Kent · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in Breach, Kent
Kitchen extract cleaning across Breach and nearby, timed so the site keeps working and finished with a written report and pictures.
- Grease dripping from the canopy or filters
- Ductwork thick with old, hardened grease
- An overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer
Kitchen extract cleaning in Breach
Has the extract gone a while without a clean, or has the paperwork gone missing? Send a few photos of the canopy and filters when you call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line, and you’ll have a fixed quote for kitchen extract cleaning in Breach, usually within one working day. If you’re dealing with missing paperwork after a change of operator and an overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer, we can help, from horizontal duct runs, discharge points and canopies and hoods onwards. If you need a kitchen extract clean in Breach, one call covers the survey, the clean and the paperwork, wherever you are in Kent.
BESA sets minimum intervals by hours of cooking a day: 3-monthly for heavy use, 6-monthly for moderate use and yearly for light use, with grease readings setting the real interval.
In a village or hamlet like Breach, the kitchens that need extract cleaning are usually a pub, a school, a care home or a hall kitchen, wherever there is one. Every one of them still needs its extract kept clear of grease, whatever the size of the place.
A written report with pictures follows each visit, so you have a record of what was done and when. Where the work is a TR19® Grease clean, the certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Location
- Breach (CT4)
- Region
- Kent
- Records
- Certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed price before we start
- When we work
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Leave it or put it right?
Leaving the clean until the next refit doesn’t make the grease go away. Over time, soft grease bakes into a harder, thicker crust, and that takes more work to shift. Regular cleans keep each visit shorter. Out of sight is the usual reason a rural system goes too long without attention.
The cost depends on the size of the system, what state it’s in and access to every part of it. You get a fixed price before we start, so you know where you stand.
Why us?
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
- One number for every site across the South East and London
- We are fully insured
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
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Other services in Breach
When something else is needed
It’s worth knowing the limits before booking:
- An undersized canopy or fan
- A broken extract fan that will not run
- Fire dampers that won’t close (that needs damper testing and remedials)
If in doubt, call us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we will say what we think.
Parts of the system we cover
- Vertical risers
- Plenums and filters
- Discharge points
- Extract fans
- Horizontal duct runs
- Canopies and hoods
What we do, step by step
Your trading hours come first. We book the visit for a time the area is closed, whether that’s an evening, overnight or a weekend. Once we are in, the area is sheeted and anything that has to be off is turned off and cooled, and the work takes a few hours for a small kitchen, longer for a large system. If the van will struggle with a lane or gateway near Breach, let us know and we will plan around it.
- First the diagnosis: a survey of the whole system and its access points.
- We record grease levels at set points, then fix the price.
- 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.
Before we arrive
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
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, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
Related advice
What your team can do, and what needs us
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 is our job.
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
Questions from Breach
Which fire service covers Breach?
That is Kent Fire and Rescue Service. 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.
Which environmental health team covers Breach?
Kitchens in Breach are inspected by Canterbury City council’s environmental health officers. It helps to keep the extract cleaning records with your food safety paperwork, so they’re ready if asked for.
Do I have to clean my extract to TR19 by law?
No law names TR19 directly, but the Fire Safety Order 2005 does require the responsible person to manage fire risk. Insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to TR19 as the standard, and many policies require it.
Can you set up regular visits?
Yes. We run scheduled maintenance contracts, with visits at the interval your system needs. The report from each visit recommends the next date.
Can you price the work without visiting?
Yes, where the photos show enough. Otherwise, we book a survey at a time that suits the site, and the quote follows that.
Do you work in Breach?
Yes. We work in Breach and across Kent, as part of our work across South East England and London. For a fixed quote, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line.
How do you protect the area?
Protection goes down first: floor sheeting and covers over nearby surfaces and equipment. The area is left tidy, with our waste taken away.
What’s TR19?
TR19® is BESA’s specification for ventilation hygiene. Since 2019, TR19® Grease has been a standalone specification for grease in kitchen extract systems, while TR19® Air covers other supply and extract ductwork.
Part by part
Schools, hospitals and care homes
School kitchens can look lightly used but still need a TR19 clean at least every 12 months under BESA guidance. School holidays are an easy time to do it.
Restaurant and pub kitchens
Restaurants and pubs tend to cook long hours with plenty of frying and grilling, so their cleaning interval is often 3 or 6 months under BESA guidance. Cleans are done after close, overnight or before opening.
What affects the quote in Breach
Sites vary more than people expect. The main factors:
- The scale of the work
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- The number of sites or systems
- Any permits to work or inductions
You will not find a price list here, because each job is priced on what it involves. For a fixed quote, call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email, and we will explain what it covers.
What to send for a quote
Photos let us diagnose from a distance. The most useful are:
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
There’s no standard price list, because every site is different. Instead, we look at your site first, from photos or a survey, then send a fixed quote. To get going, ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos.
Common problems we fix in Breach
Hours of cooking are the biggest factor. BESA guidance sets minimum cleaning intervals of every 3 months for 12 to 16 hours a day, 6 months for 6 to 12 hours, and 12 months for 2 to 6 hours. They are minimums: measured grease levels set the real interval.
The symptoms we’re asked about most are:
- Ductwork thick with old, hardened grease
- Proof of cleaning requested by an insurer
- An extract that no longer clears the smoke
- Fat running down the canopy edge
Acrise Place, about 3.4 miles south, is one of the historic houses near Breach; if you run event catering at a venue like that, cleans can be booked between functions.
What to look for in a quote
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- Whether a written report and photos are included
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
- Whether VAT is included
Kitchen extracts in Breach
Kent Fire and Rescue Service covers Breach. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk. Food hygiene inspections in Breach are the job of Canterbury City council’s environmental health team. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector.
A TR19® clean in Breach doesn’t stop at the filters: the plenum, ductwork, fan and discharge are cleaned too.
Breach is about 5 miles north of Hawkinge, in Kent. We provide kitchen extract cleaning for commercial premises of every kind in Breach and the rest of Kent. Across Kent, we cover 922 places, and Breach is one of them. Our Maidstone page covers sites nearby (27 miles or so).
All of CT4 is within our area for kitchen extract cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. Neighbouring places we cover for kitchen extract cleaning include Lodge Lees (1 mile east), Denton (1 mile east), Wootton (2 miles south-east), Shelvin (2 miles east) and Selsted (2 miles south-east). Within a short drive, we also cover Ashford (12 miles west), Canterbury (7 miles north-west), Dover (7 miles south-east), Folkestone (7 miles south), Whitstable (13 miles north-west) and Deal (11 miles east).
Local landmarks in Breach
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to The Palm Tree Inn and Jumping Downs, among other places. The closest station to Breach is Snowdown station, roughly 3.6 miles north-east. For a walk, there’s Cheriton Hill.