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Kitchen Extract Cleaning in St Paul's Cray
Need kitchen extract cleaning in St Paul's Cray? We diagnose first, fix the price and book the work around your hours, finishing with a written report and photos.
- Grease smells coming from the extract
- Poor airflow at the canopy
- Grease drips onto cooking equipment
What we do, step by step
On the day, we arrive at the time agreed with you, often in the evening, overnight or at the weekend so the site keeps working. Anything that needs to be off for the work is switched off and left to cool before we start, and floors and nearby surfaces are sheeted. The work itself takes a few hours for a small kitchen, longer for a large system. If your building in St Paul's Cray has sign-in rules, permits or key holders, mention them when you book.
- First the diagnosis: a survey of the whole system and its access points.
- We record grease levels at set points, then fix the price.
- After the kitchen closes, we sheet the area and set up to contain grease and water.
- The treatment: heavy grease scraped out, then every part degreased to TR19® Grease.
- Then the clean bill of health: readings, a TR19 certificate and a photo report with the next date.
How to prepare
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
How to get 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. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.
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Kitchen duct cleaning in St Paul's Cray
A kitchen extract system is far more than the canopy you can see. Behind it sit the plenum and grease filters, then the ductwork, risers, extract fan and discharge, and each part collects grease. A TR19® Grease clean deals with the whole route, not only the parts on show. If you are dealing with a new tenancy or takeover with no cleaning history and an extract that has never been cleaned to TR19, we can help. Kitchen extract cleaning, TR19 cleaning, extraction cleaning: whatever you call it, it’s the job we do every week across Greater London.
Kitchens that fry and grill hardest need the most frequent cleans, 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. For a kitchen in St Paul's Cray, that typically means a longer system to clean and more access panels to plan around.
Good records are part of the job. You get a written report with photos after each visit, covering the work done, any areas we couldn’t access and a recommended next date. Keep it with your fire safety records so it’s to hand when an insurer or inspector asks.
- Location
- St Paul's Cray (BR5, BR7)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Records
- Certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
How the job changes from site to site
Restaurant and pub kitchens
Losing a service is not an option for most restaurants and pubs. We work overnight and at weekends where that suits, and hand back a clean kitchen ready to cook.
Extract fan and discharge
The fan pulls the air through the whole system, and grease that gets past everything else ends up on its blades. It’s isolated, opened and cleaned as part of the TR19 clean.
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FAQs for St Paul's Cray
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in St Paul's Cray?
In St Paul's Cray, it’s Bromley council that carries out food hygiene inspections. How often a business is inspected depends on the risk rating the council gives it, so it’s worth staying ready all year.
Can you come to St Paul's Cray after we close?
Yes, evening, overnight and weekend work is normal for us. The site is handed back ready to open. Your opening times are the first thing we ask for.
Does the law say I must clean to TR19?
TR19® is BESA’s specification, not legislation. 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.
Why do insurers care about extract cleaning?
Many insurers ask for proof of regular cleaning to TR19, and many policies require it. Without proof, a claim can be refused or reduced, so it’s worth checking your policy wording.
How much notice should we give?
Earlier is better, especially for out-of-hours work. Quotes usually come back within one working day, and emergencies are covered by our 24/7 line.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. We work across South East England and London, so sites at different addresses can be planned together as one programme. Each site gets its own report and photos.
What do I get after the clean?
You receive a TR19 certificate and a photo report. Certificates are issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal, and the report includes before and after photos, grease readings and the recommended next clean date.
How much does kitchen extract cleaning cost in St Paul's Cray?
Size, condition, access and working hours all affect the cost. Ask us for a fixed quote and we will normally reply within one working day.
Honest limits
A few issues sit outside what this work can do:
- Extraction that can’t cope with the cooking because of its design
- Fat blocking the kitchen drains
- A fan motor or bearings that have failed (that needs a fan repair or replacement)
Not sure which it is? You can give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we’ll tell you honestly.
Parts of the system we cover
- Extract fans
- Canopies and hoods
- Horizontal duct runs
- Vertical risers
- Discharge points
- Plenums and filters
What we are called out for in St Paul's Cray
The reason for all this is fire. A flare-up on the range can be drawn up into the canopy and duct, where burning grease can carry a fire along the ducts and into other parts of the building. That’s why controlling extract grease belongs in the fire risk assessment.
Keep an eye out for any of the following:
- A system with no record of a TR19 clean
- An overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer
- Fat running down the canopy edge
- A smoky, hot kitchen with weak extraction
Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Queen Mary's Hospital is the nearest hospital to St Paul's Cray, about 1.3 miles north.
What to look for in a quote
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- Whether VAT is included
- Whether a survey comes first
- What happens if part of the system cannot be accessed
Keeping the system healthy
Good habits slow the build-up between visits. A few tips:
- Switch the fan on before cooking starts
- Keep grease collection points emptied
- Flag any change in how the extract sounds or works
- Diarise the next clean as soon as you get the certificate
The kitchen is left clean and ready for the next service. Grease and dirty water are collected and taken off site, and equipment can be switched back on once we have gone.
Keep the outside of the canopy wiped and any grease cups emptied. It will not replace a TR19 clean, but it slows what reaches the duct.
What your team can do, and what needs us
Staff cleaning doesn’t replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Regular in-house cleaning slows the build-up, but the parts you can’t see still need a specialist at the right interval.
In-house cleaning and specialist cleaning do different jobs. 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.
St Paul's Cray kitchens: local notes
The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 74 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 49 takeaways and sandwich shops within about 1.5 miles of central St Paul's Cray. Every kitchen in that count with a canopy has a full extract system, canopy to discharge, to keep clear of grease. Night work suits London kitchens, and roads and loading bays tend to be quieter too. St Paul's Cray is covered by London Fire Brigade. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises.
Church and community hall kitchens, near St Barnabas or anywhere around St Paul's Cray, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other. 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.
St Paul's Cray is about 1 mile north of Orpington, in Greater London. Whatever kind of site you run in St Paul's Cray, kitchen extract cleaning is something we can help with. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so the site keeps running. Our Greater London coverage runs to 764 places, and St Paul's Cray is one of them. There’s also a page for London, about 11 miles away.
All of BR5 and BR7 is within our area for kitchen extract cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. Whether your site is on Main Road, Murray Road and Rushet Road or anywhere close by, our technicians can take on the work. Neighbouring places we cover for kitchen extract cleaning include St Mary Cray (1 mile south), Poverest (1 mile south), Derry Downs (1 mile south), Orpington (1 mile south) and Kevington (2 miles south-east). Further out, 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 Paul's Cray
Typical jobs here are in premises near Kemnal Technology College, The Blue Anchor Public House and Walsingham School. St Paul's Cray has its own railway station: St Mary Cray station. Well-known places in the area include Lullingstone Castle (4.8 miles south-east) and London Borough of Bromley Museum (1.5 miles south). The countryside around St Paul's Cray includes The Warren and Summer Hill.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Running several sites is easier with one contractor. We work across London and the South East, so a run of sites can go into one programme and kept on a regular cycle.
For anyone managing more than one site, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Every building has its own written report, so each one has its own record.