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Kitchen Extract Cleaning in Ranmore Common
Need kitchen extract cleaning in Ranmore Common? We diagnose first, fix the price and book the work around your hours, finishing with a written report and photos.
- Extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit
- Ductwork thick with old, hardened grease
- Grease drips onto cooking equipment
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
When your team notices a problem between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We will take a look and send you a fixed quote.
Some jobs should never be done in-house: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease call for the right kit, training and safe access. Leave those to us.
Kitchen extract cleaning in Ranmore Common
The ducts are where most of the grease hides. We reach horizontal runs and vertical risers through access panels, scraping heavy deposits by hand before degreasing. Anything out of reach is noted in the report, and new panels can be fitted. The work covers horizontal duct runs, plenums and filters and canopies and hoods, and people most often call us about rancid smells from grease in the duct and cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey. Most calls from Ranmore Common come after an insurer, an EHO or a fire officer asks to see the last TR19 certificate. Either way, the answer is the same: a proper clean and the paperwork to match.
A kitchen running fryers and chargrills all day builds up grease much faster than one that mostly steams and boils, so we look at the menu as well as the opening hours when we suggest the next date.
For a kitchen in or near Ranmore Common, the visit is planned around opening hours and the journey, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy to discharge, then a TR19® certificate and a photo report.
Insurers, fire officers and environmental health officers all look at records. That is why every job is written up in a report with pictures, and grease extract cleans come with a TR19® certificate issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Where
- Ranmore Common (RH5)
- Region
- Surrey
- Paperwork
- Certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
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How the job changes from site to site
Schools, hospitals and care homes
Institutional kitchens tend to cook to set hours, so cleans can be planned for holidays or quiet times. The certificate goes straight into the site’s maintenance records.
Restaurant and pub kitchens
A pub or restaurant can’t afford to cancel a service for a clean. We work overnight and at weekends where that suits, and hand back a clean kitchen ready to cook.
Leave it or put it right?
Putting it off simply moves the grease further down the duct. Over time, soft grease bakes into a harder, thicker crust, and that takes more work to shift. Staying on a regular cycle keeps each clean manageable. Rural sites cannot always move to another kitchen or room when something fails.
Several systems or sites on one quote often makes better use of the time. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at and we’ll price it together.
Why us?
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Fully insured
- Photo reports with every job
Read our cost guide and our accreditations.
Questions from Ranmore Common
Which environmental health team covers Ranmore Common?
The local authority for Ranmore Common is Mole Valley council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. An officer may look up into the canopy, so clean filters on the day and a recent certificate on file both help.
Do you cover smaller places like Ranmore Common?
Yes. Ranmore Common is within the area we cover across London and the South East. Let us know about access, parking and anything unusual about getting there when you book.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. One number covers all your sites in our area, and visits can be set on a regular cycle.
How long will the 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. Your quote says how long to expect.
Do I have to clean my extract to TR19 by law?
TR19® itself isn’t law. The law is the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, which makes the responsible person assess and reduce fire risk, and TR19 is the benchmark used to show extract grease is under control.
How much notice do you need?
Earlier is better, especially for out-of-hours work. Quotes normally come back within one working day, and there’s a 24/7 line for emergencies.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
We cover floors and nearby surfaces with sheeting before any work starts, and waste is contained as we go. Before we leave, we tidy up and clean down.
Where does the waste go?
We contain it and take it with us. Grease, debris and waste water are collected as the work goes on, so it doesn’t spread.
How the visit works
A visit follows the same order every time: protect the area, make the system safe, carry out the kitchen extract cleaning, clear away and hand over the paperwork. The visit itself takes a few hours for a small kitchen, longer for a large system. Somewhere like Ranmore Common, lanes, gates and parking are worth mentioning in advance.
- We survey the system first, from your pictures and details or on a site visit.
- We measure the grease at set points along the system, then give you a fixed price.
- On the day, cooking equipment is switched off and left to cool, and everything nearby is sheeted.
- We clean the canopy, plenum, filters, ducts, risers, fan and discharge.
- We test again, photograph the result and issue your TR19 certificate and photo report.
Getting ready for the visit
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
Getting a quote
To get a fixed quote, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email with the site type, your trading hours and a short description of the system. Photos and the last report, if you have one, make the quote quicker. You’ll usually have a quote within one working day.
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What affects the cost of kitchen extract cleaning
The survey tells us what the work involves. We look at:
- The times the site is available
- Where the site is and how we reach it
- A single visit or a regular plan
- Any permits to work or inductions
Leaving it longer rarely makes the work cheaper. Problems in a system tend to grow, and a neglected system can mean more work. If you are unsure, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us and we’ll give you an honest view and a fixed quote.
What to send for a quote
When you contact us, it’s useful to have:
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- A few general shots of the system
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
For kitchen extract cleaning in Ranmore Common, call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email. Tell us what kind of premises it is and when it’s open, and send photos or your last report if you can. We typically send a fixed quote within one working day.
Ranmore Common kitchens: local notes
The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 4 restaurants, cafés and canteens in Ranmore Common 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. It’s Mole Valley council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Ranmore Common. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. Before-and-after photos from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. Ranmore Common sits within the area of Surrey Fire and Rescue Service. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk.
Term dates shape school work: for a school like Surrey Hills All Saints Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break. Older buildings often hide long, awkward duct runs, and if you run a kitchen at a historic venue in the area (Polesden Lacey is about 1.2 miles north), access may need planning.
Ranmore Common is about 2 miles north-west of Dorking, in Surrey. Every kind of commercial site in Ranmore Common, we can take on kitchen extract cleaning. We can work out of hours so trading isn’t interrupted. We cover 395 places across Surrey, from busy centres to quieter spots. There’s also a page for Guildford, about 9 miles away.
Postcode districts we cover here for kitchen extract cleaning: RH5. We also cover the places around Ranmore Common: Westcott (1 mile south), Westhumble (2 miles north-east), Dorking (2 miles south-east), Pixham (2 miles east) and Wotton (2 miles south-west). Larger places within reach include Guildford (9 miles west), Woking (10 miles north-west), Epsom (8 miles north-east), Horley (10 miles south-east), Redhill (8 miles east) and Ewell (9 miles north-east).
Around Ranmore Common
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Pippbrook House, The Priory CofE Voluntary Aided School and Milton Heath and The Nower. The nearest railway station is Dorking West station, about 1.1 miles east. Well-known places in the area include Betchworth Castle (3 miles east) and Mesolithic Museum (3.3 miles south-west). The countryside around Ranmore Common includes Box Hill and Combe Bottom.
When to call us in Ranmore Common
In Ranmore Common, 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.
Keep an eye out for these warning signs:
- Stale cooking odours from the system
- An overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer
- Grease dripping from the canopy or filters
- Years of baked-on grease in the ducts
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Church of St Barnabas, or anywhere in Ranmore Common, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
What to look for in a quote
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- When the next visit should be, and why
- How areas they cannot reach will be recorded
- If they look at the system before pricing
Between visits
Simple habits between visits make a real difference. Our advice:
- Wash or exchange the filters often
- Keep grease collection points emptied
- Switch the fan on before cooking starts
- Refit filters properly after cleaning
You get a photo report after every clean. It shows the system before and after, part by part, alongside a list of what was cleaned, anything out of reach and the recommended next clean date.
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.