Greater London · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in Holloway, Greater London
Kitchen extract cleaning in Holloway, surveyed first and signed off with a written report and photos. Call for a fixed quote.
- Grease smells coming from the extract
- A kitchen taken over without any extract records
- A system with no record of a TR19 clean
How we handle kitchen extract cleaning in Holloway
Cooking sends fat-laden vapour into the canopy with every service. It cools inside the duct and settles as a sticky film that thickens month by month. That film is fuel, and a proper clean removes it before it becomes a fire risk. If you have missing paperwork after a change of operator and stale cooking odours from the system, we can help. For TR19 kitchen extract cleaning in Holloway, one call covers the survey, the clean and the paperwork.
What can be cleaned depends on what can be reached. Sections without access panels are recorded on the report, and new panels can be fitted so they’re cleaned next time.
London kitchens are often tucked into basements or the back of a building, with extract ducts that can climb several floors to discharge at roof level. In Holloway, as elsewhere in the capital, a long duct run means more access points to open and more grease to remove.
We have been trading since 2009, as a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we carry full insurance.
- Place
- Holloway (N7, N19, N4)
- Region
- Greater London
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
How we price kitchen extract cleaning
We quote each job individually. This is what makes a difference:
- Travel, parking and unloading
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
- How many systems or sites are involved
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 give you a fixed price before any work starts.
What we need to know
To speed up the quote, please include:
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- Your last certificate, test record or report
If you need kitchen extract cleaning in Holloway, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us. Let us know the site type and the opening hours, plus photos or the previous report if they’re to hand. A fixed quote usually follows within one working day.
The process
Your staff do not need to do much on the day. Someone lets us in at the agreed time and shows us where everything is, and we take it from there. Before we leave, the area is tidied and the paperwork follows. Loading bays, visitor permits and roof access are the first things we ask about for a site in Holloway.
- We survey the system, from your pictures or on site, 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.
- Filters, canopy and plenum are cleaned, then the ducts, risers, fan and discharge.
- Readings are repeated, photos taken, and your TR19 certificate and photo report issued.
How to prepare
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
Ask for a quote
Some systems can be priced from photos; others need a survey. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
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Between visits
No system stays clean for ever, but care slows the build-up. Our tips:
- Wash or exchange the filters often
- Diarise the next clean as soon as you get the certificate
- Run the extract fan throughout cooking
- Report grease drips, smells or fan noise straight away
The certificate records when the clean was done, where and by whom. Keep it in the maintenance log with your fire risk assessment, so it’s to hand when an insurer, fire officer or EHO asks.
Keep the fan on throughout service. Cooking with the extract off lets grease and heat settle in the canopy, and the next clean has more to do.
Why deal with it now?
Leaving the clean until the next refit doesn’t make the grease go away. Over time, soft grease bakes into a harder, thicker crust, and that takes more work to shift. Staying on a regular cycle keeps each clean manageable. For a site in Holloway, fitting the work in overnight now is far easier than closing at short notice later.
You won’t find a price list here, because each job is priced on what it involves. For a fixed quote, call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line, and we will talk you through it.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Holloway
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
- Full insurance on every job
- A fixed price before any work starts
Read our cost guide or how to check a contractor.
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Holloway: your questions answered
Does London parking affect a job in Holloway?
Tell us where a van can stop near your site in Holloway, and about any building rules on loading. If the building has a loading slot system, we will book into it.
Do you work at weekends in Holloway?
Yes, evening, overnight and weekend work is normal for us. Your customers, staff or residents in Holloway needn’t be disturbed. Just call us on 0345 646 2711 or email us with your opening times and we will plan around them.
Do you cover Holloway?
Yes. We work across Greater London, Surrey, Kent, Sussex, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Hertfordshire and Essex, Holloway included.
Which sectors do you work in?
Any site with a kitchen or a ventilation system to look after, from a single café to a large school. Hotels, schools, care homes, offices, shops and leisure sites are all part of our work.
Can you come out in an emergency?
Yes. Our emergency line runs 24/7, for problems that can’t wait. Call us any time and explain what’s happened.
Which parts of the extract do you clean?
Everything from canopy to discharge: the canopy, the plenum behind the filters, the filters, horizontal ducts, vertical risers, the fan and the discharge, plus attenuators where fitted. Any part without access is noted.
What happens if you can’t reach some of it?
Anything we cannot reach goes on the report, with a note of where it is, and we tell you what would make it reachable, such as extra access panels in ductwork.
Does the law say I must clean to TR19?
TR19 is not written into law, but the responsible person still has a legal duty under the Fire Safety Order 2005. Insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to TR19 as the standard, and many policies require it.
What kitchen extract cleaning cannot fix
We’d rather tell you now than book work that won’t help, so here are the limits:
- A broken extract fan that won’t run
- Ductwork that is corroded, split or leaking (that is for a ductwork contractor)
- A damper that sticks or has a damaged link
If in doubt, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us and we’ll say what we think before booking.
Parts of the system we cover
- Vertical risers
- Plenums and filters
- Discharge points
- Extract fans
- Canopies and hoods
- Horizontal duct runs
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Staff cleaning does not replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Regular in-house cleaning slows the build-up, but the parts you can’t see still need a specialist at the right interval.
Keep a record of what your team does. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, next to our reports.
What kitchen extract cleaning looks like in Holloway
According to Food Standards Agency records, there are about 133 bars, pubs and nightclubs and about 19 hotels, B&Bs and guest houses within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Holloway. A pub or hotel kitchen that cooks every day builds up grease in its extract like any other. In Holloway, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Islington council. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked. Overnight is the normal time to clean a London kitchen extract, so trading isn’t affected.
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near St Joseph and St Padarn's Church, or anywhere in Holloway, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it. Bursars and site managers at schools such as Grafton Primary School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty. Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Royal Northern Hospital is the nearest hospital to Holloway, about less than half a mile north-west.
Holloway is about 2 miles north-west of Hoxton, in Greater London. Anywhere in N7, we cover kitchen extract cleaning for commercial sites. Holloway is one of 764 places in Greater London we cover for commercial clients.
We work across the N7, N19 and N4 postcode area for kitchen extract cleaning and the streets around it. That includes premises on Penn Road, Lough Road and Tabley Road and nearby roads. If your site is just outside Holloway, we cover Nag's Head (1 mile north), Lower Holloway (1 mile south), Tufnell Park (1 mile west), Upper Holloway (1 mile north-west) and Barnsbury (1 mile south). Further out, we also cover London (4 miles south), City of Westminster (3 miles south-west), Marylebone (3 miles south-west), Kensington (5 miles south-west), Shoreditch (3 miles south-east) and Walthamstow (5 miles north-east).
Around Holloway
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Vaughan Williams Memorial Library, Whittington Park and Beacon High and the streets around them. Nearby too are Musical Theatre Academy (0.8 miles south-east) and The Coronet pub (within half a mile south-east). The closest station to Holloway is Drayton Park station, roughly 0.6 miles south-east of the centre. A little further out are Brunswick Centre (2.3 miles south) and Montfichet's Tower (3.1 miles south). For a walk, there’s St. James's Park Lake and Dartmouth Park Hill.
Multi-site and managed buildings
Multi-site operators often want one contractor and one number. We work across London and the South East, so visits at different addresses can be planned together and kept to a regular schedule.
Whether it’s one building or many, the standard is the same: a survey first, a fixed quote, the work timed around the site and a report with photos.