Buckinghamshire · Kitchen extract cleaning

Kitchen extract cleaning in Little Marlow, Buckinghamshire

Specialist kitchen extract cleaning for Little Marlow: a survey, a fixed price, careful work and proper paperwork. Ask us for a fixed quote.

  • A kitchen taken over without any extract records
  • Cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey
  • An overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer

Kitchen extract cleaning across Little Marlow

Kitchen duct cleaning in Little Marlow

The canopy over the range is only the start of a kitchen extract system. Beyond the filters run the plenum, the ducts and risers, the fan and the point where air leaves the building, and grease settles in every one of them. Our clean follows the air from canopy to discharge, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. If you are dealing with an inspection that picked up a dirty extract and ductwork thick with old, hardened grease, we can put it right. Some call it canopy cleaning, others extract cleaning or duct cleaning, but in Little Marlow, as everywhere, the insurer wants the full system cleaned, not just the hood.

BESA sets minimum intervals by hours of cooking a day: every 3 months for 12–16 hours, every 6 months for 6–12 hours and every 12 months for 2–6 hours, adjusted by what the grease readings show.

In a village or hamlet like Little Marlow, the kitchens that need extract cleaning are usually a pub, a school, a care home or a hall kitchen, wherever there is one. Each still has a canopy and duct that collect grease.

The report is your system’s health record: dated, with photos, and showing what was done. For TR19® Grease cleans, the certificate comes through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal, ready for your insurer.

Extract duct interior shown dirty and then cleaned back to bare metal
Place
Little Marlow (SL7)
Wider area
Buckinghamshire
Reporting
TR19® certificate and photo report
Price
Fixed quote, usually within a working day
Working hours
After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
Phone
0345 646 2711
Checked
30 October 2026

Different parts, different methods

Grease filters

Between TR19 cleans, filters still need regular cleaning and we offer a filter exchange service for that. Keeping them clean helps the rest of the system stay cleaner.

Restaurant and pub kitchens

Restaurants and pubs tend to cook long hours with plenty of frying and grilling, which can put them in BESA’s 3 or 6-monthly bands. We clean after close or before opening.

How the visit works

We work around your opening hours, not the other way round. We book the visit for a time the area is closed, whether that’s an evening, overnight or a weekend. When the team arrives, the work area is protected and the relevant equipment is switched off to cool, and the job takes a few hours for a small kitchen, longer for a large system. Pictures of the system and its access let us plan the work in Little Marlow before we set off.

  1. You send pictures or we visit, and the system is surveyed from canopy to discharge.
  2. Grease thickness is measured and the price is fixed before work starts.
  3. The kitchen is closed, the equipment cooled and everything nearby protected.
  4. Filters, canopy and plenum are cleaned, then the ducts, risers, fan and discharge.
  5. Readings are repeated, pictures taken, and your TR19 certificate and photo report issued.

How to prepare

  • Find the previous report, if there is one
  • Move anything stored near the system
  • Let us know about permits to work or site inductions

Ask for a quote

For kitchen extract cleaning in Little Marlow, call us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos. Tell us what kind of premises it is and when it’s open, plus pictures or the previous report if they’re to hand. We usually send a fixed quote within one working day.

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Related advice

Little Marlow questions

Which fire service covers Little Marlow?

It’s Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service, which covers Little Marlow. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.

Who inspects food businesses in Little Marlow?

In Little Marlow, it’s Buckinghamshire council that carries out food hygiene inspections. Have your latest TR19® certificate and photo report to hand, as an officer may ask how the extract is maintained.

What does TR19 mean?

A BESA specification, with two parts that matter most here: TR19® Grease for kitchen extracts and TR19® Air for supply and extract systems. It is not law, but it’s the benchmark.

Does the law say I must clean to TR19?

TR19® is BESA’s specification, not legislation. The law is the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, which makes the responsible person assess and reduce fire risk, and cleaning to TR19 is the recognised way to show you’ve dealt with extract grease.

What if parts of the system can’t be reached?

They’re listed in the report, never skipped quietly. The report says which parts couldn’t be reached and why, and we can quote to improve the access.

What does a TR19 kitchen extract clean include?

All of it, from the canopy through to the discharge. Where there aren’t enough access panels to reach a section, it’s recorded, and we can fit new ones.

