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Westbourne Green kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in Westbourne Green from ventilation hygiene specialists trading since 2009. Out-of-hours visits and 24/7 emergency callout.
- Cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey
- An overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer
- Grease drips onto cooking equipment
What kitchen extract cleaning cannot fix
Before you book, it helps to know what’s not included:
- A grease trap that needs emptying
- Damaged duct sections that need replacing
- A fan motor or bearings that have failed (that needs a fan repair or replacement)
Not sure which it is? You can call us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we’ll tell you honestly before you book.
What the work covers
- Extract fans
- Vertical risers
- Canopies and hoods
- Horizontal duct runs
- Discharge points
- Plenums and filters
TR19 kitchen extract cleaning in Westbourne Green
A closed kitchen isn’t earning, so the timing of a clean matters. Cleans are booked for evenings, overnight or 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 discharge points, plenums and filters and extract fans, and the jobs we see most are grease dripping from the canopy or filters and an overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer. Need a TR19 duct cleaning contractor for Westbourne Green? Duct Doctor has covered London and the South East since 2009, with a certificate and photo report after every clean.
What can be cleaned depends on what can be reached. Sections without access panels are recorded on the report, and new panels can be fitted so they’re cleaned next time.
In a London area like Westbourne Green, a kitchen extract often passes through shared space on its way out: a riser, a service void, the floors above. Grease in a duct like that is a fire risk to the whole building, not just the kitchen, which is why keeping it clean to TR19® matters.
Every visit ends with a written report and photos, so you have a record of what was done and when. Where the work is a TR19® Grease clean, the certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Location
- Westbourne Green (W2, W9, W11)
- Region
- Greater London
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Your questions about kitchen extract cleaning in Westbourne Green
Can you work in Westbourne Green outside opening hours?
Yes, we can come after you close and finish before you open. Your customers, staff or residents in Westbourne Green needn’t be disturbed. Tell us your opening hours when you ask for a quote.
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for Westbourne Green?
Westbourne Green is in the area of London Fire Brigade. Records of extract cleaning are a sensible thing to have ready if a fire safety officer carries out an audit.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes, always. We diagnose before we treat: the survey shows what needs doing and what access we need and the fixed quote is built on it.
What happens to the waste?
It’s contained and taken away. Grease, debris and waste water are collected as the work goes on rather than letting it spread.
What’s TR19?
It’s BESA’s specification and the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to. It sets out inspection, cleaning and record keeping, and it takes a risk-based approach.
Do you offer emergency callouts?
Yes, any time. For anything urgent, such as a fan failure or damage after a fire, ring the 24/7 line and we will talk you through the next steps.
How do you protect the area?
Protection goes down first: floor sheeting and covers over nearby surfaces and equipment. We tidy up and take our waste away before we leave.
What paperwork comes with a kitchen extract clean?
A TR19 certificate and a photo report. The certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal, and the report includes before and after photos, grease readings and the recommended next clean date.
Multi-site and managed buildings
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.
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare in Westbourne Green and across Greater London. Work can be phased by floor, building or site around the people who use them.
Why deal with it now?
TR19® isn’t law, but the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 is. 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. In Westbourne Green, a planned overnight visit is much easier than closing unexpectedly.
A single site or a whole portfolio, the quote is built the same way: the work involved, the access and the timing. You will have a fixed price before work begins.
What you get with us
- Fixed quotes from a survey or pictures
- Trading since 2009
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
- Full insurance on every job
Do you need kitchen extract cleaning in Westbourne Green?
What’s on the menu matters as much as how much is cooked. Fryers, grills and open flames throw much more fat into the extract than gentler cooking, so two kitchens with the same hours can need very different intervals.
Any of these means the system needs a check-up:
- An extract that no longer clears the smoke
- An inspection that picked up a dirty extract
- A system with no record of a TR19 clean
- Cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey
For schools such as Edward Wilson Primary School, kitchen extract cleaning is usually booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
Before you book anyone
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- Whether a survey comes first
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
- Whether the price is fixed
Grease, kitchens and Westbourne Green
The FSA’s data shows about 76 pubs, bars and clubs and about 144 hotels, B&Bs and guest houses registered within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Westbourne Green. Any of them serving cooked food has an extract to keep clean, from canopy to discharge. Overnight is the normal time to clean a London kitchen extract, so trading isn’t affected. It’s Westminster council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Westbourne Green. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked.
Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Paddington General Hospital is the nearest hospital to Westbourne Green, about less than half a mile north-west. Commuter trade near London Paddington station can mean long cooking hours, and long hours put a kitchen into BESA’s more frequent cleaning bands.
Westbourne Green is about 2 miles north-east of Kensington, in Greater London. Anywhere in W2, we can take on kitchen extract cleaning. Across Greater London, we cover 764 places, and Westbourne Green is one of them.
We work across the W2, W9 and W11 postcode area for kitchen extract cleaning and the roads nearby. We cover sites on Salem Road, Talbot Road and Harrow Road and nearby roads. Westbourne Green sits on or near the A404 and A4206, which makes travel easy for kitchen extract cleaning. Nearby, we also carry out kitchen extract cleaning in Little Venice (1 mile east), Westbourne (1 mile south-west), Maida Vale (1 mile north), Paddington Green (1 mile east) and Paddington (1 mile east). Larger places within reach include London (4 miles east), St Pancras (3 miles east), Shoreditch (5 miles east), Walthamstow (8 miles north-east), Hoxton (5 miles east) and Whitechapel (5 miles east).
Near you in Westbourne Green
In Westbourne Green, that means kitchens and buildings near Maida Vale School, Emslie Horniman's Pleasance and Abdus Salam Library, among other places. Nearby too are The Bridge House (under half a mile east) and Westminster Academy (under half a mile west). The nearest railway station is London Paddington station, about 0.5 miles south-east of the centre. Nearby you will also find Greek Orthodox Cathedral Treasury Museum (0.6 miles south) and Paddington General Hospital (within half a mile north-west). Not far away are The Long Water and Greville Place nature reserve.
The process
We start by comparing what we find with the survey or your pictures. Anything unexpected is raised with you before we go further. From there, it takes a single shift for most kitchens, with long duct runs and tall risers needing more time. Many London buildings have a managing agent, a security desk or a permit-to-work system, so tell us who to contact in Westbourne Green.
- 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 any work starts.
- Once the kitchen has closed and the equipment has cooled, we sheet and protect the area.
- We clean the canopy, plenum, filters, ducts, risers, fan and discharge.
- We test again, photograph the result and issue your TR19 certificate and photo report.
Getting ready for the visit
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
- Clear loose items from the work area
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
Getting a quote
Every quote begins with a look at the system, either from photos and details you send or from a site visit. Then we send a fixed price, before work begins.
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What the work involves, part by part
Extract fan and discharge
At the end of the system is the discharge, and grease can collect there too. We clean it where it can be safely reached, and any limits are recorded.
Ductwork and risers
Grease builds up most where the duct turns. Those are among the points where we take readings before and after, so the report shows the difference.
How we price kitchen extract cleaning
The survey tells us what the work involves. We look at:
- Whether several sites go on one quote
- The scale of the work
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
Whatever the type of site, the quote works the same way: the size of the job, access, condition and working hours. Ask for a fixed quote and we will go through it with you.
What we need to know
What to send for a quote:
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
- A few general shots of the system
- Problems your staff have spotted
Photos are enough for some jobs, while others need a look on site. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, you get a fixed price before we start.