Hertfordshire · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen Extract Cleaning in Leverstock Green
TR19 grease cleaning of complete kitchen extract systems, from canopy to discharge for commercial sites in Leverstock Green and across Hertfordshire. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and fully insured.
- Missing paperwork after a change of operator
- Stale cooking odours from the system
- An extract that no longer clears the smoke
Leverstock Green: your questions answered
Will you come out to Leverstock Green?
Yes, we work in villages as well as towns, and Leverstock Green is covered. The journey is planned ahead, so a few details about the route help.
Which fire service covers Leverstock Green?
That is Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service. TR19® is not law, but it’s the benchmark many fire officers and insurers look to when they ask how often the extract is cleaned.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
Any site with a kitchen or a ventilation system to look after, from a small pub to a hospital. Hotels, schools, care homes, offices, shops and leisure sites are all part of our work.
Can you set up regular visits?
Yes. We run scheduled maintenance contracts, set at the interval the system needs. Each report recommends when the next visit should be.
What paperwork comes with a kitchen extract clean?
Yes, a TR19 certificate, along with a photo report. The report lists what was cleaned, anything we couldn’t reach and when the next clean is due.
Does the law say I must clean to TR19?
No law names TR19 directly, 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.
Can one contract cover all our sites?
Yes. Our area covers London and the South East, so we can schedule a run of sites on one programme. Every site has its own report.
How often does a kitchen extract system need cleaning?
Under BESA guidance, the minimum depends on how long you cook each day: every 3 months for 12 to 16 hours, 6 months for 6 to 12 hours and 12 months for 2 to 6 hours. Measured grease levels set the real interval.
Commercial kitchen extraction cleaning in Leverstock Green
The ducts are where most of the grease hides. Access panels let us into the duct runs and risers, removing thick grease by hand, then using degreasers, hot water or steam to suit the deposit. Any section we cannot reach is recorded on the report and extra access panels can be added. If you’re dealing with rancid smells from grease in the duct and fat running down the canopy edge, we can help. If you need a kitchen extract clean in Leverstock Green, you get one team and one number for every site.
A clean in Leverstock Green covers the canopy, plenum, filters, ductwork, risers and fan, and the discharge where it can be reached.
In a smaller place like Leverstock Green, many kitchens sit in older buildings or later extensions, with the duct running through a roof space or up an outside wall. Flat runs collect grease and need proper access to clean.
Our accreditations include CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured. On top of that, we’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, trading since 2009.
- Location
- Leverstock Green (HP2, HP3)
- Wider area
- Hertfordshire
- Reporting
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
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What staff can safely do
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: 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.
Looking after it afterwards
Here’s the after-treatment advice, short and simple:
- Keep grease collection points emptied
- Flag any change in how the extract sounds or works
- File each certificate with the fire risk assessment
- Clean grease off the canopy surfaces regularly
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.
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.
Honest limits
We’ll always give you a straight diagnosis, so here’s what this work can’t put right:
- A fan motor or bearings that have failed (that needs a fan repair or replacement)
- Blocked drains from a neglected grease trap (a separate service)
- A damper that sticks or has a damaged link
Not sure which it is? You can phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us and we will tell you honestly.
What we work on in Leverstock Green
- Vertical risers
- Horizontal duct runs
- Canopies and hoods
- Extract fans
- Plenums and filters
- Discharge points
How the job changes from site to site
Restaurant and pub kitchens
Losing a service is not 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.
Canopy and plenum
Grease meets the system first at the canopy and the plenum behind the filters. We clean both inside and out, with the filter housing cleaned too.
How it works
At the end of the visit, someone from your team can look over the work with us. We point out anything that couldn’t be reached or needs a follow-up, and the same goes into the written report. The visit takes as long as the system needs, from a few hours to several planned visits. For a site near Leverstock Green, the work is booked around your opening hours, evenings and weekends included.
- We survey the system first, from your pictures and details or on a site visit.
- Grease readings are taken at set points and you get a fixed quote.
- 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.
Preparing for the visit
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
How to get a quote
To help us quote: the address, the type of site and when it’s open, a few photos and any previous report or certificate. Once you have those, call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.
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For landlords and multi-site operators
The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
We work for landlords, managing agents and facilities managers as well as the people running the site. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we can quote for the whole system.
Fixed quotes for kitchen extract cleaning in Leverstock Green
The survey tells us what the work involves. The main factors are:
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
- Any permits to work or inductions
- How many systems or sites are involved
- The size of the system
What you pay depends on how big the system is, the condition it’s in and access to every part of it. We give you a fixed price before we start, so you know where you stand.
What we need to know
Photos let us diagnose from a distance. The most useful are:
- The postcode and the type of business
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
To get a fixed quote, call 0345 646 2711, or email photos and tell us the type of site, your opening hours and roughly what the system looks like. A few pictures and your last certificate or report help a lot. We typically come back within one working day.
Kitchen extract cleaning around Leverstock Green
There are about 50 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 24 takeaways and sandwich shops within about 1.5 miles of central Leverstock Green, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Those that fry, grill or roast under a canopy need their extracts cleaned at intervals set by how long they cook. The fire and rescue service for Leverstock Green is Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises. Food hygiene inspections in Leverstock Green are the job of Dacorum council’s environmental health team. 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.
Term dates shape school work: for a school like Leverstock Green Church of England Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break. Healthcare kitchens can’t easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Leverstock Green is Hemel Hempstead Hospital, about 1.6 miles west. Church and community hall kitchens, near Church of Holy Trinity or anywhere around Leverstock Green, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other.
Leverstock Green is about 1 mile east of Hemel Hempstead, in Hertfordshire. Across the HP2 area, we can carry out kitchen extract cleaning at your premises. Our Hertfordshire coverage runs to 381 places, Leverstock Green among them. London is in our area too, around 23 miles away.
Here we cover the HP2 and HP3 postcode area for kitchen extract cleaning. We cover sites on Caro Lane, Field Road and Tewin Road and nearby roads. Neighbouring places we cover for kitchen extract cleaning include Westwick Row (1 mile east), Bennetts End (1 mile south-west), Adeyfield (1 mile north-west), Hemel Hempstead (1 mile west) and Highfield (1 mile north-west). Larger places within reach include Watford (6 miles south), Stevenage (15 miles north-east), St Albans (4 miles east), Welwyn Garden City (11 miles east), Harpenden (6 miles north-east) and Hitchin (15 miles north-east).
What’s near Leverstock Green
Typical jobs here are in premises near Longdean School and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Apsley station, roughly 1.8 miles south-west of the centre. Nearby you will also find Hypocaust Museum (3.3 miles east) and Village Arcade St Albans (4 miles east). The countryside around Leverstock Green includes Long Deans and Verulamium Lake.