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Northern Cleanup provides a professional kitchen extraction cleaning service in Richmond for commercial kitchens. Whether you run a restaurant, hotel, pub, or café, our cleaning service keeps your extraction systems clean, compliant, and safe from the fire hazards that come with a poorly maintained kitchen. Contact us today for a free quote and find out how our service can protect your business.
Around 70% of kitchen fires are linked to grease build up in extraction and ventilation systems. That single figure tells you everything about why extract cleaning matters. A significant fire hazard does not develop overnight, but without a proper cleaning schedule, grease quietly coats every internal surface of your system until you have a serious problem on your hands.
Cooking in a commercial kitchen produces airborne grease particles that travel through the extraction system and settle inside ductwork, canopies, and fans. Once that grease accumulates to a certain depth, it becomes a highly flammable fuel source that can spread fire through your extract systems into roof spaces in minutes.
In Richmond alone, a kitchen extract ductwork fire is reported roughly every nine days. Northern Cleanup removes that risk with a thorough kitchen extract cleaning service that covers your system from end to end.
The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 places a legal duty on the responsible person in any commercial premises to manage and reduce fire risk. For a commercial kitchen, that means your kitchen extraction systems must be maintained in a condition that does not create a fire risk. Failure to do this puts you in breach of the fire safety order 2005, and the consequences include fines, enforcement notices, or a closure order.
The regulatory reform fire safety legislation also sits alongside health and safety regulations that govern your wider duties as an employer. Together, these set the legal requirements your kitchen extract cleaning programme must meet to ensure compliance with current law.
Many insurers now require documented proof that cleaning has been undertaken on a scheduled basis before they will pay out on a fire damage claim. If a fire breaks out and your insurer finds that kitchen extraction cleaning records are incomplete or missing, your claim can be rejected outright.
That makes your cleaning documentation a financial safeguard as much as a legal one. Every extract cleaning service we carry out at Northern Cleanup includes a full post-clean report with photographic evidence, giving you the paperwork your fire insurance policy requires and supporting any fire risk assessments carried out on your premises.
BESA TR19 is the industry standard for kitchen extraction cleaning in Richmond. It defines grease deposit limits, required cleaning methods, and how post-clean verification must be carried out. Any extract cleaning service operating on commercial kitchen extraction systems should follow this standard without exception.
All our kitchen extract cleaning work at Northern Cleanup is carried out in line with BESA TR19. After every clean, you get photographic evidence and a written report that confirms the work done and demonstrates regulatory compliance. This is the benchmark used by insurers and environmental health officers when checking whether your kitchen extract system has been properly maintained.
TR19 compliance means your extract systems have been cleaned to a verified standard. Grease deposit thickness has been checked, the cleaning process has been documented in full, and the work has been carried out in a way that stands up to scrutiny from insurers, fire officers, and environmental health regulations checks alike.
Good practice in commercial kitchen management means scheduling regular cleaning before grease deposits reach the maximum permitted levels. A clean kitchen extract system also supports compliant kitchen extract systems status across your premises, which protects you on every front from fire safety through to hygiene standards.
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Our cleaning service covers the full kitchen extract system across Richmond. That includes the commercial kitchen canopy, internal ductwork, access panels, filters, and extractor fan right through to the external discharge point. We do not carry out partial cleans or skip sections of the system.
Our expert technicians use specialised equipment to remove grease from areas inside ductwork that routine in-house cleaning cannot reach. We work through the kitchen extract system methodically, treating every section until the duct cleaning is complete and verified.
After our extract cleaning is complete, we carry out grease deposit thickness testing to confirm the extraction system meets the standards required by BESA TR19 and the regulatory reform fire safety framework. This is what gives you a genuinely compliant kitchen extract system, not just one that looks clean on the surface.
You receive a full written report at handover. This covers the cleaning undertaken, photographic evidence, and confirmation that the kitchen extract cleaning meets current fire safety and hygiene requirements.
Cleaning frequency should be based on your kitchen's cooking type and daily operating hours. This is set out in the TR19 guidance and represents good practice across the industry. As a general guide:
These are minimums, not targets. If your kitchen runs at the busier end of any category, more frequent extraction cleaning reduces the risk of grease deposits reaching dangerous levels between scheduled cleans.
Northern Cleanup can assess your kitchen and set a regular extract cleaning schedule that keeps your kitchen extraction systems compliant and your cleaning records up to date.
Poor kitchen extraction cleaning does more damage than most operators realise. Beyond the fire risk, dirty ventilation systems have to work harder to move air through restricted ductwork, which pushes up your energy bills. Industry data shows this can increase energy usage by 20 to 30%.
Hygiene levels in the kitchen drop when extraction systems are not properly maintained. Grease-laden air that is not being efficiently extracted settles on surfaces, cooking equipment, and food preparation areas, affecting air quality throughout the building. Poor hygiene in commercial kitchens is linked to around 2.4 million foodborne illness cases in the UK each year.
Grease accumulation inside a kitchen extract system puts continuous strain on the extraction fan and motor. As the extraction system becomes restricted, system efficiency drops and components wear out faster. Regular cleaning keeps your kitchen equipment working at full capacity and helps remove grease before it causes mechanical damage.
Keeping your extraction systems clean also helps your business meet its hygiene regulations requirements and supports a safe working environment in the kitchen environment your staff operate in every day. A professional service that maintains your kitchen extract system properly is one of the most cost-effective investments you can make in your kitchen equipment.
Costs depend on kitchen size, ductwork length, and the current condition of your extract systems. Based on published pricing from Richmond kitchen extraction cleaning companies, here is a rough guide:
**These are rough guidelines only. Your actual quote from Northern Cleanup could be more or less than this range depending on your specific system, access requirements, and cleaning frequency. We offer a free survey before any work begins so you know exactly what is involved.
Our extraction cleaning service in Richmond covers more than the canopy and filters. We carry out:
Our ventilation cleaning service ensures your kitchen ventilation systems are free from grease build up and running at full airflow capacity. A blocked extraction system forces the fan to overwork and can cause the whole kitchen extract system to underperform. Where access panels are missing, our ductwork cleaning service includes installation in line with TR19, helping to bring your extract systems into full compliance and supporting any future risk assessment carried out on your premises.
If cleaning has not been undertaken on a documented schedule, we can carry out a full inspection and produce a cleaning record that supports your fire safety order obligations and keeps your business on the right side of the law.
We know your kitchen cannot stop for long. Northern Cleanup plans every job to cause minimal disruption, working outside trading hours, early mornings, or overnight wherever possible.
Our cleaning works are carried out by trained technicians who leave the area clean and ready for service. We do not cut corners and we do not leave until the commercial kitchen extraction cleaning is complete and properly documented.
Every client gets a full handover with the records they need for their next risk assessment, insurer check, or environmental health inspection.
There is roughly one commercial kitchen fire every day in Richmond, and most are connected directly to poorly maintained kitchen extract systems. Over 6,400 fires were recorded in hospitality venues in England in just four years, making this one of the most common and most preventable risks facing businesses in the sector.
Northern Cleanup delivers a professional cleaning service as a specialist cleaning company that brings your kitchen extraction systems into full compliance with the fire safety order 2005 and the safety regulations that apply to your business. Every cleaning job is documented, every extract system is treated from end to end, and every client gets the records they need to satisfy their insurer and meet their legal requirements.
Call us, fill in our contact form, or message us today. We offer a free survey and a free quote, with no obligation. Let Northern Cleanup take the fire risk out of your kitchen.
