Kent · Ductwork cleaning
Ductwork cleaning in Boughton Green, Kent
Need ductwork cleaning in Boughton Green? We survey first, send you a fixed quote and work around your opening hours, then sign off with a report and pictures.
- Hardened, baked-on grease in long horizontal runs
- Duct runs that can’t be reached
- A grease test showing the duct is overdue
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. What they can’t safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, and that’s where we come in.
In-house cleaning and specialist cleaning do different jobs. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but they don’t reach the grease that builds up further in. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
Ductwork cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Boughton Green
Many ducts were installed with too few access doors. Where a section cannot be reached, TR19 expects it to be recorded on the report, and we can fit new access panels so it’s cleaned next time. An honest report beats a guess. Typical jobs include gaps where access panels were never fitted and grease pooling at the foot of the riser, on bends and junctions, vertical risers and access panels.
In a village or hamlet like Boughton Green, the kitchens that need extract cleaning are usually a pub, a school, a care home or a hall kitchen, wherever there is one. Every one of them still needs its extract kept clear of grease.
Duct Doctor has been trading since 2009, as a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we are fully insured.
- Where
- Boughton Green (ME17, ME15)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Paperwork
- Certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Boughton Green questions
Which fire service covers Boughton Green?
Kent Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Boughton Green. TR19® is not law, but it’s the benchmark many fire officers and insurers look to when they ask how often the extract is cleaned.
Can you clean school kitchen extracts in Boughton Green during the holidays?
Yes. Half-terms and the summer break are the natural time for school work. With about 15 schools and colleges on the FSA’s register within roughly a mile and a half of Boughton Green, it pays to plan holiday dates ahead. Booking early in the term gives the best choice of holiday dates.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. Our area covers London and the South East, so we can schedule a run of sites as one programme. Each site gets its own report and pictures.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes. We run scheduled maintenance contracts, set at the interval the system needs. Each report recommends when the next visit should be.
Is Boughton Green in your area?
Yes. We work in Boughton Green and the rest of Kent, as part of our work across South East England and London. To book, ring 0345 646 2711 or email us.
What happens if you cannot reach some of it?
They’re listed in the report, never skipped quietly. You’ll know exactly which parts weren’t reached and why, along with a quote to put access in.
Do you have insurance?
Yes. Full insurance covers our work and have been trading since 2009.
Will the duct clean disrupt the kitchen?
Only while we’re working, and we work around you. Most kitchens book overnight or weekend cleans, so no service is lost.
Keeping the system healthy
Here’s the after-treatment advice, short and simple:
- Leave a way through to the access panels
- Store the certificate with the fire risk assessment
- Ask for a grease thickness test if the kitchen gets busier
- Keep the fan on while anything is cooking
The report names every part of the duct that couldn’t be reached and why. We can fit access panels so those sections are cleaned next time.
Watch for warning signs between cleans: drips from the ductwork, stale smells or a noisy fan. A grease thickness test can confirm whether a spot clean is needed.
What happens if it’s left?
A fire in a greasy duct is hard to reach and hard to stop. The duct can carry it to rooms, floors or roof spaces well away from the kitchen, which is why the duct matters as much as the canopy. Equipment tucked in a roof space or outbuilding near Boughton Green rarely gets looked at unless someone books it.
When the work has to happen, how we reach it and how big the site is all affect the cost. We take each of them into account and give you a fixed price before we start.
Why book with us
- Each visit written up, with pictures
- Fixed quotes from a survey or photos
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- We diagnose before we treat
Grease, kitchens and Boughton Green
The FSA’s food hygiene register includes about 6 pubs and bars within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Boughton Green. Breakfasts, bar meals and functions all put grease into the extract wherever they’re cooked. It’s Maidstone council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Boughton Green. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector. Boughton Green sits within the area of Kent Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order.
Stoneacre, about 2.5 miles north-east, is one of the historic houses near Boughton Green; if you run event catering at a venue like that, cleans can be booked between functions. Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Coxheath Congregational Church, or anywhere in Boughton Green, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it. Healthcare kitchens can’t easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Boughton Green is Oakwood Hospital, about 3.1 miles north-west.
Boughton Green is about 2 miles south of Maidstone, in Kent. Across the ME17 area, we cover ductwork cleaning for commercial sites. Boughton Green is one of 922 places in Kent where we work for commercial clients.
Here we cover the ME17 and ME15 postcode area for ductwork cleaning. You’ll find streets such as Heath Road, Green Lane and Jolly Road, and we cover them all for ductwork cleaning. Nearby, we also carry out ductwork cleaning in Boughton Monchelsea (1 mile east), Loose (1 mile north-west), Park Wood (1 mile north-east), Linton (1 mile south-west) and Wierton (1 mile south-east). Further out, we also cover Sittingbourne (12 miles north-east), Sevenoaks (15 miles west), Royal Tunbridge Wells (13 miles south-west), Gravesend (15 miles north-west), Tonbridge (11 miles west) and Kings Hill (6 miles north-west).
What’s near Boughton Green
Around Boughton Green, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near The Curious Eatery pub and Cornwallis Academy and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is East Farleigh station, roughly 2.4 miles north-west. A little further out are Kent Fire Brigade Museum (1.9 miles north) and Oakwood Hospital (3.1 miles north-west).
What ductwork cleaning cannot fix
A few issues sit outside what this work can do:
- Faulty fire dampers
- A failed fan motor at the end of the duct (a fan repair job)
- Duct sealed behind fixed ceilings or walls
If in doubt, call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we’ll say what we think before booking.
Where we work
- Vertical risers
- Multi-storey ducts
- Attenuators
- Bends and junctions
- Horizontal duct runs
- Access panels
What we do, step by step
The first job on site is protection: sheeting goes over floors and surfaces close to the work. After that, the system is made safe and the work begins. It takes anything from a few hours to several visits, depending on the length of duct, and we clear up before we go. Visits to a village like Boughton Green are booked in advance, at a time that suits whoever runs the site.
- We start by working out how the duct runs and where it can be opened.
- We measure grease thickness at set points before cleaning.
- Through the access panels, thick grease is removed by hand first.
- The duct is degreased with the method that suits the grease, from degreasers to hot water or steam.
- We test again, take photos and note any part that couldn’t be reached.
How to prepare
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Find the previous report, if there is one
Get a fixed quote
Some systems can be priced from photos; others need a survey. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
Advice
Different parts, different methods
Access panels
Every section of duct is cleaned through an access panel. Without them, parts of the duct cannot be reached, and TR19 expects them to be recorded.
Vertical risers
A riser takes the duct up through one or more floors. Grease runs down the walls and gathers at the base, which is one of the points we test.
Also in Boughton Green
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Running several sites is easier with one contractor. We work across London and the South East, so visits at different addresses can be planned together and kept to a regular schedule.
When the building owner and the occupier are different, the lease normally sets out who maintains what. We can quote either party and send the paperwork to whoever needs it.