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Kitchen Extract Cleaning in Upper Holloway
Need kitchen extract cleaning in Upper Holloway? We diagnose first, fix the price and book the work around your hours, then sign off with a report and photos.
- Ductwork thick with old, hardened grease
- An extract that no longer clears the smoke
- Grease smells coming from the extract
Your questions about kitchen extract cleaning in Upper Holloway
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Upper Holloway?
That is Islington council, whose environmental health officers carry out food hygiene inspections in Upper Holloway. It helps to keep the extract cleaning records with your food safety paperwork, so they’re ready if asked for.
Do you work at weekends in Upper Holloway?
Yes, we can come after you close and finish before you open. The work in Upper Holloway can fit around your hours. Let us know the hours you’re closed and we’ll book within them.
Is a quote from photos possible?
In many cases, yes. Photos of the system and the access, plus your opening hours and last report, are often enough. Larger or hidden systems need a survey on site first.
How do you protect the area?
With sheeting and covers, before anything else happens. We keep the work contained and leave the area clean.
Does the law say I must clean to TR19?
TR19® is BESA’s specification, not legislation. Under the Fire Safety Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, and TR19 is the benchmark used to show extract grease is under control.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes. For anything urgent, such as a fan failure or damage after a fire, ring the 24/7 line and we’ll talk you through the next steps.
Do you cover Upper Holloway?
Yes. We cover Upper Holloway and across Greater London, within our South East and London area. To book, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line.
How much does kitchen extract cleaning cost in Upper Holloway?
It depends on the site, so we quote each one individually. To get one, call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and tell us about the site and its opening hours.
Kitchen duct cleaning in Upper Holloway
Has the extract gone a while without a clean, or has the paperwork gone missing? Just call 0345 646 2711 or email us with pictures of the canopy and filters, and we’ll come back with a fixed price for the work in Upper Holloway, usually within one working day. The work covers vertical risers, discharge points and horizontal duct runs, and the jobs we see most are an extract that no longer clears the smoke and an overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer. Canopy cleaning, extract cleaning and duct cleaning are often used to mean the same thing, but a proper TR19® clean in Upper Holloway covers all of it, from the hood to the fan.
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 Upper Holloway goes well beyond the canopy.
London kitchens tend to trade late and open early, so work in Upper Holloway is normally booked for the night or the early hours. Before the clean, we agree loading, parking and roof access with whoever manages the building.
Each visit ends with a written report and photos, 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
- Upper Holloway (N19, N7, N6)
- Region
- Greater London
- Paperwork
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- Working hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Leave it or put it right?
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. TR19 is the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to. A busy site in Upper Holloway builds up dirt and wear quickly, so putting it off makes the eventual job larger.
Leaving it longer rarely makes the work cheaper. Build-up, wear and faults tend to get worse, not better, which can make the next visit longer. If you’re not sure what’s needed, call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we will give you an honest view and a fixed quote.
What you get with us
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Trading since 2009
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
See what affects the cost and our accreditations and certificates.
What we do, step by step
The first job on site is protection: sheeting goes over floors and surfaces close to the work. After that, the system is made safe and the work begins. It takes as long as the system needs, from a few hours to several planned visits, and the area is cleaned down before we leave. Security desks and permits-to-work are routine in London, so let us know what your building in Upper Holloway needs from us.
- 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.
- Heavy deposits are scraped by hand and the system 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
- Move anything stored near the system
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
Ask for a quote
Need a price for kitchen extract cleaning? Please phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email with a few details about the site. We’ll talk you through the work and send you a fixed quote before you commit to anything.
Advice
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What else we do in Upper Holloway
Between visits
A little care between visits keeps the system in better shape. Our advice:
- Keep the TR19 certificate and photo report in the maintenance log
- Wash or exchange the filters often
- Make sure every filter is fitted before cooking
- Don’t let the canopy gutters overflow
When the clean is finished, grease readings are taken again at the same points, so you can see the difference in numbers as well as pictures. A TR19 certificate follows, issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
Keep the fan on throughout service. Cooking with the extract off lets grease and heat settle in the canopy, and the next clean has more to do.
Kitchen extracts in Upper Holloway
Look up Upper Holloway on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you’ll find about 513 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 158 sandwich bars and takeaways across Upper Holloway and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Any of them cooking under a canopy is sending grease into its ductwork every service. It’s Islington council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Upper Holloway. 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. Upper Holloway is covered by London Fire Brigade. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel.
Church and community hall kitchens, near St Andrew's Whitehall Park or anywhere around Upper Holloway, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other. School kitchens, at schools like St John's Upper Holloway CofE Primary School for example, are normally cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost.
Upper Holloway is about 2 miles east of Hampstead, in Greater London. We provide kitchen extract cleaning for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Upper Holloway and the rest of Greater London. Upper Holloway is one of 764 towns, villages and districts in Greater London where we work for commercial clients.
Postcode districts we cover here for kitchen extract cleaning: N19, N7 and N6. Kitchen extract cleaning is available to premises on Ward Road, Kiver Road and Foxham Road and nearby roads. You’ll find Upper Holloway on the A103, so it’s easy for us to get to for out-of-hours visits. We also cover the places around Upper Holloway: Tufnell Park (1 mile south), Dartmouth Park (1 mile south-west), Highgate (1 mile north-west), Nag's Head (1 mile south-east) and Holloway (1 mile south-east). Within a short drive, we also cover London (5 miles south), City of Westminster (4 miles south), Marylebone (3 miles south), Kensington (5 miles south-west), St Pancras (3 miles south) and Shoreditch (4 miles south-east).
Near you in Upper Holloway
Around Upper Holloway, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near City of London Academy, Whittington Park and The Mother Red Cap pub and the streets around them. Nearby too are Asanté Academy of Chinese Medicine (1.2 miles north-west) and Vaughan Williams Memorial Library (2 miles south). There’s a railway station in Upper Holloway itself: Upper Holloway station. Other landmarks nearby include The Mall Wood Green (2.3 miles north-east) and Royal Northern Hospital (0.5 miles south-east). Green spaces nearby include Dartmouth Park Hill and Parkland Walk.
What your team can do, and what needs us
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, which is where we come in.
Staff cleaning and specialist work are not the same thing. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but they do not reach the grease that builds up further in. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
What the work involves, part by part
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.
Ductwork and risers
Long flat runs of duct are where grease collects. We open access panels along the route and clean each section, recording any that cannot be reached.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
If you look after several sites, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Each site gets its own report and pictures, so records stay tidy.
Running several sites is easier with one contractor. We cover South East England and London, so a run of sites can go into one programme and kept to a regular schedule.
What we are called out for in Upper Holloway
A lot of duct grease gets there because the filters let it through. Damaged, missing or overloaded filters let grease straight past, and it doesn’t stop until it reaches the fan.
Most sites get in touch when they notice something like this:
- Grease smells coming from the extract
- A smoky, hot kitchen with weak extraction
- Years of baked-on grease in the ducts
- A new tenancy or takeover with no cleaning history
For kitchens close to Upper Holloway station, where the day often starts early and ends late, the extract can be cleaned overnight.
Before booking anyone
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
- What records you’ll receive afterwards
- Whether they’re fully insured
- Whether the quote shows VAT