Kitchen extract cleaning in Dundee
Dundee's dining has grown up with the Waterfront. The V&A and Slessor Gardens brought hotels and restaurants to the riverside, the Perth Road and Nethergate in the West End carry the bars, cafes and restaurants that serve the university and Dundee Rep, and the Overgate and Reform Street hold the chains and the daytime trade. Union Street and the streets around City Square run the late takeaways, Lochee and Hilltown have neighbourhood grills and chip shops, and Broughty Ferry's Brook Street and Gray Street form the city's best-known independent dining village by the Tay. Ninewells Hospital is one of the largest teaching hospitals in Europe and cooks accordingly, and the university, Abertay and the college add student catering at scale.
The interval depends on the kitchen. A chip shop in Lochee or a kebab house near City Square is heavy use under TR19 Grease at three months; a Perth Road restaurant or a Broughty Ferry bistro serving lunch and dinner is usually moderate at six; a Waterfront hotel breakfast kitchen or a care-home kitchen in Monifieth is often light at twelve. We arrange extractor fan cleaning and full TR19 Grease system cleans across Dundee, Angus and Perthshire, and our frequency guide explains how the bands are set.
Compliance in Dundee
Dundee City Council's environmental health officers inspect the city's food premises under Scotland's Food Hygiene Information Scheme, with Angus Council covering Broughty Ferry's neighbours in Monifieth, Carnoustie and Arbroath and Perth and Kinross Council covering Perth; each asks about extract cleaning when deciding whether a kitchen gets a Pass. The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service enforces fire safety in non-domestic premises across Tayside, and its officers know the tenement-basement restaurants of the West End where ductwork rises past flats. Insurers require cleaning at the TR19 interval as a condition of cover and a loss adjuster will ask for the certificate, grease readings and photographs before considering a fire claim. Care homes in the city report to the Care Inspectorate, which expects the certificate on file.
How it works for a Dundee kitchen
Give us the address and a note on the cooking and a contractor covering Dundee and Tayside will price the job within a working day. West End restaurants are generally cleaned after service, Broughty Ferry bistros on a closed day, takeaways before opening and care homes mid-morning. The specialist we assign cleans the canopy, filters, ductwork and fan to TR19 Grease, photographs the work and issues the certificate, and we keep the next due date on file and prompt you before it comes round.
Services we arrange here: Kitchen Extract Cleaning · Canopy Cleaning · Ductwork Cleaning · Extractor Fan Cleaning · Filter Cleaning and Replacement
Also covering the towns around Dundee
Arbroath · Carnoustie · Forfar · Montrose · Perth · St Andrews
Nearby: Broughty Ferry · Monifieth · Carnoustie · Arbroath · Perth · Forfar · Newport-on-Tay · St Andrews — all covered from Dundee. Other cities in Scotland: Glasgow · Edinburgh · Aberdeen
Frequently asked questions
Do the contractors travel to Perth, Arbroath and St Andrews from Dundee?
Yes. Dundee is the base for the whole of Tayside and north-east Fife, so Perth, Forfar, Arbroath, Carnoustie, Montrose, Cupar and St Andrews are all covered, with travel built into the quote rather than added afterwards. A St Andrews hotel or an Arbroath chip shop is quoted on the size and condition of its extract system, not on the mileage.
What is the difference between the Scottish hygiene scheme and the English star rating for extract cleaning?
Scotland uses the Food Hygiene Information Scheme, which gives a Pass or Improvement Required rather than a score from zero to five, but the environmental health officer's interest in the extract system is the same: they want to see a current TR19 Grease report with photographs and grease readings. The certificate the contractor issues is identical on both sides of the border and is what insurers ask for too.
Our Broughty Ferry restaurant has a very short duct straight through the wall to a fan. Is a full TR19 clean still needed?
Yes, but it is a quick one. A short run still collects grease in the canopy, the plenum, the fan and the discharge cowl, and the fan blades in particular can carry a surprising deposit that reduces airflow and adds fire risk. The contractor cleans every component, records the readings and issues a certificate, and the price reflects the small size of the system.