Greater London · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in Sydenham Hill, Greater London
Our technicians work in Sydenham Hill on TR19 Grease cleaning of complete kitchen extract systems, from canopy to discharge. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports as standard.
- Grease drips onto cooking equipment
- Extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit
- A system with no record of a TR19 clean
Kitchen extract cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Sydenham Hill
Few kitchens can stop cooking for a day so the extract can be cleaned. Cleans are booked for evenings, overnight or weekends, or between services where the kitchen has a gap. With the equipment off and cool and the area sheeted, we clean and hand the kitchen back ready for the next service. Typical jobs include a system with no record of a TR19 clean and rancid smells from grease in the duct, on horizontal duct runs, discharge points and canopies and hoods. If you need a kitchen extract clean in Sydenham Hill, you get one team and one number for every site, wherever you are in 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.
Across London, many commercial kitchens are squeezed into basements and narrow back-of-house spaces, with extract ducts that can climb several floors to discharge at roof level. For a kitchen in Sydenham Hill, that typically means a longer system to clean and more access panels to plan around.
We are CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, we hold ISO 9001 and we’re fully insured. We are also a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we’ve been trading since 2009.
- Location
- Sydenham Hill (SE26, SE23, SE21)
- Region
- Greater London
- Reporting
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- Working hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Kitchen extracts in Sydenham Hill
The FSA’s data shows about 46 bars, pubs and nightclubs and about 3 hotels and guest houses registered in and around Sydenham Hill, up to about a mile and a half out. Wherever they cook, the canopy, duct and fan collect grease just as a restaurant’s do. Kitchens in Sydenham Hill get their food hygiene inspections from Southwark council. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector. Sydenham Hill sits within the area of London Fire Brigade. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order.
School kitchens, at schools like Kelvin Grove Primary School for example, are normally cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost. If you run a café or takeaway near Sydenham Hill station, early starts and late finishes leave little time to clean, so overnight extract cleaning suits.
Sydenham Hill is about 1 mile east of West Norwood, in Greater London. For kitchen extract cleaning in and around Sydenham Hill, please call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email for a fixed quote. Our area covers London and the South East, Sydenham Hill included. 764 places in Greater London are on our list, from busy centres to quieter spots.
All of SE26, SE23 and SE21 is covered for kitchen extract cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. That includes premises on Grange Lane, Dallas Road and Lyall Avenue and the roads around them. Other places close to Sydenham Hill include West Dulwich (1 mile west), Sydenham (1 mile south-east), Crystal Palace (1 mile south), Dulwich (1 mile north-west) and Gipsy Hill (1 mile south-west). We also work in nearby towns such as London (5 miles north), City of Westminster (7 miles north-west), Marylebone (7 miles north-west), Kensington (7 miles north-west), St Pancras (7 miles north) and Shoreditch (6 miles north).
Local landmarks in Sydenham Hill
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Long Meadow, The Wood House and Sydenham School and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Sydenham Hill station, roughly 0.5 miles west. Other landmarks nearby include Horniman Museum and Gardens (0.6 miles north-east) and Lewisham Shopping Centre (3.2 miles north-east). Green spaces nearby include Knight's Hill and Dulwich Upper Wood.
FAQs for Sydenham Hill
Which fire service covers Sydenham Hill?
London Fire Brigade is the fire and rescue service for Sydenham Hill. If a fire safety officer visits a commercial kitchen, they may ask about the fire risk assessment and how the extract is kept clean.
Can school kitchens in Sydenham Hill be cleaned in the holidays?
Yes, and it’s the easiest time to do it. Around Sydenham Hill, the Food Standards Agency lists about 47 schools and colleges with registered kitchens within a mile and a half or so. Just call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email with your term dates and we’ll plan around them.
Are you a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member?
We clean to BESA TR19® Grease as a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, and certificates go through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal. We have been trading since 2009.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
With sheeting and covers, before anything else happens. The work is kept contained and clean down when we finish.
What do you do with what you remove?
It leaves the site with us at the end of the visit. While we work, it’s kept contained so the area stays clean.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
Restaurants and pubs, hotels, schools and colleges, hospitals and care homes, offices and retail, plus food production and leisure sites.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes, of course. Tell us what you have and how it’s used, and we will suggest a schedule and quote for it.
Can you price the work without visiting?
Yes, where the pictures show enough. If not, a site survey comes first, then a fixed quote.
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Other services in Sydenham Hill
When to call us in Sydenham Hill
We often find duct sections that haven’t been cleaned since they were installed. The usual reason is a lack of access panels, so those sections were never reached. Grease in those sections keeps building out of sight.
The symptoms we are asked about most include:
- Ductwork thick with old, hardened grease
- A system with no record of a TR19 clean
- An overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer
- Cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey
A hospital like St Christopher's Hospice, about 0.9 miles south-east, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day.
Questions to ask before you book
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- When they can work, and whether that is outside your opening hours
- Whether a written report and photos are included
Leave it or put it right?
Putting it off simply moves the grease further down the duct. Over time, soft grease bakes into a harder, thicker crust, and that takes more work to shift. Regular cleans keep each visit shorter. Every month a London system goes without attention adds to what has to be done later.
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. Call for a fixed quote and we’ll go through it with you.
What you get with us
- A written report with photos after each visit
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
- We’re fully insured
- Trading since 2009
Take a look at our cost guide or our accreditations.
What a clean will not put right
Before you book, it helps to know what’s not included:
- Blocked drains from a neglected grease trap (a separate service)
- A fan motor or bearings that have failed (that needs a fan repair or replacement)
- A canopy that’s too small or a system that was badly designed
If you are not sure, just call 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we’ll give you a straight answer.
Where we work
- Discharge points
- Horizontal duct runs
- Extract fans
- Plenums and filters
- Vertical risers
- Canopies and hoods
Aftercare tips
Aftercare is simple, and it helps at the next visit:
- Diarise the next clean as soon as you get the certificate
- Wipe the canopy down at the end of each day
- Switch the fan on before cooking starts
- Do not let the canopy gutters overflow
We hand the kitchen back clean, with the sheeting removed and waste taken away. Waste grease and water are contained and removed, so you can start cooking as normal.
Book the next clean before the last one runs out. BESA guidance links the minimum interval to daily cooking hours, so a change in hours may mean a change in interval, and grease readings will show it.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
In-house cleaning and specialist cleaning do different jobs. Wiping filters daily and washing them weekly keeps the visible parts in order, but they do not reach the grease that builds up further in. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
For landlords and multi-site operators
Multi-site operators often want one contractor and one number. We cover South East England and London, so a run of sites can go into one programme and kept to a regular schedule.
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
How it works
Before we leave, we walk the area with whoever is on site. We point out anything that couldn’t be reached or needs a follow-up, and the same goes into the written report. All told, the work takes one visit for most kitchens, while large or complex systems may need more than one. We fit London jobs around the building rather than the other way round, so a visit in Sydenham Hill is normally out of hours.
- First comes a survey of the whole system, by pictures or a visit.
- Set points are tested for grease thickness and the quote is fixed before any work starts.
- With the kitchen closed and equipment off and cool, the area is sheeted.
- Canopy, plenum, filters, duct runs, risers, fan and discharge are all cleaned to TR19® Grease.
- Finally the system is re-tested and photographed, and the certificate and report follow.
Preparing for the visit
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Clear the space around the work
Ask for a quote
There’s no standard price list, because no two systems are the same. Instead, we look at your site first, from pictures or a survey, then send a fixed quote. To get going, call us on 0345 646 2711 or email us.