Kitchen extract cleaning in South London
South London's kitchens range from the street-food arches of Brixton Village and Pop Brixton to the white-tablecloth restaurants of Clapham Old Town and Northcote Road in Battersea. Peckham's Rye Lane and Bellenden Road have some of the busiest small kitchens in the capital, Tooting's Upper Tooting Road is lined with South Asian restaurants running tandoors and deep fryers seven days a week, and Croydon's Boxpark, Surrey Street and South End restaurant quarter feed a town-centre population that has grown quickly with new residential towers. Lewisham, Catford, Greenwich, Bromley and Beckenham each add their own high streets of pubs, takeaways and chain restaurants.
Much of this trade happens in railway arches and converted shop units, where extract ducts are short but run at odd angles and discharge close to neighbours. Tandoor and fryer-heavy kitchens qualify as heavy use under TR19 and need a three-monthly clean; a pub kitchen in Dulwich cooking lunch and dinner is usually moderate at six months; a school or church-hall kitchen may be light use at twelve. King's College Hospital, St George's in Tooting and Croydon University Hospital all run large catering operations, and there are hundreds of care homes across Bromley and Croydon. We arrange ductwork cleaning and full TR19 cleans throughout South London.
Compliance in South London
Six borough environmental health teams cover this area, with Croydon, Lambeth, Southwark, Lewisham, Wandsworth and Bromley each inspecting food premises and asking to see extract-cleaning records as part of a hygiene visit. London Fire Brigade's fire safety teams pay close attention to railway-arch kitchens and to takeaways beneath flats, where a duct fire can spread into residential accommodation within minutes. On the insurance side, South London's commercial kitchen policies almost always carry a warranty about extract cleaning, and a loss adjuster instructed after a fire will want the most recent TR19 certificate, the grease-depth measurements and the photographs. Without them, insurers can and do reduce or reject claims.
How it works for a South London kitchen
Give us the address and a rough idea of your cooking and we will find a contractor who already works in your part of South London, whether that is Brixton, Croydon or Bromley. Quotes usually arrive within a working day, and the contractor will offer a night or early-morning slot if the kitchen trades through the evening. On completion you receive the TR19 certificate with photographic evidence, and we send a reminder ahead of the next due date so the certificate never quietly expires. Ask for a South London quote.
Services we arrange here: Kitchen Extract Cleaning · Canopy Cleaning · Ductwork Cleaning · Extractor Fan Cleaning · Filter Cleaning and Replacement
Also covering the towns around South London
Battersea · Beckenham · Bexleyheath · Brixton · Bromley · Carshalton · Catford · Clapham · Croydon · Dulwich · Eltham · Erith · Greenwich · Kingston upon Thames · Lewisham · Mitcham · Morden · New Malden · Orpington · Peckham · Purley · Putney · Sidcup · Streatham · Surbiton · Sutton · Thamesmead · Tooting · Wallington · Wandsworth · Wimbledon · Woolwich · Worcester Park
Nearby: Croydon · Brixton · Clapham · Peckham · Lewisham · Bromley · Wimbledon · Greenwich — all covered from South London. Other cities in London: London · North London · East London · West London
Frequently asked questions
Our kitchen is in a railway arch in Brixton. Can the extract still be cleaned to TR19?
Yes, and it usually needs it more often than a conventional unit because arch kitchens tend to have short, hot duct runs and high-output cooking. The contractor will inspect the canopy, plenum, duct and fan, fit access panels where none exist, and clean the full run to the discharge point. Arches shared with neighbouring traders may need a little coordination over timing.
How quickly can a South London takeaway get a clean booked?
For a straightforward single-canopy takeaway in Peckham, Tooting or Croydon, a quote normally comes back within a day and the clean can often be booked for the same week, subject to the contractor's diary. If an EHO or insurer has set a deadline, tell us when you enquire and we will flag it to the contractor so the date is prioritised.
We manage several care homes across Bromley and Croydon. Can you put them on one schedule?
Yes. Care-home kitchens tend to fall into the moderate-use band, so a six-monthly clean across every site keeps the whole group compliant and gives the manager one set of certificates to show CQC inspectors and the insurer. We can arrange a single contractor for the group and align the dates. See our care homes page for more.