Kent · Kitchen extract cleaning
TR19 kitchen extract cleaning in Congelow
Need kitchen extract cleaning in Congelow? We diagnose first, fix the price and book the work around your hours, then sign off with a report and pictures.
- Fat running down the canopy edge
- A smoky, hot kitchen with weak extraction
- Heavy grease build-up inside the duct runs
Kitchen extract cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Congelow
Few kitchens can stop cooking for a day so the extract can be cleaned. Cleans are booked for evenings, overnight or weekends, or between services where the kitchen has a gap. With the equipment off and cool and the area sheeted, we clean and hand the kitchen back ready for the next service. We are often asked to deal with a smoky, hot kitchen with weak extraction and a TR19 certificate needed for the insurer, on extract fans, vertical risers and discharge points. When a restaurant in Congelow asks for duct cleaning, it’s nearly always the kitchen extract they mean, and that is our main job: canopy to fan, to TR19® Grease.
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.
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.
We’ve been trading since 2009, and we’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured.
- Location
- Congelow (ME18)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Reporting
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed price before we start
- When we work
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Looking after it afterwards
Good habits slow the build-up between visits. A few tips:
- Clean grease off the canopy surfaces regularly
- Flag any change in how the extract sounds or works
- Book the next clean before the date on the report
- File each certificate with the fire risk assessment
A TR19 certificate notes the date, the location and the technician. Keep it in the maintenance log with your fire risk assessment, so it’s to hand when an insurer, fire officer or EHO asks.
Stick to the cleaning interval on the certificate. If the kitchen starts cooking longer hours, the interval should be looked at again, and grease readings will show it.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Multi-site operators often want one contractor and one number. We cover South East England and London, so a run of sites can go into one programme and kept to a regular schedule.
The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
Honest limits
To be straight with you, there are a few things this work won’t fix:
- A canopy that is too small or a system that was badly designed
- A grease trap that needs emptying
- Faulty fire dampers in the duct
If you are not sure, just phone us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we will give you a straight answer.
What we work on in Congelow
- Discharge points
- Plenums and filters
- Vertical risers
- Extract fans
- Horizontal duct runs
- Canopies and hoods
How the visit works
There are three stages on the day: getting the area ready, doing the work and signing it off. Getting ready means protecting surfaces and switching off what needs to be off, and the sign-off is a written report with photos. The middle part takes longest, which takes one visit for most kitchens, while large or complex systems may need more than one. Visits to a village like Congelow are booked in advance, at a time that suits whoever runs the site.
- You send photos or we visit, and the system is surveyed from canopy to discharge.
- Grease thickness is measured and the price is fixed before work starts.
- The kitchen is closed, the equipment cooled and everything nearby protected.
- Filters, canopy and plenum are cleaned, then the ducts, risers, fan and discharge.
- Readings are repeated, pictures taken, and your TR19 certificate and photo report issued.
Getting ready for the visit
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
- Move anything stored near the system
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
Get a fixed quote
Need a price for kitchen extract cleaning? Please call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email with a few details about the site. We’ll explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before you commit to anything.
Advice
Signs you need kitchen extract cleaning in Congelow
Cooking fat leaves the pan as a fine vapour. Once it cools inside the ductwork, it condenses onto every surface it touches, and the layer grows a little with every meal cooked. The grease filters stop some, never all of it.
Signs it’s time to call us include:
- Missing paperwork after a change of operator
- Fat running down the canopy edge
- An inspection that picked up a dirty extract
- Heavy grease build-up inside the duct runs
Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as Oakwood Hospital (about 4.3 miles north-east), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands.
Before you book anyone
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
- Whether they recommend a next date
- Whether they’re fully insured
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
How the job changes from site to site
Canopy and plenum
Canopies vary from a single hood to long runs over several appliances, each section is cleaned and photographed before and after.
Grease filters
Baffle filters are cleaned as part of every TR19 clean, and put back so they seat correctly. We’ll tell you if any need replacing.
Places near Congelow
Also in Congelow
Kitchen extracts in Congelow
There are about 6 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens across Congelow and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half), according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Each one that cooks under a canopy has an extract system that collects grease and needs regular cleaning. Congelow sits within the area of Kent Fire and Rescue Service. 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. Food hygiene inspections in Congelow are the job of Maidstone 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.
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near St Peter's and St Paul's Church or elsewhere in Congelow, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
Congelow is about 5 miles south-west of Maidstone, in Kent. We carry out kitchen extract cleaning for commercial premises of every kind in Congelow and the rest of Kent. Congelow is one of 922 places in Kent we cover for kitchen extract cleaning.
We work across the ME18 postcode area for kitchen extract cleaning and the roads nearby. We also cover the places around Congelow: Benover (1 mile south-east), Yalding (1 mile north), Laddingford (1 mile south-west), Hunton (1 mile east) and Nettlestead Green (1 mile north-west). Within a short drive, we also cover Maidstone (5 miles north-east), Sevenoaks (11 miles north-west), Royal Tunbridge Wells (9 miles south-west), Gravesend (15 miles north), Tonbridge (7 miles west) and Northfleet (15 miles north).
Landmarks near Congelow
Typical jobs here are in premises near The Bull Public House and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is Yalding station, roughly 1 mile north-west. Well-known places in the area include Teapot Island (0.6 miles north-west) and Oakwood Hospital (4.3 miles north-east).
What your team can do, and what needs us
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. What they cannot safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, and that is where we come in.
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but hidden parts of the system still need specialist attention.
Your questions about kitchen extract cleaning in Congelow
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Congelow?
The local authority for Congelow is Maidstone council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. How often a business is inspected depends on the risk rating the council gives it, so it’s worth staying ready all year.
Which fire service covers Congelow?
Fire safety enforcement in Congelow 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.
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.
What happens if you can’t reach some of it?
They’re listed in the report, never skipped quietly. You’ll know exactly which parts weren’t reached and why, along with a quote to put access in.
What does TR19 mean?
It’s BESA’s specification and the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to. It sets out inspection, cleaning and record keeping, and it takes a risk-based approach.
What’s the right cleaning interval for a kitchen extract?
That comes down mainly to daily cooking hours. Heavy use of 12 to 16 hours a day calls for a clean at least every 3 months under BESA guidance, and lighter use less often. We will recommend a date after measuring the grease.
Do you clean the whole extract system or just the canopy?
Everything from canopy to discharge: canopy inside and out, plenum, grease filters, ductwork, risers, extract fan and discharge, plus attenuators where fitted. Anything we can’t reach is recorded on the report.
What do you need from me for a quote?
The site address, the type of premises and your opening hours, plus pictures of the system and your last certificate or report if you have one.