Greater London · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in Kentish Town, Greater London
Kitchen extract cleaning for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Kentish Town. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and fully insured.
- A new tenancy or takeover with no cleaning history
- Grease dripping from the canopy or filters
- Proof of cleaning requested by an insurer
Leave it or put it right?
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. Choosing the date yourself beats having a fault choose it for you.
A single site or a whole portfolio, the quote is built the same way: the work involved, the access and the timing. The price is fixed before we start.
Why us?
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
- Every job surveyed first
- Fully insured
- Fixed quotes from a survey or pictures
Take a look at how cleaning jobs are priced and our accreditations and certificates.
How we handle kitchen extract cleaning in Kentish Town
Any kitchen we clean in Kentish Town gets exactly the same specification as everywhere else we work. We survey first and take grease readings, then clean the canopy, plenum, filters, ducts, fan and discharge. You get a TR19 certificate and a photo report at the end. If you have an extract that has never been cleaned to TR19 and rancid smells from grease in the duct, we can put it right. Kitchens in Kentish Town book us for TR19 cleaning for three reasons: the insurer asked, the EHO asked, or the canopy is dripping. Either way, the answer is the same: a proper clean and the paperwork to match.
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, and the duct may run up through several floors before it discharges at the roof. In Kentish Town, 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. Keep it with your fire safety records so it’s to hand when an insurer or inspector asks.
- Place
- Kentish Town (NW5, NW1, NW3)
- Region
- Greater London
- Reporting
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quotes
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
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What we are called out for in Kentish Town
Cooking fat leaves the pan as a fine vapour. As the air cools on its way through the duct, the fat condenses and sticks, and the layer grows a little with every meal cooked. Filters catch some of it, but never all.
These are the problems we see most often:
- A new tenancy or takeover with no cleaning history
- Rancid smells from grease in the duct
- A smoky, hot kitchen with weak extraction
- Grease drips onto cooking equipment
A kitchen near Kentish Town West station that serves breakfast and dinner can run its extract twelve hours or more, which shortens the cleaning interval.
Before you book anyone
- Whether the figure could change on the day
- What hours they’ll be on site
- How they set the interval to the next visit
- Proof of accreditation you can verify
When it’s something else
Some problems need a different service or another trade:
- Blocked drains from a neglected grease trap (a separate service)
- A broken extract fan that will not run
- Extraction that can’t cope with the cooking because of its design
If you’re not sure, just give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we will give you a straight answer.
Where we work
- Canopies and hoods
- Horizontal duct runs
- Vertical risers
- Extract fans
- Plenums and filters
- Discharge points
What happens on the day
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. Afterwards, the area is left tidy and the written report follows. Loading bays, visitor permits and roof access are the first things we ask about for a site in Kentish Town.
- First the diagnosis: a survey of the whole system and its access points.
- We record grease levels at set points, then fix the price.
- After the kitchen closes, we sheet the area and set up to contain grease and water.
- The treatment: heavy grease scraped out, then every part degreased to TR19® Grease.
- Then the clean bill of health: readings, a TR19 certificate and a photo report with the next date.
Preparing for the visit
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
Getting a quote
To get a fixed quote, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email 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. You will typically have a quote within one working day.
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What affects the cost of kitchen extract cleaning
The diagnosis comes before the price. We look at:
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- How many systems or sites are involved
- How easy every part is to reach
- The condition we find in the survey
Leaving it longer rarely makes the work cheaper. Build-up, wear and faults tend to get worse, not better, and a neglected system can mean more work. If you’re not sure what’s needed, ring 0345 646 2711 or email us and we’ll give you an honest view and a fixed quote.
What we need to know
Many jobs can be priced from pictures and some basics. Useful things to send:
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
- Wide pictures of the system and the area around it
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
Quotes are quick. Call or email with a few details and you will usually have a fixed price within one working day. Where a survey is needed, we arrange a time that suits the site.
Questions from Kentish Town
Which council inspects kitchens in Kentish Town?
Kitchens in Kentish Town are inspected by Camden council’s environmental health officers. How often a business is inspected depends on the risk rating the council gives it, so it’s worth staying ready all year.
How do you handle parking and loading in Kentish Town?
Parking and loading in London need planning, so tell us about bays, permits and building rules when you book. Working overnight, as we often do in London, typically makes it simpler.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
We work for restaurants, pubs, hotels, schools, colleges, hospitals, care homes, offices and shops, plus food production and leisure sites.
How often should a kitchen extract be cleaned?
That comes down mainly to daily cooking hours. 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.
When do you clean the extract?
When the kitchen is closed, at whatever time suits you. We need the equipment cool, and we leave the kitchen ready to cook.
What do I get after the clean?
A TR19 certificate and a photo report. Certificates are issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal, and the report shows before and after pictures, readings, any areas not reached and the next clean date.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes, always. We diagnose before we treat: the survey tells us what the system needs and how to reach it, and the quote is based on that.
How long will the clean take?
Allow a few hours for a small kitchen, longer for a large system. We will confirm the time when we quote.
Different parts, different methods
Grease filters
Baffle filters are cleaned as part of every TR19 clean, and put back so they seat correctly. Damaged ones are noted on the report.
Restaurant and pub kitchens
A pub or restaurant cannot afford to cancel a service for a clean. We work overnight and at weekends where that suits, and hand back a clean kitchen ready to cook.
What your team can do, and what needs us
Some jobs should never be done in-house: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings call for the right kit, training and safe access. That’s our job.
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, next to our reports.
Kentish Town kitchens: local notes
The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 756 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 337 sandwich bars and takeaways within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Kentish Town. Any of them cooking under a canopy is sending grease into its ductwork every service. London Fire Brigade covers Kentish Town. 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 London, kitchens are normally cleaned overnight, when the kitchen is closed and loading is easier.
Term dates shape school work: for a school like Holy Trinity and Saint Silas CofE Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break. Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Church of the Holy Trinity with St Barnabas, or anywhere in Kentish Town, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Kentish Town is about 2 miles east of Hampstead, in Greater London. Sites in Kentish Town get the same service as everywhere we cover: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where necessary and a written report with photos. Our area takes in 764 places across Greater London, large and small.
Postcode districts we cover here for kitchen extract cleaning: NW5, NW1 and NW3. If you need kitchen extract cleaning at premises on Eton Road, Oval Road and Regal Lane or a nearby road, our technicians can take on the work. We also cover Chalk Farm (1 mile west), Camden Town (1 mile south-east), Gospel Oak (1 mile north), Primrose Hill (1 mile south-west) and Agar Town (1 mile south-east). We also work in nearby towns such as London (4 miles south-east), Kensington (4 miles south-west), Shoreditch (3 miles south-east), Walthamstow (6 miles north-east), Hoxton (3 miles east) and Whitechapel (4 miles south-east).
Landmarks near Kentish Town
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Primrose Hill, Haverstock School and North Bridge House School and the streets around them. Nearby too are The Hawley Arms (under half a mile south) and Vaughan Williams Memorial Library (0.5 miles south). There’s a railway station in Kentish Town itself: Kentish Town West station. A little further out are O2 Centre (1.6 miles west) and Montfichet's Tower (2.9 miles south-east). Green spaces nearby include The Long Water and Primrose Hill.