Kent · Ductwork cleaning
Duct cleaning in Pratling Street
For cleaning of kitchen extract ductwork, horizontal runs and vertical risers through access panels in Pratling Street, one call is all it takes, from survey to sign-off. CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, ISO 9001 and fully insured.
- Years of grease along the duct floor
- A rancid smell from the extract duct
- A duct clean needed for an insurer
Ductwork cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Pratling Street
Not every duct has enough access panels. TR19 calls for any section we couldn’t reach to be recorded, and we can fit new access panels so it’s cleaned next time. It’s better to know than to assume. The work covers bends and junctions, horizontal duct runs and attenuators, and the jobs we see most are sections of duct with no access panels and a duct clean needed for an insurer.
For a kitchen in or near Pratling Street, the visit is planned around opening hours and the journey, and the clean itself is the same full TR19® job as in any town: canopy to discharge, then a TR19® certificate and a photo report.
The paperwork matters as much as the work. Each visit is written up with pictures, listing what was done, anything we couldn’t reach and when the next visit is due. Keep it with your fire safety records so it’s ready for an insurer, fire officer or EHO.
- Place
- Pratling Street (ME20)
- Region
- Kent
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Working hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Staff cleaning and specialist work aren’t the same thing. Wiping filters daily and washing them weekly keeps the visible parts in order, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
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, which is where we come in.
Between visits
Aftercare is simple, and it helps at the next visit:
- Never cook with a filter missing
- Consider fitting panels where the report shows gaps
- Store the certificate with the fire risk assessment
- Check readings when the menu changes
Any section of duct we couldn’t reach is listed on the report and why. We can fit access panels so those sections are cleaned next time.
Extra access panels mean more of the duct gets cleaned each time. Grease you can reach is grease that gets removed.
What ductwork cleaning looks like in Pratling Street
Look up Pratling Street on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you’ll find about 23 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 8 takeaways in Pratling Street and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Behind every canopy among them is a run of ductwork that collects grease out of sight. Kent Fire and Rescue Service covers Pratling Street. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order. Environmental health officers from Tonbridge and Malling council inspect food businesses in Pratling Street. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector.
Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Maidstone Hospital is the nearest hospital to Pratling Street, about 2.3 miles south. If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Methodist Church Including Sunday School or elsewhere in Pratling Street, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
Pratling Street is about 3 miles north-west of Maidstone, in Kent. We carry out ductwork cleaning for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Pratling Street and the rest of Kent. Pratling Street is one of 922 places in Kent where we work for ductwork cleaning.
Our technicians cover all of the ME20 postcode area for ductwork cleaning and the roads nearby. You’ll find streets such as Old Mill Lane, Pratling Street and St Michaels Close, and we cover them all for ductwork cleaning. Close by, we work in Forstal (1 mile south-west), Eccles (1 mile north-west), Burham (2 miles north-west), New Hythe (2 miles west) and Larkfield (2 miles west). Within a short drive, we also cover Maidstone (3 miles south-east), Sittingbourne (11 miles east), Dartford (15 miles north-west), Sevenoaks (14 miles west), Royal Tunbridge Wells (15 miles south-west) and Gravesend (10 miles north-west).
Landmarks near Pratling Street
In Pratling Street, that means kitchens and buildings near Aylesford School, The Bush pub and Tyland Barn and the streets around them. Pratling Street’s nearest station is Aylesford station, about 1.4 miles west. Nearby you will also find Fremlin Walk (2.4 miles south-east) and Allington Castle (1.1 miles south-east). Open spaces near Pratling Street include Burham Down and Boxley Hills.
Pratling Street questions
Can you get to a site in Pratling Street?
Yes. Villages and rural sites across the South East are part of our work, Pratling Street included. Photos of the system and directions to the site help us plan the visit.
Can you come to Pratling Street after we close?
Yes, evening, overnight and weekend work is normal for us. Your customers, staff or residents in Pratling Street needn’t be disturbed. Just call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email with your opening times and we will plan around them.
What is TR19?
TR19® is BESA’s specification for ventilation hygiene. Since 2019, TR19® Grease has been a standalone specification for grease in kitchen extract systems, while TR19® Air covers other supply and extract ductwork.
Is a quote from pictures possible?
Yes, where the photos show enough. Otherwise, we book a survey at a time that suits the site, then a fixed quote.
Will we have to shut during the visit?
Usually not. Out-of-hours visits keep the disruption down. Larger jobs can be phased over several visits so parts stay in use.
What about areas you can’t get to?
They’re marked on the report. In ductwork, new access panels are often the answer, and we can fit those.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. Our area covers London and the South East, so sites at different addresses can be planned together on one programme. Every site has its own report.
What does ductwork cleaning cost?
There’s no set price, as it depends on the job: how big it is, what state it’s in, how we reach it and the working hours. We fix the price before we start.
How it works
Protection comes first: floors, worktops and anything near the work are covered. After that, the system is made safe and the work begins. The work on site takes from a few hours to more than one visit, depending on duct length and access, and we clear up before we go. A few photos of the system help us make the most of a visit to a place like Pratling Street.
- We map the duct route and check where the access panels are.
- Set points along the runs are tested for grease.
- Through the access panels, thick grease is removed by hand first.
- Next the ducts and risers are degreased, using whatever suits the deposit.
- We test again, take photos and note any part that couldn’t be reached.
Preparing for the visit
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
Get a fixed quote
For a fixed quote, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and tell us the type of site, your opening hours and roughly what the system looks like. A few photos and your last certificate or report help a lot. We typically come back within one working day.
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What a clean won’t put right
Not every problem is solved by ductwork cleaning, and we’ll tell you before we start. It will not put right:
- Ductwork that was poorly designed
- Duct sealed behind fixed ceilings or walls
- Faulty fire dampers
If in doubt, phone us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we’ll say what we think before booking.
Where we work
- Bends and junctions
- Vertical risers
- Multi-storey ducts
- Attenuators
- Horizontal duct runs
- Access panels
What else we do in Pratling Street
For landlords and multi-site operators
For anyone managing more than one site, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Each site gets its own report and pictures, so each one has its own record.
We work for landlords, managing agents and facilities managers as well as the people running the site. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we can quote for the whole system.
Leave it or put it right?
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. It’s simpler to plan the work at Pratling Street now than to arrange it in a hurry later.
The cost depends on the size of the system, the condition it’s in and how easy it is to reach. You get a fixed price before work begins, so you know where you stand.
What you get with us
- Every visit written up, with photos
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
- Fixed quotes from a survey or photos
- We’re fully insured
Do you need ductwork cleaning in Pratling Street?
Grease in a duct running from a kitchen in Pratling Street is as much a fire risk as in any building. Burning grease can carry fire through the ductwork to other rooms or floors, which is why the responsible person needs it under control.
What we’re most often called out for:
- Smells of old cooking grease from the ductwork
- High readings at a recent grease test
- Thick deposits at the bottom of a vertical duct
- Fat dripping from the ductwork
Older buildings often hide long, awkward duct runs, and if you run a kitchen at a historic venue in the area (Starkey Castle is about 4.3 miles north), access may need planning.
What your quote should include
- Proof of accreditation you can verify
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
- Whether a survey comes first
- What records you’ll receive afterwards