What happens to the waste?

It leaves the site with us when we go. While we work, it’s kept contained so the area stays clean.

When do you clean the extract?

We work around your hours. Overnight, weekend and between-service cleans are all possible and the kitchen is ready to cook when we leave.

What affects the cost of kitchen extract cleaning

The price is fixed before any work begins. It takes into account:

  • Travel, parking and unloading
  • How many systems or sites are involved
  • Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
  • Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids

Several systems or sites on one quote can make for a more efficient booking. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at, and you will get one fixed quote.

What to send for a quote

Before you ask for a quote, gather:

  • The site address and the type of premises
  • Problems your staff have spotted
  • Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
  • The times we could work without disrupting the site

Quoting starts with a diagnosis, either from photos and details you send or from a site visit. Then we send a fixed price, before we start.

What your team can do, and what needs us

If your staff spot something 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 will take a look and send you a fixed quote.

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, alongside our reports.

Leave it or put it right?

After a fire, one of the first questions is often when the extract was last cleaned. Many policies require cleaning to TR19, and an insurer can refuse or reduce a claim without proof. A current certificate is far easier to produce than an explanation. A fault that closes a site in a village like Little Marlow affects everyone who depends on it.

The price reflects the work, not guesswork. That is why every job is surveyed first, and why the quote is fixed before work begins.

Why Little Marlow businesses choose us

  • A written report with pictures after every visit
  • One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
  • Every job surveyed first
  • A fixed price before any work starts

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Multi-site and managed buildings

Keeping records across a portfolio is half the battle. Each visit produces a dated report with photos, ready to show insurers, fire officers or EHOs.

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 on a regular cycle.

Grease, kitchens and Little Marlow

According to Food Standards Agency records, there are about 15 bars, pubs and nightclubs and about 3 hotels, B&Bs and guest houses within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Little Marlow. Wherever they cook, the canopy, duct and fan collect grease just as a restaurant’s do. Kitchens in Little Marlow get their food hygiene inspections from Buckinghamshire council. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. Before-and-after photos from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. The fire and rescue service for Little Marlow is Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order.

If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Little Marlow (Cliveden is about 2.9 miles south-east), fitting access panels needs care. Church and community hall kitchens, near Church of St John the Baptist or anywhere around Little Marlow, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other. Healthcare kitchens cannot easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Little Marlow is Marlow Community Hospital, about 1.5 miles south-west.

Little Marlow is about 2 miles north-east of Marlow, in Buckinghamshire. Little Marlow gets the same approach as every site we work on: a survey first, a fixed quote, work timed around your hours and a report with pictures. We cover 263 places across Buckinghamshire, from busy centres to quieter spots. There’s also a page for Reading, roughly 14 miles from Little Marlow.

Every address in SL7 is covered for kitchen extract cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. If you need kitchen extract cleaning at premises on Church Road, Pound Lane and School Lane or anywhere close by, we can help. We also cover Fern (1 mile north-east), Coldmoorholme (1 mile east), Well End (1 mile east), Burroughs Grove (1 mile north-west) and Bourne End (1 mile east). Further out, we also cover High Wycombe (3 miles north), Chesham (10 miles north-east), Amersham (9 miles north-east), Beaconsfield (4 miles north-east), Chalfont St Peter (8 miles east) and Princes Risborough (10 miles north).

Near you in Little Marlow

In Little Marlow, that means kitchens and buildings near The Queen's Head pub and Great Marlow School and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Bourne End station, roughly 1.4 miles east of the centre. A little further out are High Wycombe Castle (3.3 miles north) and Eden (3.2 miles north). Not far away are Taplow Lake and Warren Nature Reserve.

Map of Little Marlow © OpenStreetMap contributors

Honest limits

Kitchen extract cleaning can’t fix everything, and we’d rather say so up front. It does not solve:

  • An undersized canopy or fan
  • A damper that sticks or has a damaged link
  • A broken extract fan that won’t run

Not sure which it is? You can ring 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we’ll tell you honestly before you book.

Where we work

  • Extract fans
  • Discharge points
  • Plenums and filters
  • Canopies and hoods
  • Vertical risers
  • Horizontal duct runs
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