Medway · Kitchen extract cleaning
TR19 kitchen extract cleaning in Church Street
Looking for kitchen extract cleaning in Church Street? We survey first, give you a fixed quote and work around your opening hours, finishing with a written report and photos.
- A new tenancy or takeover with no cleaning history
- Proof of cleaning requested by an insurer
- An extract that has never been cleaned to TR19
Why it’s worth doing now in Church Street
There’s no law that names TR19, but the Fire Safety Order 2005 still applies. It puts a duty on the responsible person to assess and reduce fire risk, which in a kitchen includes the grease in the extract. Cleaning to TR19 is the recognised way to show you’ve done it. Planning a trip to Church Street ahead is easier for everyone than a rushed one.
Whatever the type of site, the quote works the same way: the size of the job, access, condition and working hours. Call for a fixed quote and we’ll explain each part.
What you get with us
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
- A fixed price before any work starts
Take a look at how cleaning jobs are priced or how to check a contractor.
Kitchen extract cleaning in Church Street
Think of it as a health check for the kitchen’s airways: survey first, clean second, sign-off last. That clean bill of health comes as a TR19 certificate and a photo report, issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal. The work covers vertical risers, canopies and hoods and plenums and filters, and common reasons people get in touch are stale cooking odours from the system and an inspection that picked up a dirty extract. Some call it canopy cleaning, others extract cleaning or duct cleaning, but in Church Street, as everywhere, the insurer wants the full system cleaned, not just the hood.
Kitchens that fry and grill hardest need the most frequent cleans, so the interval is set by what you cook as well as how long.
In a village or hamlet like Church Street, the kitchens that need extract cleaning are usually a pub, a school, a care home or a hall kitchen, wherever there is one. Every one of them still needs its extract kept clear of grease, whatever the size of the place.
Insurers, fire officers and environmental health officers all look at records. That’s why every job is written up in a report with photos, and grease extract cleans come with a TR19® certificate issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Where
- Church Street (ME3)
- Wider area
- Medway
- Reporting
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
What kitchen extract cleaning looks like in Church Street
Church Street is within about 2 miles of the coast. Salt in the air is hard on rooftop fans, discharge cowls and fixings, so we check them for corrosion as well as grease. Food Standards Agency records include about 3 pubs, bars and clubs in Church Street and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Where they serve hot food, their kitchen extracts need cleaning to TR19® like any restaurant’s. Kent Fire and Rescue Service covers Church Street. Fire and rescue authorities enforce the Fire Safety Order in most non-domestic premises, and in a kitchen that fire risk includes the grease in the extract.
For kitchens close to Higham station, where the day often starts early and ends late, the extract can be cleaned overnight. Healthcare kitchens can’t easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Church Street is French Hospital, about 3.9 miles south-east.
Church Street is about 4 miles north of Rochester, in Medway. From the centre of Church Street to the outskirts, kitchen extract cleaning is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from a single unit to a large public building. Across Medway, we cover 68 places, and Church Street is one of them. You can also see our page for Maidstone, about 12 miles away.
Here we cover the ME3 postcode area for kitchen extract cleaning. If your site is just outside Church Street, we cover Lower Higham (1 mile south), Cliffe Woods (1 mile east), Mockbeggar (2 miles south-east), Higham (2 miles south) and Cliffe (2 miles north-east). Further out, we also cover Gillingham (7 miles south-east), Chatham (6 miles south-east), Rochester (4 miles south), Rainham (8 miles south-east), Strood (3 miles south) and Luton (6 miles south-east).
What’s near Church Street
In Church Street, that means kitchens and buildings near The Chequers pub. The closest station to Church Street is Higham station, about 0.9 miles south. Other landmarks nearby include Upnor Castle (3.4 miles south-east) and Huguenot Museum (3.8 miles south-east). Not far away are Gad's Hill and Rede Common.
