Kent · Air handling unit cleaning
AHU Cleaning in High Brooms
Air handling unit cleaning for commercial sites in High Brooms and across Kent. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and fully insured.
- Blocked condensate drains and slimy trays
- Fan sections that haven’t been cleaned in years
- Units needing a clean before a new tenant or handover
How it works
Night work is normal for us. Evenings, nights and weekends are when much of our work happens, so a kitchen or building can carry on as usual the next day. The visit itself takes one overnight shift for many single units, with bigger plant phased. In a place like High Brooms, we fit the visit around your hours.
- We look at the unit and the plant area during the survey.
- We sheet the area and the unit is isolated.
- Each section is cleaned of dust, debris and slime.
- Coils and trays are cleaned and the condensate drain cleared.
- The unit is closed up and handed back, with a report to follow.
Preparing for the visit
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
- Clear the space around the work
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
How to get a quote
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: the system from a couple of angles, plus any access panels or hatches. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.
Related advice
AHU cleaning for kitchens and businesses in High Brooms
Drain trays under cooling coils are meant to empty. If the outlet blocks, standing water and slime build up, in the airstream that feeds the building. Clearing and cleaning the tray is central to every AHU clean. The work covers drain trays, supply and extract fans and dampers and louvres, and the jobs we see most are intake sections clogged with outdoor debris and dirty filters cutting the airflow.
Smaller buildings around High Brooms often keep their ventilation units in a roof void or plant cupboard, where they’re easy to forget. Every unit, large or small, has filters, coils and a drain tray to keep clean.
For insurers and inspectors, the record counts. So every job comes with a written report and photos, plus a TR19® certificate through the BESCA VHE portal where the work is a TR19® Grease clean.
- Where
- High Brooms (TN2, TN4, TN1)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Records
- Report and photos after the visit
- Quotes
- A fixed price before we start
- Hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Questions from High Brooms
Can ventilation in schools around High Brooms be cleaned out of term?
Yes, holiday work suits schools best. Food Standards Agency records list about 21 schools, colleges and universities with registered kitchens within about a mile and a half of High Brooms. Tell us your holiday dates and we will book the visit for when the site is empty.
Can the work in High Brooms be done at night or at weekends?
Yes, we can come after you close and finish before you open. It means the site in High Brooms keeps running as normal. Your opening times are the first thing we ask for.
Are you accredited?
Our accreditations are CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. Vent Hygiene Elite is run by BESCA and independently audited.
How much does AHU cleaning cost?
There’s no set price, as it depends on the job: how big it is, what state it’s in, how we reach it and the working hours. You get a fixed price before work begins.
Can you set up regular visits?
Yes. Plans on a 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycle are available, to suit the system and how it’s used.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes. Photos often do the job, and larger or hidden systems get a visit.
Can one contract cover all our sites?
Yes. You deal with one contact for every site across London and the South East, with visits on a regular schedule.
Can you fix a faulty AHU?
Our AHU work is cleaning rather than mechanical repair. Any faults we notice are recorded so your maintenance contractor can deal with it.
For landlords and multi-site operators
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare in High Brooms and across Kent. Work can be phased by floor, building or site around the people who use them.
When the building owner and the occupier are different, it’s worth checking the lease for who maintains the systems. We can quote either party and send the paperwork to whoever needs it.
What your team can do, and what needs us
If your staff spot something between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that will not come clean, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We can diagnose it and quote.
Keep a record of what your team does. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, next to our reports.
Also near High Brooms
More services for High Brooms
Keeping the system healthy
Here’s the after-treatment advice, short and simple:
- Store the TR19 paperwork where auditors can find it
- Keep filter changes on time and recorded
- Do not store bins or materials near the intake
- Look at the condensate drain whenever the unit is serviced
The report suggests a date for the next inspection or clean, taking into account how dirty it was. Under TR19® Air the timing is set by inspection and risk, not a fixed calendar.
Do not let leaves, litter or stored materials build up near the fresh air intake. Anything around the intake is likely to be drawn in.
Do you need AHU cleaning in High Brooms?
No filter stops everything. What gets through settles on coils, fans and the inside of the casing, building up layer by layer.
The symptoms we’re asked about most are:
- Drain trays holding standing water
- Filters that are clogged or overdue
- Debris and leaves in the fresh air intake
- Odours coming through the supply air
Kent and Sussex Hospital, about 1.2 miles south-west, is the nearest hospital to High Brooms, and healthcare sites of every size need their supply air kept clean.
What to look for in a quote
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
- Whether a written report and photos are included
- What happens if part of the system can’t be accessed
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
Leave it or put it right?
Dirt left in an air handling unit does not stay in the unit. It moves on into the ductwork and out into the rooms, so cleaning the ducts without the unit only goes so far. Booking now means the visit to High Brooms is planned around you, not forced by a breakdown.
Combining work into one visit or one programme often makes better use of the time. Mention every system or site you need covered and we will price it together.
Why book with us
- Every visit written up, with photos
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
- Trading since 2009
Take a look at what affects the cost or our accreditations and certificates.
AHU cleaning in High Brooms: local notes
Food Standards Agency data includes about 21 schools, colleges and universities and about 28 care, childcare and hospital premises within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of High Brooms. Buildings like these often rely on mechanical ventilation, which TR19® Air covers. High Brooms’s nearest hospital, Kent and Sussex Hospital, is about 1.2 miles south-west. Hospitals show how much a building can rely on its ventilation, and smaller healthcare sites rely on theirs too. We cover High Brooms, about 29 miles from central London, as part of our work across London and the South East. The visit is fixed around your opening hours, not ours.
Workplaces around High Brooms station with an air handling unit need the filters, coils and drain tray looked at, as well as the ducts. If you manage a school such as St John's Church of England Primary School, ventilation cleaning is best booked for the holidays.
High Brooms is about 1 mile north-east of Royal Tunbridge Wells, in Kent. We carry out AHU cleaning for businesses, landlords and public buildings in High Brooms and the rest of Kent. Across Kent, we cover 922 places, and High Brooms is one of them. Maidstone is in our area too, about 14 miles from High Brooms.
Work in TN2, TN4 and TN1 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. If you need AHU cleaning at premises on Oak Road, Brook Road and Caley Road or anywhere close by, our technicians can take on the work. If your site is just outside High Brooms, we cover Southborough (1 mile north-west), Royal Tunbridge Wells (1 mile south-west), Hawkenbury (2 miles south), Stockland Green (2 miles west) and Bidborough (2 miles north-west). We also work in nearby towns such as Maidstone (14 miles north-east), Sevenoaks (10 miles north-west), Tonbridge (3 miles north), Kings Hill (10 miles north-east), Foley Park (14 miles north-east) and Paddock Wood (5 miles east).
Around High Brooms
Around High Brooms, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near St Gregory's Catholic School, Hilbert Woods and Longbow Court pub. High Brooms has its own railway station: High Brooms station. Other landmarks nearby include Kent and Sussex Hospital (1.2 miles south-west) and Tunbridge Wells Museum and Art Gallery (1.2 miles south-west). Green spaces nearby include Tudeley Woods RSPB reserve and Barden Lake.
What affects the cost of AHU cleaning
There’s no set price list, because no two systems are the same. The quote depends on:
- The condition of the system
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
- Where the site is and how we reach it
No two sites are the same, so each one gets its own fixed quote. The size of the job, how we reach it, its condition and the working hours all make a difference.
What we need to know
The more you tell us, the more accurate the quote. When you get in touch, it helps to send:
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
Getting a quote does not take long. Call or email with a few details and you will normally have a fixed price within one working day. Where a survey is needed, we arrange a time that suits the site.