Kent · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extraction cleaning in Baker's Cross
Kitchen extract cleaning in Baker's Cross, surveyed first and signed off with a written report and photos. Ask us for a fixed quote.
- Cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey
- Grease smells coming from the extract
- An extract that has never been cleaned to TR19
Between visits
Results last longer with the right care. We suggest:
- Give the canopy a daily wipe
- Wash or exchange the filters often
- Keep grease collection points emptied
- Never cook with filters missing or out of place
Every clean ends with a photo report. Before and after pictures show each part of the system, and lists what was cleaned, any areas we couldn’t reach and the date the next clean is due.
Book the next clean before the last one runs out. If the kitchen starts cooking longer hours, the interval should be looked at again, and grease readings will show it.
Kitchen extract cleaning in Baker's Cross, done properly
Duct Doctor has been cleaning kitchen extract systems since 2009. We’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we’re fully insured, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001. If you have stale cooking odours from the system and a system with no record of a TR19 clean, we can put it right, from discharge points, vertical risers and canopies and hoods onwards. If you need a kitchen extract clean in Baker's Cross, you get one team and one number for every site.
A kitchen running fryers and chargrills all day builds up grease much faster than one that mostly steams and boils, so we look at the menu as well as the opening hours when we suggest the next date.
Somewhere as small as Baker's Cross, commercial kitchens are few: perhaps a pub, a school or care home kitchen, or a hall used for events. Every one of them still needs its extract kept clear of grease, whatever the size of the place.
We are CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, we hold ISO 9001 and we’re fully insured. We’re also a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, trading since 2009.
- Place
- Baker's Cross (TN17, TN18)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Records
- Certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- When we work
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
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Common questions in Baker's Cross
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Baker's Cross?
In Baker's Cross, it’s Tunbridge Wells council that carries out food hygiene inspections. Ratings are published by the Food Standards Agency, so a clean extract and good records are worth keeping up.
Who is the fire and rescue service for Baker's Cross?
Kent Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Baker's Cross. 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.
What do you do to protect the area?
We start with protection: sheeting over floors, worktops and anything close to the work. The area is left tidy, with our waste taken away.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes. Regular plans can run on 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycles, depending on what the system needs.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes. Every job is surveyed first, either from pictures and details you send or on a site visit. A fixed quote follows.
When do you clean the extract?
We clean while the kitchen is closed, so evenings, overnight, early mornings and weekends are all options. Equipment needs to be off and cool before work begins.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes, day and night, every day of the year. Our office is open from 8am to 6pm on weekdays, with the emergency line covering every other hour.
How long does a kitchen extract clean take?
It takes anything from a few hours to a full night, depending on the size of the system. We’ll confirm the time when we quote.
Kitchen extract cleaning around Baker's Cross
Food Standards Agency records include about 5 pubs and bars in Baker's Cross and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Where they serve hot food, their kitchen extracts need cleaning to TR19® like any restaurant’s. Kent Fire and Rescue Service covers Baker's Cross. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order. Food hygiene inspections in Baker's Cross are the job of Tunbridge Wells council’s environmental health team. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector.
Where a hall near Church of St Dunstan, or anywhere in Baker's Cross, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does. Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Benenden Hospital is the nearest hospital to Baker's Cross, about 3.3 miles east.
Baker's Cross is about 9 miles south-east of Paddock Wood, in Kent. Sites in Baker's Cross get the same service as everywhere we cover: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where needed and a written report with pictures. Our area takes in 922 places across Kent, from busy centres to quieter spots. Our Maidstone page covers sites nearby (12 miles or so).
Postcode districts we cover here for kitchen extract cleaning: TN17 and TN18. Whether your site is on Dorothy Avenue, Brickenden Road and Doctor Hope's Road or anywhere close by, our technicians can take on the work. If your site is just outside Baker's Cross, we cover Cranbrook (1 mile west), Coursehorn (1 mile east), Swattenden (1 mile south-west), Hartley (2 miles south-west) and Benenden (2 miles south-east). Larger places within reach include Maidstone (12 miles north), Ashford (14 miles east), Royal Tunbridge Wells (12 miles west), Tonbridge (14 miles north-west), Kings Hill (14 miles north-west) and Foley Park (13 miles north).
Around Baker's Cross
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to White Horse pub, Crane Valley and Cranbrook Church of England Primary School. Other landmarks nearby include Sissinghurst Castle (2.3 miles north-east) and Sissinghurst Castle (2.3 miles north-east).
The process
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 we take it from there. Before we leave, the area is tidied and the paperwork follows. If you can send photos, we can arrive in Baker's Cross knowing what to expect.
- Diagnosis comes first, with a survey of the system and how it’s reached.
- We record grease levels at set points, then fix the price.
- We arrive after close, protect the area and contain the waste.
- Heavy deposits are scraped by hand and the system degreased to TR19® Grease.
- The sign-off: post-clean readings, a TR19 certificate and a photo report with the next clean date.
Preparing for the visit
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
Getting a quote
Want a quote for kitchen extract cleaning? Please call us on 0345 646 2711 or email us and tell us about the site. We’ll explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before anything is booked.
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What affects the quote in Baker's Cross
A fixed price needs a few facts first. We look at:
- Parking and loading at the site
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
- A single visit or a regular plan
Working hours, access and the scale of the site can all change the price. Each of those is built into the quote, and the price is fixed before any work starts.
What to send for a quote
To help us quote quickly, please include:
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- Problems your staff have spotted
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
Every quote begins with a look at the system, either from pictures and details you send or from a site visit. Then we send a fixed price, before work begins.
What the work involves, part by part
Grease filters
A filter that is missing or bent lets grease straight past. Each filter is checked as it goes back in, and flag any that don’t.
Extract fan and discharge
Grease that reaches the fan coats the blades and the housing. It’s isolated, opened and cleaned as part of the TR19 clean.
When to call us in Baker's Cross
The type of cooking changes the amount of grease. Frying, grilling and roasting send far more fat into the canopy than steaming or boiling, so two kitchens with the same hours can need very different intervals.
These are the problems we see most often:
- Proof of cleaning requested by an insurer
- Rancid smells from grease in the duct
- An overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer
- A system with no record of a TR19 clean
For schools such as Cranbrook School, kitchen extract cleaning is usually booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
Before you book anyone
- How they set the interval to the next visit
- How areas they can’t reach will be recorded
- When they can work, and whether that is outside your opening hours
- If they look at the system before pricing
When it’s something else
Before you book, it helps to know what’s not included:
- Ductwork that’s corroded, split or leaking (that’s for a ductwork contractor)
- A damper that sticks or has a damaged link
- A fan motor or bearings that have failed (that needs a fan repair or replacement)
Not sure which it is? You can give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we will tell you honestly before you book.
Parts of the system we cover
- Vertical risers
- Horizontal duct runs
- Discharge points
- Plenums and filters
- Canopies and hoods
- Extract fans
What staff can safely do
If your staff spot something between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that will not come clean, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We will take a look and send you a fixed quote.
Some jobs should never be done in-house: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings need training, the right equipment and safe access. That’s our job.