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Kitchen Extract Cleaning in Cowes
Kitchen extract cleaning for commercial sites in Cowes and across the Isle of Wight. BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease.
- A kitchen with no current TR19 certificate
- Grease drips onto cooking equipment
- Cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey
Commercial kitchen extraction cleaning in Cowes
Every time food is cooked, warm vapour carries fat up into the extract. As it cools, it clings to the inside of the ductwork and keeps building. That film is fuel, and cleaning the whole system is how you keep it under control. Typical jobs include a system with no record of a TR19 clean and years of baked-on grease in the ducts, across discharge points, extract fans and horizontal duct runs. If you need a kitchen extract clean in Cowes, one call covers the survey, the clean and the paperwork, wherever you are in the Isle of Wight.
Most kitchens in Cowes fall into one of BESA’s three bands: 3-monthly for heavy use, 6-monthly for moderate use and yearly for light use, adjusted by what the grease readings show.
In a town like Cowes, most of the kitchen extracts we’re asked about belong to restaurants, cafés, pubs, takeaways and school or care home kitchens. Each has a canopy, filters, ductwork and a fan to keep clear of grease, and each is cleaned to the same TR19® standard.
For insurers and inspectors, the record counts. So every job comes with a written report and pictures, plus a TR19® certificate through the BESCA VHE portal where the work is a TR19® Grease clean.
- Place
- Cowes (PO31)
- Region
- Isle of Wight
- Records
- Certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 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 single shift for most kitchens, with long duct runs and tall risers needing more time. We arrive in Cowes once you’ve closed and leave the site ready for the morning.
- Diagnosis comes first, with a survey of the system and how it’s reached.
- We record grease levels at set points, then fix the price.
- 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.
- Then the clean bill of health: readings, a TR19 certificate and a photo report with the next date.
Getting ready for the visit
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
Getting a quote
Need a price for kitchen extract cleaning? Please ring 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line with a few details about the site. We’ll explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before you commit to anything.
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Leave it or put it right?
Environmental health officers inspect food businesses, in Cowes as everywhere else, and they look at the cleanliness of the premises and equipment, extraction included. A clean extract is one less thing to worry about on the day. Grease, dust and wear all build up with time.
Leaving it longer rarely makes the work cheaper. Build-up, wear and faults tend to get worse, not better, and a neglected system can mean more work. If you are unsure, ring 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we’ll give you an honest view and a fixed quote.
What you get with us
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Every visit written up, with pictures
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
See our cost guide or our accreditations.
What staff can safely do
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, next to our reports.
Some jobs should never be done in-house: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings call for the right kit, training and safe access. That is our job.
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When it’s something else
Kitchen extract cleaning cannot fix everything, and we will tell you before we start. It does not solve:
- Faulty fire dampers in the duct
- A grease trap that needs emptying
- A duct that is holed or coming apart
Not sure which it is? You can call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we will tell you honestly.
What the work covers
- Canopies and hoods
- Extract fans
- Vertical risers
- Plenums and filters
- Horizontal duct runs
- Discharge points
Kitchen extract cleaning in Cowes: the local picture
Cowes lies within about 2 miles of the sea. Corrosion on the fan housing and cowl is worth a look at every clean, alongside the grease. Food Standards Agency records list about 49 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 9 takeaways in Cowes and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Any of them cooking under a canopy is sending grease into its ductwork every service. In Cowes, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Isle of Wight council. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after.
Where a hall near St. Faith's Church, or anywhere in Cowes, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does. If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like St Mary's Hospital about 3.2 miles south, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen.
Cowes is about 8 miles south-west of Gosport, in the Isle of Wight. Whatever kind of site you run in Cowes, we can take on kitchen extract cleaning. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so trading isn’t interrupted. Cowes is one of 125 towns, villages and districts in the Isle of Wight we cover for commercial clients. There’s also a page for Portsmouth, about 11 miles away.
Kitchen extract cleaning in PO31 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. If you need kitchen extract cleaning at premises on Church Road, Market Hill and High Street or anywhere close by, our technicians can take on the work. You’ll find Cowes on the A3020 and B3320, which makes it straightforward for our technicians to reach for kitchen extract cleaning. If your site is just outside Cowes, we cover Gurnard (1 mile west), Northwood (1 mile south), Rew Street (1 mile south-west), Noke Common (3 miles south) and Parkhurst (3 miles south). Further out, we also cover Newport (4 miles south), Ryde (7 miles east), Sandown (10 miles south-east), Shanklin (10 miles south-east), Ventnor (12 miles south) and Oakfield (7 miles east). Being one of the Isle of Wight’s larger places, Cowes has commercial sites of every size, all within our area for kitchen extract cleaning. For island and remote sites, the visit takes a little more planning, so let us know when you get in touch.
Near you in Cowes
In Cowes, that means kitchens and buildings near The Painters Arms, Isle of Wight Studio School and Cowes Enterprise College. A little further out are Isle of Wight Natural History Centre (0.5 miles south-west) and West Cowes Castle (0.7 miles north). Open spaces near Cowes include Briddlesford Nature Reserve and Mill Hill.
Cowes: your questions answered
Can sea air affect kitchen extract cleaning in Cowes?
Yes, to a degree: at about 2 miles from the coast, Cowes gets salt-laden air that corrodes metal faster. We look at fans, cowls and fixings for rust as well as grease.
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Cowes?
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Cowes. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
Will I get a certificate after the clean?
A TR19 certificate and a photo report. The certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal, and the report shows before and after pictures, readings, any areas not reached and the next clean date.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes. Our emergency line runs 24/7, for problems that can’t wait. Call us any time and explain what’s happened.
What types of premises do you cover?
All kinds of commercial and public premises: from restaurants, pubs and hotels to schools, hospitals, care homes, offices, shops and food production sites. We fit the work around how the site operates.
Do you cover Cowes?
Yes. We work across Greater London, Surrey, Kent, Sussex, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Hertfordshire and Essex, and that includes Cowes.
Why do insurers care about extract cleaning?
Many insurers ask for proof of regular cleaning to TR19, and many policies require it. An insurer may refuse or reduce a claim if there’s no evidence, so it’s worth checking your policy wording.
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. Your report gives a recommended next clean date.
Multi-site and managed buildings
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 send the paperwork to whoever needs it.
From a single site to a large estate, you get the same standard: a survey first, a fixed quote, the work timed around the site and a report with photos.
Part by part
Grease filters
Filters need cleaning far more often than the duct and we offer a filter exchange service for that. Clean filters slow the build-up further down the system.
Canopy and plenum
Canopies vary from a single hood to long runs over several appliances, every section is cleaned and recorded in the photo report before and after.
Signs you need kitchen extract cleaning in Cowes
What’s on the menu matters as much as how much is cooked. Fryers, grills and open flames throw much more fat into the extract than gentler cooking, which is why grease readings matter more than the calendar.
Clients normally contact us after spotting one of these:
- Stale cooking odours from the system
- An extract that no longer clears the smoke
- An extract that has never been cleaned to TR19
- An overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer
For schools such as Cowes Primary School, kitchen extract cleaning is normally booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
Questions to ask before booking
- Whether the price is fixed
- What paperwork you get at the end
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or pictures
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach