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TR19 kitchen extract cleaning in St Mary Cray
Specialist kitchen extract cleaning for St Mary Cray: a survey, a fixed price, careful work and proper paperwork. Call for a fixed quote.
- A kitchen taken over without any extract records
- Rancid smells from grease in the duct
- Grease drips onto cooking equipment
Kitchen extract cleaning in St Mary Cray, done properly
Cooking sends fat-laden vapour into the canopy with every service. As it cools, it clings to the inside of the ductwork and keeps building. That layer will burn, and cleaning the whole system is how you keep it under control. If you have fat running down the canopy edge and an extract that no longer clears the smoke, we can help, from canopies and hoods, horizontal duct runs and discharge points onwards. Searching for commercial kitchen extraction cleaning in St Mary Cray? Duct Doctor has covered London and the South East since 2009, with a certificate and photo report after every clean.
The fire risk in a kitchen extract sits in the parts nobody sees: the plenum, the duct and the fan, so that is where most of the work in St Mary Cray goes.
Kitchens in St Mary Cray, like many across London, can share a building with flats or offices, with the duct running up through shared risers. Grease in a duct like that is a fire risk to the whole building, not just the kitchen, so a regular TR19® clean protects everyone in it.
A written report with photos follows every visit, so there’s a dated record of the work. Kitchen extract cleaning to TR19® Grease is certificated through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Where
- St Mary Cray (BR5, BR6, BR7)
- Region
- Greater London
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
The process
We turn up at the time agreed with you, which is often after service, overnight or at a weekend. Anything that needs to be off for the work is switched off and left to cool first, and the area around the work is covered and protected. The work itself takes a single shift for most kitchens, with long duct runs and tall risers needing more time. Security desks and permits-to-work are routine in London, so let us know what your building in St Mary Cray needs from us.
- First the diagnosis: a survey of the whole system and its access points.
- Grease readings set the baseline, and a fixed quote follows.
- We arrive after close, protect the area and contain the waste.
- The treatment: heavy grease scraped out, then every part degreased to TR19® Grease.
- The sign-off: post-clean readings, a TR19 certificate and a photo report with the next clean date.
How to prepare
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
How to get a quote
For a fixed quote, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and tell us the type of site, your opening hours and roughly what the system looks like. A few photos and your last certificate or report help a lot. We normally come back within one working day.
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Do you need kitchen extract cleaning in St Mary Cray?
A kitchen in St Mary Cray builds up grease in the same places as any other: long horizontal runs, bends, the base of risers and around the fan. Cooler sections of duct collect the most.
Keep an eye out for these warning signs:
- Grease smells coming from the extract
- A kitchen taken over without any extract records
- Proof of cleaning requested by an insurer
- Grease dripping from the canopy or filters
A kitchen near St Mary Cray station that serves breakfast and dinner can run its extract twelve hours or more, which shortens the cleaning interval.
Questions to ask before booking
- Whether they recommend a next date
- What paperwork you get at the end
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- When they can work, and whether that’s outside your opening hours
What kitchen extract cleaning looks like in St Mary Cray
There are about 85 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 56 sandwich bars and takeaways in and around St Mary Cray, up to about a mile and a half out, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Each one that cooks under a canopy has an extract system that collects grease and needs regular cleaning. Fire safety in St Mary Cray 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. Kitchens in St Mary Cray get their food hygiene inspections from Bromley council. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked.
Church and community hall kitchens, near Church of St Mary or anywhere around St Mary Cray, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other. A hospital like Queen Mary's Hospital, about 1.9 miles north, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day.
St Mary Cray is about 11 miles south-east of London, in Greater London. Wherever you are in the BR5 postcode area, we cover kitchen extract cleaning for commercial sites. Our area takes in 764 places across Greater London, large and small. For sites nearby, see our London page, about 11 miles away.
