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Kitchen extract cleaning in Upton, Greater London
TR19 grease cleaning of complete kitchen extract systems, from canopy to discharge for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Upton. BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease.
- A TR19 certificate needed for the insurer
- Grease smells coming from the extract
- An overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer
Keeping the system healthy
To keep the system working properly between visits:
- Run the extract fan throughout cooking
- Give the canopy a daily wipe
- Never cook with filters missing or out of place
- Keep the TR19 certificate and photo report in the maintenance log
A TR19 certificate notes the date, the location and the technician. File it with the fire risk assessment and the maintenance log so it’s ready when anyone asks to see it.
Report drips, smells or a noisy fan early. Drips, odours and fan noise often mean grease is building, and a grease thickness test can confirm it.
Kitchen extract cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Upton
Few kitchens can stop cooking for a day so the extract can be cleaned. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends, or between services where the kitchen has a gap. Equipment is switched off and left to cool, the area is sheeted, and the kitchen is handed back ready to cook. The work covers vertical risers, plenums and filters and horizontal duct runs, and common reasons people get in touch are an inspection that picked up a dirty extract and an extract that has never been cleaned to TR19. Most calls from Upton come after an insurer, an EHO or a fire officer asks to see the last TR19 certificate. Either way, the answer is the same: a proper clean and the paperwork to match.
BESA sets minimum intervals by hours of cooking a day: 3-monthly for heavy use, 6-monthly for moderate use and yearly for light use, adjusted by what the grease readings show.
In London, few kitchens can spare a day to close, so extract cleaning in Upton is typically done overnight, after the last service. Parking, loading and access to the roof are agreed with the building before the night of the clean.
Nothing is signed off by word of mouth: a written report, dated and illustrated with pictures, and for TR19® Grease cleans, a certificate issued through the BESCA VHE portal. Any parts we couldn’t reach are recorded on it too.
- Where
- Upton (DA6, DA7, DA16)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Quote
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Working hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
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Your questions about kitchen extract cleaning in Upton
Can parking be tricky for a job in Upton?
London parking can be tight, so details of loading bays and permits help. If the building has a loading slot system, we’ll book into it.
Do you work at weekends in Upton?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. The site is handed back ready to open. Let us know the hours you’re closed and we’ll book within them.
What should I send you?
Some pictures and a quick description of the system, with the address and opening hours. We will ask for anything else we need.
Does the law say I must clean to TR19?
The legal duty sits in the Fire Safety Order 2005 rather than in TR19 itself. In practice, TR19 is how kitchens show they’re managing grease, and many insurers ask for proof of it.
How much notice should we give?
The more notice, the better, particularly for night and weekend visits. We normally quote within one working day, and there’s a 24/7 line for emergencies.
How do you protect the area?
We cover floors and nearby surfaces with sheeting before any work starts, and anything we remove is contained. Before we leave, we tidy up and clean down.
Do you offer emergency callouts?
Yes. For anything urgent, such as a fan failure or damage after a fire, ring the 24/7 line, and we will advise on what to do next.
What do I get after the clean?
Yes, a TR19 certificate, along with a photo report. It records what was cleaned, what wasn’t accessible and the recommended next clean date.
How we price kitchen extract cleaning
Every site gets its own quote. This is what makes a difference:
- The condition we find in the survey
- How easy every part is to reach
- How many systems or sites are involved
- The scale of the work
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 explain each part.
Helping us quote
Photos and a few facts are often enough to price the work. Useful things to send:
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- Wide photos of the system and the area around it
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
For a fixed quote, call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email with the site type, your trading hours and a short description of the system. A few pictures and your last certificate or report help a lot. We usually come back within one working day.
Upton kitchens: local notes
The FSA’s food hygiene register includes about 66 pubs, bars and clubs and about 4 hotels and B&Bs in and around Upton, up to about a mile and a half out. Where they serve hot food, their kitchen extracts need cleaning to TR19® like any restaurant’s. London Fire Brigade covers Upton. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel. Kitchens in Upton get their food hygiene inspections from Bexley council. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector.
Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Bexley Hospital is the nearest hospital to Upton, about under half a mile south-west. Bursars and site managers at schools such as Upland Primary School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
Upton is about 1 mile east of Welling, in Greater London. Sites in Upton get the same service as everywhere we cover: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where necessary and a written report with photos. Upton is one of 764 places in Greater London we cover for kitchen extract cleaning. For sites nearby, see our London page (10 miles or so).
Here we cover the DA6, DA7 and DA16 postcode area for kitchen extract cleaning. If you need kitchen extract cleaning at premises on Lion Road, Upton Road and Freta Road or anywhere close by, we can help. Close by, we work in Bexleyheath (1 mile east), Crook Log (1 mile west), Blendon (1 mile south-west), Bexley (1 mile south) and Welling (1 mile west). Larger places within reach include London (10 miles west), City of Westminster (13 miles west), Marylebone (13 miles west), Kensington (15 miles west), St Pancras (12 miles north-west) and Shoreditch (10 miles north-west).
Landmarks near Upton
In Upton, that means kitchens and buildings near St Catherine's Catholic School, Danson Park and Bexleyheath Academy and the streets around them. There’s a railway station in Upton itself: Bexleyheath station. Nearby you will also find Bexley Hospital (less than half a mile south-west) and Broadway Shopping Centre (0.5 miles south-east). Green spaces nearby include Summer Hill and Wansunt Pit.
Signs you need kitchen extract cleaning in Upton
Grease in an extract starts as vapour. As the air cools on its way through the duct, the fat condenses and sticks, building a layer that gets thicker with every service. Filters catch some of it, but never all.
Look out for any of the following:
- A smoky, hot kitchen with weak extraction
- Heavy grease build-up inside the duct runs
- A system with no record of a TR19 clean
- Cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey
For kitchens close to Bexleyheath station, where the day often starts early and ends late, the extract can be cleaned overnight.
Before you book anyone
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
- How areas they cannot reach will be recorded
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
- What records you’ll receive afterwards
When something else is needed
Kitchen extract cleaning cannot fix everything, and we’ll tell you before any work starts. It will not put right:
- 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)
- Fire dampers that won’t close (that needs damper testing and remedials)
If you are not sure, just ring 0345 646 2711 or email us and we will give you a straight answer.
What we work on in Upton
- Horizontal duct runs
- Plenums and filters
- Extract fans
- Vertical risers
- Discharge points
- Canopies and hoods
What your team can do, and what needs us
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but hidden parts of the system still need specialist attention.
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. That is our job.
Why deal with it now?
Leaving the clean until the next refit does not make the grease go away. Fat that was soft and easy to remove hardens with heat and time, which is slower to clean. Regular cleans keep each visit shorter. A busy site in Upton builds up dirt and wear quickly, so putting it off makes the eventual job larger.
What you pay depends on how big the system is, what state it’s in and how easy it is to reach. We give you a fixed price before any work starts, so you know where you stand.
Why book with us
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
- Fixed quotes from a survey or pictures
Take a look at what affects the cost and our accreditations.
How it works
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. Equipment that has to be off is switched off and allowed to cool first, and the area around the work is covered and protected. The work itself takes a few hours for a small kitchen, longer for a large system. In Upton, as across London, we usually work overnight or at weekends and hand the site back ready to open.
- First the diagnosis: a survey of the whole system and its access points.
- Grease readings set the baseline, and a fixed quote follows.
- We arrive after close, protect the area and contain the waste.
- 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
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Let us know about parking and loading
Getting a quote
There’s no standard price list, because every site is different. We look at your system first, from photos or on a visit, and then give you a fixed quote. To get going, call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line.