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Kitchen extraction cleaning in Letchworth Garden City
Need kitchen extract cleaning in Letchworth Garden City? We diagnose first, fix the price and book the work around your hours, then sign off with a report and photos.
- Grease dripping from the canopy or filters
- Years of baked-on grease in the ducts
- An extract that has never been cleaned to TR19
Commercial kitchen extraction cleaning in Letchworth Garden City
We treat an extract system much as a doctor treats a patient: survey first, clean second, sign-off last. The sign-off is a TR19 certificate with a photo report, issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal. The work covers vertical risers, extract fans and horizontal duct runs, and people most often call us about rancid smells from grease in the duct and extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit. When a restaurant in Letchworth Garden City asks for duct cleaning, it’s nearly always the kitchen extract they mean, and that is our main job: canopy to fan, to TR19® Grease.
The fire risk in a kitchen extract sits in the parts nobody sees: the plenum, the duct and the fan, so that’s where most of the work in Letchworth Garden City goes.
In a town like Letchworth Garden City, most of the kitchen extracts we’re asked about belong to restaurants, cafés, pubs, takeaways and school or care home kitchens. Each has a canopy, filters, ductwork and a fan to keep clear of grease, and each is cleaned to the same TR19® standard.
For insurers and inspectors, the record counts. That is why every job is written up in a report with pictures, plus a TR19® certificate through the BESCA VHE portal where the work is a TR19® Grease clean.
- Place
- Letchworth Garden City (SG6, SG7)
- Region
- Hertfordshire
- Paperwork
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed price before we start
- Hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Aftercare tips
How long the results last depends on use and care. Here’s what we suggest:
- Keep the cleaning records where you can find them
- Never cook with filters missing or out of place
- Keep the baffle filters clean
- Diarise the next clean as soon as you get the certificate
When the clean is finished, grease readings are taken again at the same points, so you can see the difference in numbers as well as photos. A TR19 certificate follows, issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
Keep the outside of the canopy wiped and any grease cups emptied. It will not replace a TR19 clean, but it slows what reaches the duct.
What affects the cost of kitchen extract cleaning
There’s no set price list, because no two systems are the same. The quote depends on:
- How easy every part is to reach
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
- How big the system is
Putting the work off seldom saves money. Problems in a system tend to grow, which can make the next visit longer. If you are not sure what’s needed, call 0345 646 2711 or email us and we will give you an honest view and a fixed quote.
What we need to know
Before you ask for a quote, gather:
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
- A few general shots of the system
Quotes are quick. Send a few details and photos, and we normally reply with a fixed quote within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.
Leave it or put it right?
Any food business in Letchworth Garden City can expect visits from the council’s environmental health officers, and they look at the cleanliness of the premises and equipment, extraction included. Keeping the extract clean helps the whole kitchen pass muster. Each month of use adds to the build-up, so a site in Letchworth Garden City is better off booking it now.
One small site or a whole estate, we price it on the same basis: what needs doing, how we get to it and when. You will have a fixed price before we start.
Why Letchworth Garden City businesses choose us
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
- A fixed price before any work starts
- A written report with pictures after each visit
Letchworth Garden City questions
Do you work overnight in Letchworth Garden City?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. The site is handed back ready to open. Let us know the hours you’re closed and we will book within them.
Can a school canteen extract in Letchworth Garden City be done out of term time?
Yes, out-of-term visits are normal for schools. Around Letchworth Garden City, the Food Standards Agency lists about 15 schools and colleges with registered kitchens within a mile and a half or so. Tell us your holiday dates and we’ll book the visit for when the site is empty.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes, always. Diagnosis comes before treatment: the survey tells us what the system needs and how to reach it, and the quote is based on that.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
All kinds of commercial and public premises: from restaurants, pubs and hotels to schools, hospitals, care homes, offices, shops and food production sites. Work is timed around how each site runs.
Do insurers need proof of extract cleaning?
