Hertfordshire · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in Wormley, Hertfordshire
Looking for kitchen extract cleaning in Wormley? We diagnose first, fix the price and book the work around your hours, finishing with a written report and photos.
- Grease dripping from the canopy or filters
- Extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit
- A new tenancy or takeover with no cleaning history
How we price kitchen extract cleaning
The diagnosis comes before the price. We look at:
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- Where the site is and how we reach it
- How easy every part is to reach
The cost depends on the size of the system, what state it’s in and how easy it is to reach. We give you a fixed price before work begins, so there are no surprises.
What we need to know
We can often survey from photos. Try to include:
- The site address and the type of premises
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
- Problems your staff have spotted
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: the system from a couple of angles, plus any access panels or hatches. Add the site type and your opening hours, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.
Kitchen duct cleaning in Wormley
Few kitchens can stop cooking for a day so the extract can be cleaned. Cleans are booked for evenings, overnight or weekends, or during holidays where a site closes for them. With the equipment off and cool and the area sheeted, we clean and hand the kitchen back ready for the next service. The work covers horizontal duct runs, discharge points and extract fans, and the jobs we see most are an extract that has never been cleaned to TR19 and a TR19 certificate needed for the insurer. Kitchen extract cleaning, TR19 cleaning, extraction cleaning: whatever you call it, it’s the job we do every week across Hertfordshire.
BESA sets minimum intervals by hours of cooking a day: every 3 months for 12–16 hours, every 6 months for 6–12 hours and every 12 months for 2–6 hours, with grease readings setting the real interval.
Kitchens around a place like Wormley are often in older buildings or single-storey extensions, with the duct running through a roof space or up an outside wall. Long horizontal runs like that hold grease and need access panels to reach.
Think of the report as the system’s health record: dated, with photos, and showing what was done. Grease extract cleans are also certificated to TR19® Grease through the BESCA VHE portal, ready for your insurer.
- Location
- Wormley (EN10)
- Region
- Hertfordshire
- Reporting
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Multi-site and managed buildings
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.
If you look after several sites, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Every building has its own written report, so each one has its own record.
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 the parts you cannot see still need a specialist at the right interval.
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
Common problems we fix in Wormley
It’s common for parts of a duct to have been missed for years. Most of the time it’s because there were never enough access panels, so nobody could get to them. That hidden grease keeps building where nobody looks.
The symptoms we are asked about most include:
- Years of baked-on grease in the ducts
- An inspection that picked up a dirty extract
- An extract that has never been cleaned to TR19
- A new tenancy or takeover with no cleaning history
Healthcare kitchens can’t easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Wormley is Hertford County Hospital, about 5.2 miles north-west.
What to look for in a quote
- What happens if part of the system cannot be accessed
- Whether the figure could change on the day
- Proof of accreditation you can verify
- When they can work, and whether that is outside your opening hours
How the visit works
We work around your opening hours, not the other way round. We book the visit for a time the area is closed, whether that’s an evening, overnight or a weekend. Once we’re in, the area is sheeted and anything that has to be off is turned off and cooled, and the work takes a single shift for most kitchens, with long duct runs and tall risers needing more time. For a site near Wormley, the work is booked around your opening hours, evenings and weekends included.
- You send pictures or we visit, and the system is surveyed from 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.
- Filters, canopy and plenum are cleaned, then the ducts, risers, fan and discharge.
- Readings are repeated, pictures taken, and your TR19 certificate and photo report issued.
How to prepare
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
Get a fixed quote
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, either from pictures and details you send or from a site visit. Then we send a fixed price so you know the cost before work begins.
Advice
FAQs for Wormley
Will you come out to Wormley?
Yes. Wormley is within the area we cover across London and the South East. Just mention lanes, gates or anything else about the site when you book.
Can you come to Wormley after we close?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. That way a site in Wormley does not have to lose a day’s trading. When you call 0345 646 2711 or email us, mention when the site is quiet.
Will my insurer ask for a TR19 certificate?
Many insurers ask for proof of regular cleaning to TR19, and many policies require it. Without proof, a claim can be refused or reduced, so it’s worth checking your policy wording.
Are you a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member?
Our work is to BESA TR19® Grease, and we are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, with certificates issued through the BESCA portal. Duct Doctor has been trading since 2009.
Can one contract cover all our sites?
Yes. We work across South East England and London, so we can schedule a run of sites on one programme. Each site gets its own report and pictures.
Do you offer emergency callouts?
Yes. Our emergency line runs 24/7, for problems that cannot wait. Call us any time and explain what’s happened.
Which parts of the extract do you clean?
Every part the air passes through, as far as access allows. Sections with no access are listed on the report, and extra panels can be fitted.
How long does it take to clean a kitchen extract system?
That depends on the size of the system, the amount of grease and the number of access points. As a guide, it takes a single shift for most kitchens, with long duct runs and tall risers needing more time.
Kitchen extract cleaning in Wormley: the local picture
Food Standards Agency data counts about 26 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 9 takeaways within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Wormley. Any of them cooking under a canopy is sending grease into its ductwork every service. Wormley is covered by Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises. In Wormley, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Broxbourne council. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. Before-and-after photos from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand.
Historic houses near Wormley, such as Forty Hall about 4.7 miles south-west, are a reminder that older buildings with event kitchens can have long, awkward duct routes. Where a hall near Parish Church of St Lawrence, or anywhere in Wormley, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does.
Wormley is about 1 mile south of Broxbourne, in Hertfordshire. If you need kitchen extract cleaning in Wormley, it’s easy to get a fixed quote: please call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line. Our area covers London and the South East, Wormley included. Across Hertfordshire, we cover 381 places, Wormley among them. London is in our area too, around 16 miles away.
Work in EN10 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. Streets in the area include Slipe Lane, Wharf Road and Church Lane, and we cover them all for kitchen extract cleaning. Other places close to Wormley include Turnford (1 mile south), Broxbourne (1 mile north), Hoddesdon (2 miles north), Wormley West End (2 miles west) and Cheshunt (2 miles south-west). Within a short drive, we also cover Stevenage (14 miles north-west), St Albans (13 miles west), Bishop's Stortford (12 miles north-east), Welwyn Garden City (9 miles north-west), Harpenden (15 miles north-west) and Hatfield (9 miles west).
Near you in Wormley
Typical jobs here are in premises near The Queens Head Public House, The Broxbourne School and Cheshunt Park, among other places. The closest station to Wormley is Broxbourne station, about 1.2 miles north-east of the centre. A little further out are Nazeing Glass Museum (1.1 miles north-east) and Hertford County Hospital (5.2 miles north-west). Not far away are Danemead and Cheshunt Lake.
Leave it or put it right?
If there’s a fire and the extract hasn’t been cleaned, the paperwork becomes the problem. Many insurers ask for proof of TR19 cleaning and may reduce or refuse a claim without it. A current certificate is far easier to produce than an explanation. Systems on quieter sites still build up dirt and wear, just more slowly.
We don’t list prices on the website, because each job is priced on what it involves. Call for a fixed quote, and we’ll explain what it covers.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Wormley
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
Take a look at how cleaning jobs are priced and how to check a contractor.
Nearby places to Wormley
What else we do in Wormley
Aftercare tips
So the system stays in good health:
- Keep the TR19 certificate and photo report in the maintenance log
- Diarise the next clean as soon as you get the certificate
- Wipe the canopy down at the end of each day
- Keep the baffle filters clean
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.
Keep the outside of the canopy wiped and any grease cups emptied. It will not replace a TR19 clean, but it slows what reaches the duct.