Kent · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in Claygate Cross, Kent
Kitchen extract cleaning for Claygate Cross and the surrounding area: a survey, a fixed price, careful work and proper paperwork. Ask us for a fixed quote.
- An extract that has never been cleaned to TR19
- Grease smells coming from the extract
- Poor airflow at the canopy
Kitchen extract cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Claygate Cross
The ducts are where most of the grease hides. We reach horizontal runs and vertical risers through access panels, scraping heavy deposits by hand before degreasing. Any section we cannot reach is recorded on the report, and new panels can be fitted. If you are dealing with a new tenancy or takeover with no cleaning history and a TR19 certificate needed for the insurer, we can help, from plenums and filters, extract fans and vertical risers onwards. Most calls from Claygate Cross come after an insurer, an EHO or a fire officer asks to see the last TR19 certificate. We handle the clean and the paperwork in one visit.
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. Access, parking and timings are agreed before the day.
Insurers, fire officers and environmental health officers all look at records. That is why every job is written up in a report with pictures, plus a TR19® certificate through the BESCA VHE portal where the work is a TR19® Grease clean.
- Place
- Claygate Cross (TN15)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
The process
We’re used to working while the site is closed. Evenings, nights and weekends are when much of our work happens, so a kitchen or building can carry on as usual the next day. The visit itself takes as long as the system needs, from a few hours to several planned visits. For a village or hamlet like Claygate Cross, tell us about narrow lanes, gates and parking when you book.
- We start with a survey, so we know every part of the system before we quote.
- We measure the grease at set points along the system, then give you a fixed price.
- With the kitchen closed and equipment off and cool, the area is sheeted.
- Canopy, plenum, filters, duct runs, risers, fan and discharge are all cleaned to TR19® Grease.
- 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
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
Getting a quote
If you need kitchen extract cleaning in Claygate Cross, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form. Let us know the site type and the opening hours, plus photos or the previous report if they’re to hand. We usually send a fixed quote within one working day.
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Fixed quotes for kitchen extract cleaning in Claygate Cross
We don’t publish a price list, because sites vary so much. The quote depends on:
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- The condition of the system
- How many systems or sites are involved
What you pay depends on how big the system is, the condition it’s in and access to every part of it. You get a fixed price before work begins, so you know where you stand.
What to send for a quote
A few details help us quote accurately. When you get in touch, it helps to send:
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, either from pictures and details you send or from a site visit. After that, you get a fixed price for the work so you know the cost before any work starts.
Leave it or put it right?
There’s no law that names TR19, but the Fire Safety Order 2005 still applies. The responsible person must 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. It’s worth booking a check, because nobody sees inside a duct day to day.
Working hours, access and the scale of the site all affect the cost. Each of those is built into the quote and give you a fixed price before we start.
Why Claygate Cross businesses choose us
- Each visit written up, with pictures
- Full insurance on every job
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
- Every job surveyed first
Take a look at what affects the cost and how to check a contractor.
Claygate Cross: your questions answered
Which fire service covers Claygate Cross?
It’s Kent Fire and Rescue Service, which covers Claygate Cross. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
Do you do school kitchen extract cleaning in Claygate Cross in the summer holidays?
Yes, and it’s the easiest time to do it. With about 6 schools and colleges on the FSA’s register within roughly a mile and a half of Claygate Cross, it pays to plan holiday dates ahead. You can phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us with the dates the site is empty.
Will my insurer ask for a TR19 certificate?
Because a dirty extract can spread a fire through a building. Many policies say the extract must be cleaned to TR19, and a claim may be reduced without proof, so keep every certificate.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
With sheeting and covers, before anything else happens. We keep the work contained and leave the area clean.
How long does a kitchen extract clean take?
That depends on the size of the system, the amount of grease and the number of access points. As a guide, it takes a single shift for most kitchens, with long duct runs and tall risers needing more time.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes. For many sites, photos and a few details are enough, and larger or hidden systems get a visit.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes. For anything urgent, such as a fan failure or damage after a fire, ring the 24/7 line and we will talk you through the next steps.
Where does the waste go?
Anything we remove is contained as we work and taken away with us, from grease and debris to used cleaning water. None of it is left on site.
When it’s something else
A few issues sit outside what this work can do:
- A canopy that’s too small or a system that was badly designed
- Ductwork that’s corroded, split or leaking (that’s for a ductwork contractor)
- A fan motor that has burnt out
Not sure which it is? You can call 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we will tell you honestly.
What the work covers
- Extract fans
- Discharge points
- Horizontal duct runs
- Vertical risers
- Canopies and hoods
- Plenums and filters
What we’re called out for in Claygate Cross
A kitchen in Claygate Cross builds up grease in the same places as any other: long horizontal runs, bends, the base of risers and around the fan. The cooler the duct, the more grease drops out of the air.
Most sites get in touch when they notice one of these:
- Poor airflow at the canopy
- Rancid smells from grease in the duct
- An inspection that picked up a dirty extract
- A kitchen taken over without any extract records
Where a hall near The Church of the Good Shepherd, or anywhere in Claygate Cross, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does.
Questions to ask before booking
- Whether they’re fully insured
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
What kitchen extract cleaning looks like in Claygate Cross
According to Food Standards Agency records, there are about 6 pubs, bars and clubs in Claygate Cross 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. Food hygiene inspections in Claygate Cross are the job of Tonbridge and Malling council’s environmental health team. 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. Kent Fire and Rescue Service covers Claygate Cross. 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.
Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as Sevenoaks Hospital (about 5.1 miles west), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands. School kitchens, at schools like Borough Green Primary School for example, are typically cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost.
Claygate Cross is about 5 miles east of Sevenoaks, in Kent. If you need kitchen extract cleaning in Claygate Cross, please phone us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line for a fixed quote. Our area covers London and the South East, Claygate Cross included. Claygate Cross is one of 922 towns, villages and districts in Kent we cover for kitchen extract cleaning. Our Maidstone page covers sites nearby, about 9 miles away.
Work in TN15 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. If you need kitchen extract cleaning at premises on Claygate Cross, Basted Lane and Winfield Lane or anywhere close by, we can help. We also cover Crouch (1 mile east), Basted (1 mile north-west), Borough Green (1 mile north), Plaxtol (1 mile south) and Platt (1 mile north-east). Larger places within reach include Maidstone (9 miles east), Dartford (12 miles north), Sevenoaks (5 miles west), Royal Tunbridge Wells (10 miles south), Gravesend (11 miles north) and Tonbridge (5 miles south).
Landmarks near Claygate Cross
Around Claygate Cross, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Wrotham School, The Chequers Inn and Ivy Hatch Nature Reserve and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Borough Green & Wrotham station, roughly 1.2 miles north. Nearby you’ll also find Ightham Court (1.7 miles north-west) and Beechin Wood Archery Museum (1.1 miles north-east).
Between visits
Good habits slow the build-up between visits. A few tips:
- Empty any grease troughs or cups on the canopy
- Diarise the next clean as soon as you get the certificate
- Keep the TR19 certificate and photo report in the maintenance log
- Never cook with filters missing or out of place
The certificate records when the clean was done, where and by whom. File it with the fire risk assessment and the maintenance log so it’s ready when anyone asks to see it.
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.
Part by part
Schools, hospitals and care homes
In a care home or hospital, the kitchen may cook every day of the year. We plan the clean around meal times and work in a contained, tidy way with as little disruption as possible.
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.