Ductwork Cleaning Services

Deep Clean Restaurants is widely recognized as one of the UK’s leading providers of specialist professional ductwork cleaning services.

Our award-winning expert teams deliver fast, comprehensive solutions for property managers, across a wide range of public and commercial sectors, helping them to address, achieve and maintain ongoing safety and compliance.

Duct cleaning is one of the main services we offer. Although an essential building service discipline, it can often be overlooked; but is vital to ensure the health, safety, and well-being of everyone who uses the building.

Why Do I Need To Get The Ducts Cleaned?

Over time, ductwork will develop a build-up of dirt that can include dust, bacteria, and indoor pollutants such as mold spores. Older ductwork that has never been cleaned may also contain construction debris. When this is left it can affect the efficiency of ventilation systems and have a negative impact on the air quality.

Is It A Legal Requirement?

Under the Health & Safety at Work Act etc 1974 and the Occupiers Liability Act 1984, there is a legal duty for an employer to provide a safe and healthy environment, which includes a healthy indoor atmosphere. There is a requirement to ensure that ductwork is regularly cleaned as appropriate and is subject to ‘a suitable’ system of maintenance. There are also legal expectations in other settings, such as accommodation and public facilities such as hospitals. The leading guidance document concerning the hygiene of ventilation systems is TR19®, which has now become the accepted standard for the internal cleanliness of ventilation systems and ductwork cleaning.

In addition to the legal requirement, many buildings insurance providers also expect that air vents and ductwork will be cleaned on a regular basis, in accordance with TR19®. Non-compliance can result in your policy being compromised.

What Is TR19?

TR19®, issued by the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA), is now the standard to which ventilation ductwork should be tested, inspected and cleaned. It includes a requirement for ductwork cleanliness quality to be classified according to its use as high, medium or low. This will usually depend on the type of facility which it serves and the degree of air quality that is needed. The cleanliness quality classification comes from BS EN 15780 (2011).

For example, ventilation for a hospital operating theatre or medical laboratory will be classified as high. General living areas or office spaces will normally indicate a medium classification. An infrequently occupied area such as a boiler room or storage space will probably be classified as low. TR19® contains guidance for this. It also has guidance as to how frequently each classification of the system should be tested and at what point it should be cleaned.

The cleaning process is the same for each classification and post the cleanliness level must be <0.3 g/m2, using the PVT method.

At Swiftclean we provide complete duct cleaning services throughout the UK, providing our many clients with TR19® compliance, accompanied by full post-clean documentation, including ‘before and after’ photographic evidence.

Our professional teams are highly experienced and trained to meet the TR19® guide to good practice or specification, using the latest innovative duct cleaning technologies, methods, and tools to provide unrivalled service. Our own in-house experts have helped to shape industry best practices in ductwork cleaning. Our managing director is a co-author of TR19® and TR19® Grease, has more than three decades of industry expertise.

Duct cleaning expertise

Once your ventilation ductwork has been expertly cleaned in compliance with TR19®, we provide post-clean certification. Non-compliance can have serious legal consequences if negligence can be proved, so this is invaluable documentation, as it helps to demonstrate your effort and intent towards compliance, should it be called into question. We can now provide post-clean certification as members of the Vent Hygiene Register (VHR), which is overseen by BESCA, the certification arm of BESA. Swiftclean is a founder member of VHR and our managing director serves as Chair of the VHR user group.

Members of the VHR are generally members of BESA and are therefore experts in their field. We recommend always using a BESA member, preferably a member of the VHR, to provide your ductwork cleaning.

Ongoing Duct Cleaning Compliance

We are experts at what we do, and our teams utilise a variety of devices and specific equipment and techniques to ensure that your ductwork is left clean, safe and compliant with the relevant specifications and legislation.

With the help of specialised extraction devices, mechanical brushes, air jets and manual methods, we can quickly remove all types of contamination. In areas where microbiological contagion is identified we can disinfect as well.

Many existing ductwork systems have insufficient access points to enable TR19® compliant cleaning. Where this is the case, we can install additional access doors at strategic points throughout the system in accordance with TR19® guide to good practice. This will allow for easier future inspections, cleaning and, if necessary, disinfection to be safely carried out.