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Duct cleaning in Great Stonar
Ductwork cleaning in Great Stonar from ventilation hygiene specialists trading since 2009. Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus a 24/7 emergency line.
- Grease leaking from duct joints
- Grease pooling at the foot of the riser
- Years of grease along the duct floor
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
When your team notices a problem between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We will take a look and give you a fixed quote.
Some jobs should never be done in-house: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings call for the right kit, training and safe access. Leave those to us.
How we handle ductwork cleaning in Great Stonar
Ductwork in Great Stonar is cleaned the same thorough way as everywhere else we work: readings at set points, heavy grease scraped out by hand, then degreasing to suit the deposit. Post-clean readings and pictures complete the record. The work covers access panels, horizontal duct runs and attenuators, and people most often call us about sections of duct with no access panels and a duct nobody has opened in years.
Rural kitchens often have long, low duct runs through a roof space or along an outside wall, where grease settles in the flat sections. We agree access and timings in advance.
For insurers and inspectors, the record counts. That is why every job is written up in a report with photos, plus a TR19® certificate through the BESCA VHE portal where the work is a TR19® Grease clean.
- Where
- Great Stonar (CT13)
- Region
- Kent
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
What ductwork cleaning looks like in Great Stonar
At about 2 miles from the coast, Great Stonar is close enough for sea air to matter. Near the sea, the fan and discharge at the top of a kitchen extract corrode faster than they would inland. According to Food Standards Agency records, there are about 13 pubs and bars within about 1.5 miles of central Great Stonar. Where they serve hot food, their kitchen extracts need cleaning to TR19® like any restaurant’s. Kitchens in Great Stonar get their food hygiene inspections from Dover council. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Before-and-after photos from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand.
Term dates shape school work: for a school like Sandwich Infant School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break. If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Ramsgate General Hospital about 4.2 miles north-east, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen. Church and community hall kitchens, near St Mary's Church or anywhere around Great Stonar, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other.
Great Stonar is about 5 miles south-west of Ramsgate, in Kent. For ductwork cleaning in and around Great Stonar, it’s easy to get a fixed quote: please call 0345 646 2711, or email photos. We work across South East England and London, including Great Stonar. Our area takes in 922 places across Kent, from busy centres to quieter spots. For sites nearby, see our Maidstone page (35 miles or so).
We work across the CT13 postcode area for ductwork cleaning and the roads nearby. We cover sites on Kitchener Drive, Spitfire Way and Hugin Lane and nearby roads. Other places close to Great Stonar include Sandwich (1 mile south), Cooper Street (2 miles west), East Street (2 miles west), Marshborough (2 miles south-west) and Woodnesborough (2 miles south-west). We also work in nearby towns such as Canterbury (11 miles west), Margate (7 miles north), Dover (10 miles south), Ramsgate (5 miles north-east), Broadstairs (6 miles north-east) and Whitstable (14 miles west).
Around Great Stonar
Around Great Stonar, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Prince's Beachlands, Sir Roger Manwood's School and Invicta House Ye Olde King's Arms and the streets around them. Great Stonar’s nearest station is Sandwich station, about 1.2 miles south of the centre. Well-known places in the area include The Precinct Toy Collection (0.8 miles south) and Sandown Castle (4.3 miles south-east). The countryside around Great Stonar includes Monk's Wall nature reserve.
Great Stonar: your questions answered
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Great Stonar?
Kitchens in Great Stonar are inspected by Dover council’s environmental health officers. An officer may look up into the canopy, so clean filters on the day and a recent certificate on file both help.
Who is the fire and rescue service for Great Stonar?
Fire safety enforcement in Great Stonar is handled by Kent Fire and Rescue Service. A recent cleaning certificate and a note of the next clean date show that grease in the extract is being managed.
How can I tell if my extract ducts are dirty?
Drips, smells and weak extraction are clues, but measuring is the reliable way to know. A WFTT or DTT reading gives a clear answer.
What about areas you can’t get to?
We record them on the report, with pictures where possible, and we explain what access is needed, for example new access panels.
What information do you need?
Some pictures and a quick description of the system plus the address and your hours. We’ll ask for anything else we need.
Are you insured?
Yes, we are fully insured. We also hold CHAS and SafeContractor for clients who vet their contractors.
What paperwork do you give after a duct clean?
You get a photo report with before and after photos, and a full TR19 clean also comes with a certificate issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal. File them with the fire risk assessment.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes. Send details of the systems and how they’re used and we will propose a schedule with a fixed quote.
Leave it or put it right?
Grease left in a duct in Great Stonar hardens over time. It bakes into a hard layer that takes far longer to remove, so the later the clean, the bigger the job. In a small place like Great Stonar, a system that fails can take a site out of use.
We don’t list prices on the website, because each job is priced on what it involves. For a fixed quote, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us, and we will talk you through it.
Why us?
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- We diagnose before we treat
- A written report with pictures after each visit
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
Take a look at how cleaning jobs are priced and how to check a contractor.
Multi-site and managed buildings
From a single site to a large estate, you get the same standard: diagnosis, a fixed price, work booked around your hours and a written report with photos.
If you look after several sites, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Each site gets its own report and photos, so each one has its own record.
What the work involves, part by part
Attenuators and discharge
Attenuators, where fitted, quieten the extract, and their linings can soak up grease. We clean what can be reached and note anything that cannot.
Horizontal duct runs
A long flat run cannot be cleaned from one end. Where the gaps between panels are too long, we record what couldn’t be reached and can fit extra panels.
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The process
Each visit runs to the same pattern: protect the area, make the system safe, carry out the ductwork cleaning, tidy up and leave you the report. The visit itself takes from a few hours to more than one visit, depending on duct length and access. A quick note on how to find the site and where to park makes a visit to Great Stonar run smoothly.
- First we diagnose: the route, the access and the grease levels.
- You get a fixed price before work starts.
- We clean section by section, working from panel to panel.
- Bends, risers and the base of each riser get extra attention.
- Readings, pictures and a recommended next clean date complete the job.
How to prepare
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
Get a fixed quote
Getting a quote doesn’t take long. Send a few details and photos, and we normally reply with a fixed quote within one working day. Where a survey is needed, we arrange a time that suits the site.
Related advice
Keeping the system healthy
Looking after the system between visits is straightforward, and it helps at the next visit:
- Make sure filters are seated properly
- Have the grease measured if cooking hours go up
- File each certificate and photo report in the maintenance log
- Run the extract fan throughout service
File the paperwork in the maintenance log. An insurer, fire officer or EHO may ask to see it, and the pictures make the duct’s condition easy to see.
Keep the fan on throughout service. Moving air carries vapour through rather than letting it settle, so switching off early adds to the build-up.
Honest limits
Before booking, it helps to know what’s not included:
- A duct that’s too small or badly routed for the kitchen (a design issue)
- A worn-out fan that needs replacing
- Leaking duct joints that need repair
If in doubt, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we will say what we think.
Where we work
- Horizontal duct runs
- Bends and junctions
- Multi-storey ducts
- Attenuators
- Access panels
- Vertical risers