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Kitchen extract cleaning in West Wickham, Greater London
Looking for kitchen extract cleaning in West Wickham? We survey first, send you a fixed quote and work around your opening hours, finishing with a written report and pictures.
- Grease dripping from the canopy or filters
- A system with no record of a TR19 clean
- Cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey
Kitchen extract cleaning for kitchens and businesses in West Wickham
Cooking sends fat-laden vapour into the canopy with every service. It cools inside the duct and settles as a sticky film that thickens month by month. That layer will burn, and a proper clean removes it before it becomes a fire risk. The work covers plenums and filters, discharge points and vertical risers, and common reasons people get in touch are a TR19 certificate needed for the insurer and grease dripping from the canopy or filters. If you need a kitchen extract clean in West Wickham, one call covers the survey, the clean and the paperwork.
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.
Across London, many commercial kitchens are squeezed into basements and narrow back-of-house spaces, and the duct may run up through several floors before it discharges at the roof. In West Wickham, as elsewhere in the capital, a long duct run means more access points to open and more grease to remove.
It’s worth checking any contractor’s accreditations. We are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured.
- Where
- West Wickham (BR4, CR0, BR3)
- Region
- Greater London
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
How it works
Your staff do not need to do much on the day. A contact on site lets us in at the agreed time and points us to the system, and the rest is down to us. Afterwards, the area is left tidy and the written report follows. A name and number for whoever controls access to the building in West Wickham saves time on the night.
- We survey the system, from your photos or on site, canopy to discharge.
- Grease thickness is measured and the price is fixed before work starts.
- On the night, the equipment is off and cool and the kitchen is sheeted.
- We work through the system from the canopy to the fan and discharge.
- Readings are repeated, pictures taken, and your TR19 certificate and photo report issued.
How to prepare
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Tell us where we can park and unload
Ask for a quote
The quickest way to a quote is to send pictures: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Add the site type and your opening hours, and we can price many jobs without a visit.
Related advice
What kitchen extract cleaning looks like in West Wickham
According to Food Standards Agency records, there are about 16 bars, pubs and nightclubs within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of West Wickham. Wherever they cook, the canopy, duct and fan collect grease just as a restaurant’s do. West Wickham 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. Environmental health officers from Bromley council inspect food businesses in West Wickham. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after.
If you run a café or takeaway near West Wickham station, early starts and late finishes leave little time to clean, so overnight extract cleaning suits. Healthcare kitchens cannot easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to West Wickham is National Psychosis Unit, about 0.6 miles north-west.
West Wickham is about 2 miles south of Beckenham, in Greater London. We carry out kitchen extract cleaning for commercial premises of every kind in West Wickham and the rest of Greater London. West Wickham is one of 764 places in Greater London where we work for kitchen extract cleaning. For sites nearby, see our London page, about 9 miles away.
Every address in BR4, CR0 and BR3 is covered for kitchen extract cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. If you need kitchen extract cleaning at premises on Ash Road, Kent Road and Oak Avenue or anywhere close by, our technicians can take on the work. If your site is just outside West Wickham, we cover Coney Hall (1 mile south), Spring Park (1 mile west), Eden Park (1 mile north), Hayes (1 mile east) and Addington (1 mile south). We also work in nearby towns such as London (9 miles north), City of Westminster (11 miles north-west), Marylebone (11 miles north-west), Kensington (12 miles north-west), St Pancras (11 miles north) and Shoreditch (11 miles north).
Near you in West Wickham
Typical jobs here are in premises near Millers Pond, Langley Park School for Girls and The Wheatsheaf pub. There’s a railway station in West Wickham itself: West Wickham station. Well-known places in the area include The Mall (2.4 miles north-east) and National Psychosis Unit (0.6 miles north-west). Open spaces near West Wickham include Duppas Hill and Bramley Bank.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
A few tasks are always specialist work: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings need training, the right equipment and safe access. Leave those to us.
If your staff spot something between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that won’t come clean, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We can diagnose it and quote.
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How we price kitchen extract cleaning
Before we fix a price, we need to know a few things. We check:
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
- The scale of the work
- Any permits to work or inductions
- The condition of the system
What you pay reflects the actual work. That is why every job is surveyed first, and why the quote is fixed before any work starts.
Asking for a quote
We can often survey from photos. The most useful are:
- Any previous report or certificate
- Wide pictures of the system and the area around it
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
- Problems your staff have spotted
We don’t publish a price list, because no two systems are the same. Instead, we look at your site first, from photos or a survey, and then give you a fixed quote. To get going, call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.
Looking after it afterwards
Simple habits between visits make a real difference. Our advice:
- Flag any change in how the extract sounds or works
- Give the canopy a daily wipe
- Refit filters properly after cleaning
- Keep the baffle filters clean
Every clean ends with a photo report. It shows the system before and after, part by part, alongside a list of what was cleaned, anything out of reach and the recommended next clean date.
Tell whoever looks after the system when something changes. Grease dripping from the canopy, a burning smell or a fan that sounds rough are all signs of build-up, and a grease thickness test can confirm it.
Do you need kitchen extract cleaning in West Wickham?
Hours of cooking are the biggest factor. Under BESA guidance, heavy use of 12 to 16 hours a day means a clean at least every 3 months, moderate use every 6 months and light use every 12. They are minimums: measured grease levels set the real interval.
It’s time to book a visit if you see:
- A TR19 certificate needed for the insurer
- Grease dripping from the canopy or filters
- A kitchen taken over without any extract records
- Poor airflow at the canopy
Bursars and site managers at schools such as Oak Lodge Primary School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
Comparing quotes
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
- Whether the figure could change on the day
- Proof of accreditation you can verify
- What happens if part of the system cannot be accessed
FAQs for West Wickham
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in West Wickham?
In West Wickham, it’s Bromley council that carries out food hygiene inspections. How often a business is inspected depends on the risk rating the council gives it, so it’s worth staying ready all year.
Can you clean school kitchen extracts in West Wickham during the holidays?
Yes, and it’s the easiest time to do it. The FSA’s register shows about 10 schools and colleges with food registrations within roughly a mile and a half of West Wickham. Booking early in the term gives the best choice of holiday dates.
What accreditations do you hold?
We are members of Vent Hygiene Elite, the scheme run by BESCA, and we clean to BESA TR19® Grease. We hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 too, and we’re fully insured.
What does kitchen extract cleaning cost?
There’s no set price, as it depends on the job: the size of the system, its condition, access and when we can work. We fix the price before we start.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes, always. We diagnose before we treat: the survey tells us what the system needs and how to reach it and the fixed quote is built on it.
How much notice do you need?
The more notice, the better, particularly for night and weekend visits. Quotes typically come back within one working day, and there’s a 24/7 line for emergencies.
What happens if you can’t reach some of it?
The report shows them clearly. In ductwork, new access panels are often the answer, which we can install.
Which sectors do you work in?
Commercial premises of every kind: kitchens, offices, schools, healthcare, retail, leisure and food production. Work is timed around how each site runs.
Different parts, different methods
Extract fan and discharge
Some systems have attenuators to cut noise, and they hold grease. Where they can be cleaned, they are, and the report notes anything that cannot.
Canopy and plenum
Whether it’s one hood or a long island canopy, each section is cleaned and photographed before and after.
Managing agents and facilities teams in West Wickham
The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.
From a single site to a large estate, the standard is the same: diagnosis, a fixed price, work booked around your hours and a written report with photos.