Kent · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extraction cleaning in Alkham
Looking for kitchen extract cleaning in Alkham? We survey first, send you a fixed quote and work around your opening hours, then sign off with a report and pictures.
- Grease drips onto cooking equipment
- Extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit
- A kitchen taken over without any extract records
How we price kitchen extract cleaning
Some jobs are bigger than they look, and some smaller. What affects the quote:
- The condition of the system
- A single visit or a regular plan
- Where the site is and how we reach it
- Whether several sites go on one quote
One small site or a whole estate, we price it on the same basis: the work involved, the access and the timing. You’ll have a fixed price before any work starts.
Helping us quote
There’s no need for technical detail. It helps if you can send:
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
Need a price for kitchen extract cleaning? Please give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or email photos with a few details about the site. We’ll talk you through the work and send you a fixed quote before anything is booked.
Kitchen extract cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Alkham
The part of the system nobody sees is often the dirtiest. We reach horizontal runs and vertical risers through access panels, scraping heavy deposits by hand before degreasing. Anything out of reach is noted in the report, and new panels can be fitted. The work covers extract fans, discharge points and horizontal duct runs, and the jobs we see most are fat running down the canopy edge and a system with no record of a TR19 clean. Most calls from Alkham come after an insurer, an EHO or a fire officer asks to see the last TR19 certificate. We handle the clean and the paperwork in one visit.
Grease that collects out of sight, behind the filters and along the duct, is what insurers and fire officers worry about, which is why a TR19® clean in Alkham goes well beyond the canopy.
Somewhere as small as Alkham, commercial kitchens are few: perhaps a pub, a school or care home kitchen, or a hall used for events. Each still has a canopy and duct that collect grease.
Our accreditations include CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured. On top of that, we’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, trading since 2009.
- Place
- Alkham (CT15)
- Region
- Kent
- Records
- Certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
What else we do in Alkham
For landlords and multi-site operators
Running several sites is easier with one contractor. We work across London and the South East, so a run of sites can go into one programme and kept to a regular schedule.
Facilities teams in offices, schools and healthcare sites book us too across Kent. Larger estates can be phased building by building to keep disruption down.
Common problems we fix in Alkham
Grease in the extract matters because it burns. A flare-up on the range can be drawn up into the canopy and duct, where burning grease can carry a fire along the ducts and into other parts of the building. That is why controlling extract grease belongs in the fire risk assessment.
Signs it’s time to call us include:
- An overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer
- An extract that has never been cleaned to TR19
- Proof of cleaning requested by an insurer
- An extract that no longer clears the smoke
If you run catering at a historic house or estate in the area (Acrise Place is about 3.9 miles west), event kitchens in older buildings often have awkward duct runs that need planning.
Before you book anyone
- Whether they recommend a next date
- Whether they’re fully insured
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
When it’s something else
An honest diagnosis matters more to us than a booking, so here’s what kitchen extract cleaning will not do:
- Faulty fire dampers in the duct
- A grease trap that needs emptying
- A fan motor that has burnt out
If you are not sure, just ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we will give you a straight answer before booking.
What the work covers
- Vertical risers
- Plenums and filters
- Extract fans
- Canopies and hoods
- Horizontal duct runs
- Discharge points
Alkham: your questions answered
Which environmental health team covers Alkham?
That is Dover council, whose environmental health officers carry out food hygiene inspections in Alkham. How often a business is inspected depends on the risk rating the council gives it, so it’s worth staying ready all year.
Do you work at weekends in Alkham?
Yes. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends. The work in Alkham can fit around your hours. Your opening times are the first thing we ask for.
What accreditations do you hold?
We clean to BESA TR19® Grease as a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, and certificates go through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal. Duct Doctor has been trading since 2009.
What’s TR19?
It’s BESA’s specification and the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to. It covers how systems are inspected, cleaned and checked and expects a risk-based approach.
What types of premises do you cover?
