Kent · Ductwork cleaning
Ductwork cleaning in Howt Green, Kent
We cover Howt Green for ductwork cleaning. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports on every job.
- Years of grease along the duct floor
- A grease test showing the duct is overdue
- A rancid smell from the extract duct
Ductwork cleaning in Howt Green
In doctor’s terms, the ductwork is the system’s arteries: find the blockages, clear them, then check the flow is right. Readings taken before and after show the difference, alongside before and after photos. If you are dealing with sections of duct with no access panels and hardened, baked-on grease in long horizontal runs, we can put it right, from access panels, multi-storey ducts and bends and junctions onwards.
Rural kitchens often have long, low duct runs through a roof space or along an outside wall, where grease settles in the flat sections. Access, parking and timings are agreed before the day.
Our accreditations include CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured. On top of that, we are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we have been trading since 2009.
- Place
- Howt Green (ME9)
- Region
- Kent
- Paperwork
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Fixed quotes for ductwork cleaning in Howt Green
You’ll get a fixed price before we start. It takes into account:
- Where the site is and how we reach it
- The times the site is available
- The condition we find in the survey
- Any permits to work or inductions
No two sites are the same, so each one gets its own fixed quote. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all play a part.
Helping us quote
When you call or email, it’s useful to have:
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- Any previous report or certificate
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, you get a fixed price before work begins.
What a clean will not put right
Some problems need a different service or another trade:
- A duct that is too small or badly routed for the kitchen (a design issue)
- Faulty fire dampers
- An extract fan that has stopped working
If in doubt, call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we will say what we think.
Where we work
- Access panels
- Bends and junctions
- Multi-storey ducts
- Vertical risers
- Attenuators
- Horizontal duct runs
Howt Green questions
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Howt Green?
Food hygiene inspections in Howt Green are carried out by Swale council. How often a business is inspected depends on the risk rating the council gives it, so it’s worth staying ready all year.
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Howt Green?
Howt Green is in the area of 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.
What is TR19?
It’s BESA’s specification and the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to. It sets out inspection, cleaning and record keeping, and it takes a risk-based approach.
How do you protect the area?
Floors and surfaces near the work are sheeted before any work starts, and anything we remove is contained. At the end, the area is cleaned down.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. Plans on a 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycle are available, depending on what the system needs.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes, always. Diagnosis comes before treatment: the survey shows what needs doing and what access we need, and the quote is based on that.
How far ahead should we book?
The more notice, the better, particularly for night and weekend visits. We usually quote within one working day, and there’s a 24/7 line for emergencies.
What happens to the waste?
We contain it and take it with us. Grease, debris and waste water are collected as the work goes on rather than letting it spread.
Howt Green kitchens: local notes
The coast is only about 2 miles from Howt Green. Near the sea, the fan and discharge at the top of a kitchen extract corrode faster than they would inland. Food Standards Agency records include about 14 pubs, bars and clubs within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Howt Green. A pub or hotel kitchen that cooks every day builds up grease in its extract like any other. Kent Fire and Rescue Service covers Howt Green. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel.
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Church of St Bartholomew, or anywhere in Howt Green, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it. If you run a café or takeaway near Kemsley station, early starts and late finishes leave little time to clean, so overnight extract cleaning suits.
Howt Green is about 1 mile north-west of Sittingbourne, in Kent. We carry out ductwork cleaning for commercial premises of every kind in Howt Green and the rest of Kent. Our area takes in 922 places across Kent, large and small. There’s also a page for Maidstone, about 11 miles away.
All of ME9 is within our area for ductwork cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. If your site is just outside Howt Green, we cover Kemsley (1 mile east), Iwade (1 mile north), Sittingbourne (1 mile south-east), Milton Regis (1 mile south-east) and Murston (2 miles south-east). Within a short drive, we also cover Maidstone (11 miles south-west), Whitstable (13 miles east), Faversham (8 miles south-east), Minster (5 miles north-east), Kings Hill (15 miles south-west) and Davington (8 miles south-east).
What’s near Howt Green
Around Howt Green, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Milton Creek Country Park, The Three Hats Inn and Westlands School and the streets around them. The closest station to Howt Green is Kemsley station, about 0.6 miles east of the centre. A little further out are Castle Rough (1.4 miles east) and Court Hall Museum (0.9 miles south-east).
Why it’s worth doing now in Howt Green
Old grease in a duct for a kitchen in Howt Green doesn’t stay soft. Heat and age turn it into a thick, stubborn crust, so the later the clean, the bigger the job. In a small place like Howt Green, a system that fails can take a site out of use.
Several systems or sites on one quote often makes better use of the time. Mention every system or site you need covered and we’ll price it together.
Why Howt Green businesses choose us
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- One number for every site across the South East and London
- Fully insured
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
Managing agents and facilities teams in Howt Green
Running several sites is easier with one contractor. We work across London and the South East, so a run of sites can go into one programme and kept on a regular cycle.
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 records stay tidy.
Signs you need ductwork cleaning in Howt Green
Damaged or poorly fitted filters let more grease into the duct. More grease reaches the ductwork than it should and it fills faster.
Any of these means the system needs a check-up:
- High readings at a recent grease test
- A rancid smell from the extract duct
- Thick crusts of old grease along the duct
- Duct runs that can’t be reached
School kitchens, at schools like Regis Manor Primary School for example, are normally cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost.
Before booking anyone
- What insurance they carry
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
- What hours they’ll be on site
- Whether a survey comes first
Aftercare tips
Once we have finished, these simple steps help:
- File each certificate and photo report in the maintenance log
- Tell us if grease leaks from the ductwork
- Have the grease measured if cooking hours go up
- Get panels fitted where the duct couldn’t be cleaned
File the paperwork in the maintenance log. An insurer, fire officer or EHO may ask to see it, and the photos 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.
Nearby places to Howt Green
What else we do in Howt Green
The process
On the day, we arrive at the time agreed with you, which is often after service, overnight or at a weekend. Anything that needs to be off for the work is switched off and left to cool before any work starts, and the area around the work is covered and protected. On site, it takes a few hours for a short run, longer for long runs and tall risers. Somewhere like Howt Green, lanes, gates and parking are worth mentioning in advance.
- 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 pictures and note any part that couldn’t be reached.
Getting ready for the visit
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
Get a fixed quote
Here’s what helps us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, a few pictures and any previous report or certificate. Then call 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form.