Air duct cleaning in Tilburg

Duct cleaning Tilburg in figures: where is the grease?

The CBS sector classification does not say how many companies have a commercial kitchen or a production line. So use these figures as a direction: in Tilburg your kit needs to handle grease and fine production dust as well as dry dust.

For a cleaning contractor this has a practical consequence for the van. Next to the soft and standard brushes for office ducts, keep a set of more aggressive brushes, degreaser and a spare extraction filter on board, so a kitchen or bakery job can be done in the same round.

Matching the cleaning frequency to the use of the kitchen

There is no statutory frequency for hospitality, confirms KHN (Royal Dutch Hospitality Association). Fire insurers do require regular maintenance. In British practice the frequency is linked to the number of hours the kitchen is in operation:

Dutch sources are in the same range. KHN names at least once a year, more often with grill, fryer or wok. Rabobank advises twice a year for a fried food restaurant. In its prevention conditions, the insurer Goudse asks for grease filters to be cleaned or replaced weekly and for the exhaust duct to be inspected annually. More detail under kitchen extract duct cleaning for cleaning contractors.

A simple way to apply the table: ask the kitchen for its opening hours per day, place it in the right row and agree the interval with the client and the insurer. Then check after the first clean whether the measured grease layer confirms that choice.

How much grease may there be in an extract duct?

Insurers and auditors want a number. Two sources give the same picture:

• The NVRL quality mark scheme, drawn up with TNO, uses an intervention value of 500 µm and a performance value after cleaning of a maximum of 200 µm.
• According to trade publications on EN 15780:2025, the new standard contains guidelines for commercial kitchen extraction for the first time, with an average of 200 µm as the limit for full cleaning and locally 500 µm for urgent cleaning.

Measurement is done with a wet film thickness gauge: a sample behind every extraction hood and per 10 metres of duct. Goudse also requires rigid, non flexible and non ribbed ductwork of aluminium or steel. Ribbed hose is also hard to clean, so in practice that is a double argument.

Bakeries: flour dust calls for a different approach

In a bakery the problem is not grease but flour dust. The Health Council of the Netherlands (Gezondheidsraad) advises 0.2 mg/m³ of inhalable wheat flour dust as a health based value, which is advice and not a legal limit. In Belgium a limit value of 0.5 mg/m³ per 8 hours applies.

The most important rule for cleaning: no compressed air, no hand brushes, no brooms. Those actually blow the dust around. Use an industrial vacuum cleaner with HEPA or at least an M class filter. In EX zones an ATEX 114 certified vacuum cleaner is needed, because flour dust can explode above 60 g/m³. Continue reading under air duct cleaning in bakeries.

For the planning this means that bakery ducts are best cleaned when production is stopped and the flour in the air has settled, with the extraction unit running throughout so nothing that comes loose ends up on the work surfaces.

Food processing: avoiding airflows from dirty to clean

For food processing companies, the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) looks at air handling when granting approvals. From the verification list: avoid airflows from contaminated to clean rooms, make filters and components that need regular cleaning easily accessible, and design ceilings and fittings so that dirt, condensation, mould and loose particles are kept to a minimum.

The BRCGS guide on air quality in food production helps with the choice of supply air category and filtration, with Eurovent 4/23 as its basis. A dirty duct can undermine that entire zoning. More under air duct cleaning in the food industry.

Which brush and machine for grease and production dust?

Grease and caked on dust call for more mechanical force than loose dust in an office duct. Danduct has three brush types: soft, standard and the more aggressive Tynex, all from 100 to 600 mm. For kitchen ducts with a hard grease layer you would rather choose Tynex, for vulnerable ducts soft. A selection guide is available under brushes for air ducts for cleaning contractors.

For the drive, the DC4 duct cleaning machine for businesses is a logical basis: up to 30 metres of reach, also vertical and through 90 degree bends. For kitchens with grease, Eurovent recommends a wet method; Danduct offers a spraying system for the DC4. The complete range is under compare duct cleaning kits for businesses.

Ventilation duct cleaning Tilburg and Central Brabant

Tilburg lies between two other Brabant cities on this site. Breda has 28,900 establishments: see air duct cleaning in Breda. Eindhoven has 32,980: see duct cleaning equipment in Eindhoven.

For all municipalities in a row, look at air duct cleaning by city. In doubt about which brushes and machine suit the Tilburg kitchens or production areas where you work? Then contact Lamers for cleaning contractors for advice or a quote.