Kent · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen Extract Cleaning in Bredgar
We cover Bredgar for kitchen extract cleaning. Out-of-hours visits, a fixed quote and a written report with pictures as standard.
- Years of baked-on grease in the ducts
- Missing paperwork after a change of operator
- Grease smells coming from the extract
How we handle kitchen extract cleaning in Bredgar
Few kitchens can stop cooking for a day so the extract can be cleaned. Cleans are booked for evenings, overnight or weekends, or between services where the kitchen has a gap. Equipment is switched off and left to cool, the area is sheeted, and the kitchen is handed back ready to cook. The work covers vertical risers, extract fans and canopies and hoods, and the jobs we see most are an extract that no longer clears the smoke and extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit. When a restaurant in Bredgar asks for duct cleaning, it’s nearly always the kitchen extract they mean, and that is our main job: canopy to fan, to TR19® Grease.
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.
Work in a small place like Bredgar starts with a call to agree access and timings, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy, filters, duct, fan and discharge, with a certificate and photo report at the end.
For insurers and inspectors, the record counts. That’s why every job is written up in a report with pictures, and grease extract cleans come with a TR19® certificate issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Place
- Bredgar (ME9)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Quote
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Working hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Signs you need kitchen extract cleaning in Bredgar
Grease in the extract matters because it burns. 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. That’s why controlling extract grease belongs in the fire risk assessment.
The symptoms we’re asked about most are:
- An extract that has never been cleaned to TR19
- A smoky, hot kitchen with weak extraction
- Grease smells coming from the extract
- Heavy grease build-up inside the duct runs
School kitchens, at schools like Bredgar Church of England Primary School for example, are usually cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost.
Questions to ask before booking
- When the next visit should be, and why
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
- What insurance they carry
The process
There are three stages on the day: getting the area ready, doing the work and signing it off. Getting ready means protecting surfaces and switching off what needs to be off, while signing off means the written report and photos. Most of the time goes on the work itself, and that takes a few hours for a small kitchen, longer for a large system. If you can send pictures, we can arrive in Bredgar knowing what to expect.
- 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.
Preparing for the visit
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
Get a fixed quote
Want a quote for kitchen extract cleaning? Please ring 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and tell us about the site. We will talk you through the work and give you a fixed quote before you commit to anything.
Advice
Common questions in Bredgar
Is Bredgar within the area you cover?
Yes, we work in villages as well as towns, and Bredgar is covered. A survey first, from pictures or a visit, means we arrive with the right kit.
Do you clean school canteen extracts around Bredgar out of term?
Yes, and it’s the easiest time to do it. The FSA’s register shows about 2 schools and colleges with food registrations within roughly a mile and a half of Bredgar. You can ring 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line with the dates the site is empty.
What does kitchen extract cleaning cost?
We don’t publish prices, because the cost depends on the job: the size of the system, its condition, access and when we can work. You get a fixed price before work begins.
How long does a kitchen extract clean take?
A small kitchen with a short duct can be done in a few hours, while long runs and tall risers take longer and may need more than one visit. Your quote says how long to expect.
When do you clean the extract?
Out of hours: evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends. We need the equipment cool, and we leave the kitchen ready to cook.
Why do insurers care about extract cleaning?
Grease-filled ducts can carry fire well beyond the kitchen. Many insurers require TR19 cleaning, and may refuse or reduce a claim without proof, so keep every certificate.
What about areas you cannot get to?
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.
Which parts of the extract do you clean?
Everything from canopy to discharge: canopy inside and out, plenum, grease filters, ductwork, risers, extract fan and discharge, plus attenuators where fitted. Any part without access is noted.
What affects the cost of kitchen extract cleaning
Some jobs are bigger than they look, and some smaller. The main factors:
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
- What state the system is in
- The number of sites or systems
- Any permits to work or inductions
What you pay depends on the size of the system, the condition it’s in and how easy it is to reach. You get a fixed price before any work starts, so you know where you stand.
What we need to know
To help us quote quickly, send us:
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- Problems your staff have spotted
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
The quickest way to a quote is to send pictures: the system from a couple of angles, plus any access panels or hatches. Add the site type and your opening hours, and we can price many jobs without a visit.
Towns and villages near Bredgar
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Kitchen extract cleaning in Bredgar: the local picture
Food Standards Agency data counts about 3 restaurants, cafés and canteens within about 1.5 miles of central Bredgar. Wherever food is cooked under a canopy, the extract above it gathers grease and needs cleaning on a schedule. Fire safety in Bredgar falls to Kent Fire and Rescue Service. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel. Kitchens in Bredgar get their food hygiene inspections from Swale council. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector.
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Church of St John the Baptist or elsewhere in Bredgar, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
Bredgar is about 3 miles south-west of Sittingbourne, in Kent. Anywhere in ME9, we can take on kitchen extract cleaning. Bredgar is one of 922 places in Kent we cover for kitchen extract cleaning. Maidstone is in our area too, around 8 miles away.
We cover every part of ME9 for kitchen extract cleaning and the roads nearby. That includes premises on The Street, Medlar Close and Primrose Lane and the roads around them. We also cover the places around Bredgar: Silver Street (1 mile west), Oad Street (1 mile north-west), South Green (2 miles west), Danaway (2 miles north-west) and Chestnut Street (2 miles north). Larger places within reach include Maidstone (8 miles south-west), Ashford (14 miles south-east), Sittingbourne (3 miles north-east), Whitstable (15 miles east), Faversham (8 miles east) and Minster (9 miles north-east).
Local landmarks in Bredgar
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Westlands School and Cromers Wood and the streets around them. The closest station to Bredgar is Sittingbourne station, roughly 2.6 miles north-east of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Sittingbourne Heritage Museum (2.7 miles north-east) and Bayford Court (2.9 miles north-east). Not far away are Detling Hill.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, next to our reports.
If your staff spot something between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that won’t come clean, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We can diagnose it and quote.
How the job changes from site to site
Canopy and plenum
Canopies vary from a single hood to long runs over several appliances, each section is cleaned and photographed before and after.
Restaurant and pub kitchens
Restaurants and pubs tend to cook long hours with plenty of frying and grilling, which can put them in BESA’s 3 or 6-monthly bands. We clean after close or before opening.
What a clean will not put right
A few issues sit outside what this work can do:
- Damaged duct sections that need replacing
- A grease trap that needs emptying
- Extraction that cannot cope with the cooking because of its design
If in doubt, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we’ll say what we think.
Parts of the system we cover
- Extract fans
- Plenums and filters
- Vertical risers
- Canopies and hoods
- Horizontal duct runs
- Discharge points
Why it’s worth doing now in Bredgar
TR19® isn’t law, but the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 is. 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. Cleaning to TR19 is the recognised way to show you’ve done it. Equipment tucked in a roof space or outbuilding near Bredgar rarely gets looked at unless someone books it.
No two sites are the same, so each one gets its own fixed quote. The size of the job, how we reach it, its condition and the working hours all play a part.
Why book with us
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
- Trading since 2009