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TR19 kitchen extract cleaning in Hither Green
TR19 grease cleaning of complete kitchen extract systems, from canopy to discharge for commercial sites in Hither Green and across Greater London. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and fully insured.
- A kitchen with no current TR19 certificate
- An extract that no longer clears the smoke
- Years of baked-on grease in the ducts
Kitchen duct cleaning in Hither Green
Across Hither Green, we clean kitchen extract systems to BESA TR19® Grease. The job starts with a survey and grease readings, then works through canopy, plenum, filters, ductwork, fan and discharge. At the finish there’s a TR19 certificate and a before and after photo report. Common call-outs are for a kitchen with no current TR19 certificate and a TR19 certificate needed for the insurer, across extract fans, vertical risers and canopies and hoods. Need a TR19 duct cleaning contractor for Hither Green? Duct Doctor has covered London and the South East since 2009, as a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member.
BESA sets minimum intervals by hours of cooking a day: 3-monthly for heavy use, 6-monthly for moderate use and yearly for light use, adjusted by what the grease readings show.
London kitchens are often tucked into basements or the back of a building, and the duct may run up through several floors before it discharges at the roof. In Hither Green, as elsewhere in the capital, a long duct run means more access points to open and more grease to remove.
It’s worth checking any contractor’s accreditations. We’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured.
- Location
- Hither Green (SE13, SE12, SE6)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Reporting
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Between visits
Simple habits between visits make a real difference. We recommend:
- Switch the fan on before cooking starts
- Flag any change in how the extract sounds or works
- Clean the grease filters regularly between TR19 cleans
- Book the next clean before the date on the report
The kitchen is left clean and ready for the next service. Waste grease and water are contained and removed, and equipment can be switched back on once we’ve gone.
Tell whoever looks after the system when something changes. Drips, odours and fan noise often mean grease is building, and a grease thickness test can confirm it.
What the work involves, part by part
Schools, hospitals and care homes
Even a kitchen that cooks only a few hours a day needs cleaning at least every 12 months under BESA guidance. School holidays are an easy time to do it.
Ductwork and risers
Vertical risers carry the air up through the building, and grease often collects at the bottom of them. They’re cleaned through access points along their height.
What kitchen extract cleaning cannot fix
We’d rather tell you now than book work that won’t help, so these are the things it won’t cover:
- Fat blocking the kitchen drains
- A fan motor or bearings that have failed (that needs a fan repair or replacement)
- A canopy that’s too small or a system that was badly designed
If you are not sure, just give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we will give you a straight answer.
What we work on in Hither Green
- Extract fans
- Horizontal duct runs
- Plenums and filters
- Discharge points
- Canopies and hoods
- Vertical risers
Hither Green kitchens: local notes
Food Standards Agency records include about 37 pubs and bars and about 5 hotels and guest houses in Hither Green and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Any of them serving cooked food has an extract to keep clean, from canopy to discharge. Night work suits London kitchens, and roads and loading bays tend to be quieter too. Hither Green is covered by London Fire Brigade. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel.
Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; University Hospital Lewisham is the nearest hospital to Hither Green, about 0.7 miles west. If you run a café or takeaway near Hither Green station, early starts and late finishes leave little time to clean, so overnight extract cleaning suits.
Hither Green is about 2 miles south-east of New Cross, in Greater London. If you need kitchen extract cleaning in Hither Green, it’s easy to get a fixed quote: please call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line. Our area covers London and the South East, including Hither Green. Hither Green is one of 764 places in Greater London we cover for kitchen extract cleaning.
We cover every part of the SE13, SE12 and SE6 postcode area for kitchen extract cleaning and the roads nearby. We cover sites on Old Road, Manor Lane and Pascoe Road and the roads around them. If your site is just outside Hither Green, we cover Lee (1 mile east), Ladywell (1 mile west), Lewisham (1 mile north-west), Catford (1 mile south-west) and Horn Park (1 mile east). Larger places within reach include London (5 miles north-west), City of Westminster (8 miles north-west), Marylebone (8 miles north-west), Kensington (9 miles west), St Pancras (7 miles north-west) and Shoreditch (6 miles north-west).
What’s near Hither Green
In Hither Green, that means kitchens and buildings near International Academy of Greenwich, The Edmund Halley pub and Manor House Gardens, among other places. There’s a railway station in Hither Green itself: Hither Green station. Other landmarks nearby include Lewisham Shopping Centre (0.9 miles north-west) and University Hospital Lewisham (0.7 miles west). Not far away are Brookmill Road Local Nature Reserve and Summer Hill.
For landlords and multi-site operators
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare across Greater London. Larger estates can be phased building by building to keep disruption down.
We regularly work with managing agents. Tell us the site, the work and the access arrangements and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
FAQs for Hither Green
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Hither Green?
Food hygiene inspections in Hither Green are carried out by Lewisham council. Have your latest TR19® certificate and photo report to hand, as an officer may ask how the extract is maintained.
Can school kitchens in Hither Green be cleaned in the holidays?
Yes, and it’s the easiest time to do it. There are about 38 schools, colleges and universities on the FSA’s food hygiene register within about 1.5 miles of Hither Green. Just call 0345 646 2711, or email photos with your term dates and we’ll plan around them.
What do you do to protect the area?
By covering it before any work starts. The work is kept contained and leave the area clean.
What should I send you?
Just the basics: where it is, what kind of site, when it’s open and the access. Photos and any previous paperwork make it quicker. After that, simply call 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes. Regular plans can run on 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycles, to suit the system and how it’s used.
What paperwork comes with a kitchen extract 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.
What happens to the waste?
It’s contained and taken away. We collect grease, debris and waste water as we go, so it does not spread.
Do you offer emergency callouts?
Yes, any time. For anything urgent, such as a fan failure or damage after a fire, ring the 24/7 line, and we will advise on what to do next.
How it works
The first job on site is protection: floors, worktops and anything near the work are covered. Then we make the system safe and start. It takes one visit for most kitchens, while large or complex systems may need more than one, and we clear up before we go. Expect the work in Hither Green to happen after your last customer leaves, not during trading.
- We survey the system first, from your photos and details or on a site visit.
- 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.
- We clean the canopy, plenum, filters, ducts, risers, fan and discharge.
- Readings and photos are taken again, and you receive a TR19 certificate and photo report.
Getting ready for the visit
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
Ask for a quote
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 many jobs can be priced from that alone.
Related advice
Do you need kitchen extract cleaning in Hither Green?
Cooking fat leaves the pan as a fine vapour. Once it cools inside the ductwork, it condenses onto every surface it touches, and the layer grows a little with every meal cooked. The grease filters stop some, never all of it.
Most sites get in touch when they notice something like this:
- Extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit
- An extract that has never been cleaned to TR19
- Years of baked-on grease in the ducts
- Grease dripping from the canopy or filters
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Church of St Swithun, or anywhere in Hither Green, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Questions to ask before you book
- What hours they’ll be on site
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- When the next visit should be, and why
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
What staff can safely do
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
Keep a record of what your team does. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, alongside our reports.