Surrey · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in Titsey, Surrey
We cover Titsey for kitchen extract cleaning. Out-of-hours visits, a fixed quote and a written report with pictures as standard.
- Missing paperwork after a change of operator
- Years of baked-on grease in the ducts
- Fat running down the canopy edge
TR19 kitchen extract cleaning in Titsey
A kitchen extract system is far more than the canopy you can see. Beyond the filters run the plenum, the ducts and risers, the fan and the point where air leaves the building, and each part collects grease. Our clean follows the air from canopy to discharge, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. If you have heavy grease build-up inside the duct runs and an overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer, we can put it right, from extract fans, vertical risers and canopies and hoods onwards. Searching for commercial kitchen extraction cleaning in Titsey? Duct Doctor has covered London and the South East since 2009, as a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member.
What can be cleaned depends on what can be reached. Where a duct run has no panels, we say so on the report and can fit new ones.
In a small place like Titsey, kitchens are often in older or extended buildings, with long single-storey duct runs, and those horizontal sections are where grease settles. We agree access and timings in advance.
Duct Doctor has been trading since 2009, and we are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we carry full insurance.
- Location
- Titsey (RH8)
- Wider area
- Surrey
- Reporting
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Staff cleaning does not replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Regular in-house cleaning slows the build-up, but the parts you cannot see still need a specialist at the right interval.
A few tasks are always specialist work: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease need training, the right equipment and safe access. That’s our job.
What a clean won’t put right
We’d rather tell you now than book work that will not help, so these are the things it won’t cover:
- A damper that sticks or has a damaged link
- A canopy that’s too small or a system that was badly designed
- Ductwork that’s corroded, split or leaking (that’s for a ductwork contractor)
If in doubt, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we’ll say what we think.
What we work on in Titsey
- Extract fans
- Discharge points
- Horizontal duct runs
- Plenums and filters
- Canopies and hoods
- Vertical risers
How the job changes from site to site
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. We isolate it, open it up and degrease it.
Grease filters
Gaps around filters let fat through to the duct. We check they fit as they should when we refit them, and flag any that don’t.
How it works
At the end of the visit, someone from your team can look over the work with us. Anything we couldn’t reach or that needs attention is pointed out there and then, 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. Somewhere like Titsey, lanes, gates and parking are worth mentioning in advance.
- First the diagnosis: a survey of the whole system and its access points.
- Grease readings set the baseline, and a fixed quote follows.
- 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.
- The sign-off: post-clean readings, a TR19 certificate and a photo report with the next clean date.
How to prepare
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
- Clear loose items from the work area
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
How to get a quote
Every quote begins with a look at the system, from your pictures and details or, where that isn’t enough, a survey on site. Then we send a fixed price so you know the cost before any work starts.
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What happens if it’s left?
There’s no law that names TR19, but the Fire Safety Order 2005 still applies. 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. Rural sites cannot always move to another kitchen or room when something fails.
When the work has to happen, how we reach it and how big the site is all affect the cost. Each of those is built into the quote, and the price is fixed before any work starts.
What you get with us
- Trading since 2009
- Full insurance on every job
- A written report with pictures after each visit
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
Take a look at how cleaning jobs are priced and how to check a contractor.
Looking after it afterwards
Aftercare is simple, and it helps at the next visit:
- Switch the fan on before cooking starts
- Keep to the recommended cleaning interval
- Keep the baffle filters clean
- Give the canopy a daily wipe
The kitchen is left clean and ready for the next service. Grease and dirty water are collected and taken off site, 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.
FAQs for Titsey
Do you work in villages like Titsey?
Yes. Titsey is within the area we cover across London and the South East. The journey is planned ahead, so a few details about the route help.
Do you clean school canteen extracts around Titsey out of term?
Yes. Half-terms and the summer break are the natural time for school work. Food Standards Agency records list about 2 schools, colleges and universities with registered kitchens within about a mile and a half of Titsey. Send us your term dates when you call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email, and we will fit the work in.
How far ahead should we book?
Book as early as you can for planned work, particularly if your next visit is nearly due. For emergencies, we take calls 24/7.
How often does a kitchen extract system need cleaning?
That comes down mainly to daily cooking hours. BESA’s minimums run from every 3 months for heavy use to every 12 months for light use. Your report gives a recommended next clean date.
What does TR19 mean?
TR19® is BESA’s specification for ventilation hygiene. TR19® Grease, a standalone specification since 2019, covers grease in kitchen extract systems, while TR19® Air covers other supply and extract ductwork.
What should I send you?
Where the site is, what it is and when it’s open, along with a few pictures and any previous report.
What about areas you can’t get to?
Anything we cannot reach goes on the report, with photos where possible, and we explain what access is needed, for example new access panels.
Will my insurer ask for a TR19 certificate?
Grease-filled ducts can carry fire well beyond the kitchen. Many insurers require TR19 cleaning, and may refuse or reduce a claim without proof, so keep every certificate.
Other services in Titsey
For landlords and multi-site operators
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works, and we’ll send a fixed quote.
From a single site to a large estate, you get the same standard: the system surveyed, the price fixed, the visit fitted around trading and everything written up afterwards.
What kitchen extract cleaning looks like in Titsey
The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 10 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 7 takeaways and sandwich shops in and around Titsey, up to about a mile and a half out. Every kitchen in that count with a canopy has a full extract system, canopy to discharge, to keep clear of grease. Fire safety in Titsey falls to Surrey Fire and Rescue Service. Fire and rescue authorities enforce the Fire Safety Order in most non-domestic premises, and in a kitchen that fire risk includes the grease in the extract. In Titsey, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Tandridge council. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector.
If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Titsey (Titsey Place is about 0.3 miles west), fitting access panels needs care. Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Church of St James the Greater, or anywhere in Titsey, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it. School kitchens, at schools like Oxted School for example, are typically cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost.
Titsey is about 5 miles east of Caterham, in Surrey. Across the RH8 area, we can carry out kitchen extract cleaning at your premises. Titsey is one of 395 places in Surrey we cover for commercial clients. There’s also a page for London, about 16 miles away.
Our technicians cover all of RH8 for kitchen extract cleaning and the streets around it. We also cover the places around Titsey: Tatsfield (1 mile north), Limpsfield (1 mile south-west), Moorhouse Bank (2 miles south-east), South Street (2 miles north-east) and The Chart (2 miles south). Within a short drive, we also cover Epsom (13 miles west), Horley (11 miles south-west), Redhill (9 miles west), Ewell (13 miles north-west), Reigate (10 miles west) and Caterham (5 miles west).
Around Titsey
For rail, the closest station is Oxted station, about 1.8 miles south-west of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Tandridge Priory (1.7 miles south). Not far away are West Kent Golf Course nature reserve and Botley Hill.