Kent · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in Chart Sutton, Kent
Kitchen extract cleaning for Chart Sutton, from a team that has been trading since 2009. Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus a 24/7 emergency line.
- A new tenancy or takeover with no cleaning history
- An extract that has never been cleaned to TR19
- Cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey
Signs you need kitchen extract cleaning in Chart Sutton
How fast grease builds up depends mostly on how long the kitchen cooks each day. 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.
What we are most often called out for:
- A new tenancy or takeover with no cleaning history
- Heavy grease build-up inside the duct runs
- An extract that has never been cleaned to TR19
- A TR19 certificate needed for the insurer
For schools such as Langley Park Primary Academy, kitchen extract cleaning is typically booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
Before booking anyone
- What hours they’ll be on site
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
- If they look at the system before pricing
- Whether they’re fully insured
About our kitchen extract cleaning in Chart Sutton
Many insurers ask for proof that the extract has been cleaned to TR19, and a claim can be refused or reduced without it. The certificate and photo report from each clean in Chart Sutton give you that record for the maintenance log. The work covers extract fans, canopies and hoods and discharge points, and the jobs we see most are a new tenancy or takeover with no cleaning history and a kitchen with no current TR19 certificate. Some call it canopy cleaning, others extract cleaning or duct cleaning, but a proper TR19® clean in Chart Sutton covers all of it, from the hood to the fan.
A clean in Chart Sutton covers the canopy, plenum, filters, ductwork, risers and fan, and the discharge where it can be reached.
Somewhere as small as Chart Sutton, commercial kitchens are few: perhaps a pub, a school or care home kitchen, or a hall used for events. Each still has a canopy and duct that collect grease, whatever the size of the place.
It’s worth checking any contractor’s accreditations. We’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, with full insurance on top.
- Where
- Chart Sutton (ME17)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- Hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Chart Sutton: your questions answered
Will you come out to Chart Sutton?
Yes. Chart Sutton is within the area we cover across London and the South East. Let us know about access, parking and anything unusual about getting there when you book.
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for Chart Sutton?
Fire safety enforcement in Chart Sutton 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.
What do you do with what you remove?
We take it away at the end of the visit. While we work, it’s kept contained so the area stays clean.
Do I have to clean my extract to TR19 by law?
TR19® is BESA’s specification, not legislation. Under the Fire Safety Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, and cleaning to TR19 is the recognised way to show you’ve dealt with extract grease.
What do I get after the clean?
Yes, a TR19 certificate, along with a photo report. The report lists what was cleaned, anything we couldn’t reach and when the next clean is due.
Why do insurers care about extract cleaning?
Grease-filled ducts can carry fire well beyond the kitchen. Many policies say the extract must be cleaned to TR19, and a claim may be reduced without proof, so keep every certificate.
What is TR19?
TR19® is the BESA specification for keeping ventilation systems clean. TR19® Grease, a standalone specification since 2019, covers grease in kitchen extract systems, while TR19® Air covers other supply and extract ductwork.
Is a quote from photos possible?
In many cases, yes. With good photos, the site type and your last report, we can price many jobs. Where we can’t see enough, we arrange a survey.
Grease, kitchens and Chart Sutton
The Food Standards Agency lists about 3 bars, pubs and nightclubs as registered food businesses in and around Chart Sutton, up to about a mile and a half out. Where they serve hot food, their kitchen extracts need cleaning to TR19® like any restaurant’s. Kent Fire and Rescue Service covers Chart Sutton. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises. It’s Maidstone council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Chart Sutton. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked.
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Church of St Michael, or anywhere in Chart Sutton, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it. Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; KIMS hospital is the nearest hospital to Chart Sutton, about 4.4 miles north.
Chart Sutton is about 3 miles south-east of Maidstone, in Kent. We carry out kitchen extract cleaning for commercial premises of every kind in Chart Sutton and the rest of Kent. Our Kent coverage runs to 922 places, Chart Sutton among them.
Kitchen extract cleaning in ME17 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. Local streets include Plough Wents Road, Amber Lane and Marsham Crescent, and we cover them all for kitchen extract cleaning. If your site is just outside Chart Sutton, we cover Wierton (1 mile south-west), Five Wents (1 mile east), Warmlake (1 mile east), Langley (1 mile north-east) and Sutton Valence (1 mile south-east). We also work in nearby towns such as Maidstone (3 miles north-west), Ashford (14 miles south-east), Sittingbourne (11 miles north-east), Royal Tunbridge Wells (14 miles south-west), Tonbridge (13 miles west) and Faversham (15 miles north-east).
Local landmarks in Chart Sutton
Typical jobs here are in premises near The Plough Inn, Cornwallis Academy and Senacre Technology College, among other places. The closest station to Chart Sutton is Bearsted station, roughly 3.6 miles north. A little further out are KIMS hospital (4.4 miles north) and The Dog Collar Museum (3.1 miles north-east).
What the work involves, part by part
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 aren’t disturbed.
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
How long the results last depends on use and care. We suggest:
- Make sure every filter is fitted before cooking
- Give the canopy a daily wipe
- Keep the extract on whenever the range is lit
- Tell us when the extract starts to drip or smell
A TR19 certificate notes the date, the location and the technician. File it with the fire risk assessment and the maintenance log so it’s ready when anyone asks to see it.
Clean the grease filters often, not just on clean day. Clean, well-fitted filters catch more fat before it reaches the duct, so the ductwork stays cleaner for longer.
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 the parts you cannot see still need a specialist at the right interval.
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
Towns and villages near Chart Sutton
What else we do in Chart Sutton
What a clean won’t put right
We’d rather tell you now than book work that won’t help, so these are the things it will not cover:
- An undersized canopy or fan
- A fan motor that has burnt out
- Blocked drains from a neglected grease trap (a separate service)
If in doubt, call 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we will say what we think.
Where we work
- Discharge points
- Plenums and filters
- Canopies and hoods
- Extract fans
- Vertical risers
- Horizontal duct runs
What we do, step by step
Every visit runs to the same pattern: sheeting and protection first, isolate whatever needs isolating, carry out the kitchen extract cleaning, tidy up and leave you the report. The visit itself 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 Chart Sutton.
- You send pictures or we visit, and the system is surveyed from canopy to discharge.
- We take grease readings at set points and give you a fixed quote.
- The kitchen is closed, the equipment cooled and everything nearby protected.
- We work through the system from the canopy to the fan and discharge.
- Readings are repeated, pictures taken, and your TR19 certificate and photo report issued.
Before we arrive
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
- Clear the space around the work
Ask for a quote
Getting a quote does not take long. Call or email with a few details and you will usually have a fixed price within one working day. Where a survey is needed, we arrange a time that suits the site.
Read more
What happens if it’s left?
If your kitchen in Chart Sutton is past its cleaning date, it’s worth booking now. It takes as long as the system needs, from a few hours to several planned visits, and we work evenings, overnight and weekends so you do not lose a service. Every extra month adds grease. Out of sight is the usual reason a rural system goes too long without attention.
A single site or a whole portfolio, the quote is built the same way: the work involved, the access and the timing. You will have a fixed price before work begins.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Chart Sutton
- Fixed quotes, normally within one working day
- One number for every site across the South East and London
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
- We’re fully insured
Read our cost guide and how to check a contractor.