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Kitchen Extract Cleaning in Thames Ditton
Professional kitchen extract cleaning in and around Thames Ditton, booked around your opening hours and finished with a written report and pictures.
- A kitchen with no current TR19 certificate
- Heavy grease build-up inside the duct runs
- Grease drips onto cooking equipment
What we do, step by step
We’re used to working while the site is closed. A lot of visits happen overnight or at weekends, so the site can open as normal afterwards. The visit itself takes anything from a few hours to a full night, depending on the size of the system. For a site near Thames Ditton, the work is booked around your opening hours, evenings and weekends included.
- 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.
- On the day, cooking equipment is switched off and left to cool, and everything nearby is sheeted.
- The whole route is cleaned, from the canopy through the ductwork to the fan and the discharge.
- We test again, photograph the result and issue your TR19 certificate and photo report.
Before we arrive
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
Getting a quote
Want a quote for kitchen extract cleaning? Please ring 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form with a few details about the site. We’ll explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before you commit to anything.
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Commercial kitchen extraction cleaning in Thames Ditton
Not sure when the extract was last cleaned, or by whom? Send a few pictures of the canopy and filters when you phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email, and you’ll have a fixed quote for kitchen extract cleaning in Thames Ditton, usually within one working day. The work covers plenums and filters, vertical risers and discharge points, and common reasons people get in touch are grease dripping from the canopy or filters and poor airflow at the canopy. Kitchens in Thames Ditton book us for TR19 cleaning for three reasons: the insurer asked, the EHO asked, or the canopy is dripping. Either way, the answer is the same: a proper clean and the paperwork to match.
The fire risk in a kitchen extract sits in the parts nobody sees: the plenum, the duct and the fan, which is why a TR19® clean in Thames Ditton goes well beyond the canopy.
Size doesn’t change the work: a kitchen in a place like Thames Ditton gets the whole system cleaned, canopy to discharge. The visit is booked around your opening hours, and the journey is planned ahead.
Each visit ends with a written report and photos, so there’s a dated record of the work. Where the work is a TR19® Grease clean, the certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Where
- Thames Ditton (KT7)
- Region
- Surrey
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Questions from Thames Ditton
Do you clean school canteen extracts around Thames Ditton out of term?
Yes, holiday work suits schools best. Food Standards Agency records list about 13 schools, colleges and universities with registered kitchens within about a mile and a half of Thames Ditton. Tell us your holiday dates and we’ll book the visit for when the site is empty.
Will you come out to Thames Ditton?
Yes. Thames Ditton is within the area we cover across London and the South East. Just mention lanes, gates or anything else about the site when you book.
Can one contract cover all our sites?
Yes. Send the list of sites and the work at each and we will quote them together.
Are you accredited for kitchen extract cleaning?
Our work is to BESA TR19® Grease, and we’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, with certificates issued through the BESCA portal. Duct Doctor has been trading since 2009.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
By covering it before any work starts. The work is kept contained and leave the area clean.
What do I get after the clean?
A TR19 certificate, plus a full photo report. It records what was cleaned, what wasn’t accessible and the recommended next clean date.
How much notice do you need?
It depends on the time you need and how big the job is. Tell us your preferred dates when you ask for a quote, and if it’s an emergency, call us any time.
How often does a kitchen extract system need cleaning?
BESA guidance gives minimum intervals of 3, 6 or 12 months, depending on daily cooking hours. Kitchens that fry or grill a lot may need cleaning sooner, and readings will tell you.
Thames Ditton kitchens: local notes
Food Standards Agency records list about 103 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 30 takeaways and sandwich shops within about 1.5 miles of central Thames Ditton. Each one that cooks under a canopy has an extract system that collects grease and needs regular cleaning. In Thames Ditton, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Elmbridge council. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready. Fire safety in Thames Ditton falls to Surrey Fire and Rescue Service. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises.
If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Tolworth Hospital about 2 miles east, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen. If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Church of St. Nicholas or elsewhere in Thames Ditton, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
Thames Ditton is about 1 mile west of Surbiton, in Surrey. We carry out kitchen extract cleaning for commercial premises of every kind in Thames Ditton and the rest of Surrey. Our area takes in 395 places across Surrey, from busy centres to quieter spots. There’s also a page for London, about 13 miles away.
Every address in KT7 is covered for kitchen extract cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. We cover sites on High Street, Watts Road and Ditton Close and nearby roads. Thames Ditton sits on or near the A307, which makes travel easy for evening and night visits. We also cover Weston Green (1 mile south-west), Long Ditton (1 mile east), Hinchley Wood (1 mile south), Seething Wells (1 mile east) and Molesey (1 mile north-west). Further out, we also cover Guildford (14 miles south-west), Woking (12 miles south-west), Epsom (5 miles south-east), Redhill (13 miles south-east), Ewell (4 miles south-east) and Egham (10 miles west).
Landmarks near Thames Ditton
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Esher College, George and Dragon pub and Shrewsbury House School. Thames Ditton has its own railway station: Thames Ditton station. Nearby you will also find Metropolitan Police Mounted Branch Museum (0.8 miles west) and Tolworth Hospital (2 miles east). For a walk, there’s The Wood and The Lake.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Facilities teams in offices, schools and healthcare sites book us too in Thames Ditton and across Surrey. Work can be phased by floor, building or site to keep disruption down.
Keeping records across a portfolio is half the battle. Each visit produces a dated report with pictures, ready to show insurers, fire officers or EHOs.
What your team can do, and what needs us
Some jobs should never be done in-house: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease call for the right kit, training and safe access. Leave those to us.
When your team notices a problem between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We can diagnose it and quote.
How the job changes from site to site
Grease filters
Filters need cleaning far more often than the duct, and a filter exchange service can take that off your hands. Keeping them clean helps the rest of the system stay cleaner.
Schools, hospitals and care homes
Institutional kitchens tend to cook to set hours, so cleans can be planned for holidays or quiet times. The certificate goes straight into the site’s maintenance records.
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Signs you need kitchen extract cleaning in Thames Ditton
Cooking fat leaves the pan as a fine vapour. As the air cools on its way through the duct, the fat condenses and sticks, and the layer grows a little with every meal cooked. The grease filters stop some, never all of it.
Clients typically contact us after spotting something like this:
- Poor airflow at the canopy
- An overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer
- Grease drips onto cooking equipment
- Cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey
For schools such as Thames Ditton Junior School, kitchen extract cleaning is typically booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
Comparing quotes
- Whether the figure could change on the day
- What insurance they carry
- What paperwork you get at the end
- Whether a survey comes first
Honest limits
Kitchen extract cleaning can’t fix everything, and we’ll tell you before any work starts. It won’t put right:
- Extraction that can’t cope with the cooking because of its design
- A fan motor or bearings that have failed (that needs a fan repair or replacement)
- Fire dampers that won’t close (that needs damper testing and remedials)
Not sure which it is? You can call 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we’ll tell you honestly before you book.
Parts of the system we cover
- Extract fans
- Horizontal duct runs
- Vertical risers
- Discharge points
- Plenums and filters
- Canopies and hoods
What affects the cost of kitchen extract cleaning
Your quote is based on your site. We take into account:
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- The times the site is available
- The size of the system
One small site or a whole estate, the quote is built the same way: what needs doing, how we get to it and when. You will have a fixed price before work begins.
Asking for a quote
Photos and a few facts are often enough to price the work. Useful things to send:
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- A few general shots of the system
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
If you need kitchen extract cleaning in Thames Ditton, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email. Tell us what kind of premises it is and when it’s open, plus pictures or the previous report if they’re to hand. We normally send a fixed quote within one working day.