Hertfordshire · Kitchen extract cleaning
Long Marston kitchen extract cleaning
For kitchen extract cleaning in Long Marston, one call is all it takes: survey, fixed quote, work and sign-off. Fully insured, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001.
- Stale cooking odours from the system
- Ductwork thick with old, hardened grease
- An extract that has never been cleaned to TR19
Long Marston kitchens: local notes
The FSA’s food hygiene register includes about 3 pubs and bars in and around Long Marston, up to about a mile and a half out. Where they serve hot food, their kitchen extracts need cleaning to TR19® like any restaurant’s. Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service covers Long Marston. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order. Food hygiene inspections in Long Marston are the job of Dacorum council’s environmental health team. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after.
A hospital like Tindal Centre, about 4.4 miles west, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day. Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Church of All Saints (Church of England), or anywhere in Long Marston, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Long Marston is about 5 miles east of Aylesbury, in Hertfordshire. Long Marston gets the same approach as every site we work on: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where necessary and a written report with photos. Across Hertfordshire, we cover 381 places, Long Marston among them. There’s also a page for Milton Keynes, about 14 miles away.
Postcode districts we cover here for kitchen extract cleaning: HP23. Streets in the area include Station Road, Chapel Lane and Bromley, all of which we cover for kitchen extract cleaning. Neighbouring places we cover for kitchen extract cleaning include Astrope (1 mile south), Puttenham (1 mile south-west), Buckland (2 miles south), Aston Clinton (2 miles south-west) and Wingrave (3 miles north-west). Larger places within reach include Hemel Hempstead (12 miles south-east), Harpenden (15 miles east), Berkhamsted (7 miles south-east), Tring (3 miles south-east), Chorleywood (15 miles south-east) and Grovehill (11 miles south-east).
Landmarks near Long Marston
The closest station to Long Marston is Cheddington station, roughly 2.4 miles north-east of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Tindal Centre (4.4 miles west) and Pitstone Green Museum (2.6 miles east). The countryside around Long Marston includes Ivinghoe Beacon and College Lake nature reserve.
Kitchen extract cleaning in Long Marston
A kitchen extract system is far more than the canopy you can see. Beyond the filters run the plenum, the ducts and risers, the fan and the point where air leaves the building, and each part collects grease. A TR19® Grease clean deals with the whole route, not only the parts on show. The work covers horizontal duct runs, plenums and filters and extract fans, and common reasons people get in touch are a kitchen taken over without any extract records and an inspection that picked up a dirty extract. Whether you call it kitchen extract cleaning, TR19 cleaning or kitchen duct cleaning, in Long Marston it means the same thing to us: the whole system, cleaned and certificated.
Grease that collects out of sight, behind the filters and along the duct, is what insurers and fire officers worry about, so that is where most of the work in Long Marston goes.
Work in a small place like Long Marston starts with a call to agree access and timings, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy, filters, duct, fan and discharge, with a certificate and photo report at the end.
Our accreditations include CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured. On top of that, we are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, trading since 2009.
- Location
- Long Marston (HP23)
- Region
- Hertfordshire
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed price before we start
- Working hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Different parts, different methods
Grease filters
We clean the grease filters as part of the job, and refitted so they sit properly in the housing. We will tell you if any need replacing.
Ductwork and risers
Grease builds up most where the duct turns. Those are among the points where we take readings before and after, so the report shows the difference.
Also in Long Marston
Multi-site and managed buildings
When the building owner and the occupier are different, it’s worth checking the lease for who maintains the systems. We can quote either party and send the paperwork to whoever needs it.
Running several sites is easier with one contractor. We cover South East England and London, so a run of sites can go into one programme and kept on a regular cycle.
How it works
A visit follows the same order every time: sheeting and protection first, make the system safe, do the work, tidy up and hand over the paperwork. On site, the work takes a single shift for most kitchens, with long duct runs and tall risers needing more time. A quick note on how to find the site and where to park makes a visit to Long Marston run smoothly.
- We start with a survey, so we know every part of the system before we quote.
- Grease readings are taken at set points and you get a fixed quote.
- Once the kitchen has closed and the equipment has cooled, we sheet and protect the area.
- We clean the canopy, plenum, filters, ducts, risers, fan and discharge.
- Readings and pictures are taken again, and you receive a TR19 certificate and photo report.
Preparing for the visit
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
- Let us know about parking and loading
How to get a quote
The quickest way to a quote is to send photos: the system from a couple of angles, plus any access panels or hatches. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.
Advice
Common problems we fix in Long Marston
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.
Any of these means the system needs a check-up:
- Grease smells coming from the extract
- An inspection that picked up a dirty extract
- Missing paperwork after a change of operator
- An extract that no longer clears the smoke
If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Long Marston (Ascott House is about 4.3 miles north), fitting access panels needs care.
What your quote should include
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- Whether the price is fixed
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
Common questions in Long Marston
Who inspects food businesses in Long Marston?
The local authority for Long Marston is Dacorum council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. Ratings are published by the Food Standards Agency, so a clean extract and good records are worth keeping up.
Will you come out to Long Marston?
Yes, we work in villages as well as towns, and Long Marston is covered. Photos of the system and directions to the site help us plan the visit.
When do you clean the extract?
Out of hours: evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends. The equipment is switched off and left to cool, and we hand the kitchen back ready for the next service.
Can you quote from pictures?
Often, yes. With good pictures, the site type and your last report, we can price many jobs. Where we can’t see enough, we arrange a survey.
Is TR19 a legal requirement?
TR19 isn’t written into law, but the Fire Safety Order 2005 does require the responsible person to manage fire risk. Insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to TR19 as the standard, and many policies require it.
How far ahead should we book?
The more notice, the better, especially for out-of-hours work. Quotes typically come back within one working day, and there’s a 24/7 line for emergencies.
What is TR19?
It’s BESA’s specification and the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to. It sets out inspection, cleaning and record keeping, and it takes a risk-based approach.
What do you need from me for a quote?
A short description and a few photos plus the address and your hours. We’ll ask for anything else we need.
Leave it or put it right?
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. With notice, the visit to Long Marston can be fitted around your bookings and events.
We do not list prices on the website, because each job is priced on what it involves. For a fixed quote, call 0345 646 2711, or email photos, and we will explain what it covers.
Why Long Marston businesses choose us
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
- Fixed quotes from a survey or pictures
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
- In business since 2009
What staff can safely do
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. What they cannot safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, which is where we come in.
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.
Between visits
Looking after the system between visits is straightforward, and it makes the next visit easier:
- Don’t let the canopy gutters overflow
- Keep the cleaning records where you can find them
- Make sure every filter is fitted before cooking
- Run the extract fan throughout cooking
A TR19 certificate notes the date, the location and the technician. File it with the fire risk assessment and the maintenance log so it’s ready when anyone asks to see it.
Run the extract whenever the kitchen is cooking. Cooking with the extract off lets grease and heat settle in the canopy, and the next clean has more to do.