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Kitchen extraction cleaning in Moorhouse Bank
Looking for kitchen extract cleaning in Moorhouse Bank? We diagnose first, fix the price and book the work around your hours, then sign off with a report and photos.
- A kitchen with no current TR19 certificate
- Cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey
- Grease drips onto cooking equipment
What staff can safely do
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.
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, and that is where we come in.
Kitchen extract cleaning in Moorhouse Bank, done properly
Cooking sends fat-laden vapour into the canopy with every service. As it cools, it clings to the inside of the ductwork and keeps building. That film is fuel, and a proper clean removes it before it becomes a fire risk. The work covers horizontal duct runs, canopies and hoods and discharge points, and the jobs we see most are extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit and cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey. Kitchen extract cleaning, TR19 cleaning, extraction cleaning: whatever you call it, it’s the job we do every week across Greater London.
Before we clean, we look at where the grease is: grease readings at set points tell us where the heaviest deposits are, and the same readings after the clean show the result.
Kitchens in Moorhouse Bank, like many across London, can share a building with flats or offices, with the duct running up through shared risers. Grease in a duct like that is a fire risk to the whole building, not just the kitchen, which is why keeping it clean to TR19® matters.
Nothing is signed off by word of mouth: a dated report with pictures of the work, and for TR19® Grease cleans, a certificate issued through the BESCA VHE portal. Any parts we couldn’t reach are recorded on it too.
- Location
- Moorhouse Bank (TN16)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Common questions in Moorhouse Bank
Which council inspects kitchens in Moorhouse Bank?
That’s Sevenoaks council, whose environmental health officers carry out food hygiene inspections in Moorhouse Bank. An officer may look up into the canopy, so clean filters on the day and a recent certificate on file both help.
Do you work at weekends in Moorhouse Bank?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. That way a site in Moorhouse Bank does not have to lose a day’s trading. Let us know the hours you are closed and we’ll book within them.
Do you clean the whole extract system or just the canopy?
A TR19 Grease clean covers the full extract route, not just the canopy. That means canopy, plenum, filters, ducts, risers, fan and discharge, reached through access panels where necessary.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes. Regular plans can run on 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycles, depending on what the system needs.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes, day and night, every day of the year. Our office is open from 8am to 6pm on weekdays, and the emergency line covers the rest.
How do you protect the area?
Floors and surfaces near the work are sheeted before we start, and anything we remove is contained. Before we leave, we tidy up and clean down.
How often does a kitchen extract system need cleaning?
BESA guidance sets minimums by daily cooking hours: 3-monthly for heavy use, 6-monthly for moderate use and 12-monthly for light use. Grease readings can show a shorter interval is needed.
How long will the clean take?
Length of duct, grease levels and access all affect it. As a guide, it takes anything from a few hours to a full night, depending on the size of the system.
Leave it or put it right?
Grease build-up causes everyday problems too. Blocked filters and narrowed ducts slow the airflow, leaving the kitchen hot and smoky and the fan strains to keep up. Grease drips, smells and condensation are common next. Leaving it on a busy London site only adds to the work.
Whatever the type of site, the quote works the same way: how much there is, how we reach it, what state it’s in and when we can work. Call for a fixed quote and we will explain each part.
Why us?
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
- Fully insured
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
- A written report with photos after every visit
What kitchen extract cleaning looks like in Moorhouse Bank
According to Food Standards Agency records, there are about 8 bars, pubs and nightclubs in and around Moorhouse Bank, 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. Food hygiene inspections in Moorhouse Bank are the job of Sevenoaks council’s environmental health team. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector. Moorhouse Bank is covered by London Fire Brigade. Fire and rescue authorities enforce the Fire Safety Order in most non-domestic premises, and in a kitchen that fire risk includes the grease in the extract.
School kitchens, at schools like Oxted School for example, are usually cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost. Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Tandridge Priory is the nearest hospital to Moorhouse Bank, about 1 mile south-west. If you run catering at a historic house or estate in the area (Quebec House is about 1.3 miles east), event kitchens in older buildings often have awkward duct runs that need planning.
Moorhouse Bank is about 6 miles west of Sevenoaks, in Greater London. Sites in Moorhouse Bank get the same service as everywhere we cover: a survey first, a fixed quote, work timed around your hours and a report with pictures. Our Greater London coverage runs to 764 places, and Moorhouse Bank is one of them. We also work in London, about 18 miles from Moorhouse Bank.
Here we cover the TN16 postcode area for kitchen extract cleaning. Close by, we work in The Chart (1 mile south-west), Goodley Stock (1 mile south-east), Westerham (1 mile north-east), Pains-Hill (1 mile south-west) and Titsey (2 miles north-west). Larger places within reach include Orpington (9 miles north), New Cross (15 miles north), Thornton Heath (12 miles north-west), Croydon (10 miles north-west), East Dulwich (15 miles north) and Streatham (14 miles north-west).
Landmarks near Moorhouse Bank
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to The Wolfe Public House. Moorhouse Bank’s nearest station is Hurst Green station, about 2.2 miles south-west. Well-known places in the area include Tandridge Priory (1 mile south-west). Green spaces nearby include Betsom's Hill and Dryhill Nature Reserve.
When it’s something else
We’d rather tell you now than book work that will not help, so here are the limits:
- A canopy that’s too small or a system that was badly designed
- Fire dampers that won’t close (that needs damper testing and remedials)
- A duct that’s holed or coming apart
If in doubt, call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we’ll say what we think.
Parts of the system we cover
- Plenums and filters
- Canopies and hoods
- Horizontal duct runs
- Extract fans
- Discharge points
- Vertical risers
How the job changes from site to site
Restaurant and pub kitchens
Busy restaurant and pub kitchens often cook for long hours, frying and grilling, so their cleaning interval is often 3 or 6 months under BESA guidance. We clean after close or before opening.
Extract fan and discharge
Attenuators, where fitted, can soak up grease and need attention. We clean what can be reached and note anything that cannot.
Fixed quotes for kitchen extract cleaning in Moorhouse Bank
The quote reflects the site in front of us. We take into account:
- A single visit or a regular plan
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
- Whether several sites go on one quote
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
One small site or a whole estate, we price it on the same basis: the work involved, the access and the timing. You will have a fixed price before work begins.
What we need to know
When you contact us, it’s useful to have:
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
Every quote begins with a look at the system, from your pictures and details or, where that is not enough, a survey on site. Then we send a fixed price, before any work starts.
Keeping the system healthy
To keep the system working properly between visits:
- Keep the baffle filters clean
- Tell us when the extract starts to drip or smell
- Clean grease off the canopy surfaces regularly
- Make sure every filter is fitted before cooking
Any section without access is marked on the report. A TR19 report should record what wasn’t cleaned as well as what was, and new access panels can be fitted so the next clean covers it.
Tell whoever looks after the system when something changes. Grease dripping from the canopy, a burning smell or a fan that sounds rough are all signs of build-up, and a grease thickness test can confirm it.
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What we do, step by step
On the day, we arrive at the time agreed with you, which is often after service, overnight or at a weekend. Anything that needs to be off for the work is switched off and left to cool before any work starts, and the area around the work is covered and protected. The work itself takes a few hours for a small kitchen, longer for a large system. Before any visit in Moorhouse Bank, we agree where the van can stop and how equipment reaches the system.
- You send photos or we visit, and the system is surveyed from canopy to discharge.
- Grease thickness is measured and the price is fixed before work starts.
- 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.
How to prepare
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
Ask for a quote
Here’s what helps us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, pictures of the system and any previous report or certificate. Once you have those, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.