Surrey · Kitchen extract cleaning
TR19 kitchen extract cleaning in Wotton
Professional kitchen extract cleaning in and around Wotton, booked around your opening hours and signed off in writing with pictures.
- A smoky, hot kitchen with weak extraction
- An overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer
- Grease drips onto cooking equipment
What we are called out for in Wotton
Grease in the extract matters because it burns. A flare-up on the range can be drawn up into the canopy and duct, where burning grease can carry a fire along the ducts and into other parts of the building. That is why controlling extract grease belongs in the fire risk assessment.
Most sites get in touch when they notice something like this:
- Missing paperwork after a change of operator
- An extract that has never been cleaned to TR19
- Grease smells coming from the extract
- An extract that no longer clears the smoke
If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Wotton (Polesden Lacey is about 3 miles north), fitting access panels needs care.
Comparing quotes
- What hours they’ll be on site
- What happens if part of the system cannot be accessed
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
Kitchen extract cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Wotton
A kitchen extract system is far more than the canopy you can see. Behind it sit the plenum and grease filters, then the ductwork, risers, extract fan and discharge, and grease settles in every one of them. Our clean follows the air from canopy to discharge, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. The work covers vertical risers, extract fans and discharge points, and the jobs we see most are heavy grease build-up inside the duct runs and a new tenancy or takeover with no cleaning history. For TR19 kitchen extract cleaning in Wotton, you get one team and one number for every site, wherever you are in Surrey.
A clean in Wotton covers the canopy, plenum, filters, ductwork, risers and fan, then record anything that couldn’t be reached.
In a village or hamlet like Wotton, the kitchens that need extract cleaning are usually a pub, a school, a care home or a hall kitchen, wherever there is one. Each still has a canopy and duct that collect grease.
Duct Doctor has been trading since 2009, as a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we’re fully insured.
- Location
- Wotton (RH5)
- Wider area
- Surrey
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Price
- A fixed price before we start
- Hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Places near Wotton
What else we do in Wotton
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
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.
Keeping records across a portfolio is half the battle. Each visit produces a dated report with pictures, ready to show insurers, fire officers or EHOs.
How the job changes from site to site
Grease filters
Filters need cleaning far more often than the duct and we offer a filter exchange service for that. Keeping them clean helps the rest of the system stay cleaner.
Schools, hospitals and care homes
Even a kitchen that cooks only a few hours a day needs cleaning at least every 12 months under BESA guidance. School holidays are an easy time to do it.
Leave it or put it right?
Grease that is left only gets thicker. Under BESA guidance, grease shouldn’t exceed a mean of 200 microns between cleans, and anywhere reaching 500 microns or more needs a spot clean straight away. The longer it’s left, the bigger the job becomes. Planning a trip to Wotton ahead is easier for everyone than a rushed one.
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’ll explain each part.
What you get with us
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
- We’re fully insured
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
Take a look at our cost guide and how to check a contractor.
What staff can safely do
If your staff spot something between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We can diagnose it and quote.
Staff cleaning and specialist work aren’t the same thing. Wiping filters daily and washing them weekly keeps the visible parts in order, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
The process
We work around your opening hours, not the other way round. Most visits are booked for when the area is out of use, such as evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends. Once we’re in, the area is sheeted and anything that has to be off is turned off and cooled, and the work takes anything from a few hours to a full night, depending on the size of the system. Visits to a village like Wotton are booked in advance, at a time that suits whoever runs the site.
- Diagnosis comes first, with a survey of the system and how it’s reached.
- Grease readings set the baseline, and a fixed quote follows.
- 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.
- The sign-off: post-clean readings, a TR19 certificate and a photo report with the next clean date.
Getting ready for the visit
- Move anything stored near the system
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
Ask for a quote
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: 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 many jobs can be priced from that alone.
Related advice
Aftercare tips
No system stays clean for ever, but care slows the build-up. Our tips:
- Switch the fan on before cooking starts
- Book the next clean before the date on the report
- Make sure every filter is fitted before cooking
- Clean grease off the canopy surfaces regularly
Every clean ends with a photo report. Before and after pictures show each part of the system, alongside a list of what was cleaned, anything out of reach and the recommended next clean date.
Clean the grease filters often, not just on clean day. Clean, well-fitted filters catch more fat before it reaches the duct, which slows build-up further down the system.
Wotton kitchens: local notes
Surrey Fire and Rescue Service covers Wotton. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises. About 23 miles out from central London, Wotton is part of the South East area we work across. Visits are booked around your hours, evenings and weekends included.
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Church of St John the Evangelist or elsewhere in Wotton, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event. If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as The Priory CofE Voluntary Aided School or anywhere near Wotton, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean.
Wotton is about 3 miles south-west of Dorking, in Surrey. For kitchen extract cleaning in and around Wotton, it’s easy to get a fixed quote: please call us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos. Our area covers London and the South East, Wotton included. Across Surrey, we cover 395 places, Wotton among them. You can also see our page for Guildford, roughly 8 miles from Wotton.
Our technicians cover all of RH5 for kitchen extract cleaning and the streets around it. Kitchen extract cleaning is available to premises on Sheephouse Green, Sheephouse Lane and Hollow Lane and the roads around them. If your site is just outside Wotton, we cover Westcott (1 mile north-east), Ranmore Common (2 miles north-east), Mid Holmwood (3 miles east), Dorking (3 miles north-east) and North Holmwood (3 miles east). Within a short drive, we also cover Guildford (8 miles west), Woking (11 miles north-west), Epsom (10 miles north-east), Horley (10 miles east), Redhill (10 miles east) and Ewell (11 miles north-east).
Local landmarks in Wotton
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Wotton and Abinger Commons and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Gomshall station, about 2.4 miles west. Well-known places in the area include Abinger Castle (1.2 miles south-west) and Mesolithic Museum (1.3 miles south-west). The countryside around Wotton includes Silent Pool and Leith Hill.
FAQs for Wotton
Who inspects food businesses in Wotton?
Food hygiene inspections in Wotton are carried out by Mole Valley council. How often a business is inspected depends on the risk rating the council gives it, so it’s worth staying ready all year.
Do you work at weekends in Wotton?
Yes, evening, overnight and weekend work is normal for us. That way a site in Wotton doesn’t have to lose a day’s trading. Tell us your opening hours when you ask for a quote.
What about areas you cannot get to?
Anything we cannot reach goes on the report, with a note of where it is, and we tell you what would make it reachable, such as extra access panels in ductwork.
Is TR19 a legal requirement?
No law names TR19 directly, but the Fire Safety Order 2005 does require the responsible person to manage fire risk. Insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to TR19 as the standard, and many policies require it.
What do I get after the clean?
You get both a certificate and a photo report. They belong in the maintenance log, ready for your insurer or an inspection.
Do you clean the whole extract system or just the canopy?
Everything from canopy to discharge: the canopy, the plenum behind the filters, the filters, horizontal ducts, vertical risers, the fan and the discharge, plus attenuators where fitted. Any part without access is noted.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes. Photos often do the job, and larger or hidden systems get a visit.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes. There’s a 24/7 emergency line for anything that can’t wait until a planned visit. Ring any time and tell us what’s happened.