Towns and villages near Church Street
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How it works
On the day, we arrive at the time agreed with you, which is often after service, overnight or at a weekend. Equipment that has to be off is switched off and allowed to cool before work begins, and floors and nearby surfaces are sheeted. The work itself takes as long as the system needs, from a few hours to several planned visits. We agree a date with you, plan the drive to Church Street and turn up when the site is quiet.
- Diagnosis comes first, with a survey of the system and how it’s reached.
- Grease readings set the baseline, and a fixed quote follows.
- After the kitchen closes, we sheet the area and set up to contain grease and water.
- Heavy deposits are scraped by hand and the system degreased to TR19® Grease.
- The sign-off: post-clean readings, a TR19 certificate and a photo report with the next clean date.
How to prepare
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
How to get a quote
Getting a quote doesn’t take long. Send a few details and pictures, and we typically reply with a fixed quote within one working day. Where a survey is needed, we arrange a time that suits the site.
Advice
Different parts, different methods
Extract fan and discharge
Attenuators, where fitted, can soak up grease and need attention. We clean what can be reached and note anything that can’t.
Ductwork and risers
Risers take the extract up through floors to roof level, and grease often collects at the bottom of them. They’re cleaned through access points along their height.
Looking after it afterwards
Here’s the after-treatment advice, short and simple:
- Diarise the next clean as soon as you get the certificate
- Keep the extract on whenever the range is lit
- Don’t let the canopy gutters overflow
- Refit filters properly after cleaning
We hand the kitchen back clean, with the sheeting removed and waste taken away. Grease and dirty water are collected and taken off site, so you can start cooking as normal.
Regular filter cleaning is the simplest thing a kitchen can do. Clean, well-fitted filters catch more fat before it reaches the duct, which slows build-up further down the system.
Honest limits
Some problems need a different service or another trade:
- Fat blocking the kitchen drains
- A duct that’s holed or coming apart
- A broken extract fan that will not run
If in doubt, call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we will say what we think before booking.
What the work covers
- Discharge points
- Canopies and hoods
- Horizontal duct runs
- Vertical risers
- Plenums and filters
- Extract fans
Questions from Church Street
Which environmental health team covers Church Street?
Food hygiene inspections in Church Street are carried out by Medway council. How often a business is inspected depends on the risk rating the council gives it, so it’s worth staying ready all year.
Is Church Street within the area you cover?
Yes. Church Street 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.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes. Regular plans can run on 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycles, depending on what the system needs.
What types of premises do you cover?
Restaurants and pubs, hotels, schools and colleges, hospitals and care homes, offices and retail, as well as food production and leisure sites.
Does the law say I must clean to TR19?
TR19® is BESA’s specification, not legislation. The law is the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, which makes the responsible person assess and reduce fire risk, and TR19 is the benchmark used to show extract grease is under control.
What do you do to protect the area?
Floors and surfaces near the work are sheeted before any work starts, and anything we remove is contained. Before we leave, we tidy up and clean down.
What happens if you cannot reach some of it?
They’re marked on the report. In ductwork, new access panels are often the answer, and we can fit those.
Do you clean the whole extract system or just the canopy?
We clean every part the grease travels through. Canopy, plenum, filters, ductwork, risers, fan and discharge are all included, reached through access panels where needed.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Whether it’s one building or many, you get the same standard: diagnosis, a fixed price, work booked around your hours and a written report with pictures.
Where a tenant occupies the premises but the landlord owns the building, the lease normally sets out who maintains what. We can quote either party, and the report can go to both.
What we are called out for in Church Street
Grease in the extract matters because it burns. Flames from a pan or grill can be pulled into the canopy by the fan, and once grease in the duct catches, fire can spread through the building’s ductwork. That is why controlling extract grease belongs in the fire risk assessment.
What we are most often called out for:
- Ductwork thick with old, hardened grease
- A kitchen with no current TR19 certificate
- An extract that no longer clears the smoke
- Rancid smells from grease in the duct
Church and community hall kitchens, near St Mary's Church or anywhere around Church Street, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other.
What your quote should include
- Proof of insurance
- How they set the interval to the next visit
- What hours they’ll be on site
- Whether the figure could change on the day