Greater London · Kitchen extract cleaning
Shadwell kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning across Shadwell and nearby, booked around your opening hours and finished with a written report and photos.
- A kitchen with no current TR19 certificate
- A smoky, hot kitchen with weak extraction
- Missing paperwork after a change of operator
About our kitchen extract cleaning in Shadwell
Many insurers ask for proof that the extract has been cleaned to TR19, and a claim can be refused or reduced without it. The certificate and photo report from each clean in Shadwell give you that record for the maintenance log. Typical jobs include years of baked-on grease in the ducts and a kitchen taken over without any extract records, across vertical risers, horizontal duct runs and discharge points. Hood cleaning is where most enquiries from Shadwell start: a system that’s clean inside, not just on the surface, and a certificate that proves it.
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.
London kitchens are often tucked into basements or the back of a building, and the duct may run up through several floors before it discharges at the roof. In Shadwell, as elsewhere in the capital, a long duct run means more access points to open and more grease to remove.
It’s worth checking any contractor’s accreditations. We are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, with full insurance on top.
- Where
- Shadwell (SE16, E1, E1W)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Records
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
What staff can safely do
If your staff spot something between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that won’t come clean, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We can diagnose it and quote.
Keep a record of what your team does. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, next to our reports.
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Common problems we fix in Shadwell
Hours of cooking are the biggest factor. BESA guidance sets minimum cleaning intervals of every 3 months for 12 to 16 hours a day, 6 months for 6 to 12 hours, and 12 months for 2 to 6 hours. They are minimums: measured grease levels set the real interval.
It’s time to book a visit if you see:
- Grease drips onto cooking equipment
- Years of baked-on grease in the ducts
- Grease smells coming from the extract
- An overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near St Paul's Church or elsewhere in Shadwell, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
Before booking anyone
- Whether they’re fully insured
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
- When they can work, and whether that is outside your opening hours
- Whether a written report and photos are included
Why act early in Shadwell
TR19® isn’t law, but the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 is. 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. Choosing the date yourself beats having a fault choose it for you.
We don’t list prices on the website, because the cost depends on the site in front of us. For a fixed quote, call 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form, and we will talk you through it.
Why Shadwell businesses choose us
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
- Every visit written up, with photos
- We diagnose before we treat
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
Read how cleaning jobs are priced or how to check a contractor.
What happens on the day
There’s very little for your team to do on the day. Someone lets us in at the agreed time and shows us where everything is, and the rest is down to us. Afterwards, the area is left tidy and the written report follows. In a London area like Shadwell, parking, loading and building access are planned before the day of the work.
- 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.
- With the kitchen closed and equipment off and cool, the area 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
- Clear loose items from the work area
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
Get a fixed quote
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: 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.
Advice
Kitchen extracts in Shadwell
Food Standards Agency records list about 891 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 295 sandwich bars and takeaways across Shadwell and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Every kitchen in that count with a canopy has a full extract system, canopy to discharge, to keep clear of grease. Most London extract cleaning happens at night, after the last service. Environmental health officers from Tower Hamlets council inspect food businesses in Shadwell. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand.
A kitchen near Wapping station that serves breakfast and dinner can run its extract twelve hours or more, which shortens the cleaning interval. Healthcare kitchens cannot easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Shadwell is St Olave's Hospital, about 0.8 miles south-west.
Shadwell is about 1 mile south-east of Whitechapel, in Greater London. If you need kitchen extract cleaning in Shadwell, please give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line for a fixed quote. Our area covers London and the South East, including Shadwell. Shadwell is one of 764 towns, villages and districts in Greater London we cover for commercial clients.
Our technicians cover all of SE16, E1 and E1W for kitchen extract cleaning and the streets around it. You will find streets such as Swan Road, Thame Road and Brunel Road, and we cover them all for kitchen extract cleaning. Main roads around Shadwell include the A101 and A126, so getting to you is simple for kitchen extract cleaning. If your site is just outside Shadwell, we cover Ratcliff (1 mile north), East End of London (1 mile north-west), Wapping (1 mile west), St George in the East (1 mile west) and Limehouse (1 mile north-east). Larger places within reach include City of Westminster (5 miles west), Marylebone (4 miles west), Kensington (7 miles west), St Pancras (3 miles north-west), Walthamstow (6 miles north) and Hampstead (7 miles north-west).
Around Shadwell
Around Shadwell, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Bacon's College, Bishopsgate Institute Special Collections and Archives and Russia Dock Woodland and the streets around them. You will also find Prospect of Whitby pub (under half a mile west) and St Mellitus College (0.6 miles west). Shadwell has its own railway station: Wapping station. Well-known places in the area include St Olave's Hospital (0.8 miles south-west) and The Pumphouse Educational Museum (within half a mile east). Green spaces nearby include Lavender Pond and Tower Hill.
For landlords and multi-site operators
For anyone managing more than one site, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Every building has its own written report, so records stay tidy.
Multi-site operators often want one contractor and one number. We cover South East England and London, so visits at different addresses can be planned together and kept on a regular cycle.
Part by part
Restaurant and pub kitchens
Grills, fryers and woks send a lot of fat into the extract, and measured readings show whether the minimum interval is enough.
Grease filters
Between TR19 cleans, filters still need regular cleaning, and a filter exchange service can take that off your hands. Clean filters slow the build-up further down the system.
Questions from Shadwell
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Shadwell?
Shadwell is in the area of London Fire Brigade. Records of extract cleaning are a sensible thing to have ready if a fire safety officer carries out an audit.
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Shadwell?
In Shadwell, it’s Tower Hamlets council that carries out food hygiene inspections. An officer may look up into the canopy, so clean filters on the day and a recent certificate on file both help.
Can you come out in an emergency?
Yes, day and night, every day of the year. Our office is open from 8am to 6pm on weekdays, with the emergency line covering every other hour.
Are you accredited for kitchen extract cleaning?
We’re members of Vent Hygiene Elite, the scheme run by BESCA, and we clean to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured.
Will my insurer ask for a TR19 certificate?
Grease in an extract is a known fire risk, so many insurers want evidence it’s being cleaned to TR19. Our certificate and photo report give you that evidence.
How far ahead should we book?
Book as early as you can for planned work, especially if the next clean or test is due soon. Emergencies are different, because our line is open 24/7.
Can you price the work without visiting?
Yes, if we can see what we need. If not, a site survey comes first, and the quote follows that.
Can you look after several sites?
Yes. Tell us the addresses and what each needs and you will get one fixed quote.
What affects the cost of kitchen extract cleaning
The survey tells us what the work involves. We look at:
- Parking and loading at the site
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- The size of the system
Putting the work off seldom saves money. Build-up, wear and faults tend to get worse, not better, which can make the next visit longer. If you are not sure what’s needed, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or email photos for straight advice and a fixed quote.
What we need to know
We can often survey from photos. The most useful are:
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- Any previous report or certificate
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
- Problems your staff have spotted
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.