Kent · Ductwork cleaning
Duct cleaning in Deal
Looking for ductwork cleaning in Deal? We diagnose first, fix the price and book the work around your hours, then sign off with a report and photos.
- Hardened, baked-on grease in long horizontal runs
- An insurer asking for TR19 evidence
- A duct nobody has opened in years
About our ductwork cleaning in Deal
Many ducts were installed with too few access doors. TR19 calls for any section we couldn’t reach to be recorded, and new panels can be fitted to reach it in future. It’s better to know than to assume. If you have grease pooling at the foot of the riser and grease seeping out of the duct seams, we can help, from access panels, horizontal duct runs and bends and junctions onwards.
In a town like Deal, most of the kitchen extracts we’re asked about belong to restaurants, cafés, pubs, takeaways and school or care home kitchens. Whatever the kitchen, the canopy, filters, duct and fan all collect grease.
The sign-off is always in writing: a written report, dated and illustrated with photos, and for TR19® Grease cleans, a certificate issued through the BESCA VHE portal. It shows what was done and what, if anything, couldn’t be reached.
- Where
- Deal (CT14)
- Region
- Kent
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quote
- A fixed price before work begins
- Hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Managing agents and facilities teams in Deal
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.
For anyone managing more than one site, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Every building has its own written report, so records stay tidy.
Honest limits
Ductwork cleaning can’t fix everything, and we’ll tell you before any work starts. It will not put right:
- Duct sealed behind fixed ceilings or walls
- Duct sections that need replacing
- A damper stuck open in the duct
If in doubt, ring 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we’ll say what we think.
What we work on in Deal
- Attenuators
- Access panels
- Vertical risers
- Bends and junctions
- Multi-storey ducts
- Horizontal duct runs
Common problems we fix in Deal
Ducts in Deal gather grease for the same reasons as ducts anywhere: daily cooking hours, the menu and the state of the filters. Under BESA guidance, the minimum interval is 3, 6 or 12 months, by daily cooking hours.
Keep an eye out for these warning signs:
- A duct nobody has opened in years
- Hardened, baked-on grease in long horizontal runs
- Grease seeping out of the duct seams
- Sections of duct with no access panels
Older buildings often hide long, awkward duct runs, and if you run a kitchen at a historic venue in the area (Walmer Castle is about 1.2 miles south), access may need planning.
Questions to ask before you book
- What happens if part of the system cannot be accessed
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- Whether the price is fixed
- When they can work, and whether that’s outside your opening hours
Between visits
Simple habits between visits make a real difference. We recommend:
- Never cook with a filter missing
- Store the certificate with the fire risk assessment
- Run the extract fan throughout service
- Have the grease measured if cooking hours go up
File the paperwork in the maintenance log. It’s the evidence an insurer or inspector may ask for, and the pictures make the duct’s condition easy to see.
Some signs mean the duct needs attention sooner: grease leaking from duct joints, smells, or a fan that sounds rough. Testing will show whether any section has reached 500 microns.
What affects the quote in Deal
You will get a fixed price before work begins. It’s based on:
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- Parking and loading at the site
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
- The condition of the system
Several systems or sites on one quote can make for a more efficient booking. Mention every system or site you need covered, and you will get one fixed quote.
Asking for a quote
The more you tell us, the more accurate the quote. When you get in touch, it helps to send:
- The postcode and the type of business
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
There’s no standard price list, because no two systems are the same. We look at your system first, from pictures or on a visit, and then give you a fixed quote. To get going, call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.
Leave it or put it right?
Booking the duct clean in Deal now keeps it a planned job. It takes from a few hours to more than one visit, depending on duct length and access, done out of hours so the kitchen keeps cooking. A small fault found now is a quick job; the same fault found later can close the site.
The price reflects the work, not guesswork. That is why we survey first, from pictures or on site, and why the quote is fixed before we start.
Why us?
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
- We’re fully insured
- Each visit written up, with photos
- One number for every site across the South East and London
Take a look at our cost guide or our accreditations.
Questions from Deal
Which council inspects kitchens in Deal?
That’s Dover council, whose environmental health officers carry out food hygiene inspections in Deal. Have your latest TR19® certificate and photo report to hand, as an officer may ask how the extract is maintained.
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for Deal?
Kent Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Deal. A recent cleaning certificate and a note of the next clean date show that grease in the extract is being managed.
What about areas you cannot get to?
They’re listed in the report, never skipped quietly. The report says which parts couldn’t be reached and why, along with a quote to put access in.
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 you clean ductwork with no access panels?
Every reachable section is cleaned and the rest recorded. Fitting extra access panels is the usual answer, and we can do that for you.
Are you accredited?
We’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes. For many sites, photos and a few details are enough, while bigger or harder-to-see systems are surveyed on site.
What information do you need?
The site address, the type of premises and your opening hours, along with a few photos and any previous report.
Deal kitchens: local notes
Deal lies within about 1 mile of the sea. Corrosion on the fan housing and cowl is worth a look at every clean, alongside the grease. The FSA’s data shows about 34 pubs, bars and clubs and about 5 hotels and B&Bs registered within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Deal. Any of them serving cooked food has an extract to keep clean, from canopy to discharge. It’s Dover council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Deal. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after.
For kitchens close to Deal station, where the day often starts early and ends late, the extract can be cleaned overnight. Bursars and site managers at schools such as Castle Community College tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
Deal is about 14 miles east of Canterbury, in Kent. Every kind of commercial site in Deal, we can take on ductwork cleaning. We can work out of hours so the site keeps running. Deal is one of 922 towns, villages and districts in Kent we cover for ductwork cleaning. There’s also a page for Maidstone, about 38 miles away.
Ductwork cleaning in CT14 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. Whether your site is on London Road, Forelands Square and Herschell Square or a nearby road, our technicians can take on the work. Deal sits on or near the A258 and B2056, so getting to you is simple for ductwork cleaning. Other places close to Deal include Mill Hill (1 mile west), Walmer (1 mile south), Sholden (1 mile north-west), Sholden Meadows (1 mile north-west) and Great Mongeham (1 mile west). Larger places within reach include Canterbury (14 miles west), Margate (11 miles north), Dover (7 miles south-west), Folkestone (13 miles south-west), Ramsgate (8 miles north) and Broadstairs (10 miles north).
Local landmarks in Deal
Typical jobs here are in premises near Betteshanger Park, Brickmakers Arms and Deal Parochial Church of England Primary School. The nearest railway station is Deal station, about 0.5 miles north-east. Nearby you’ll also find Kent Museum of the Moving Image (0.6 miles north-east) and Deal Castle (0.5 miles east).
Other services in Deal
What happens on the day
Our technicians bring everything the work needs, from protective sheeting to tools and access equipment. You only need to give us clear access and switch off what needs to be off. On site, the work takes a shift or more, depending on the length of the runs and the number of access points. Send us pictures of the system and we can plan most of a visit in Deal before we arrive.
- We trace the duct and find every way in.
- We take grease readings along the route.
- Out of hours, the area is protected and the access panels opened.
- Thick grease is scraped out, then the runs and risers are degreased.
- We close up, re-test, photograph and record anything out of reach.
Preparing for the visit
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Find the previous report, if there is one
Getting a quote
Quotes are quick. Send a few details and pictures, and we usually reply with a fixed quote within one working day. Where a survey is needed, we arrange a time that suits the site.