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Kitchen Extract Cleaning in Hillyfields
Kitchen extract cleaning across Hillyfields and nearby, booked around your opening hours and signed off in writing with pictures.
- An inspection that picked up a dirty extract
- A kitchen taken over without any extract records
- Grease dripping from the canopy or filters
About our kitchen extract cleaning in Hillyfields
Duct Doctor has been cleaning kitchen extract systems since 2009. We are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 and are fully insured. The work covers discharge points, extract fans and canopies and hoods, and common reasons people get in touch are missing paperwork after a change of operator and a system with no record of a TR19 clean. Most calls from Hillyfields come after an insurer, an EHO or a fire officer asks to see the last TR19 certificate. Either way, the answer is the same: a proper clean and the paperwork to match.
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.
Around a smaller place like Hillyfields, kitchen extracts tend to belong to pubs, cafés, takeaways and school or care home kitchens. A kitchen that cooks fewer hours still builds up grease, so the interval is set by hours of use and grease readings.
We are CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, we hold ISO 9001 and we are fully insured. On top of that, we’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we have been trading since 2009.
- Location
- Hillyfields (SO16)
- Region
- Southampton
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
What we’re called out for in Hillyfields
What’s on the menu matters as much as how much is cooked. Frying, grilling and roasting send far more fat into the canopy than steaming or boiling, which is why grease readings matter more than the calendar.
Keep an eye out for these warning signs:
- A kitchen taken over without any extract records
- Heavy grease build-up inside the duct runs
- An overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer
- A TR19 certificate needed for the insurer
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near All Saints or elsewhere in Hillyfields, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
What to look for in a quote
- Whether a survey comes first
- When the next visit should be, and why
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
Aftercare tips
Aftercare is simple, and it makes the next visit easier:
- Give the canopy a daily wipe
- Report grease drips, smells or fan noise straight away
- Make sure every filter is fitted before cooking
- Do not let the canopy gutters overflow
After cleaning, we re-test the same points we measured at the start, so you can see the difference in numbers as well as photos. Your TR19 certificate is then issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
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.
Your questions about kitchen extract cleaning in Hillyfields
Do you do school kitchen extract cleaning in Hillyfields in the summer holidays?
Yes. The holidays are the usual time for school work. Around Hillyfields, the Food Standards Agency lists about 18 schools and colleges with registered kitchens within a mile and a half or so. Booking early in the term gives the best choice of holiday dates.
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Hillyfields?
In Hillyfields, it’s Test Valley council that carries out food hygiene inspections. Have your latest TR19® certificate and photo report to hand, as an officer may ask how the extract is maintained.
What’s the right cleaning interval for a kitchen extract?
It depends on how many hours a day the kitchen cooks. BESA’s minimums run from every 3 months for heavy use to every 12 months for light use. Your report gives a recommended next clean date.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes. Photos often do the job, and larger or hidden systems get a visit.
What happens if you cannot reach some of it?
The report shows them clearly. Often the fix is extra access, such as new panels in ductwork, which we can install.
What do I get after the clean?
Every clean comes with a TR19 certificate and a photo report. They belong in the maintenance log so they’re to hand when an insurer asks.
Is a quote from pictures possible?
Often, yes. Photos of the system and the access, plus your opening hours and last report, are often enough. Where we can’t see enough, we arrange a survey.
How much does kitchen extract cleaning cost in Hillyfields?
It depends on the site, so we quote each one individually. For a quote, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us and tell us about the site and its opening hours.
Why it’s worth doing now in Hillyfields
TR19® isn’t law, but the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 is. 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. You choose the date of a planned visit, and a breakdown never asks.
Whatever the type of site, the quote works the same way: the size of the job, access, condition and working hours. Call for a fixed quote and we will explain each part.
What you get with us
- We are fully insured
- We diagnose before we treat
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
- A fixed price before any work starts
What your team can do, and what needs us
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
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.
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How we price kitchen extract cleaning
The price is fixed before any work begins. It takes into account:
- The condition of the system
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
- Parking and loading at the site
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
One small site or a whole estate, we price it on the same basis: the work involved, the access and the timing. The price is fixed before we start.
What to send for a quote
Photos let us diagnose from a distance. Try to include:
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- Wide photos of the system and the area around it
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
To get a fixed quote, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or email photos with the site type, your trading hours and a short description of the system. Photos and the last report, if you have one, make the quote quicker. We normally come back within one working day.
What the work involves, part by part
Restaurant and pub kitchens
A pub or restaurant can’t afford to cancel a service for a clean. Overnight and weekend cleans keep the kitchen trading, and hand back a clean kitchen ready to cook.
Grease filters
We clean the grease filters as part of the job, and put back so they seat correctly. We will tell you if any need replacing.
What we do, step by step
We’re used to working while the site is closed. Evenings, nights and weekends are when much of our work happens, so a kitchen or building can carry on as usual the next day. On site, the work takes a single shift for most kitchens, with long duct runs and tall risers needing more time. Around Hillyfields, access is normally simpler than in a town centre, though gates and roof access are worth mentioning.
- First comes a survey of the whole system, by pictures or a visit.
- Grease readings are taken at set points and you get a fixed quote.
- With the kitchen closed and equipment off and cool, the area is sheeted.
- We clean the canopy, plenum, filters, ducts, risers, fan and discharge.
- We test again, photograph the result and issue your TR19 certificate and photo report.
Preparing for the visit
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Find the previous report, if there is one
Getting a quote
Here’s what helps us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, pictures of the system and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Then call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email.
Advice
Kitchen extracts in Hillyfields
At about 2 miles from the coast, Hillyfields is close enough for sea air to matter. Near the sea, the fan and discharge at the top of a kitchen extract corrode faster than they would inland. The Food Standards Agency lists about 18 bars, pubs and nightclubs as registered food businesses within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Hillyfields. Wherever they cook, the canopy, duct and fan collect grease just as a restaurant’s do. Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service covers Hillyfields. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises.
If you run catering at a historic house or estate in the area (Southampton Tudor House and Garden is about 3.7 miles south-east), event kitchens in older buildings often have awkward duct runs that need planning. Term dates shape school work: for a school like Holy Family Catholic Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
Hillyfields is about 2 miles north-west of Regents Park, in Southampton. Hillyfields 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. We cover 40 places across Southampton, large and small.
We cover every part of the SO16 postcode area for kitchen extract cleaning and the roads nearby. That includes premises on Maplin Road, Colne Avenue and Hayburn Road and the roads around them. Main roads around Hillyfields include the M271, so getting to you is simple for kitchen extract cleaning. Close by, we work in Nursling (1 mile north), Maybush (1 mile south-east), Upton (1 mile north), Rownhams (1 mile north-east) and Coxford (1 mile east). Further out, we also cover Southampton (3 miles east), Townhill Park (5 miles east), Midanbury (5 miles east), Thornhill (6 miles east), Chartwell Green (5 miles east) and Harefield (6 miles east).
Around Hillyfields
Around Hillyfields, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Oasis Academy Lord's Hill, St James' Park and Millbrook Community School, among other places. Hillyfields’s nearest station is Redbridge station, about 1.1 miles south of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Marlands Shopping Centre (3.4 miles south-east) and Eling Experience (1.4 miles south-west). Open spaces near Hillyfields include Testwood Lakes.