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TR19 kitchen extract cleaning in Southall
Kitchen extract cleaning across Southall and nearby, booked around your opening hours and signed off in writing with pictures.
- Extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit
- Missing paperwork after a change of operator
- Heavy grease build-up inside the duct runs
TR19 kitchen extract cleaning in Southall
Any kitchen we clean in Southall gets exactly the same specification as everywhere else we work. We survey first and take grease readings, then clean the canopy, plenum, filters, ducts, fan and discharge. You get a TR19 certificate and a photo report at the end. Typical jobs include a smoky, hot kitchen with weak extraction and a kitchen taken over without any extract records, on horizontal duct runs, plenums and filters and vertical risers. Canopy cleaning, extract cleaning and duct cleaning are often used to mean the same thing, but a proper TR19® clean in Southall covers all of it, from the hood to the fan.
A kitchen running fryers and chargrills all day builds up grease much faster than one that mostly steams and boils, so the interval is set by what you cook as well as how long.
In a London area like Southall, a kitchen extract often passes through shared space on its way out: a riser, a service void, the floors above. A duct fire there can reach parts of the building far from the range, which is why keeping it clean to TR19® matters.
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.
- Place
- Southall (UB2, UB1, UB6, W7)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Records
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quote
- A fixed price before work begins
- Hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
What affects the cost of kitchen extract cleaning
The quote reflects the site in front of us. We take into account:
- Whether several sites go on one quote
- A single visit or a regular plan
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
- The scale of the work
What you pay reflects the actual work. That’s why we survey first, from pictures or on site, and why the quote is fixed before work begins.
Asking for a quote
When you contact us, it’s useful to have:
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
- A few general shots of the system
If you need kitchen extract cleaning in Southall, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us. Let us know the site type and the opening hours, and send pictures or your last report if you can. A fixed quote usually follows within one working day.
Kitchen extract cleaning in Southall: the local picture
There are about 239 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 97 takeaways and sandwich shops within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Southall, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Any of them cooking under a canopy is sending grease into its ductwork every service. Fire safety in Southall falls to London Fire Brigade. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk. In London, kitchens are usually cleaned overnight, when the kitchen is closed and loading is easier.
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Saint John, or anywhere in Southall, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it. A kitchen near Southall station that serves breakfast and dinner can run its extract twelve hours or more, which shortens the cleaning interval.
Southall is about 3 miles west of Ealing, in Greater London. Sites in Southall 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. Our Greater London coverage runs to 764 places, Southall among them. London is in our area too, about 12 miles from Southall.
Our technicians cover all of the UB2, UB1, UB6 and W7 postcode area for kitchen extract cleaning and the streets around it. Local streets include Uxbridge Road High Street, Emerald Square and Randolph Road, and we cover them all for kitchen extract cleaning. Nearby, we also carry out kitchen extract cleaning in Dormers Wells (1 mile north-east), West Ealing (2 miles east), Yeading (2 miles north), Yiewsley (2 miles north) and Hanwell (2 miles east). Larger places within reach include London (12 miles east), City of Westminster (10 miles east), Marylebone (10 miles east), Kensington (8 miles east), St Pancras (11 miles east) and Shoreditch (13 miles east).
Landmarks near Southall
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Minet Country Park, Glassy Junction pub and Villiers High School, among other places. There’s a railway station in Southall itself: Southall station. A little further out are Treaty Centre (2.8 miles south) and Museum of Army Music (3.8 miles south). For a walk, there’s Northala Fields and Middle Lake.
Southall: your questions answered
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Southall?
Fire safety enforcement in Southall is handled by London Fire Brigade. TR19® isn’t law, but it’s the benchmark many fire officers and insurers look to when they ask how often the extract is cleaned.
Do you work at weekends in Southall?
Yes, we can come after you close and finish before you open. That way a site in Southall does not have to lose a day’s trading. When you call 0345 646 2711 or email us, mention when the site is quiet.