We work for restaurants, pubs, hotels, schools, colleges, hospitals, care homes, offices and shops, plus food production and leisure sites.
What happens if you can’t reach some of it?
We never leave them off the paperwork. The report says which parts couldn’t be reached and why, and we can quote to improve the access.
How long will the clean take?
Length of duct, grease levels and access all affect it. Most jobs take as long as the system needs, from a few hours to several planned visits.
What information do you need?
Only a few details: where it is, what kind of site, when it’s open and the access. Photos and any previous paperwork make it quicker. Then phone us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email.
Between visits
A little care between visits keeps the system in better shape. Our advice:
- Never cook with filters missing or out of place
- File each certificate with the fire risk assessment
- Clean grease off the canopy surfaces regularly
- Report grease drips, smells or fan noise straight away
We hand the kitchen back clean, with the sheeting removed and waste taken away. Grease and dirty water are collected and taken off site, so you can start cooking as normal.
Keep the fan on throughout service. Cooking with the extract off lets grease and heat settle in the canopy, and the next clean has more to do.
What the work involves, part by part
Grease filters
Baffle filters are cleaned as part of every TR19 clean, and refitted so they sit properly in the housing. Damaged ones are noted on the report.
Restaurant and pub kitchens
Losing a service is not an option for most restaurants and pubs. We work overnight and at weekends where that suits, and hand back a clean kitchen ready to cook.
Grease, kitchens and Alkham
The coast is only about 3 miles from Alkham. Salt in the air is hard on rooftop fans, discharge cowls and fixings, so we check them for corrosion as well as grease. In Alkham, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Dover council. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready. The fire and rescue service for Alkham is Kent Fire and Rescue Service. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk.
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Church of St Anthony the Martyr or elsewhere in Alkham, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often. A hospital like Buckland Hospital, about 3 miles east, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day.
Alkham is about 3 miles west of Dover, in Kent. We carry out kitchen extract cleaning for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Alkham and the rest of Kent. We cover 922 places across Kent, large and small. Our Maidstone page covers sites nearby (31 miles or so).
We cover every part of the CT15 postcode area for kitchen extract cleaning and the roads nearby. Whether your site is on Alkham Valley Road, Hogbrook Hill Lane and Newlyn's Meadow or anywhere close by, we can help. We also cover the places around Alkham: South Alkham (1 mile south-west), Chalksole Green (1 mile north-west), Ewell Minnis (1 mile north), Wolverton (1 mile north-east) and Drellingore (1 mile south-west). Within a short drive, we also cover Ashford (15 miles west), Canterbury (12 miles north-west), Dover (3 miles east), Folkestone (4 miles south-west), Deal (9 miles north-east) and Hythe (8 miles south-west).
What’s near Alkham
In Alkham, that means kitchens and buildings near Sladden Wood. The closest station to Alkham is Kearsney station, about 2.3 miles north-east. Other landmarks nearby include Folkestone Castle (3.7 miles south-west) and Crabble Corn Mill (2.6 miles east). The countryside around Alkham includes Dover Western Heights and Sugar Loaf Hill.
How it works
We turn up at the time agreed with you, often in the evening, overnight or at the weekend so the site keeps working. Equipment that has to be off is switched off and allowed to cool first, and floors and nearby surfaces are sheeted. The work itself takes anything from a few hours to a full night, depending on the size of the system. Somewhere like Alkham, lanes, gates and parking are worth mentioning in advance.
- First comes a survey of the whole system, by pictures or a visit.
- Grease readings are taken at set points and you get a fixed quote.
- Once the kitchen has closed and the equipment has cooled, we sheet and protect the area.
- We clean the canopy, plenum, filters, ducts, risers, fan and discharge.
- Finally the system is re-tested and photographed, and the certificate and report follow.
Before we arrive
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
Getting a quote
Photos are enough for some jobs, while others need a look on site. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, you get a fixed price before we start.