. In a town like Hertford, we usually work after closing or on a quiet day, so the site opens again on time.
- You send pictures or we visit, and the system is surveyed from canopy to discharge.
- Grease thickness is measured and the price is fixed before work starts.
- On the night, the equipment is off and cool and the kitchen is sheeted.
- We work through the system from the canopy to the fan and discharge.
- Readings are repeated, photos taken, and your TR19 certificate and photo report issued.
Before we arrive
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
Getting a quote
For kitchen extract cleaning in Hertford, call 0345 646 2711 or email us. Let us know the site type and the opening hours, and send pictures or your last report if you can. A fixed quote typically follows within one working day.
Related advice
For landlords and multi-site operators
For anyone managing more than one site, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Each site gets its own report and photos, so each one has its own record.
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works and we will come back with a fixed quote.
Common problems we fix in Hertford
How fast grease builds up depends mostly on how long the kitchen cooks each day. BESA guidance sets minimum cleaning intervals of every 3 months for 12 to 16 hours a day, 6 months for 6 to 12 hours, and 12 months for 2 to 6 hours. Those are minimums, and grease readings can show a kitchen needs cleaning sooner.
Clients typically contact us when they notice one of these:
- Fat running down the canopy edge
- Years of baked-on grease in the ducts
- An inspection that picked up a dirty extract
- A new tenancy or takeover with no cleaning history
A hospital like Hertford County Hospital, about under half a mile south-west, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day.
What to look for in a quote
- What happens if part of the system cannot be accessed
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- Whether the figure could change on the day
- How VAT is shown on the quote
When it’s something else
In fairness, there are a few things this work won’t fix:
- A damper that sticks or has a damaged link
- Ductwork that’s corroded, split or leaking (that is for a ductwork contractor)
- Extraction that can’t cope with the cooking because of its design
If in doubt, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us and we’ll say what we think.
Parts of the system we cover
- Extract fans
- Vertical risers
- Plenums and filters
- Horizontal duct runs
- Discharge points
- Canopies and hoods
What affects the cost of kitchen extract cleaning
The survey tells us what the work involves. We look at:
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
- How big the system is
- The number of sites or systems
- Travel, parking and unloading
No two sites are the same, so we price each one individually. The size of the job, how we reach it, its condition and the working hours all make a difference.
What to send for a quote
Before you ask for a quote, gather:
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- Any previous report or certificate
- The postcode and the type of business
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and we can price many jobs without a visit.
Kitchen extracts in Hertford
The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 62 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 20 takeaways and sandwich shops within about 1.5 miles of central Hertford. Each one that cooks under a canopy has an extract system that collects grease and needs regular cleaning. Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service covers Hertford. 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 Hertford, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from East Hertfordshire council. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector.
For kitchens close to Hertford East station, where the day often starts early and ends late, the extract can be cleaned overnight. If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Mill Mead Primary School or anywhere near Hertford, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean.
Hertford is about 9 miles south-east of Stevenage, in Hertfordshire. Wherever you are in the SG14 postcode area, we can carry out kitchen extract cleaning at your premises. Hertford is one of 381 places in Hertfordshire we cover for kitchen extract cleaning. There’s also a page for London, about 21 miles away.
Work in SG14 and SG13 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. If you need kitchen extract cleaning at premises on Salisbury Square, Market Street and Parliament Square or anywhere close by, we can help. With the A10 and A119 close by, Hertford is simple for us to get to for kitchen extract cleaning. If your site is just outside Hertford, we cover Horns Mill (1 mile south), Foxholes (1 mile east), Rush Green (2 miles east), Hertford Heath (2 miles south-east) and Little Amwell (2 miles south-east). Further out, we also cover Stevenage (9 miles north-west), St Albans (11 miles west), Bishop's Stortford (11 miles north-east), Welwyn Garden City (5 miles west), Harpenden (12 miles west) and Hitchin (13 miles north-west).
Local landmarks in Hertford
Typical jobs here are in premises near The Old Barge pub and Richard Hale School, among other places. There’s a railway station in Hertford itself: Hertford East station. Other landmarks nearby include Hertford County Hospital (within half a mile south-west) and Mcmullen & Sons Brewery Museum (under half a mile south-west). The countryside around Hertford includes Willowmead.
Hertford questions
Can the work in Hertford be done at night or at weekends?
Yes, evening, overnight and weekend work is normal for us. The work in Hertford can fit around your hours. When you give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form, mention when the site is quiet.
Who is the fire and rescue service for Hertford?
Fire safety enforcement in Hertford is handled by Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service. Records of extract cleaning are a sensible thing to have ready if a fire safety officer carries out an audit.
Can you come out in an emergency?
Yes, day and night, every day of the year. Office hours are Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm, with the emergency line covering every other hour.
How often does a kitchen extract system need cleaning?
That comes down mainly to daily cooking hours. Heavy use of 12 to 16 hours a day calls for a clean at least every 3 months under BESA guidance, and lighter use less often. We will recommend a date after measuring the grease.
How long will the clean take?
That depends on the size of the system, the amount of grease and the number of access points. As a guide, it takes anything from a few hours to a full night, depending on the size of the system.
Why do insurers care about extract cleaning?
Because a dirty extract can spread a fire through a building. Many policies say the extract must be cleaned to TR19, and a claim may be reduced without proof, so keep every certificate.
How much does kitchen extract cleaning cost?
It depends on the site, so we quote each one individually. For a quote, ring 0345 646 2711 or email us and tell us about the site and its opening hours.
How much notice should we give?
Earlier is better, particularly for night and weekend visits. We usually quote within one working day, and emergencies are covered by our 24/7 line.