Medway · Ductwork cleaning
Ductwork Cleaning in Wouldham
Professional ductwork cleaning in and around Wouldham, booked around your opening hours and signed off in writing with photos.
- Hardened, baked-on grease in long horizontal runs
- Proof of duct cleaning for the insurer
- Sections of duct with no access panels
Ductwork cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Wouldham
Duct cleaning is the hardest part of an extract clean, and the part most often skipped. Without enough access panels, long stretches can go years without being touched. Each section we can reach is cleaned, and any we can’t is written down, so you know exactly where you stand. If you are dealing with stale grease odours from the duct and readings above 200 microns from a grease thickness test, we can help.
Rural kitchens often have long, low duct runs through a roof space or along an outside wall, and those horizontal sections are where grease settles. Access, parking and timings are agreed before the day.
Nothing is signed off by word of mouth: a dated report with pictures of the work, and for TR19® Grease cleans, a certificate issued through the BESCA VHE portal. It shows what was done and what, if anything, couldn’t be reached.
- Where
- Wouldham (ME1)
- Wider area
- Medway
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed price before we start
- Hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Why deal with it now?
A partly blocked duct slows the airflow. The fan works harder, the kitchen gets hotter and smoke lingers at the canopy, and grease may start to leak from joints. Equipment tucked in a roof space or outbuilding near Wouldham rarely gets looked at unless someone books it.
Every site is different, so each one gets its own fixed quote. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all make a difference.
Why book with us
- One number for every site across the South East and London
- Each visit written up, with pictures
- In business since 2009
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
See how cleaning jobs are priced and our accreditations and certificates.
The process
Before we leave, we walk the area with whoever is on site. We point out anything that couldn’t be reached or needs a follow-up, and it goes on the report too. All told, the work takes a shift or more, depending on the length of the runs and the number of access points. Somewhere like Wouldham, lanes, gates and parking are worth mentioning in advance.
- Diagnosis: a survey of the duct’s route, size and access.
- A fixed quote follows, based on what we found.
- We clean section by section, working from panel to panel.
- We take extra care at bends and at the foot of risers.
- The duct is signed off with readings, pictures and a next clean date.
Getting ready for the visit
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
- Clear the space around the work
How to get a quote
Some systems can be priced from pictures; others need a survey. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in photos, get a survey first. Either way, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
Advice
Questions from Wouldham
Which fire service covers Wouldham?
Kent Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Wouldham. TR19® isn’t law, but it’s the benchmark many fire officers and insurers look to when they ask how often the extract is cleaned.
Do you do school kitchen extract cleaning in Wouldham in the summer holidays?
Yes, holiday work suits schools best. The FSA’s register shows about 5 schools and colleges with food registrations within roughly a mile and a half of Wouldham. You can phone us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line with the dates the site is empty.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
All kinds of commercial and public premises: from restaurants, pubs and hotels to schools, hospitals, care homes, offices, shops and food production sites. Work is timed around how each site runs.
What do you need from me for a quote?
Only a few details: the address, the site type, your opening hours and how we reach the system. Photos and the last report help too. After that, simply phone us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes. There’s a 24/7 emergency line, for problems that can’t wait. Call us any time and explain what’s happened.
What do you do to protect the area?
By covering it before any work starts. We keep the work contained and leave the area clean.
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.
What’s TR19?
TR19® is the BESA specification for keeping ventilation systems clean. TR19® Grease, a standalone specification since 2019, covers grease in kitchen extract systems, and TR19® Air covers general supply and extract systems.
How we price ductwork cleaning
We do not publish a price list, because sites vary so much. The quote depends on:
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- How easy every part is to reach
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
- Whether several sites go on one quote
Working hours, access and the scale of the site can all change the price. We take each of them into account, and the price is fixed before any work starts.
What we need to know
Photos let us diagnose from a distance. The most useful are:
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
Every quote begins with a look at the system, either from photos and details you send or from a site visit. After that, you get a fixed price for the work so you know the cost before we start.
What ductwork cleaning can’t fix
It’s worth knowing the limits before booking:
- Sections that can’t be reached safely without new access (those are recorded, and panels can be fitted)
- A damper stuck open in the duct
- Ductwork that was poorly designed
Not sure which it is? You can ring 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we’ll tell you honestly before booking.
Where we work
- Multi-storey ducts
- Access panels
- Horizontal duct runs
- Bends and junctions
- Vertical risers
- Attenuators
Kitchen extracts in Wouldham
The FSA’s food hygiene register includes about 9 pubs and bars in and around Wouldham, up to about a mile and a half out. Any of them serving cooked food has an extract to keep clean, from canopy to discharge. It’s Tonbridge and Malling council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Wouldham. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after. Fire safety in Wouldham 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.
If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like St. Catherine's Hospital about 3.1 miles north-east, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen. A kitchen near Halling station that serves breakfast and dinner can run its extract twelve hours or more, which shortens the cleaning interval. Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Church of All Saints, or anywhere in Wouldham, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Wouldham is about 3 miles west of Chatham, in Medway. Whatever kind of site you run in Wouldham, ductwork cleaning is something we can help with. We can work out of hours so the site keeps running. We cover 68 places across Medway, from busy centres to quieter spots. For sites nearby, see our Maidstone page, about 6 miles away.
Postcode districts we cover here for ductwork cleaning: ME1. You will find streets such as High Street, Oldfield Drive and Meadow Way, all of which we cover for ductwork cleaning. If your site is just outside Wouldham, we cover Peters Village (1 mile south), Halling (1 mile west), Scarborough (1 mile south-east), Holborough (1 mile south-west) and North Halling (1 mile north-west). Within a short drive, we also cover Gillingham (5 miles east), Chatham (3 miles east), Rochester (3 miles north-east), Rainham (6 miles east), Strood (3 miles north) and Luton (4 miles east).
Near you in Wouldham
Typical jobs here are in premises near Holborough Marshes, The Five Bells pub and The Thomas Aveling School, among other places. The nearest railway station is Halling station, roughly 0.6 miles west of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Rochester Castle (3.3 miles north-east) and Pentagon Shopping Centre (3.6 miles north-east). The countryside around Wouldham includes Blue Bell Hill and Burham Down.
Also in Wouldham
How the job changes from site to site
Attenuators and discharge
Near the discharge, the air has cooled the most, so it can collect more grease than expected. It’s tested and cleaned along with the rest.
Horizontal duct runs
Grease settles on the floor of a flat duct run. We scrape out the heavy layer first, then the walls and roof are cleaned too.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Staff cleaning does not replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but hidden parts of the system still need specialist attention.
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, which is where we come in.
Between visits
No system stays clean for ever, but care slows the build-up. A few tips:
- Get panels fitted where the duct couldn’t be cleaned
- Keep grease filters clean and fitted whenever you cook
- Diarise the next duct clean
- Ask for a grease thickness test if the kitchen gets busier
Keep the certificate and report with the fire risk assessment. An insurer, fire officer or EHO may ask to see it, and the pictures make the duct’s condition easy to see.
Have access panels fitted where sections cannot be reached. It doesn’t stop grease forming, but it stops it building unseen.