Kent · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in Calcott, Kent
Need kitchen extract cleaning in Calcott? We diagnose first, fix the price and book the work around your hours, then sign off with a report and photos.
- Extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit
- Grease dripping from the canopy or filters
- A TR19 certificate needed for the insurer
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
If you look after several sites, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Each site gets its own report and pictures, so records stay tidy.
Facilities teams in offices, schools and healthcare sites book us too across Kent. Work can be phased by floor, building or site around the people who use them.
How we handle kitchen extract cleaning in Calcott
The part of the system nobody sees is often the dirtiest. Access panels let us into the duct runs and risers, removing thick grease by hand, then using degreasers, hot water or steam to suit the deposit. Any section we cannot reach is recorded on the report, and new panels can be fitted. The work covers discharge points, horizontal duct runs and extract fans, and the jobs we see most are missing paperwork after a change of operator and stale cooking odours from the system. Kitchens in Calcott book us for TR19 cleaning for three reasons: the insurer asked, the EHO asked, or the canopy is dripping. We handle the clean and the paperwork in one visit.
What can be cleaned depends on what can be reached. Where a duct run has no panels, we say so on the report and can fit new ones.
Rural kitchens often have long, low duct runs through a roof space or along an outside wall, and those horizontal sections are where grease settles. We agree access and timings in advance.
The sign-off is always in writing: a written report, dated and illustrated with photos, and for TR19® Grease cleans, a certificate issued through the BESCA VHE portal. It shows what was done and what, if anything, couldn’t be reached.
- Location
- Calcott (CT3)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Records
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quotes
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
The process
Before we leave, we walk the area with whoever is on site. Anything we couldn’t reach or that needs attention is pointed out there and then, and the same goes into the written report. The visit takes anything from a few hours to a full night, depending on the size of the system. Rural roads and tight entrances are worth telling us about before a visit to Calcott.
- First the diagnosis: a survey of the whole system and its access points.
- We record grease levels at set points, then fix the price.
- We arrive after close, protect the area and contain the waste.
- Heavy deposits are scraped by hand and the system degreased to TR19® Grease.
- Then the clean bill of health: readings, a TR19 certificate and a photo report with the next date.
Getting ready for the visit
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Tell us where we can park and unload
Getting a quote
To get a fixed quote, call us on 0345 646 2711 or email us and tell us the type of site, your opening hours and roughly what the system looks like. A few photos and your last certificate or report help a lot. You’ll normally have a quote within one working day.
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What staff can safely do
Staff cleaning does not replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Regular in-house cleaning slows the build-up, but the parts you cannot see still need a specialist at the right interval.
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. What they cannot safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, which is where we come in.
What kitchen extract cleaning cannot fix
We’d rather tell you now than book work that will not help, so here are the limits:
- Fat blocking the kitchen drains
- A duct that’s holed or coming apart
- A damper that sticks or has a damaged link
Not sure which it is? You can call 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we’ll tell you honestly before you book.
Parts of the system we cover
- Plenums and filters
- Vertical risers
- Discharge points
- Extract fans
- Canopies and hoods
- Horizontal duct runs
FAQs for Calcott
Do you work in villages like Calcott?
Yes, Calcott is part of our area, however small the site. The journey is planned ahead, so a few details about the route help.
Which fire service covers Calcott?
That’s 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.
Do we have to close the kitchen for the clean?
Cleans are timed to avoid service. Overnight, weekend and between-service cleans are all possible and the kitchen is ready to cook when we leave.
What types of premises do you cover?
All kinds of commercial and public premises: kitchens, offices, schools, healthcare, retail, leisure and food production. We fit the work around how the site operates.
What happens to the waste?
Waste is contained during the work and removed when we leave, including grease, debris and dirty water. None of it is left on site.
What do I get after the clean?
You receive a TR19 certificate and a photo report. Certificates are issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal, and the report includes before and after photos, grease readings and the recommended next clean date.
How often should a kitchen extract be cleaned?
Under BESA guidance, the minimum depends on how long you cook each day: every 3 months for 12 to 16 hours, 6 months for 6 to 12 hours and 12 months for 2 to 6 hours. Grease readings can show a shorter interval is needed.
Which parts of the extract do you clean?
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.
Leave it or put it right?
Environmental health officers inspect food businesses, in Calcott as everywhere else, and they look at the cleanliness of the premises and equipment, extraction included. A clean extract is one less thing to worry about on the day. Out of sight is the usual reason a rural system goes too long without attention.
The cost depends on how big the system is, the condition it’s in and how easy it is to reach. We give you a fixed price before we start, so you know where you stand.
Why Calcott businesses choose us
- Photo reports with every job
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
- Fixed quotes from a survey or photos
See our cost guide and how to check a contractor.
How the job changes from site to site
Ductwork and risers
Bends and changes of direction trap more grease than straight runs. We test at points like these before and after cleaning, so the report shows the difference.
Extract fan and discharge
Some systems have attenuators to cut noise, and they hold grease. We clean what can be reached and note anything that can’t.
Looking after it afterwards
No system stays clean for ever, but care slows the build-up. Our tips:
- Wipe the canopy down at the end of each day
- Flag any change in how the extract sounds or works
- Keep the TR19 certificate and photo report in the maintenance log
- Clean the grease filters regularly between TR19 cleans
We hand the kitchen back clean, with the sheeting removed and waste taken away. Grease and dirty water are collected and taken off site, and equipment can be switched back on once we have gone.
Wipe the canopy down regularly and empty grease troughs or collection points. A daily wipe is not a deep clean, but it helps between visits.
Kitchen extract cleaning in Calcott: the local picture
According to Food Standards Agency records, there are about 4 pubs and bars within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Calcott. A pub or hotel kitchen that cooks every day builds up grease in its extract like any other. It’s Canterbury City council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Calcott. 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. Kent Fire and Rescue Service covers Calcott. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises.
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Sturry Church of England Primary School or anywhere near Calcott, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean. Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; St Martins Hospital is the nearest hospital to Calcott, about 3.2 miles south.
Calcott is about 3 miles south of Herne Bay, in Kent. Calcott gets the same approach as every site we work on: a survey first, a fixed quote, work timed around your hours and a report with pictures. Calcott is one of 922 places in Kent where we work for commercial clients. Maidstone is in our area too, about 26 miles from Calcott.
Work in CT3 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. Close by, we work in Hicks Forstal (1 mile north-east), Broad Oak (1 mile south), Sturry (1 mile south), Herne Common (1 mile north) and Westbere (2 miles south-east). We also work in nearby towns such as Canterbury (3 miles south-west), Margate (12 miles east), Dover (15 miles south-east), Ramsgate (13 miles east), Broadstairs (14 miles east) and Whitstable (4 miles north-west).
What’s near Calcott
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Frank Montgomery School, Spires Academy and Curtis Wood. For rail, the closest station is Sturry station, roughly 1.5 miles south of the centre. Nearby you’ll also find Canterbury Castle (3.8 miles south-west) and St Martins Hospital (3.2 miles south). For a walk, there’s West Blean and Thornden Woods.