Will my insurer ask for a TR19 certificate?
Many insurers ask for proof of regular cleaning to TR19, and many policies require it. An insurer may refuse or reduce a claim if there’s no evidence, so it’s worth checking your policy wording.
Can you quote from photos?
In many cases, yes. Photos of the system and the access, plus your opening hours and last report, are often enough. Larger or hidden systems need a survey on site first.
Can you set up regular visits?
Yes. Plans on a 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycle are available, to suit the system and how it’s used.
How long does a kitchen extract clean take?
It takes a few hours for a small kitchen, longer for a large system. We’ll confirm the time when we quote.
Do you offer emergency callouts?
Yes. There’s a 24/7 emergency line for anything that can’t wait until a planned visit. Call us any time and explain what’s happened.
How much notice do you need?
Earlier is better, especially for out-of-hours work. We normally quote within one working day, and emergencies are covered by our 24/7 line.
Do you need kitchen extract cleaning in Southall?
Cooking fat leaves the pan as a fine vapour. Once it cools inside the ductwork, it condenses onto every surface it touches, and the layer grows a little with every meal cooked. The grease filters stop some, never all of it.
Look out for any of the following:
- Grease dripping from the canopy or filters
- Grease smells coming from the extract
- Years of baked-on grease in the ducts
- Poor airflow at the canopy
Healthcare kitchens cannot easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Southall is St Bernard's Hospital, about 1.2 miles east.
Questions to ask before booking
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
- What happens if part of the system cannot be accessed
- How they set the interval to the next visit
- What hours they’ll be on site
What staff can safely do
A few tasks are always specialist work: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings call for the right kit, training and safe access. That’s our job.
If your staff spot something between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We’ll take a look and give you a fixed quote.
Keeping the system healthy
To keep the system working properly between visits:
- Run the extract fan throughout cooking
- Diarise the next clean as soon as you get the certificate
- Clean grease off the canopy surfaces regularly
- File each certificate with the fire risk assessment
The certificate records when the clean was done, where and by whom. File it with the fire risk assessment and the maintenance log, so it’s to hand when an insurer, fire officer or EHO asks.
Keep the fan on throughout service. Switching it off early leaves vapour to settle on the canopy and plenum, and the next clean has more to do.
When something else is needed
We’ll always give you a straight diagnosis, so here’s what this work can’t put right:
- Damaged duct sections that need replacing
- Blocked drains from a neglected grease trap (a separate service)
- Faulty fire dampers in the duct
If in doubt, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we will say what we think before you book.
Parts of the system we cover
- Vertical risers
- Extract fans
- Plenums and filters
- Horizontal duct runs
- Discharge points
- Canopies and hoods
The process
The visit has three parts: getting the area ready, doing the work and signing it off. Set-up means sheeting and making equipment safe, and the sign-off is a written report with pictures. The middle part takes longest, and that takes a few hours for a small kitchen, longer for a large system. Night and weekend working is normal for us in London, and a site in Southall is no exception.
- We start with a survey, so we know every part of the system before we quote.
- Set points are tested for grease thickness and the quote is fixed before we start.
- With the kitchen closed and equipment off and cool, the area is sheeted.
- We clean the canopy, plenum, filters, ducts, risers, fan and discharge.
- Readings and pictures are taken again, and you receive a TR19 certificate and photo report.
Getting ready for the visit
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
Ask for a quote
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: the system from a couple of angles, plus any access panels or hatches. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and we can price many jobs without a visit.
Related advice
What happens if it’s left?
TR19® isn’t law, but the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 is. The responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, which in a kitchen includes the grease in the extract. TR19 is the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to. Shared walls, risers and roofs mean a problem at one London site seldom stays put.
Kitchens, offices, schools and hospitals are all priced the same way: how much there is, how we reach it, what state it’s in and when we can work. Ask for a fixed quote and we’ll explain each part.
Why us?
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
- Fixed quotes from a survey or photos
- We are fully insured