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Kitchen extraction cleaning in Holborn
Our technicians work in Holborn on kitchen extract cleaning. Out-of-hours visits, a fixed quote and a written report with photos on every job.
- Grease smells coming from the extract
- A kitchen taken over without any extract records
- An overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer
Commercial kitchen extraction cleaning in Holborn
Few kitchens can stop cooking for a day so the extract can be cleaned. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends, or between services where the kitchen has a gap. Equipment is switched off and left to cool, the area is sheeted, and the kitchen is handed back ready to cook. Common call-outs are for missing paperwork after a change of operator and grease smells coming from the extract, across horizontal duct runs, extract fans and discharge points. Hood cleaning is where most enquiries from Holborn start: a clean that goes past the canopy into the duct and fan, backed by a certificate.
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.
Across London, many commercial kitchens are squeezed into basements and narrow back-of-house spaces, with extract ducts that can climb several floors to discharge at roof level. In Holborn, as elsewhere in the capital, a long duct run means more access points to open and more grease to remove.
Good records are part of the job. You get a written report with pictures after each visit, covering the work done, any areas we couldn’t access and a recommended next date. File it in your maintenance log so it’s ready for an insurer, fire officer or EHO.
- Where
- Holborn (WC1X, WC1N, EC1R)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Paperwork
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
What happens on the day
Each visit runs to the same pattern: sheeting and protection first, isolate whatever needs isolating, carry out the kitchen extract cleaning, tidy up and hand over the paperwork. On site, the work takes anything from a few hours to a full night, depending on the size of the system. Most London sites cannot stop for the day, so work in Holborn is normally done overnight, early in the morning or at weekends.
- You send pictures or we visit, and the system is surveyed from canopy to discharge.
- We take grease readings at set points and send 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.
- Readings are repeated, photos taken, and your TR19 certificate and photo report issued.
How to prepare
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Tell us where we can park and unload
Ask for a quote
Every quote begins with a look at the system, from your pictures and details or, where that isn’t enough, a survey on site. After that, you get a fixed price for the work so you know the cost before we start.
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Fixed quotes for kitchen extract cleaning in Holborn
Sites vary more than people expect. What affects the quote:
- The number of sites or systems
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- What state the system is in
- Parking and loading at the site
Whatever the type of site, the quote works the same way: the size of the job, access, condition and working hours. Ask for a fixed quote and we will go through it with you.
What we need to know
You do not need the technical terms. Just send:
- The postcode and the type of business
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
Need a price for kitchen extract cleaning? Please call us on 0345 646 2711 or email us and tell us about the site. We’ll talk you through the work and send you a fixed quote before anything is booked.
What your team can do, and what needs us
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, which is where we come in.
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.
What kitchen extract cleaning looks like in Holborn
Food Standards Agency records include about 515 pubs and bars and about 197 hotels and guest houses in and around Holborn, up to about a mile and a half out. Breakfasts, bar meals and functions all put grease into the extract wherever they’re cooked. In London, kitchens are usually cleaned overnight, when the kitchen is closed and loading is easier. It’s Camden council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Holborn. 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.
Church and community hall kitchens, near St Alban's Church or anywhere around Holborn, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other. If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as St Alban's Church of England Primary School or anywhere near Holborn, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean.
Holborn is about 2 miles north-west of London, in Greater London. Across the WC1X area, we cover kitchen extract cleaning for commercial sites. Across Greater London, we cover 764 places, Holborn among them.
Work in WC1X, WC1N and EC1R follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. If you need kitchen extract cleaning at premises on Shoe Lane, Drury Lane and New Square or a nearby road, our technicians can take on the work. Holborn is on the A4 and A40, which makes it straightforward for our technicians to reach for out-of-hours visits. Close by, we work in Farringdon (1 mile east), St Pancras (1 mile north-west), Clare Market (1 mile south), Smithfield (1 mile east) and Temple Bar (1 mile south). We also work in nearby towns such as Kensington (4 miles west), Walthamstow (6 miles north-east), Hampstead (4 miles north-west), Ruislip (13 miles west), Brompton (3 miles south-west) and Stockwell (4 miles south).
Local landmarks in Holborn
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to The Yorkshire Grey pub, British Library of Political and Economic Science and City Academy. Other local landmarks include Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School (0.9 miles north) and Lincoln's Inn Fields (less than half a mile south-west). There’s a railway station in Holborn itself: Farringdon station. Other landmarks nearby include Montfichet's Tower (0.7 miles south-east) and Brunswick Centre (0.5 miles north-west). Not far away are Barnsbury Wood and Ludgate Hill.
What a clean won’t put right
We’d rather tell you now than book work that will not help, so here are the limits:
- A fan motor or bearings that have failed (that needs a fan repair or replacement)
- Faulty fire dampers in the duct
- An undersized canopy or fan
Not sure which it is? You can phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we’ll tell you honestly.
Where we work
- Vertical risers
- Canopies and hoods
- Discharge points
- Extract fans
- Plenums and filters
- Horizontal duct runs
FAQs for Holborn
What do you need to know about parking in Holborn?
A loading bay, a visitor permit or off-street space near the site in Holborn makes the visit easier to plan. Much of our London work is done overnight, which helps.
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Holborn?
That is London Fire Brigade. TR19® isn’t law, but it’s the benchmark many fire officers and insurers look to when they ask how often the extract is cleaned.
Is Holborn in your area?
Yes. Our technicians work in Holborn, as part of our area across London and the South East.
Are you accredited for kitchen extract cleaning?
As a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, our work sits within an independently audited scheme. We hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 too, and we are fully insured.
How long will the clean take?
A small kitchen with a short duct can be done in a few hours, while long runs and tall risers take longer and may need more than one visit. Your quote says how long to expect.
What do you do with what you remove?
We contain it and take it with us. Grease, debris and waste water are collected as the work goes on rather than letting it spread.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes. Every job is surveyed first, either from photos and details you send or on a site visit. A fixed quote follows.
What information do you need?
A short description and a few photos plus the address and your hours. We’ll ask for anything else we need.
Why deal with it now?
Grease build-up causes everyday problems too. Filters block, airflow drops and the kitchen gets hotter and smokier and the fan strains to keep up. Smells, dripping grease and condensation often follow. Every month a London system goes without attention adds to what has to be done later.
The cost depends on how big the system is, the condition it’s in and access to every part of it. You get a fixed price before any work starts, so there are no surprises.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Holborn
- Fully insured
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
- Fixed quotes from a survey or pictures
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
See what affects the cost and our accreditations.
Part by part
Ductwork and risers
Vertical risers carry the air up through the building, and grease runs down their walls and pools at the base. They’re cleaned through access points along their height.
Grease filters
Gaps around filters let fat through to the duct. Each filter is checked as it goes back in, and flag any that don’t.
What we are called out for in Holborn
A kitchen in Holborn builds up grease in the same places as any other: long horizontal runs, bends, the base of risers and around the fan. The cooler the duct, the more grease drops out of the air.
Keep an eye out for any of the following:
- Extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit
- Missing paperwork after a change of operator
- Grease smells coming from the extract
- Fat running down the canopy edge
Healthcare kitchens cannot easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Holborn is Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine, about less than half a mile west.
What to look for in a quote
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or pictures
- Proof of insurance
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate