Hampshire · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extraction cleaning in St Ives
Kitchen extract cleaning for St Ives and the surrounding area: a survey, a fixed price, careful work and proper paperwork. Ask us for a fixed quote.
- Ductwork thick with old, hardened grease
- Grease dripping from the canopy or filters
- A kitchen with no current TR19 certificate
What we are called out for in St Ives
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. Those are minimums, and grease readings can show a kitchen needs cleaning sooner.
Any of these means the system needs a check-up:
- Stale cooking odours from the system
- A smoky, hot kitchen with weak extraction
- Extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit
- Fat running down the canopy edge
Older buildings often hide long, awkward duct runs, and if you run a kitchen at a historic venue in the area (Avon Tyrrell House is about 4.5 miles south-east), access may need planning.
Before booking anyone
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- Proof of insurance
- When they can work, and whether that is outside your opening hours
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
About our kitchen extract cleaning in St Ives
Insurers often want evidence of regular TR19 cleaning, and a claim can be refused or reduced without it. The certificate and photo report from each clean in St Ives give you that record for the maintenance log. The work covers horizontal duct runs, discharge points and extract fans, and common reasons people get in touch are a new tenancy or takeover with no cleaning history and an extract that has never been cleaned to TR19. Need a TR19 duct cleaning contractor for St Ives? Duct Doctor has covered London and the South East since 2009, with a certificate and photo report after every clean.
Most kitchens in St Ives fall into one of BESA’s three bands: every 3 months for 12–16 hours, every 6 months for 6–12 hours and every 12 months for 2–6 hours, with grease readings setting the real interval.
Somewhere as small as St Ives, commercial kitchens are few: perhaps a pub, a school or care home kitchen, or a hall used for events. Each still has a canopy and duct that collect grease, whatever the size of the place.
Our accreditations include CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured. On top of that, we are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, trading since 2009.
- Place
- St Ives (BH24)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Price
- 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
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, alongside our reports.
Common questions in St Ives
Which fire service covers St Ives?
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for St Ives. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
Do you work at weekends in St Ives?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. That way a site in St Ives doesn’t have to lose a day’s trading. Just call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form with your opening times and we will plan around them.
How long will the clean take?
Allow a few hours for a small kitchen, longer for a large system. We’ll confirm the time when we quote.
What types of premises do you cover?
Any commercial site with kitchens or ventilation, from a small pub to a hospital. Hotels, schools, care homes, offices, shops and leisure sites are all part of our work.
What do you need from me for a quote?
Only a few details: the address, the site type, your opening hours and how we reach the system. Photos and the last report help too. After that, simply ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos.
How do you protect the area?
With sheeting and covers, before anything else happens. The work is kept contained and clean down when we finish.
Do you work in St Ives?
Yes. St Ives is part of the area we cover, as part of our area across London and the South East.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes. Plans on a 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycle are available, depending on what the system needs.
Grease, kitchens and St Ives
Environmental health officers from New Forest council inspect food businesses in St Ives. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector. St Ives is covered by Hampshire and Isle of Wight 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.
For schools such as St Ives Primary & Nursery School, kitchen extract cleaning is normally booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed. A hospital like St Leonard's Hospital, about 1.8 miles south-west, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day.
St Ives is in Hampshire. From the centre of St Ives to the outskirts, kitchen extract cleaning is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from small sites to large estates. Our Hampshire coverage runs to 683 places, St Ives among them. There’s also a page for Southampton, about 20 miles away.
Here we cover the BH24 postcode area for kitchen extract cleaning. Kitchen extract cleaning is available to premises on Compton Beeches, Post Office Lane and Azalea Close and nearby roads. We also cover Ashley Heath (1 mile west), Avon Castle (1 mile south-east), St Leonards (1 mile south-west) and Matchams (1 mile south). Larger places within reach include Totton (15 miles east), Lymington (13 miles south-east), New Milton (9 miles south-east), Barton on Sea (10 miles south-east), Ashley (10 miles south-east) and Milford on Sea (13 miles south-east).
Around St Ives
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Ringwood School, Ringwood Waldorf School and Avon Heath Country Park, among other places. A little further out are St Leonard's Hospital (1.8 miles south-west). For a walk, there’s Blashford Lakes and Linbrook Lake.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Whether it’s one building or many, the standard is the same: the system surveyed, the price fixed, the visit fitted around trading and everything written up afterwards.
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we can quote for the whole system.
What a clean will not put right
We won’t sell you work that doesn’t address the problem, so here are the limits:
- Damaged duct sections that need replacing
- A broken extract fan that won’t run
- An undersized canopy or fan
Not sure which it is? You can call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we’ll tell you honestly.
What the work covers
- Extract fans
- Horizontal duct runs
- Discharge points
- Vertical risers
- Canopies and hoods
- Plenums and filters
How the visit works
A visit follows the same order every time: sheeting and protection first, make the system safe, carry out the kitchen extract cleaning, clear away and leave you the report. The visit itself takes one visit for most kitchens, while large or complex systems may need more than one. A quick note on how to find the site and where to park makes a visit to St Ives run smoothly.
- We survey the system, from your pictures or on site, canopy to discharge.
- Grease thickness is measured and the price is fixed before work starts.
- On the night, the equipment is off and cool and the kitchen is sheeted.
- We work through the system from the canopy to the fan and discharge.
- Readings are repeated, pictures taken, and your TR19 certificate and photo report issued.
Preparing for the visit
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
Getting a 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 we can price many jobs without a visit.
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Keeping the system healthy
Good habits slow the build-up between visits. A few tips:
- Keep the cleaning records where you can find them
- Flag any change in how the extract sounds or works
- Refit filters properly after cleaning
- Clean grease off the canopy surfaces regularly
We hand the kitchen back clean, with the sheeting removed and waste taken away. Waste grease and water are contained and removed, and equipment can be switched back on once we have gone.
Clean the grease filters often, not just on clean day. Clean, well-fitted filters catch more fat before it reaches the duct, which slows build-up further down the system.
Fixed quotes for kitchen extract cleaning in St Ives
The quote reflects the site in front of us. We take into account:
- How big the system is
- A single visit or a regular plan
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
- Where the site is and how we reach it
The price reflects the work, not guesswork. That is why we survey first, from pictures or on site, and why the quote is fixed before any work starts.
What we need to know
Before you ask for a quote, gather:
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
Need a price for kitchen extract cleaning? Please give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form with a few details about the site. We will explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before you commit to anything.