Ductwork cleaning in Winterbourne, Kent

Different parts, different methods

Horizontal duct runs

Long horizontal runs need access panels at regular intervals. Any stretch out of reach is noted and can fit extra panels.

Vertical risers

Risers carry the extract up through the building to the roof. Grease collects on the walls and at the foot of the riser, which is one of the points we test.

Managing agents and facilities teams in Winterbourne

For anyone managing more than one site, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Each site gets its own report and pictures, so each one has its own record.

Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.

Ductwork cleaning in Winterbourne: the local picture

There are about 5 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Winterbourne, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Behind every canopy among them is a run of ductwork that collects grease out of sight. Kent Fire and Rescue Service covers Winterbourne. Fire and rescue authorities enforce the Fire Safety Order in most non-domestic premises, and in a kitchen that fire risk includes the grease in the extract. Environmental health officers from Swale council inspect food businesses in Winterbourne. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand.

A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Christ Church or elsewhere in Winterbourne, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often. Healthcare kitchens can’t easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Winterbourne is Eastbridge Hospital of St Thomas the Martyr, about 5.1 miles east. If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Boughton-under-Blean and Dunkirk Primary School or anywhere near Winterbourne, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean.

Winterbourne is about 4 miles south-east of Faversham, in Kent. If you need ductwork cleaning in Winterbourne, please phone us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line for a fixed quote. Our area covers London and the South East, Winterbourne included. Winterbourne is one of 922 towns, villages and districts in Kent we cover for ductwork cleaning. There’s also a page for Maidstone, roughly 19 miles from Winterbourne.

Ductwork cleaning in ME13 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. We also cover the places around Winterbourne: Hickmans Green (1 mile north-west), Oversland (1 mile south-west), South Street (1 mile west), Boughton under Blean (1 mile north) and Crouch (1 mile west). Larger places within reach include Ashford (11 miles south), Canterbury (5 miles east), Sittingbourne (11 miles north-west), Whitstable (6 miles north-east), Faversham (4 miles north-west) and Herne Bay (9 miles north-east).

Landmarks near Winterbourne

Around Winterbourne, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near The Queens Head pub and Mount Ephraim Gardens and the streets around them. Winterbourne’s nearest station is Selling station, about 1 mile south-west of the centre. A little further out are Chilham Castle (2.9 miles south) and Eastbridge Hospital of St Thomas the Martyr (5.1 miles east). Not far away are Blean Woods RSPB Reserve.