Medway · Ductwork cleaning
Ductwork cleaning in Lower Bush, Medway
Ductwork cleaning for Lower Bush, from a team that has been trading since 2009. Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus a 24/7 emergency line.
- Readings above 200 microns from a grease thickness test
- Heavy grease at the base of a riser
- Grease seeping out of the duct seams
How we handle ductwork cleaning in Lower Bush
Grease in a duct is hidden, which is exactly why it’s dangerous. A flare-up drawn up from the range can light it, and fire can then run along the ductwork to other parts of the building. Removing it is the whole point. If you’re dealing with ductwork that has never been cleaned and years of grease along the duct floor, we can put it right.
In a small place like Lower Bush, kitchens are often in older or extended buildings, with long single-storey duct runs, and those horizontal sections are where grease settles. We agree access and timings in advance.
Accreditations are easy to claim and worth checking. Ours are BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, plus CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured.
- Location
- Lower Bush (ME2)
- Region
- Medway
- Paperwork
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed price before we start
- Working hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
How it works
Your trading hours come first. We book the visit for a time the area is closed, whether that’s an evening, overnight or a weekend. Once we are in, the area is sheeted and anything that has to be off is turned off and cooled, and the work takes from a few hours to more than one visit, depending on duct length and access. Somewhere like Lower Bush, lanes, gates and parking are worth mentioning in advance.
- We trace the duct and find every way in.
- Grease thickness is measured at set points.
- Once the kitchen has closed, we protect the area and open the panels.
- Thick grease is scraped out, then the runs and risers are degreased.
- We close up, re-test, photograph and record anything out of reach.
Before we arrive
- Move anything stored near the system
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
How to get a quote
The quickest way to a quote is to send photos: the system from a couple of angles, plus any access panels or hatches. Add the site type and your opening hours, and we can price many jobs without a visit.
Advice
Aftercare tips
No system stays clean for ever, but care slows the build-up. A few tips:
- Keep to the interval on the report
- Make sure filters are seated properly
- Run the extract fan throughout service
- Consider fitting panels where the report shows gaps
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.
Have access panels fitted where sections can’t be reached. Grease you can reach is grease that gets removed.
Grease, kitchens and Lower Bush
Food Standards Agency records include about 4 bars, pubs and nightclubs within about 1.5 miles of central Lower Bush. Wherever they cook, the canopy, duct and fan collect grease just as a restaurant’s do. The fire and rescue service for Lower Bush is Kent Fire and Rescue Service. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel. Kitchens in Lower Bush get their food hygiene inspections from Medway council. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after.
If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Lower Bush (Starkey Castle is about 1.4 miles south-east), fitting access panels needs care. If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Cuxton Community Infant School or anywhere near Lower Bush, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean.
Lower Bush is about 3 miles west of Rochester, in Medway. Whether your site is in the middle of Lower Bush or further out, ductwork cleaning is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from a single unit to a large public building. Our area takes in 68 places across Medway, from busy centres to quieter spots. Maidstone is in our area too, about 9 miles from Lower Bush.
We cover every part of ME2 for ductwork cleaning and the roads nearby. Neighbouring places we cover for ductwork cleaning include Upper Bush (1 mile south-west), Cuxton (1 mile east), North Halling (1 mile south-east), Halling (2 miles south) and Cobham (2 miles north-west). Larger places within reach include Gillingham (6 miles east), Chatham (4 miles east), Rochester (3 miles east), Rainham (7 miles east), Luton (4 miles east) and Park Wood (7 miles east).
What’s near Lower Bush
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Rede Common and Strood Academy, among other places. For rail, the closest station is Cuxton station, about 1.1 miles east of the centre. A little further out are Pentagon Shopping Centre (3.8 miles east) and Six Poor Travellers House (3 miles east). For a walk, there’s Ranscombe Farm and Gad's Hill.
Why it’s worth doing now in Lower Bush
Old grease in a duct for a kitchen in Lower Bush does not stay soft. It bakes into a hard layer that takes far longer to remove, which makes each delayed clean a bigger one. In a place like Lower Bush, ductwork and fans are easy to forget until something goes wrong.
One small site or a whole estate, the quote is built the same way: the work involved, the access and the timing. The price is fixed before any work starts.
Why Lower Bush businesses choose us
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
- Full insurance on every job
- In business since 2009
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
Take a look at how cleaning jobs are priced or our accreditations.
Signs you need ductwork cleaning in Lower Bush
Risers carry the extract up through the building. Grease collects on the riser walls and gathers at the bottom as liquid grease runs down. Access along its height is needed to clean it properly.
Most sites get in touch after spotting one of these:
- Heavy grease at the base of a riser
- Grease leaking from duct joints
- High readings at a recent grease test
- An insurer asking for TR19 evidence
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Church of St Michael and All Angels, or anywhere in Lower Bush, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Questions to ask before booking
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- What paperwork you get at the end
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
Multi-site and managed buildings
If you look after several sites, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Each site gets its own report and pictures, so records stay tidy.
Where a tenant occupies the premises but the landlord owns the building, the lease normally sets out who maintains what. We are happy to deal with either side, and the report can go to both.
Lower Bush questions
Do you work in villages like Lower Bush?
Yes. Villages and rural sites across the South East are part of our work, Lower Bush included. Let us know about access, parking and anything unusual about getting there when you book.
Which environmental health team covers Lower Bush?
Kitchens in Lower Bush are inspected by Medway council’s environmental health officers. Ratings are published by the Food Standards Agency, so a clean extract and good records are worth keeping up.
Which sectors do you work in?
Any commercial site with kitchens or ventilation, from a small pub to a hospital. Hotels, schools, care homes, offices, shops and leisure sites are all part of our work.
What’s the cleaning interval for extract ductwork?
The minimum depends on how long the kitchen cooks each day: 3-monthly for heavy use, 6-monthly for moderate and 12-monthly for light use. Measured grease sets the real interval.
What shows that the ducts need a clean?
We measure it. Readings are taken by Wet Film Thickness Test (WFTT) or Deposit Thickness Test (DTT). BESA guidance says the mean shouldn’t exceed 200 microns, and 500 or more anywhere needs immediate spot cleaning.
What do you need from me for a quote?
The site address, the type of premises and your opening hours, plus photos of the system and your last certificate or report if you have one.
When is the ductwork cleaned?
Out of hours, at a time that suits the kitchen. Larger systems may be cleaned over several nights, with the kitchen ready to cook each morning.
How do you protect the area?
By covering it before any work starts. We keep the work contained and clean down when we finish.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but the parts you cannot see still need a specialist at the right interval.
If your staff spot something between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that will not come clean, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We can diagnose it and quote.
Nearby places to Lower Bush
Other services in Lower Bush
How the job changes from site to site
Vertical risers
In taller buildings, a riser may pass through several floors and fire compartments, so fire dampers may be fitted where it crosses them. We test those as a separate job.
Attenuators and discharge
The last section of duct before the discharge is often the coolest, so it can collect more grease than expected. It’s tested and cleaned along with the rest.