Surrey · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extraction cleaning in North Holmwood
Professional kitchen extract cleaning in and around North Holmwood, booked around your opening hours and finished with a written report and photos.
- Stale cooking odours from the system
- Proof of cleaning requested by an insurer
- Extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit
FAQs for North Holmwood
Which fire service covers North Holmwood?
Fire safety enforcement in North Holmwood is handled by Surrey 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.
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in North Holmwood?
That’s Mole Valley council, whose environmental health officers carry out food hygiene inspections in North Holmwood. Ratings are published by the Food Standards Agency, so a clean extract and good records are worth keeping up.
What should I send you?
The site address, the type of premises and your opening hours, plus photos of the system and your last certificate or report if you have one.
How much does kitchen extract cleaning cost?
It depends on the site, so we quote each one individually. For a quote, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form with the site type, opening hours and a few photos.
How often does a kitchen extract system need cleaning?
That comes down mainly to daily cooking hours. Heavy use of 12 to 16 hours a day calls for a clean at least every 3 months under BESA guidance, and lighter use less often. Your report gives a recommended next clean date.
Can you set up regular visits?
Yes. Scheduled maintenance plans are part of what we do, with visits at the interval your system needs. The report from each visit recommends the next date.
Do I have to clean my extract to TR19 by law?
Strictly, the legal duty comes from the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, not from TR19. In practice, TR19 is how kitchens show they’re managing grease, and an insurer may refuse or reduce a claim without it.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes, always. We diagnose before we treat: the survey shows what needs doing and what access we need, and the quote is based on that.
TR19 kitchen extract cleaning in North Holmwood
The ducts are where most of the grease hides. We reach horizontal runs and vertical risers through access panels, removing thick grease by hand, then using degreasers, hot water or steam to suit the deposit. Anything out of reach is noted in the report, and new panels can be fitted. The work covers discharge points, extract fans and horizontal duct runs, and the jobs we see most are stale cooking odours from the system and cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey. People looking for “duct cleaning near me” in North Holmwood normally mean the kitchen extract, and that is exactly what we do: canopy to fan, to TR19® Grease.
Access decides how thorough a clean can be. Sections without access panels are recorded on the report, and new panels can be fitted so they’re cleaned next time.
Kitchens around a place like North Holmwood are often in older buildings or single-storey extensions, where the duct may cross a roof void or climb an outside wall. Long horizontal runs like that hold grease and need access panels to reach.
Duct Doctor has been trading since 2009, and we’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we carry full insurance.
- Where
- North Holmwood (RH5, RH4)
- Region
- Surrey
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
What happens on the day
We start by comparing what we find with the survey or your pictures. If anything is different, we talk it through with the person on site before carrying on. From there, it takes anything from a few hours to a full night, depending on the size of the system. Your opening hours decide when we come to North Holmwood, not ours.
- We survey the system, from your photos or on site, 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.
- Readings are repeated, pictures taken, and your TR19 certificate and photo report issued.
Before we arrive
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
- Move anything stored near the system
- Find the previous report, if there is one
Ask for a quote
There’s no standard price list, because every site is different. We look at your system first, from photos or on a visit, and then give you a fixed quote. To get going, call 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.
Advice
Kitchen extract cleaning around North Holmwood
The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 49 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 9 takeaways in North Holmwood and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Any of them cooking under a canopy is sending grease into its ductwork every service. Kitchens in North Holmwood get their food hygiene inspections from Mole Valley council. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after. Surrey Fire and Rescue Service covers North Holmwood. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises.
Historic houses near North Holmwood, such as Polesden Lacey about 3.8 miles north-west, are a reminder that older buildings with event kitchens can have long, awkward duct routes. Term dates shape school work: for a school like St John's Church of England Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
North Holmwood is about 1 mile south of Dorking, in Surrey. Sites in North Holmwood get the same service as everywhere we cover: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where needed and a written report with pictures. Across Surrey, we cover 395 places, and North Holmwood is one of them. For sites nearby, see our Guildford page (11 miles or so).
All of RH5 and RH4 is covered for kitchen extract cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. If you need kitchen extract cleaning at premises on Howard Road, Horsham Road and Inholms Lane or a nearby road, our technicians can take on the work. If your site is just outside North Holmwood, we cover Blackbrook (1 mile south-east), Mid Holmwood (1 mile south-west), Dorking (1 mile north), Pixham (2 miles north) and Westcott (2 miles north-west). Larger places within reach include Guildford (11 miles west), Woking (13 miles north-west), Epsom (9 miles north), Horley (7 miles east), Redhill (7 miles east) and Ewell (10 miles north).
Near you in North Holmwood
Typical jobs here are in premises near Inholms Clay Pit, The Priory CofE Voluntary Aided School and Royal Oak pub. The closest station to North Holmwood is Dorking West station, roughly 1.8 miles north-west. Other landmarks nearby include Mesolithic Museum (3.7 miles west) and Headley Court (5.9 miles north). For a walk, there’s Reigate Heath and Box Hill.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
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 will take a look and send you a fixed quote.
Staff cleaning and specialist work aren’t the same thing. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
What happens if it’s left?
Leaving the clean until the next refit doesn’t make the grease go away. Over time, soft grease bakes into a harder, thicker crust, which is slower to clean. Regular cleans keep each visit shorter. Around North Holmwood, a kitchen or building out of action is missed straight away.
Several systems or sites on one quote can make for a more efficient booking. Mention every system or site you need covered and we will price it together.
Why book with us
- One number for every site across the South East and London
- Each visit written up, with photos
- We’re fully insured
- Fixed quotes, usually within one working day
Take a look at how cleaning jobs are priced or how to check a contractor.
Signs you need kitchen extract cleaning in North Holmwood
In North Holmwood, as anywhere, grease gathers where the air slows down: in long flat runs, at bends and changes of direction, and in the fan housing. Cooler sections of duct collect the most.
What we are most often called out for:
- An overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer
- A kitchen taken over without any extract records
- Grease dripping from the canopy or filters
- An extract that no longer clears the smoke
Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as Headley Court (about 5.9 miles north), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands.
What to look for in a quote
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or photos
- How areas they cannot reach will be recorded
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
- Whether VAT is included
What affects the quote in North Holmwood
Sites vary more than people expect. The main factors:
- How easy every part is to reach
- A single visit or a regular plan
- The number of sites or systems
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
What you pay reflects the actual work. That’s why every job is surveyed first, and the price is agreed before work begins.
What we need to know
To help us quote quickly, please include:
- The site address and the type of premises
- Problems your staff have spotted
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
Every quote begins with a look at the system, from your photos and details or, where that is not enough, a survey on site. Then we send a fixed price so you know the cost before work begins.
Honest limits
We’d rather tell you now than book work that will not help, so here are the limits:
- A fan motor or bearings that have failed (that needs a fan repair or replacement)
- A grease trap that needs emptying
- A damper that sticks or has a damaged link
If in doubt, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us and we’ll say what we think before you book.
Where we work
- Vertical risers
- Canopies and hoods
- Horizontal duct runs
- Plenums and filters
- Discharge points
- Extract fans
Towns and villages near North Holmwood
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How the job changes from site to site
Grease filters
We clean the grease filters as part of the job, and put back so they seat correctly. We will tell you if any need replacing.
Restaurant and pub kitchens
High-heat cooking loads the extract with grease, and measured readings show whether the minimum interval is enough.