Isle of Wight · Kitchen extract cleaning
Bowcombe kitchen extract cleaning
We cover Bowcombe for kitchen extract cleaning. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports as standard.
- Poor airflow at the canopy
- Rancid smells from grease in the duct
- A new tenancy or takeover with no cleaning history
Do you need kitchen extract cleaning in Bowcombe?
It’s common for parts of a duct to have been missed for years. The usual reason is a lack of access panels, so those sections were never reached. That hidden grease keeps building where nobody looks.
These are the problems we see most often:
- Years of baked-on grease in the ducts
- A kitchen with no current TR19 certificate
- Stale cooking odours from the system
- A smoky, hot kitchen with weak extraction
Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Whitecroft Hospital is the nearest hospital to Bowcombe, about 1.6 miles east.
What your quote should include
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
- If they look at the system before pricing
How we handle kitchen extract cleaning in Bowcombe
Cooking sends fat-laden vapour into the canopy with every service. It cools inside the duct and settles as a sticky film that thickens month by month. That film is fuel, and a proper clean removes it before it becomes a fire risk. We are often asked to deal with rancid smells from grease in the duct and a new tenancy or takeover with no cleaning history, across horizontal duct runs, plenums and filters and discharge points. Some call it canopy cleaning, others extract cleaning or duct cleaning, but in Bowcombe, as everywhere, the insurer wants the full system cleaned, not just the hood.
BESA sets minimum intervals by hours of cooking a day: every 3 months for 12–16 hours, every 6 months for 6–12 hours and every 12 months for 2–6 hours, adjusted by what the grease readings show.
In a village or hamlet like Bowcombe, the kitchens that need extract cleaning are typically a pub, a school, a care home or a hall kitchen, wherever there is one. Each still has a canopy and duct that collect grease, whatever the size of the place.
We’ve been trading since 2009, as a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we carry full insurance.
- Location
- Bowcombe (PO30)
- Wider area
- Isle of Wight
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
How the job changes from site to site
Schools, hospitals and care homes
In a care home or hospital, the kitchen may cook every day of the year. Cleans are planned between meals or overnight, so residents and patients are not disturbed.
Canopy and plenum
Canopies vary from a single hood to long runs over several appliances, each section is cleaned and photographed before and after.
Places near Bowcombe
What else we do in Bowcombe
Your questions about kitchen extract cleaning in Bowcombe
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Bowcombe?
It’s Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service, which covers Bowcombe. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
Can the work in Bowcombe be done at night or at weekends?
Yes, evening, overnight and weekend work is normal for us. Your customers, staff or residents in Bowcombe needn’t be disturbed. Just call 0345 646 2711 or email us with your opening times and we’ll plan around them.
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 types of premises do you cover?
We work for restaurants, pubs, hotels, schools, colleges, hospitals, care homes, offices and shops, as well as food production and leisure sites.
What does kitchen extract cleaning cost?
The cost depends on the size of the system, its condition, access and timing. Ask us for a fixed quote and we’ll usually reply within one working day.
How long does a kitchen extract clean take?
Length of duct, grease levels and access all affect it. Most jobs take one visit for most kitchens, while large or complex systems may need more than one.
What does TR19 mean?
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 it takes a risk-based approach.
How often should a kitchen extract be cleaned?
That comes down mainly to daily cooking hours. BESA’s minimums run from every 3 months for heavy use to every 12 months for light use. We’ll recommend a date after measuring the grease.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Staff cleaning and specialist work are not the same thing. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but they do not reach the grease that builds up further in. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
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.
How the visit works
We turn up at the time agreed with you, which is often after service, overnight or at a weekend. Equipment that has to be off is switched off and allowed to cool before we start, 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. Photos of the system and how to reach it help us plan a visit to Bowcombe.
- We survey the system, from your photos or on site, canopy to discharge.
- We take grease readings at set points and send you a fixed quote.
- On the night, the equipment is off and cool and the kitchen is sheeted.
- Filters, canopy and plenum are cleaned, then the ducts, risers, fan and discharge.
- Readings are repeated, pictures taken, and your TR19 certificate and photo report issued.
Getting ready for the visit
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
Get a fixed quote
The quickest way to a quote is to send photos: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Add the site type and your opening hours, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.
Related advice
For landlords and multi-site operators
We work for landlords, managing agents and facilities managers as well as the people running the site. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we can quote for the whole system.
Keeping records across a portfolio is half the battle. Each visit produces a dated report with photos, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.
Bowcombe kitchens: local notes
According to Food Standards Agency records, there are about 3 pubs and bars within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Bowcombe. Wherever they cook, the canopy, duct and fan collect grease just as a restaurant’s do. Food hygiene inspections in Bowcombe are the job of Isle of Wight council’s environmental health team. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked. Bowcombe sits within the area of Hampshire and Isle of Wight 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.
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Church of St. Nicholas in Castro, or anywhere in Bowcombe, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it. Bursars and site managers at schools such as Christ The King College tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
Bowcombe is about 2 miles south-west of Newport, in the Isle of Wight. Anywhere in PO30, we can carry out kitchen extract cleaning at your premises. We cover 125 places across the Isle of Wight, large and small. For sites nearby, see our Portsmouth page, about 14 miles away.
We work across PO30 for kitchen extract cleaning and the roads nearby. We also cover the places around Bowcombe: Plaish (1 mile north-east), Clatterford (1 mile north-east), Carisbrooke (1 mile north-east), Gunville (1 mile north-east) and Gatcombe (2 miles south-east). Within a short drive, we also cover Ryde (8 miles east), Cowes (6 miles north), Sandown (8 miles east), Shanklin (8 miles south-east), Ventnor (8 miles south-east) and East Cowes (6 miles north-east). Remote and island sites need a little more planning, so please mention your location when you call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form.
Around Bowcombe
In Bowcombe, that means kitchens and buildings near The Blacksmiths Arms. Other landmarks nearby include Whitecroft Hospital (1.6 miles east) and Isle of Wight Music Museum (2.3 miles north-east). Green spaces nearby include Brighstone Down.
Honest limits
To be straight with you, there are a few things this work will not fix:
- An undersized canopy or fan
- Faulty fire dampers in the duct
- Blocked drains from a neglected grease trap (a separate service)
If in doubt, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we’ll say what we think before booking.
Parts of the system we cover
- Vertical risers
- Plenums and filters
- Horizontal duct runs
- Canopies and hoods
- Discharge points
- Extract fans
Leave it or put it right?
There’s no law that names TR19, but the Fire Safety Order 2005 still applies. It puts a duty on the responsible person to assess and reduce fire risk, and in a kitchen that means keeping extract grease under control. TR19 is the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to. Somewhere as small as Bowcombe, losing a kitchen or building to a fault is felt by everyone who uses it.
What you pay depends on how big the system is, what state it’s in and access to every part of it. We give you a fixed price before any work starts, so there are no surprises.
Why Bowcombe businesses choose us
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
- Fully insured
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
See how cleaning jobs are priced and our accreditations and certificates.