Kent · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen Extract Cleaning in Broad Tenterden
Kitchen extract cleaning across Broad Tenterden and nearby, booked around your opening hours and signed off in writing with pictures.
- Heavy grease build-up inside the duct runs
- An extract that has never been cleaned to TR19
- Grease drips onto cooking equipment
What your team can do, and what needs us
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but hidden parts of the system still need specialist attention.
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
Commercial kitchen extraction cleaning in Broad Tenterden
Has the extract gone a while without a clean, or has the paperwork gone missing? Just phone us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line with photos of the canopy and filters, and you’ll have a fixed quote for kitchen extract cleaning in Broad Tenterden, usually within one working day. Common call-outs are for an extract that no longer clears the smoke and a TR19 certificate needed for the insurer, across canopies and hoods, discharge points and extract fans. If you need a kitchen extract clean in Broad Tenterden, one call covers the survey, the clean and the paperwork.
Before we clean, we look at where the grease is: grease readings at set points tell us where the heaviest deposits are, and readings afterwards go into your report.
Somewhere as small as Broad Tenterden, 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.
Duct Doctor has been trading since 2009, and we’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we carry full insurance.
- Where
- Broad Tenterden (TN30)
- Region
- Kent
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Nearby places to Broad Tenterden
What else we do in Broad Tenterden
What happens if it’s left?
If there’s a fire and the extract hasn’t been cleaned, the paperwork becomes the problem. Many insurers ask for proof of TR19 cleaning and may reduce or refuse a claim without it. A certificate in the file answers that question. In a small place like Broad Tenterden, a system that fails can take a site out of use.
No two sites are the same, so we price each one individually. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all make a difference.
Why us?
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Fully insured
- Every job surveyed first
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
When it’s something else
We’ll always give you a straight diagnosis, so here’s what this work can’t put right:
- A fan motor that has burnt out
- Fire dampers that will not close (that needs damper testing and remedials)
- An undersized canopy or fan
If you are not sure, just phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us and we’ll give you a straight answer.
Parts of the system we cover
- Horizontal duct runs
- Canopies and hoods
- Plenums and filters
- Vertical risers
- Discharge points
- Extract fans
How the job changes from site to site
Canopy and plenum
Behind the grease filters sits the plenum, which daily cleaning never reaches. With the filters out, the plenum is scraped and degreased.
Restaurant and pub kitchens
Busy restaurant and pub kitchens often cook for long hours, frying and grilling, which can put them in BESA’s 3 or 6-monthly bands. We clean after close or before opening.
Between visits
Here’s the after-treatment advice, in brief:
- Wash or exchange the filters often
- Do not let the canopy gutters overflow
- Run the extract fan throughout cooking
- File each certificate with the fire risk assessment
The report gives a recommended date for the next clean, based on your cooking hours and the grease we measured. We can put the system on a 3, 6 or 12-monthly plan, so the date isn’t missed.
Wipe the canopy down regularly and empty grease troughs or collection points. A daily wipe isn’t a deep clean, but it helps between visits.
Common questions in Broad Tenterden
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for Broad Tenterden?
Fire safety enforcement in Broad Tenterden is handled by Kent Fire and Rescue Service. Records of extract cleaning are a sensible thing to have ready if a fire safety officer carries out an audit.
Can you work in Broad Tenterden outside opening hours?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. Your customers, staff or residents in Broad Tenterden needn’t be disturbed. Your opening times are the first thing we ask for.
What’s the right cleaning interval for a kitchen extract?
BESA guidance gives minimum intervals of 3, 6 or 12 months, depending on daily cooking hours. Kitchens that fry or grill a lot may need cleaning sooner, which grease thickness testing will show.
What types of premises do you cover?
We work for restaurants, pubs, hotels, schools, colleges, hospitals, care homes, offices and shops, plus food production and leisure sites.
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, and the emergency line covers the rest.
Do insurers need proof of extract cleaning?
Extract grease is fuel for a kitchen fire, so many insurers want evidence it’s being cleaned to TR19. Our certificate and photo report give you that evidence.
What happens if you cannot reach some of it?
They’re listed in the report, never skipped quietly. You will know exactly which parts weren’t reached and why, and we can quote to improve the access.
How much notice do you need?
That depends on the slot you want and the size of the job. Mention your preferred dates with your enquiry, and for anything urgent, ring our 24/7 emergency line.
What we do, step by step
We work around your opening hours, not the other way round. We book the visit for a time the area is closed, whether that’s an evening, overnight or a weekend. When the team arrives, the work area is protected and the relevant equipment is switched off to cool, and the job takes as long as the system needs, from a few hours to several planned visits. If the van will struggle with a lane or gateway near Broad Tenterden, let us know and we’ll plan around it.
- We start with a survey, so we know every part of the system before we quote.
- Set points are tested for grease thickness and the quote is fixed before any work starts.
- Once the kitchen has closed and the equipment has cooled, we sheet and protect the area.
- The whole route is cleaned, from the canopy through the ductwork to the fan and the discharge.
- Readings and photos are taken again, and you receive a TR19 certificate and photo report.
How to prepare
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Clear the space around the work
How to get 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, you get a fixed price before any work starts.
Related advice
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we’re happy to quote for all of it.
Kitchen extracts in Broad Tenterden
Food Standards Agency data counts about 23 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 5 sandwich bars and takeaways across Broad Tenterden and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Wherever food is cooked under a canopy, the extract above it gathers grease and needs cleaning on a schedule. It’s Ashford council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Broad Tenterden. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector. Kent Fire and Rescue Service covers Broad Tenterden. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel.
Church and community hall kitchens, near Parish Church of St Mildred or anywhere around Broad Tenterden, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other. Bursars and site managers at schools such as Tenterden Church of England Junior School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty. If you run catering at a historic house or estate in the area (Smallhythe Place is about 1.6 miles south), event kitchens in older buildings often have awkward duct runs that need planning.
Broad Tenterden is about 9 miles south-west of Ashford, in Kent. We carry out kitchen extract cleaning for commercial premises of every kind in Broad Tenterden and the rest of Kent. 922 places in Kent are on our list, large and small. Our Maidstone page covers sites nearby, about 16 miles away.
Work in TN30 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. Streets in the area include Smallhythe Road and Small Hythe Road, and we cover them all for kitchen extract cleaning. Nearby, we also carry out kitchen extract cleaning in Tenterden (1 mile north), Small Hythe (1 mile south), St Michaels (2 miles north), Strood (2 miles west) and Parkgate (2 miles north-west). Within a short drive, we also cover Ashford (9 miles north-east), Paddock Wood (15 miles north-west), Bearsted (15 miles north), Park Wood (14 miles north-west), Kennington (11 miles north-east) and New Romney (12 miles south-east).
Around Broad Tenterden
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around The Vine Inn, Turners Field and Homewood School and Sixth Form Centre, among other places. Well-known places in the area include Benenden Hospital (3.8 miles north-west) and Tenterden and District Museum (0.7 miles north-west).