Kitchen extract cleaning in Glasgow
Glasgow eats out more seriously than any city in Scotland. Finnieston's stretch of Argyle Street turned from a run of dockers' pubs into one of the country's best-known restaurant strips, the Merchant City fills Candleriggs, Ingram Street and the lanes off Trongate with bars and restaurants, and Sauchiehall Street and the Style Mile around Buchanan Street carry the chains and the late trade. In the West End, Byres Road, Ashton Lane and Great Western Road serve the university and its visitors; on the Southside, Shawlands, Strathbungo and Victoria Road in Govanhill have become a dining district in their own right; and Dennistoun's Duke Street is following. The SEC campus, the Hydro and the big conference hotels bring event catering on a scale few UK cities match.
Frequency follows the cooking. A charcoal grill on Victoria Road or a wok kitchen off Sauchiehall Street is heavy use under TR19 Grease at three months; a Finnieston restaurant serving lunch and dinner is usually moderate at six; a hotel breakfast kitchen in the Merchant City or a care-home kitchen in Bearsden is often light at twelve. The Queen Elizabeth University Hospital and Glasgow Royal Infirmary run some of the largest kitchens in Scotland. We arrange canopy cleaning and full-system TR19 Grease cleans across Glasgow and its surrounding towns.
Compliance in Glasgow
In Scotland, food premises are inspected by the council's own environmental health service, so Glasgow kitchens answer to Glasgow City Council, whose officers ask about extract cleaning during the Food Hygiene Information Scheme visit that decides a Pass. The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service enforces fire safety in non-domestic premises under the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005, and its officers know the tenement-basement kitchens of the West End and Southside where ductwork runs up through flats. Insurers and loss adjusters treat the TR19 certificate as standard evidence that the cleaning condition was met, and a Glasgow fire claim without one will be contested. Care homes report to the Care Inspectorate rather than the CQC, and its inspectors ask for the same paperwork. Our insurance guide covers what underwriters expect.
How it works for a Glasgow kitchen
Send us the address and a sentence about the cooking and a Glasgow-based contractor will quote within a working day, working after close on Argyle Street and in the Merchant City or in the morning for hotels and care homes. The specialist we assign cleans the canopy, plenum, ductwork and fan to TR19 Grease, records grease depth, photographs each stage and issues the certificate. We log the next due date and contact you before it arrives. Ask for a Glasgow quote.
Services we arrange here: Kitchen Extract Cleaning · Canopy Cleaning · Ductwork Cleaning · Extractor Fan Cleaning · Filter Cleaning and Replacement
Also covering the towns around Glasgow
Airdrie · Alexandria · Alloa · Ardrossan · Ayr · Barrhead · Bearsden · Bellshill · Bishopbriggs · Blantyre · Cambuslang · Carluke · Clarkston · Clydebank · Coatbridge · Cumbernauld · Cumnock · Denny · Dumbarton · Dumfries · Dunblane · East Kilbride · Erskine · Falkirk · Fort William · Giffnock · Gourock · Greenock · Hamilton · Helensburgh · Irvine · Johnstone · Kilmarnock · Kilsyth · Kilwinning · Kirkintilloch · Larbert · Largs · Larkhall · Linwood · Milngavie · Motherwell · Newton Mearns · Paisley · Port Glasgow · Prestwick · Renfrew · Rutherglen · Saltcoats · Stenhousemuir · Stevenston · Stirling · Stranraer · Troon · Viewpark · Wishaw
Nearby: Paisley · East Kilbride · Hamilton · Motherwell · Clydebank · Cumbernauld · Bearsden · Renfrew — all covered from Glasgow. Other cities in Scotland: Edinburgh · Aberdeen · Dundee
Frequently asked questions
Our restaurant is in a tenement basement in the West End with the duct rising past four floors of flats. Can that be cleaned?
Yes, and it is exactly the kind of run that fire officers and insurers want to see cleaned properly. The contractor will identify or fit access panels at intervals up the riser, clean each section to the discharge point and record any part that cannot be reached with the reason. Access to the common stair or the roof may need the factor's agreement, which is worth arranging before the visit.
Does the TR19 certificate count for the Food Hygiene Information Scheme inspection in Scotland?
The scheme's Pass or Improvement Required outcome is decided by the council's environmental health officer on the overall hygiene standard, and a current TR19 Grease report with photographs and grease readings is the accepted way to show that the extract system is being maintained. Glasgow City Council's officers recognise the report, and it is the same document your insurer and, for care homes, the Care Inspectorate expect.
How are event kitchens at the SEC and the big conference hotels handled?
Large event and banqueting kitchens are cooked in bursts, so the contractor sets the interval from the grease readings rather than from a calendar assumption, and often runs a moderate six-month schedule with an inspection between events. Cleans are timed for gaps in the events diary, usually overnight, and the certificate covers each canopy and duct run separately so the estates team can see what was done where.