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Kitchen Extract Cleaning in Leatherhead
Need kitchen extract cleaning in Leatherhead? We diagnose first, fix the price and book the work around your hours, then sign off with a report and photos.
- Stale cooking odours from the system
- Years of baked-on grease in the ducts
- Extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit
Kitchen duct cleaning in Leatherhead
Across Leatherhead, 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. We are often asked to deal with an extract that no longer clears the smoke and a kitchen with no current TR19 certificate, across extract fans, canopies and hoods and horizontal duct runs. People looking for “duct cleaning near me” in Leatherhead usually mean the kitchen extract, and that is exactly what we do: canopy to fan, to TR19® Grease.
Access decides how thorough a clean can be. Sections without access panels are recorded on the report, and new panels can be fitted so they’re cleaned next time.
Around a town like Leatherhead, extract cleaning normally means a restaurant, pub, takeaway or the kitchen of a school or care home. Each has a canopy, filters, ductwork and a fan to keep clear of grease.
Accreditations are easy to claim and worth checking. Ours are BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, plus CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured.
- Place
- Leatherhead (KT22)
- Wider area
- Surrey
- Paperwork
- Certificate and photo report
- Price
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- Working hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
How the visit works
When we arrive, we check the system against the survey or the photos you sent. Anything unexpected is raised with you before we go further. From there, it takes one visit for most kitchens, while large or complex systems may need more than one. In Leatherhead, the visit is planned around your opening hours, parking and access to the system.
- We start with a survey, so we know every part of the system before we quote.
- We measure the grease at set points along the system, then give you a fixed price.
- With the kitchen closed and equipment off and cool, the area is sheeted.
- Canopy, plenum, filters, duct runs, risers, fan and discharge are all cleaned to TR19® Grease.
- Readings and photos are taken again, and you receive a TR19 certificate and photo report.
How to prepare
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
Get a fixed quote
Photos are enough for some jobs, while others need a look on site. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in pictures, get a survey first. Either way, you get a fixed price before any work starts.
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Leatherhead questions
Which council inspects kitchens in Leatherhead?
That is Mole Valley council, whose environmental health officers carry out food hygiene inspections in Leatherhead. It helps to keep the extract cleaning records with your food safety paperwork, so they’re ready if asked for.
Can you work in Leatherhead outside opening hours?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. The work in Leatherhead can fit around your hours. Let us know the hours you are closed and we will book within them.
Is a quote from photos possible?
Yes, where the photos show enough. Otherwise, we book a survey at a time that suits the site, and the quote follows that.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
Commercial premises of every kind: from restaurants, pubs and hotels to schools, hospitals, care homes, offices, shops and food production sites. Work is timed around how each site runs.
Is Leatherhead in your area?
Yes. Our area takes in London and the counties of South East England, and that includes Leatherhead.
What does a TR19 kitchen extract clean include?
Every part the air passes through, as far as access allows. Where there are not enough access panels to reach a section, it’s recorded, and we can fit new ones.
What do I get after the 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.
Do I have to clean my extract to TR19 by law?
The legal duty sits in the Fire Safety Order 2005 rather than in TR19 itself. In practice, TR19 is how kitchens show they’re managing grease, and an insurer may refuse or reduce a claim without it.
Kitchen extract cleaning in Leatherhead: the local picture
The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 53 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 19 sandwich bars and takeaways in Leatherhead and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Wherever food is cooked under a canopy, the extract above it gathers grease and needs cleaning on a schedule. Fire safety in Leatherhead falls to Surrey Fire and Rescue Service. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk. Food hygiene inspections in Leatherhead are the job of Mole Valley council’s environmental health team. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked.
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Church of Our Lady and St Peter or elsewhere in Leatherhead, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often. A kitchen near Leatherhead station that serves breakfast and dinner can run its extract twelve hours or more, which shortens the cleaning interval.
Leatherhead is about 4 miles south-west of Epsom, in Surrey. Whether your site is in the middle of Leatherhead or further out, we cover kitchen extract cleaning for every kind of premises, from small sites to large estates. Leatherhead is one of 395 places in Surrey we cover for kitchen extract cleaning. There’s also a page for Guildford, about 11 miles away.
Our technicians cover all of the KT22 postcode area for kitchen extract cleaning and the streets around it. You will find streets such as High Street, Church Road and Station Road, and we cover them all for kitchen extract cleaning. Main roads around Leatherhead include the A24 and A245, so getting to you is simple for kitchen extract cleaning. We also cover the places around Leatherhead: Fetcham (1 mile west), Mickleham (2 miles south), Great Bookham (2 miles south-west), Westhumble (3 miles south) and Little Bookham (3 miles south-west). Larger places within reach include Guildford (11 miles west), Woking (11 miles west), Epsom (4 miles north-east), Horley (11 miles south-east), Redhill (8 miles south-east) and Ewell (5 miles north-east).
What’s near Leatherhead
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to St Andrew's Catholic School, St Andrew's Catholic School and Duke's Head Public House, among other places. There’s a railway station in Leatherhead itself: Leatherhead station. A little further out are Walton on the Hill (3.5 miles east) and Headley Court (2.2 miles east). For a walk, there’s Claremont Lake and Jubilee Wood.
What affects the quote in Leatherhead
A fixed price needs a few facts first. We look at:
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
- How big the system is
- Where the site is and how we reach it
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
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’ll explain each part.
Helping us quote
A few details help us quote accurately. With your enquiry, please include:
- The postcode and the type of business
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
For kitchen extract cleaning in Leatherhead, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form. Let us know the site type and the opening hours, and send pictures or your last report if you can. We usually send a fixed quote within one working day.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
In-house cleaning and specialist cleaning do different jobs. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
When your team notices a problem between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that will not come clean, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We can diagnose it and quote.
Signs you need kitchen extract cleaning in Leatherhead
How fast grease builds up depends mostly on how long the kitchen cooks each day. BESA guidance sets minimum cleaning intervals of every 3 months for 12 to 16 hours a day, 6 months for 6 to 12 hours, and 12 months for 2 to 6 hours. They are minimums: measured grease levels set the real interval.
The symptoms we’re asked about most are:
- A smoky, hot kitchen with weak extraction
- Fat running down the canopy edge
- Proof of cleaning requested by an insurer
- A kitchen with no current TR19 certificate
Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as Headley Court (about 2.2 miles east), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands.
Comparing quotes
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- What insurance they carry
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- Proof of accreditation you can verify
Looking after it afterwards
Aftercare is simple, and it makes the next visit easier:
- Keep grease collection points emptied
- Report grease drips, smells or fan noise right away
- File each certificate with the fire risk assessment
- Keep the extract on whenever the range is lit
Every clean ends with a photo report. It shows the system before and after, part by part, alongside a list of what was cleaned, anything out of reach and the recommended next clean date.
Stick to the cleaning interval on the certificate. If the kitchen starts cooking longer hours, the interval should be looked at again, and grease readings will show it.
How the job changes from site to site
Extract fan and discharge
Grease that reaches the fan coats the blades and the housing. We isolate it, open it up and degrease it.
Ductwork and risers
Risers take the extract up through floors to roof level, and grease often collects at the bottom of them. Access panels along the riser let us clean it in sections.
What happens if it’s left?
There’s no law that names TR19, but the Fire Safety Order 2005 still applies. It puts a duty on the responsible person to 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. Dealt with now, it’s a planned visit around your hours rather than a callout when the site needs to be open.
The price reflects the work, not guesswork. That is why we survey first, from pictures or on site, and the price is agreed before any work starts.
Why us?
- Full insurance on every job
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
- We diagnose before we treat
- Photo reports with every job