Surrey · KT16
Kitchen extract cleaning in KT16
TR19® kitchen extract cleaning, fire damper testing and ventilation hygiene across KT16, covering Chertsey, Ottershaw and Penton Hook. Fixed quotes before we start and out-of-hours working.
Areas within KT16
Our services across KT16
- Ventilation duct cleaning
- Extract fan repair and replacement
- Fire damper testing
- Air handling unit cleaning
- Grease filter exchange
- TR19 inspections and grease testing
- Kitchen extract cleaning
- Extract fan cleaning
- Ductwork cleaning
- Commercial kitchen deep cleaning
- Canopy and hood cleaning
- Grease trap cleaning
- All services
Let us know the job and your postcode for a quick quote: call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email.
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Our kitchen extract cleaning service in KT16
We treat an extract system much as a doctor treats a patient: diagnose with a survey, treat with a thorough clean, then sign it off. The sign-off is a TR19 certificate with a photo report, issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal. Common call-outs are for rancid smells from grease in the duct and a system with no record of a TR19 clean, across extract fans, discharge points and canopies and hoods.
Protection comes first: floors, worktops and anything near the work are covered. After that, the system is made safe and the work begins. It takes as long as the system needs, from a few hours to several planned visits, and the area is cleaned down before we leave.
- First the diagnosis: a survey of the whole system and its access points.
- 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.
- 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 we quote
We don’t list prices on the website, because the cost depends on the site in front of us. For a fixed quote, ring 0345 646 2711, or send details by email, and we’ll talk you through it.
Why choose Duct Doctor
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
- A fixed price before any work starts
How to get a quote
If you need kitchen extract cleaning in KT16, call 0345 646 2711, or email photos. Let us know the site type and the opening hours, and send pictures or your last report if you can. We usually send a fixed quote within one working day.
What’s near Chertsey
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Woburn Park, The Crown Hotel and St Anne's Catholic Primary School and the streets around them. Nearby too are Sir William Perkins's School (within half a mile west), Church of St Peter (within half a mile north) and Chertsey High School (0.7 miles south-east). There’s a railway station in Chertsey itself: Chertsey station. Nearby you’ll also find Runnymede Hospital (1 mile south-west) and Spelthorne Museum (3.2 miles north). The countryside around Chertsey includes St Ann's Hill and Gracious Pond.
Where we work in KT16
Our kitchen extract cleaning work across KT16 takes in places such as Chertsey, Ottershaw and Penton Hook and the villages in between. Every place on our KT16 list (6 in all) is covered, and kitchens are cleaned around their opening hours, overnight and at weekends included.
KT16 is within the area we cover, which takes in London and the South East. Each job starts with a survey and a fixed quote.
Chertsey: If you run a café or takeaway near Chertsey station, early starts and late finishes leave little time to clean, so overnight extract cleaning suits. Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Church of St Peter, or anywhere in Chertsey, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Multi-site and managed buildings
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we are happy to quote for all of it.
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 pictures.
Why it fails
Grease in the extract matters because it burns. Flames from a pan or grill can be pulled into the canopy by the fan, where burning grease can carry a fire along the ducts and into other parts of the building. That’s why controlling extract grease belongs in the fire risk assessment.
Common reasons sites call us are:
- A kitchen with no current TR19 certificate
- A kitchen taken over without any extract records
- An inspection that picked up a dirty extract
- Poor airflow at the canopy
Keeping the system healthy
Here’s the after-treatment advice, in brief:
- Do not let the canopy gutters overflow
- Keep the TR19 certificate and photo report in the maintenance log
- Run the extract fan throughout cooking
- Refit filters properly after cleaning
After cleaning, we re-test the same points we measured at the start, so you can see the difference in numbers as well as pictures. A TR19 certificate follows, issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
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.
Part by part
Ductwork and risers
Risers take the extract up through floors to roof level, and grease often collects at the bottom of them. Access panels along the riser let us clean it in sections.
Extract fan and discharge
The discharge is where air leaves the building, and grease can collect there too. It’s cleaned as far as safe access allows, and any limits are recorded.
Honest limits
A few issues sit outside what this work can do:
- An undersized canopy or fan
- Ductwork that is corroded, split or leaking (that is for a ductwork contractor)
- A broken extract fan that will not run
KT16: your questions answered
Which parts of the extract do you clean?
We clean every part the grease travels through. Canopy, plenum, filters, ductwork, risers, fan and discharge are all included, reached through access panels where necessary.
What do you need from me for a quote?
Some pictures and a quick description of the system plus the address and your hours. If we need more, we will ask.
Where does the waste go?
We take it away when we go. During the work, it’s contained so the area stays clean.
What if parts of the system can’t be reached?
We never leave them off the paperwork. You’ll know exactly which parts weren’t reached and why, and we can quote to improve the access.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes. Photos often do the job, and larger or hidden systems get a visit.
What’s the right cleaning interval for a kitchen extract?
That comes down mainly to daily cooking hours. BESA’s minimums run from every 3 months for heavy use to every 12 months for light use. We’ll recommend a date after measuring the grease.
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. You get a fixed price before work begins.