Kent · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in Denton, Kent
Need kitchen extract cleaning in Denton? We diagnose first, fix the price and book the work around your hours, finishing with a written report and pictures.
- Poor airflow at the canopy
- Ductwork thick with old, hardened grease
- An inspection that picked up a dirty extract
What affects the cost of kitchen extract cleaning
The diagnosis comes before the price. The main factors are:
- The number of sites or systems
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
- Travel, parking and unloading
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
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 any work starts, so there are no surprises.
What we need to know
A few details help us quote accurately. With your enquiry, please include:
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
Here’s what helps us quote: the address, the type of site and when it’s open, pictures of the system and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Once you have those, call 0345 646 2711, or email photos.
Commercial kitchen extraction cleaning in Denton
Many insurers ask for proof that the extract has been cleaned to TR19, and a claim can be refused or reduced without it. The certificate and photo report from each clean in Denton give you that record for the maintenance log. The work covers plenums and filters, horizontal duct runs and extract fans, and people most often call us about stale cooking odours from the system and grease drips onto cooking equipment. Most calls from Denton come after an insurer, an EHO or a fire officer asks to see the last TR19 certificate. Either way, the answer is the same: a proper clean and the paperwork to match.
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.
For a kitchen in or near Denton, the visit is planned around opening hours and the journey, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy to discharge, then a TR19® certificate and a photo report.
The paperwork matters as much as the work. Each visit is written up with pictures, listing what was done, anything we couldn’t reach and when the next visit is due. Keep it with your fire safety records so it’s ready for an insurer, fire officer or EHO.
- Location
- Denton (CT4)
- Region
- Kent
- Paperwork
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quote
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- When we work
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
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Why deal with it now?
After a fire, one of the first questions is often when the extract was last cleaned. Many insurers ask for proof of TR19 cleaning and may reduce or refuse a claim without it. A certificate in the file answers that question. Equipment tucked in a roof space or outbuilding near Denton rarely gets looked at unless someone books it.
No two sites are the same, so we price each one individually. The size of the job, how we reach it, its condition and the working hours all make a difference.
What you get with us
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
- A written report with photos after each visit
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
Take a look at how cleaning jobs are priced and how to check a contractor.
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. A few pictures of the system help us make the most of a visit to a place like Denton.
- You send pictures or we visit, and the system is surveyed from canopy to discharge.
- We take grease readings at set points and give you a fixed quote.
- The kitchen is closed, the equipment cooled and everything nearby protected.
- We work through the system from the canopy to the fan and discharge.
- We re-test, photograph and send your certificate and photo report.
Before we arrive
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Clear the space around the work
How to get a quote
Need a price for kitchen extract cleaning? Please call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email with a few details about the site. We will explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before you commit to anything.
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Common questions in Denton
Is Denton within the area you cover?
Yes, we work in villages as well as towns, and Denton is covered. Just mention lanes, gates or anything else about the site when you book.
Which fire authority looks after Denton?
Kent Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Denton. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
Do I have to clean my extract to TR19 by law?
Strictly, the legal duty comes from the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, not from TR19. TR19 is the industry benchmark for meeting that duty in a kitchen extract, and an insurer may refuse or reduce a claim without it.
Do you offer emergency callouts?
Yes, any time. If something urgent happens, like a fan failing or damage after a fire, call our 24/7 line, and we’ll advise on what to do next.
What paperwork comes with a kitchen extract clean?
You get both a certificate and a photo report. Keep them in the maintenance log with the fire risk assessment so they’re to hand when an insurer asks.
How often does a kitchen extract system need cleaning?
The minimum is set by BESA guidance on daily use, from 3-monthly to 12-monthly. Kitchens that fry or grill a lot may need cleaning sooner, which grease thickness testing will show.
What does TR19 mean?
TR19® is BESA’s specification for ventilation hygiene. TR19® Grease, a standalone specification since 2019, covers grease in kitchen extract systems, while TR19® Air covers other supply and extract ductwork.
Which parts of the extract do you clean?
Everything from canopy to discharge: canopy inside and out, plenum, grease filters, ductwork, risers, extract fan and discharge, plus attenuators where fitted. Any part without access is noted.
What the work involves, part by part
Restaurant and pub kitchens
Busy restaurant and pub kitchens often cook for long hours, frying and grilling, which can put them in BESA’s 3 or 6-monthly bands. We clean after close or before opening.
Grease filters
Gaps around filters let fat through to the duct. Each filter is checked as it goes back in, and flag any that don’t.
What kitchen extract cleaning cannot fix
Before booking, it helps to know what’s not included:
- A fan motor that has burnt out
- Fire dampers that will not close (that needs damper testing and remedials)
- Damaged duct sections that need replacing
If in doubt, call us on 0345 646 2711 or email us and we will say what we think before booking.
What we work on in Denton
- Plenums and filters
- Canopies and hoods
- Vertical risers
- Extract fans
- Horizontal duct runs
- Discharge points
What we’re called out for in Denton
Hours of cooking are the biggest factor. Under BESA guidance, heavy use of 12 to 16 hours a day means a clean at least every 3 months, moderate use every 6 months and light use every 12. They are minimums: measured grease levels set the real interval.
Most sites get in touch when they notice something like this:
- A kitchen with no current TR19 certificate
- Rancid smells from grease in the duct
- Grease dripping from the canopy or filters
- A TR19 certificate needed for the insurer
If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Denton (Acrise Place is about 3.4 miles south-west), fitting access panels needs care.
Before booking anyone
- Whether the figure could change on the day
- Proof of insurance
- How areas they can’t reach will be recorded
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or photos
Grease, kitchens and Denton
Look up Denton on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you’ll find about 3 restaurants, cafés and works canteens in and around Denton, up to about a mile and a half out. Each one that cooks under a canopy has an extract system that collects grease and needs regular cleaning. Denton sits within the area of 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. Kitchens in Denton get their food hygiene inspections from Canterbury City council. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked.
Where a hall near Church of St Mary Magdalene, or anywhere in Denton, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does.
Denton is about 6 miles north-west of Dover, in Kent. Denton gets the same approach as every site we work on: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where necessary and a written report with photos. Denton is one of 922 places in Kent we cover for kitchen extract cleaning. We also work in Maidstone, around 28 miles away.
Here we cover the CT4 postcode area for kitchen extract cleaning. Streets in the area include The Street and Canterbury Road, and we cover them all for kitchen extract cleaning. If your site is just outside Denton, we cover Lodge Lees (1 mile west), Wootton (1 mile south-east), Shelvin (1 mile east), Breach (1 mile west) and Selsted (2 miles south). Within a short drive, we also cover Ashford (13 miles west), Canterbury (8 miles north-west), Dover (6 miles south-east), Folkestone (7 miles south), Ramsgate (15 miles north-east) and Whitstable (13 miles north-west).
Local landmarks in Denton
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Jumping Downs and The Jackdaw Inn. The nearest railway station is Shepherds Well station, about 2.7 miles east. Open spaces near Denton include Cheriton Hill.
For landlords and multi-site operators
If you look after several sites, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Every building has its own written report, so each one has its own record.
Keeping records across a portfolio is half the battle. Each visit produces a dated report with photos, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.