Kent · Kitchen extract cleaning
Bicknor kitchen extract cleaning
Looking for kitchen extract cleaning in Bicknor? We survey first, send you a fixed quote and work around your opening hours, finishing with a written report and pictures.
- An inspection that picked up a dirty extract
- Missing paperwork after a change of operator
- A system with no record of a TR19 clean
Kitchen extract cleaning in Bicknor
Cooking sends fat-laden vapour into the canopy with every service. As it cools, it clings to the inside of the ductwork and keeps building. That layer will burn, and a proper clean removes it before it becomes a fire risk. The work covers discharge points, canopies and hoods and plenums and filters, and common reasons people get in touch are a new tenancy or takeover with no cleaning history and proof of cleaning requested by an insurer. Need a TR19 duct cleaning contractor for Bicknor? We’ve been cleaning kitchen extracts across the South East since 2009, with a certificate and photo report after every clean.
What can be cleaned depends on what can be reached. Sections without access panels are recorded on the report, and new panels can be fitted so they’re cleaned next time.
Rural kitchens often have long, low duct runs through a roof space or along an outside wall, where grease settles in the flat sections. Access, parking and timings are agreed before the day.
Insurers, fire officers and environmental health officers all look at records. So every job comes with a written report and pictures, and grease extract cleans come with a TR19® certificate issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Place
- Bicknor (ME9)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Records
- Certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- Hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
When it’s something else
Before booking, it helps to know what’s not included:
- Fat blocking the kitchen drains
- Faulty fire dampers in the duct
- Extraction that can’t cope with the cooking because of its design
Not sure which it is? You can ring 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we’ll tell you honestly before you book.
Where we work
- Plenums and filters
- Extract fans
- Canopies and hoods
- Discharge points
- Horizontal duct runs
- Vertical risers
What else we do in Bicknor
Looking after it afterwards
So the system stays in good health:
- Report grease drips, smells or fan noise straight away
- Don’t let the canopy gutters overflow
- Make sure every filter is fitted before cooking
- Book the next clean before the date on the report
The report gives a recommended date for the next clean, set from your daily cooking hours and the readings we took. We can put the system on a 3, 6 or 12-monthly plan, so the date isn’t missed.
Tell whoever looks after the system when something changes. Grease dripping from the canopy, a burning smell or a fan that sounds rough are all signs of build-up, and a grease thickness test can confirm it.
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. For a village or hamlet like Bicknor, tell us about narrow lanes, gates and parking when you book.
- First the diagnosis: a survey of the whole system and its access points.
- Grease readings set the baseline, and a fixed quote follows.
- After the kitchen closes, we sheet the area and set up to contain grease and water.
- The treatment: heavy grease scraped out, then every part degreased to TR19® Grease.
- Then the clean bill of health: readings, a TR19 certificate and a photo report with the next date.
How to prepare
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Clear the space around the work
- Tell us where we can park and unload
Getting a quote
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: the system from a couple of angles, plus any access panels or hatches. Add the site type and your opening hours, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.
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What we are called out for in Bicknor
The reason for all this is fire. Flames from a pan or grill can be pulled into the canopy by the fan, where burning grease can carry a fire along the ducts and into other parts of the building. For a kitchen in Bicknor, keeping that fuel under control is part of the fire risk assessment.
It’s time to book a visit if you see:
- Poor airflow at the canopy
- Ductwork thick with old, hardened grease
- An extract that has never been cleaned to TR19
- Extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit
Older buildings often hide long, awkward duct runs, and if you run a kitchen at a historic venue in the area (Leeds Castle is about 3.7 miles south-west), access may need planning.
What your quote should include
- Whether the price is fixed
- What records you will receive afterwards
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
Bicknor: your questions answered
Will you come out to Bicknor?
Yes. Villages and rural sites across the South East are part of our work, Bicknor included. Just mention lanes, gates or anything else about the site when you book.
Which fire service covers Bicknor?
Kent Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Bicknor. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
How often should a kitchen extract be cleaned?
It depends on how many hours a day the kitchen cooks. Heavy use of 12 to 16 hours a day calls for a clean at least every 3 months under BESA guidance, and lighter use less often. Your report gives a recommended next clean date.
Do you clean the whole extract system or just the canopy?
A TR19 Grease clean covers the full extract route, not just the canopy. That means canopy, plenum, filters, ducts, risers, fan and discharge, reached through access panels where necessary.
Can you set up regular visits?
Yes, of course. Send details of the systems and how they’re used, and we will suggest a schedule and quote for it.
Are you a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member?
We are members of Vent Hygiene Elite, the scheme run by BESCA, and we clean to BESA TR19® Grease. We hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 too, and we are fully insured.
Where does the waste go?
It’s contained and taken away. Grease, debris and waste water are collected as the work goes on rather than letting it spread.
Can you price the work without visiting?
Usually, yes. Send wide shots, close-ups of any access panels and anything that worries you, and a fixed quote typically follows within one working day. Some sites still need a visit, and we will say so.
What affects the quote in Bicknor
The survey tells us what the work involves. The main factors are:
- The times the site is available
- Any permits to work or inductions
- How many systems or sites are involved
- The scale of the work
Kitchens, offices, schools and hospitals are all priced the same way: how much there is, how we reach it, what state it’s in and when we can work. Call for a fixed quote and we’ll explain each part.
Helping us quote
When you contact us, it’s useful to have:
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
- Your last certificate, test record or report
For kitchen extract cleaning in Bicknor, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us. Let us know the site type and the opening hours, plus photos or the previous report if they’re to hand. We typically send a fixed quote within one working day.
Kitchen extract cleaning around Bicknor
The FSA’s food hygiene register includes about 3 bars, pubs and nightclubs in and around Bicknor, up to about a mile and a half out. Wherever they cook, the canopy, duct and fan collect grease just as a restaurant’s do. It’s Swale council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Bicknor. 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. Fire safety in Bicknor falls to Kent Fire and Rescue Service. 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.
Healthcare kitchens cannot easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Bicknor is KIMS hospital, about 4.9 miles west. A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Church of St James or elsewhere in Bicknor, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.
Bicknor is about 4 miles south-west of Sittingbourne, in Kent. Bicknor gets the same approach as every site we work on: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where needed and a written report with photos. Our area takes in 922 places across Kent, from busy centres to quieter spots. Maidstone is in our area too, about 6 miles from Bicknor.
Every address in ME9 is covered for kitchen extract cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. Other places close to Bicknor include Hucking (1 mile west), Wormshill (1 mile south-east), Broad Street (2 miles south-west), Hollingbourne (2 miles south-west) and Eyhorne Street (3 miles south-west). We also work in nearby towns such as Maidstone (6 miles west), Ashford (14 miles south-east), Sittingbourne (4 miles north-east), Faversham (9 miles east), Minster (10 miles north-east) and Kings Hill (12 miles west).
Local landmarks in Bicknor
For rail, the closest station is Hollingbourne station, about 2.8 miles south-west of the centre. Nearby you will also find Leeds Castle (3.7 miles south-west) and KIMS hospital (4.9 miles west). Green spaces nearby include Detling Hill.
How the job changes from site to site
Ductwork and risers
Grease builds up most where the duct turns. Those are among the points where we take readings before and after, so the report shows the difference.
Schools, hospitals and care homes
Some healthcare kitchens never fully close. We plan the clean around meal times and work in a contained, tidy way, so residents and patients aren’t disturbed.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
A few tasks are always specialist work: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease need training, the right equipment and safe access. Leave those to us.