Postcode districts we cover here for kitchen extract cleaning: BR5, BR6 and BR7. If you need kitchen extract cleaning at premises on New Road, Kent Road and Park Road or a nearby road, our technicians can take on the work. Main roads around St Mary Cray include the A224, which makes travel easy for kitchen extract cleaning. If your site is just outside St Mary Cray, we cover Poverest (1 mile south-west), St Paul's Cray (1 mile north), Orpington (1 mile south), Derry Downs (1 mile south-east) and Kevington (1 mile east). Within a short drive, we also cover London (11 miles north-west), City of Westminster (14 miles north-west), Marylebone (14 miles north-west), Kensington (15 miles north-west), St Pancras (13 miles north-west) and Shoreditch (12 miles north-west).
Local landmarks in St Mary Cray
Around St Mary Cray, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Harris Academy Orpington, The Blue Anchor Public House and Walsingham School, among other places. There’s a railway station in St Mary Cray itself: St Mary Cray station. A little further out are London Borough of Bromley Museum (0.9 miles south) and Lullingstone Castle (4.5 miles south-east). Open spaces near St Mary Cray include Summer Hill and The Warren.
What a clean will not put right
To be straight with you, some problems need a different fix:
- Damaged duct sections that need replacing
- Blocked drains from a neglected grease trap (a separate service)
- Fire dampers that will not close (that needs damper testing and remedials)
If you’re not sure, just call us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we’ll give you a straight answer before you book.
What the work covers
- Vertical risers
- Canopies and hoods
- Discharge points
- Plenums and filters
- Extract fans
- Horizontal duct runs
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Looking after it afterwards
Think of this as the after-treatment advice, in brief:
- Wash or exchange the filters often
- Wipe the canopy down at the end of each day
- Empty any grease troughs or cups on the canopy
- File each certificate with the fire risk assessment
If we couldn’t get into part of the duct, the report says so plainly. A TR19 report should record what wasn’t cleaned as well as what was, and we can fit access panels so it’s reached next time.
Tell whoever looks after the system when something changes. Grease dripping from the canopy, a burning smell or a fan that sounds rough are all signs of build-up, and a grease thickness test can confirm it.
Why deal with it now?
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. Cleaning to TR19 is the recognised way to show you’ve done it. In St Mary Cray, a planned overnight visit is much easier than closing unexpectedly.
Whatever the type of site, the quote works 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?
- We’re fully insured
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
- A fixed price before any work starts
- One number for every site across the South East and London
Take a look at our cost guide and how to check a contractor.
Multi-site and managed buildings
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 each one has its own record.
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
Questions from St Mary Cray
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in St Mary Cray?
In St Mary Cray, it’s Bromley council that carries out food hygiene inspections. Ratings are published by the Food Standards Agency, so a clean extract and good records are worth keeping up.
Can parking be tricky for a job in St Mary Cray?
We plan it in advance, so let us know about loading bays, permits and access rules at the building. Where restrictions apply in the day, an evening or overnight visit normally gets round them.
What is TR19?
A BESA specification, with two parts that matter most here: TR19® Grease for kitchen extract systems and TR19® Air for general ventilation. It isn’t legislation, but it’s the standard people check against.
How long does a kitchen extract clean take?
Allow a single shift for most kitchens, with long duct runs and tall risers needing more time. The survey tells us how long your system will need.
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 are fully insured.
What if parts of the system can’t be reached?
They’re listed in the report, never skipped quietly. The report says which parts couldn’t be reached and why, along with a quote to put access in.
Will my insurer ask for a TR19 certificate?
Grease in an extract is a known fire risk, which is why many insurers require TR19 cleaning. Our certificate and photo report give you that evidence.
Do I have to clean my extract to TR19 by law?
TR19 isn’t written into law, but the Fire Safety Order 2005 does require the responsible person to manage fire risk. TR19 is the standard insurers and fire officers expect, and many policies require it.
What your team can do, and what needs us
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
Staff cleaning and specialist work are not the same thing. Wiping filters daily and washing them weekly keeps the visible parts in order, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. That part needs specialist access and equipment.