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Kitchen Extract Cleaning in Mortlake
Kitchen extract cleaning for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Mortlake. BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease.
- Extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit
- A smoky, hot kitchen with weak extraction
- Years of baked-on grease in the ducts
Grease, kitchens and Mortlake
Food Standards Agency records list about 139 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 18 takeaways within about 1.5 miles of central Mortlake. Those that fry, grill or roast under a canopy need their extracts cleaned at intervals set by how long they cook. Environmental health officers from Richmond-Upon-Thames council inspect food businesses in Mortlake. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector. Overnight is the normal time to clean a London kitchen extract, so trading isn’t affected.
Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Barnes Hospital is the nearest hospital to Mortlake, about less than half a mile east. Commuter trade near Mortlake station can mean long cooking hours, and long hours put a kitchen into BESA’s more frequent cleaning bands.
Mortlake is about 3 miles west of Fulham, in Greater London. For kitchen extract cleaning in and around Mortlake, it’s easy to get a fixed quote: please phone us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos. Our area covers London and the South East, Mortlake included. We cover 764 places across Greater London, large and small. There’s also a page for London, roughly 8 miles from Mortlake.
Our technicians cover all of SW14, SW13 and SW15 for kitchen extract cleaning and the roads nearby. That includes premises on Elm Road, Well Lane and Coval Road and the roads around them. Mortlake is on the A3003, so it’s easy for us to get to for out-of-hours visits. Neighbouring places we cover for kitchen extract cleaning include East Sheen (1 mile south-west), North Sheen (1 mile north-west), Barnes (1 mile north-east), Grove Park (1 mile north) and Roehampton (1 mile south-east). We also work in nearby towns such as London (8 miles east), City of Westminster (6 miles north-east), Marylebone (6 miles north-east), Kensington (4 miles north-east), St Pancras (8 miles north-east) and Shoreditch (9 miles north-east).
Local landmarks in Mortlake
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Richmond Park Academy, Hare and Hounds pub and Palewell Park and the streets around them. There’s a railway station in Mortlake itself: Mortlake station. Other landmarks nearby include Ubuntu Museum: African Museum of Humanity (1.1 miles south-east) and Barnes Hospital (within half a mile east). Green spaces nearby include Richmond Hill and Kew Gardens Lake.
TR19 kitchen extract cleaning in Mortlake
Every time food is cooked, warm vapour carries fat up into the extract. It cools inside the duct and settles as a sticky film that thickens month by month. That layer will burn, and cleaning the whole system is how you keep it under control. The work covers plenums and filters, vertical risers and canopies and hoods, and the jobs we see most are a TR19 certificate needed for the insurer and fat running down the canopy edge. Some call it canopy cleaning, others extract cleaning or duct cleaning, but in Mortlake, as everywhere, the insurer wants the full system cleaned, not just the hood.
Kitchens that fry and grill hardest need the most frequent cleans, so the interval is set by what you cook as well as how long.
In London, few kitchens can spare a day to close, so work in Mortlake is normally booked for the night or the early hours. Before the clean, we agree loading, parking and roof access with whoever manages the building.
Nothing is signed off by word of mouth: a dated report with photos of the work, plus a certificate through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal when the work is a TR19® Grease clean. It shows what was done and what, if anything, couldn’t be reached.
- Location
- Mortlake (SW14, SW13, SW15)
- Region
- Greater London
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed price before any work starts
- When we work
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
What the work involves, part by part
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.
Restaurant and pub kitchens
Busy restaurant and pub kitchens often cook for long hours, frying and grilling, which can put them in BESA’s 3 or 6-monthly bands. Cleans are done after close, overnight or before opening.
Why it’s worth doing now in Mortlake
After a fire, one of the first questions is often when the extract was last cleaned. Many insurers ask for proof of TR19 cleaning and may reduce or refuse a claim without it. A certificate in the file answers that question. London sites work long hours, and the longer a job is left, the bigger it gets.
