Kent · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen Extract Cleaning in Chartham Hatch
For TR19 Grease cleaning of complete kitchen extract systems, from canopy to discharge in Chartham Hatch, one call is all it takes, from survey to sign-off. CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, ISO 9001 and fully insured.
- A smoky, hot kitchen with weak extraction
- Stale cooking odours from the system
- Years of baked-on grease in the ducts
How we handle kitchen extract cleaning in Chartham Hatch
Think of it as a health check for the kitchen’s airways: survey first, clean second, sign-off last. The sign-off is a TR19 certificate with a photo report, issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal. We’re often asked to deal with an overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer and years of baked-on grease in the ducts, across plenums and filters, discharge points and horizontal duct runs. Extraction cleaning, hood cleaning and TR19 duct cleaning all end up in the same place: a clean that goes past the canopy into the duct and fan, backed by a certificate.
BESA sets minimum intervals by hours of cooking a day: every 3 months for 12–16 hours, every 6 months for 6–12 hours and every 12 months for 2–6 hours, with grease readings setting the real interval.
Rural kitchens often have long, low duct runs through a roof space or along an outside wall, where grease settles in the flat sections. We agree access and timings in advance.
Every visit ends with a written report and pictures, so there’s a dated record of the work. Where the work is a TR19® Grease clean, the certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Place
- Chartham Hatch (CT4)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Records
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
How it works
We start by comparing what we find with the survey or your pictures. If anything is different, we talk it through with the person on site before carrying on. From there, it takes a few hours for a small kitchen, longer for a large system. Pictures of the system and its access let us plan the work in Chartham Hatch before we set off.
- We survey the system, from your photos or on site, canopy to discharge.
- Grease thickness is measured and the price is fixed before work starts.
- On the night, the equipment is off and cool and the kitchen is sheeted.
- 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.
Preparing for the visit
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
Get a fixed quote
Here’s what helps us quote: the address, the type of site and when it’s open, a few pictures and any previous report or certificate. Once you have those, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or email photos.
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Managing agents and facilities teams in Chartham Hatch
We regularly work with managing agents. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works and we will come back with a fixed quote.
Multi-site operators often want one contractor and one number. We work across London and the South East, so visits at different addresses can be planned together and kept on a regular cycle.
How the job changes from site to site
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. We clean after close or before opening.
Canopy and plenum
Whether it’s one hood or a long island canopy, each section is cleaned and photographed before and after.
What we’re called out for in Chartham Hatch
The reason for all this is fire. 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 is why controlling extract grease belongs in the fire risk assessment.
Common reasons sites call us include:
- Proof of cleaning requested by an insurer
- Grease dripping from the canopy or filters
- Years of baked-on grease in the ducts
- Grease smells coming from the extract
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Church of St Mary or elsewhere in Chartham Hatch, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.
What to look for in a quote
- When they can work, and whether that is outside your opening hours
- Whether a survey comes first
- How they set the interval to the next visit
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
Kitchen extract cleaning in Chartham Hatch: the local picture
About 50 miles out from central London, Chartham Hatch is part of the South East area we work across. A survey and a fixed quote come first, then the visit at a time that suits you. The fire and rescue service for Chartham Hatch is Kent Fire and Rescue Service. 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 run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Eastbridge Hospital of St Thomas the Martyr about 2.9 miles east, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen. Bursars and site managers at schools such as The Canterbury Academy tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
Chartham Hatch is about 3 miles west of Canterbury, in Kent. From the centre of Chartham Hatch to the outskirts, kitchen extract cleaning is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from small sites to large estates. We cover 922 places across Kent, large and small. There’s also a page for Maidstone, roughly 21 miles from Chartham Hatch.
Our technicians cover all of CT4 for kitchen extract cleaning and the roads nearby. If you need kitchen extract cleaning at premises on Town Lane, Nightingale Close and Bigbury Road or a nearby road, our technicians can take on the work. Other places close to Chartham Hatch include Chartham (1 mile south), Upper Harbledown (1 mile north-east), Shalmsford Street (1 mile south), Mystole (2 miles south) and Thanington (2 miles east). Within a short drive, we also cover Ashford (11 miles south-west), Canterbury (3 miles east), Dover (15 miles south-east), Sittingbourne (13 miles west), Folkestone (14 miles south-east) and Whitstable (6 miles north).
Landmarks near Chartham Hatch
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Royal Oak Public House and No Man's Orchard. For rail, the closest station is Chartham station, roughly 1 mile south of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Rupert Bear Museum (2.8 miles east) and Eastbridge Hospital of St Thomas the Martyr (2.9 miles east). Green spaces nearby include Blean Woods RSPB Reserve.
Keeping the system healthy
Once we’ve finished, these simple steps help:
- Tell us when the extract starts to drip or smell
- Empty any grease troughs or cups on the canopy
- Diarise the next clean as soon as you get the certificate
- Keep the cleaning records where you can find them
Any section without access is marked on the report. A TR19 report should record what wasn’t cleaned as well as what was, and new access panels can be fitted so the next clean covers it.
Tell whoever looks after the system when something changes. Drips, odours and fan noise often mean grease is building, and a grease thickness test can confirm it.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, and that’s where we come in.
Some jobs should never be done in-house: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease call for the right kit, training and safe access. Leave those to us.
Honest limits
To be straight with you, there are a few things this work will not fix:
- An undersized canopy or fan
- Fire dampers that will not close (that needs damper testing and remedials)
- Fat blocking the kitchen drains
If you are not sure, just phone us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we’ll give you a straight answer.
Parts of the system we cover
- Horizontal duct runs
- Extract fans
- Discharge points
- Vertical risers
- Canopies and hoods
- Plenums and filters
Common questions in Chartham Hatch
Can you come to Chartham Hatch after we close?
Yes. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends. The site is handed back ready to open. Just ring 0345 646 2711 or email us with your opening times and we’ll plan around them.
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for Chartham Hatch?
Kent Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Chartham Hatch. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes. Tell us what you have and how it’s used and we will propose a schedule with a fixed quote.
What do you do to protect the area?
With sheeting and covers, before anything else happens. The work is kept contained and leave the area clean.
What happens to the waste?
We contain it and take it with us. Grease, debris and waste water are collected as the work goes on rather than letting it spread.
What information do you need?
Some pictures and a quick description of the system plus the address and your hours. If we need more, we will ask.
Do you clean the whole extract system or just the canopy?
The whole system: canopy inside and out, plenum, grease filters, ductwork, risers, extract fan and discharge, plus attenuators where fitted. Anything we cannot reach is recorded on the report.
How often should a kitchen extract be cleaned?
It depends on how many hours a day the kitchen cooks. BESA’s minimums run from every 3 months for heavy use to every 12 months for light use. We will recommend a date after measuring the grease.