Extract grease is fuel for a kitchen fire, which is why many insurers require TR19 cleaning. Our certificate and photo report give you that evidence.
Does the law say I must clean to TR19?
Strictly, the legal duty comes from the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, not from TR19. TR19 is the industry benchmark for meeting that duty in a kitchen extract, and an insurer may refuse or reduce a claim without it.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. You deal with one contact for every site across London and the South East, and visits can be set on a regular cycle.
Where does the waste go?
Anything we remove is contained as we work and taken away with us, including grease, debris and dirty water. We don’t leave it behind.
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Letchworth Garden City kitchens: local notes
Food Standards Agency data counts about 54 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 26 sandwich bars and takeaways across Letchworth Garden City and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Each one that cooks under a canopy has an extract system that collects grease and needs regular cleaning. Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service covers Letchworth Garden City. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel. It’s North Hertfordshire council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Letchworth Garden City. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready.
If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Fairfield Hospital about 1.8 miles north-west, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen. Term dates shape school work: for a school like Pixmore Junior School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break. Church and community hall kitchens, near St Michael or anywhere around Letchworth Garden City, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other.
Letchworth Garden City is about 5 miles north-west of Stevenage, in Hertfordshire. From the centre of Letchworth Garden City to the outskirts, kitchen extract cleaning is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from small sites to large estates. Our Hertfordshire coverage runs to 381 places, and Letchworth Garden City is one of them. Milton Keynes is in our area too, around 23 miles away.
Work in SG6 and SG7 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. Kitchen extract cleaning is available to premises on Pix Road, Field Lane and Ridge Road and the roads around them. Being close to the A505, Letchworth Garden City is easy for our technicians to reach for kitchen extract cleaning. Neighbouring places we cover for kitchen extract cleaning include Letchworth (1 mile east), Willian (1 mile south), Norton (1 mile north-east), Walsworth (2 miles south-west) and Ickleford (2 miles west). Larger places within reach include Stevenage (5 miles south-east), Welwyn Garden City (13 miles south), Harpenden (12 miles south-west), Hitchin (3 miles south-west), Hatfield (15 miles south) and Hertford (14 miles south-east).
Around Letchworth Garden City
Typical jobs here are in premises near Norton School, Three Magnets pub and Church of St Paul, among other places. Letchworth Garden City has its own railway station: Letchworth Garden City station. Nearby you will also find Wymondley Castle (2.5 miles south) and Fairfield Hospital (1.8 miles north-west). Not far away are Purwell Ninesprings.
Honest limits
To be straight with you, some problems need a different fix:
- Extraction that cannot cope with the cooking because of its design
- Damaged duct sections that need replacing
- Fire dampers that will not close (that needs damper testing and remedials)
If in doubt, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us and we will say what we think before you book.
Parts of the system we cover
- Discharge points
- Plenums and filters
- Vertical risers
- Canopies and hoods
- Extract fans
- Horizontal duct runs
How it works
A visit follows the same order every time: sheeting and protection first, make the system safe, carry out the kitchen extract cleaning, tidy up and leave you the report. On site, the work takes a few hours for a small kitchen, longer for a large system. For a site in a town like Letchworth Garden City, tell us your opening hours, where we can park and how we reach the roof or plant.
- You send pictures or we visit, and the system is surveyed from 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.
- We re-test, photograph and send your certificate and photo report.
Before we arrive
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
Ask for a quote
To get a fixed quote, ring 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’ll typically have a quote within one working day.
Related advice
Part by part
Extract fan and discharge
The fan pulls the air through the whole system, and grease that gets past everything else ends up on its blades. It’s isolated, opened and cleaned as part of the TR19 clean.
Restaurant and pub kitchens
Losing a service isn’t an option for most restaurants and pubs. We work overnight and at weekends where that suits, and hand back a clean kitchen ready to cook.
For landlords and multi-site operators
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Each visit produces a dated report with photos, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.
Multi-site operators often want one contractor and one number. We cover South East England and London, so a run of sites can go into one programme and kept on a regular cycle.