Leaving it longer rarely makes the work cheaper. Build-up, wear and faults tend to get worse, not better, and a neglected system can mean more work. If you’re not sure what’s needed, call 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we will give you an honest view and a fixed quote.
Why Mortlake businesses choose us
- Trading since 2009
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Photo reports with every job
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
Take a look at our cost guide or how to check a contractor.
Do you need kitchen extract cleaning in Mortlake?
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. The grease filters stop some, never all of it.
These are the problems we see most often:
- Fat running down the canopy edge
- An extract that has never been cleaned to TR19
- Cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey
- Extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit
For schools such as Thomson House School, kitchen extract cleaning is normally booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
Before you book anyone
- Whether VAT is included
- Whether they’re fully insured
- Whether the figure could change on the day
- What records you’ll receive afterwards
Also near Mortlake
What else we do in Mortlake
How we price kitchen extract cleaning
The diagnosis comes before the price. The main factors are:
- The condition of the system
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
- Any permits to work or inductions
- Parking and loading at the site
No two sites are the same, so we price each one individually. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all play a part.
What we need to know
What to send for a quote:
- The postcode and the type of business
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- Your last certificate, test record or report
The quickest way to a quote is to send photos: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Add the site type and your opening hours, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.
FAQs for Mortlake
Do you work at weekends in Mortlake?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. Your customers, staff or residents in Mortlake needn’t be disturbed. Let us know the hours you are closed and we’ll book within them.
Can parking be tricky for a job in Mortlake?
A loading bay, a visitor permit or off-street space near the site in Mortlake makes the visit easier to plan. If the building has a loading slot system, we will book into it.
Can one contract cover all our sites?
Yes. Our area covers London and the South East, so sites at different addresses can be planned together as one programme. Every site has its own report.
Which sectors do you work in?
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.
What’s the right cleaning interval for a kitchen extract?
Under BESA guidance, the minimum depends on how long you cook each day: 3-monthly for heavy use, 6-monthly for moderate use and 12-monthly for light use. Measured grease levels set the real interval.
How long does a kitchen extract clean take?
A small kitchen with a short duct can be done in a few hours, but large systems may be spread over more than one visit. We’ll tell you how long when we quote.
Do you cover Mortlake?
Yes. We cover Mortlake and the rest of Greater London, as part of our work across South East England and London. To book, call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line.
What happens if you can’t reach some of it?
They’re marked on the report. Often the fix is extra access, such as new panels in ductwork, and we can fit those.
Aftercare tips
Think of this as the after-treatment advice, in brief:
- File each certificate with the fire risk assessment
- Keep grease collection points emptied
- Run the extract fan throughout cooking
- Make sure every filter is fitted before cooking
If we couldn’t get into part of the duct, the report says so plainly. That is part of an honest TR19 clean, not a failing, and new access panels can be fitted so the next clean covers it.
Stick to the cleaning interval on the certificate. BESA guidance links the minimum interval to daily cooking hours, so a change in hours may mean a change in interval, and grease readings will show it.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Keeping records across a portfolio is half the battle. Each visit ends with a dated report and pictures, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.
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. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.
The process
We are used to working while the site is closed. A lot of visits happen overnight or at weekends, so the site can open as normal afterwards. The visit itself takes one visit for most kitchens, while large or complex systems may need more than one. For a job in Mortlake, tell us about loading bays, permits, lifts and roof access when you book.
- First the diagnosis: a survey of the whole system and its access points.
- Grease readings set the baseline, and a fixed quote follows.
- We arrive after close, protect the area and contain the waste.
- The treatment: heavy grease scraped out, then every part degreased to TR19® Grease.
- The sign-off: post-clean readings, a TR19 certificate and a photo report with the next clean date.
Getting ready for the visit
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Move anything stored near the system
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
Get a fixed quote
Some systems can be priced from pictures; others need a survey. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in pictures, get a survey first. Either way, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.