Kent · Ductwork cleaning
Ductwork cleaning in Southborough, Kent
Cleaning of kitchen extract ductwork, horizontal runs and vertical risers through access panels for Southborough, with a survey first and a report with photos at the end. Ask us for a fixed quote.
- Grease pooling at the foot of the riser
- Grease leaking from duct joints
- Smells of old cooking grease from the ductwork
What affects the cost of ductwork cleaning
Before we fix a price, we need to know a few things. We check:
- A single visit or a regular plan
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- Travel, parking and unloading
- The condition of the system
Combining work into one visit or one programme often makes better use of the time. Mention every system or site you need covered, and you’ll get one fixed quote.
Asking for a quote
What to send for a quote:
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- Problems your staff have spotted
- Wide pictures of the system and the area around it
- Your last certificate, test record or report
Every quote begins with a look at the system, from your photos and details or, where that isn’t enough, a survey on site. Then we send a fixed price, before work begins.
Ductwork cleaning in Southborough, done properly
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. Cleaning the duct takes that fuel away. If you’re dealing with grease leaking from duct joints and high readings at a recent grease test, we can put it right.
In a smaller place like Southborough, many kitchens sit in older buildings or later extensions, where the duct may cross a roof void or climb an outside wall. Flat runs collect grease and need proper access to clean.
Insurers, fire officers and environmental health officers all look at records. That’s why every job is written up in a report with pictures, plus a TR19® certificate through the BESCA VHE portal where the work is a TR19® Grease clean.
- Where
- Southborough (TN4, TN2)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Quotes
- A fixed price before we start
- Hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Southborough questions
Can you come to Southborough after we close?
Yes, evening, overnight and weekend work is normal for us. Your customers, staff or residents in Southborough needn’t be disturbed. Just call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email with your opening times and we’ll plan around them.
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Southborough?
That is Kent Fire and Rescue Service. If a fire safety officer visits a commercial kitchen, they may ask about the fire risk assessment and how the extract is kept clean.
Who is the responsible person?
The Fire Safety Order 2005 calls them the responsible person: often the employer, owner or occupier. Landlords, facilities managers and managing agents can also hold responsibility.
What types of premises do you cover?
We work for restaurants, pubs, hotels, schools, colleges, hospitals, care homes, offices and shops, as well as food production and leisure sites.
How much does ductwork cleaning cost?
There’s no set price, as it depends on the job: the size of the system, its condition, access and when we can work. We fix the price before work begins.
What accreditations do you have?
We hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. The Vent Hygiene Elite scheme is run by BESCA and audited independently.
Can one contract cover all our sites?
Yes. We work across South East England and London, so we can schedule a run of sites on one programme. Each site gets its own report and pictures.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes. Scheduled maintenance plans are part of what we do, set at the interval the system needs. The report from each visit recommends the next date.
What the work involves, part by part
Vertical risers
A riser takes the duct up through one or more floors. Grease runs down the walls and gathers at the base, which is one of the points we test.
Access panels
After cleaning, every panel is closed and sealed, so grease and air stay inside the duct. A damaged panel is noted on the report.
For landlords and multi-site operators
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works, and we’ll send a fixed quote.
Whether it’s one building or many, the standard is the same: the system surveyed, the price fixed, the visit fitted around trading and everything written up afterwards.
What happens if it’s left?
Under BESA guidance, the mean grease level should stay at or below 200 microns between cleans. Anywhere that reaches 500 microns or more needs immediate spot cleaning. Leaving the duct makes those limits harder to keep to. You choose the date of a planned visit, and a breakdown never asks.
No two sites are the same, so we price each one individually. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all make a difference.
What you get with us
- One number for every site across the South East and London
- Fixed quotes from a survey or pictures
- Trading since 2009
- Every job surveyed first
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Do you need ductwork cleaning in Southborough?
Ducts in Southborough 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.
If you notice any of these, it’s worth a diagnosis:
- Duct runs with no cleaning record
- Gaps where access panels were never fitted
- Thick crusts of old grease along the duct
- A grease test showing the duct is overdue
If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Kent and Sussex Hospital about 1.4 miles south, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen.
What to look for in a quote
- Proof of insurance
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or pictures
- What hours they’ll be on site
- How VAT is shown on the quote
Grease, kitchens and Southborough
The FSA’s food hygiene register includes about 14 bars, pubs and nightclubs in Southborough and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Wherever they cook, the canopy, duct and fan collect grease just as a restaurant’s do. Fire safety in Southborough falls to 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. It’s Tunbridge Wells council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Southborough. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready.
Church and community hall kitchens, near Christ Church or anywhere around Southborough, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other. Bursars and site managers at schools such as Southborough CofE Primary School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
Southborough is about 1 mile north of Royal Tunbridge Wells, in Kent. Whether your site is in the middle of Southborough or further out, we cover ductwork cleaning for every kind of premises, from a single unit to a large public building. 922 places in Kent are on our list, large and small. For sites nearby, see our Maidstone page (14 miles or so).
Postcode districts we cover here for ductwork cleaning: TN4 and TN2. You will find streets such as London Road, Church Road and Norton Road, all of which we cover for ductwork cleaning. Southborough sits on or near the A26, so getting to you is simple for evening and night visits. Nearby, we also carry out ductwork cleaning in High Brooms (1 mile south-east), Stockland Green (1 mile west), Bidborough (1 mile north-west), Royal Tunbridge Wells (1 mile south) and Speldhurst (2 miles west). Further out, we also cover Maidstone (14 miles north-east), Sevenoaks (9 miles north), Tonbridge (3 miles north), Kings Hill (10 miles north-east), Foley Park (15 miles north-east) and Paddock Wood (6 miles east).
Near you in Southborough
Typical jobs here are in premises near Barnett's Wood, St Gregory's Catholic School and Flying Dutchman pub and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is High Brooms station, roughly 1 mile south-east of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Kent and Sussex Hospital (1.4 miles south) and Tonbridge Castle (2.8 miles north). For a walk, there’s Tudeley Woods RSPB reserve and Barden Lake.
Between visits
Aftercare is simple, and it helps at the next visit:
- Keep the fan on while anything is cooking
- Tell us if grease leaks from the ductwork
- Diarise the next duct clean
- File each certificate and photo report in the maintenance log
Grease readings are taken again at the same set points, so the report shows the before and after figures. Before and after photos sit next to the numbers.
Watch for warning signs between cleans: drips from the ductwork, stale smells or a noisy fan. Testing will show whether any section has reached 500 microns.
What we do, step by step
There’s very little for your team to do on the day. A contact on site lets us in at the agreed time and points us to the system, and the rest is down to us. Afterwards, the area is left tidy and the written report follows. Around Southborough, access is typically simpler than in a town centre, though gates and roof access are worth mentioning.
- Diagnosis: a survey of the duct’s route, size and access.
- A fixed quote follows, based on what we found.
- Each section is cleaned in turn through its access panel.
- Bends, risers and the base of each riser get extra attention.
- The duct is signed off with readings, pictures and a next clean date.
Preparing for the visit
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
- Find the previous report, if there is one
How to get a quote
Some systems can be priced from pictures; 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.