Kent · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in Ditton, Kent
Looking for kitchen extract cleaning in Ditton? We survey first, give you a fixed quote and work around your opening hours, then sign off with a report and photos.
- Fat running down the canopy edge
- Heavy grease build-up inside the duct runs
- Stale cooking odours from the system
Leave it or put it right?
Any food business in Ditton can expect visits from the council’s environmental health officers, and they look at the cleanliness of the premises and equipment, extraction included. Keeping the extract clean helps the whole kitchen pass muster. You choose the date of a planned visit, and a breakdown never asks.
You will not find a price list here, because each job is priced on what it involves. For a fixed quote, call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email, and we’ll talk you through it.
Why book with us
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
- Trading since 2009
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
See how cleaning jobs are priced and our accreditations and certificates.
Kitchen extract cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Ditton
A closed kitchen is not earning, so the timing of a clean matters. Cleans are booked for evenings, overnight or weekends, or during holidays where a site closes for them. With the equipment off and cool and the area sheeted, we clean and hand the kitchen back ready for the next service. The work covers vertical risers, horizontal duct runs and extract fans, and people most often call us about grease drips onto cooking equipment and missing paperwork after a change of operator. Kitchen extract cleaning, TR19 cleaning, extraction cleaning: whatever you call it, in Ditton it means the same thing to us: the whole system, cleaned and certificated.
Kitchens that fry and grill hardest need the most frequent cleans, so we look at the menu as well as the opening hours when we suggest the next date.
In a smaller place like Ditton, many kitchens sit in older buildings or later extensions, with the duct running through a roof space or up an outside wall. Flat runs collect grease and need proper access to clean.
Duct Doctor has 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’re fully insured.
- Where
- Ditton (ME20)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed price before work begins
- Hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
When to call us in Ditton
A kitchen in Ditton builds up grease in the same places as any other: in long flat runs, at bends and changes of direction, and in the fan housing. The cooler the duct, the more grease drops out of the air.
If you notice any of these, it’s worth a diagnosis:
- Grease drips onto cooking equipment
- A system with no record of a TR19 clean
- An overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer
- A new tenancy or takeover with no cleaning history
Term dates shape school work: for a school like Ditton Infant School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
Before booking anyone
- If they look at the system before pricing
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
- Proof of insurance
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
Also in Ditton
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Running several sites is easier with one contractor. We work across London and the South East, so a run of sites can go into one programme and kept to a regular schedule.
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Each visit ends with a dated report and photos, ready to show insurers, fire officers or EHOs.
Ditton questions
Do you clean school canteen extracts around Ditton out of term?
Yes, out-of-term visits are normal for schools. Around Ditton, the Food Standards Agency lists about 12 schools and colleges with registered kitchens within a mile and a half or so. Tell us your holiday dates and we’ll book the visit for when the site is empty.
Which environmental health team covers Ditton?
The local authority for Ditton is Tonbridge and Malling council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. It helps to keep the extract cleaning records with your food safety paperwork, so they’re ready if asked for.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
Commercial premises of every kind: from restaurants, pubs and hotels to schools, hospitals, care homes, offices, shops and food production sites. Work is timed around how each site runs.
Will the clean disrupt our service?
The clean is done when the kitchen is not cooking, working evenings, overnight or at weekends to suit you. We need the equipment switched off and cooled first.
Do you work in Ditton?
Yes. Ditton is part of the area we cover, within the South East and London area we cover.
What do you do to protect the area?
We cover floors and nearby surfaces with sheeting before work begins, and waste is contained as we go. Before we leave, we tidy up and clean down.
What should I send you?
Some photos and a quick description of the system plus the address and your hours. We’ll ask for anything else we need.
Can you come out in an emergency?
Yes, 24/7. Office hours are Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm, and the emergency line covers the rest.
Looking after it afterwards
How long the results last depends on use and care. Here’s what we suggest:
- Empty any grease troughs or cups on the canopy
- Keep the TR19 certificate and photo report in the maintenance log
- Wash or exchange the filters often
- Tell us when the extract starts to drip or smell
The kitchen is left clean and ready for the next service. Waste grease and water are contained and removed, 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.
Kitchen extract cleaning around Ditton
The FSA’s food hygiene register includes about 10 pubs and bars within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Ditton. Wherever they cook, the canopy, duct and fan collect grease just as a restaurant’s do. Fire safety in Ditton falls to Kent Fire and Rescue Service. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk. It’s Tonbridge and Malling council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Ditton. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked.
Commuter trade near Aylesford station can mean long cooking hours, and long hours put a kitchen into BESA’s more frequent cleaning bands. Where a hall near St Peter's Church, or anywhere in Ditton, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does.
Ditton is about 4 miles north-west of Maidstone, in Kent. From the centre of Ditton to the outskirts, we cover kitchen extract cleaning for every kind of premises, from a single unit to a large public building. Ditton is one of 922 places in Kent where we work for kitchen extract cleaning.
Work in ME20 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. Whether your site is on London Road, Station Road and Scott Close or a nearby road, our technicians can take on the work. Neighbouring places we cover for kitchen extract cleaning include Aylesford (1 mile east), East Malling (1 mile west), Well Street (1 mile south-west), Allington (2 miles east) and West Malling (2 miles west). Within a short drive, we also cover Maidstone (4 miles south-east), Sittingbourne (13 miles east), Dartford (14 miles north-west), Sevenoaks (12 miles west), Royal Tunbridge Wells (14 miles south-west) and Gravesend (10 miles north).
Landmarks near Ditton
Typical jobs here are in premises near Aylesford School, The Malling School and Kentish Quarryman pub and the streets around them. Ditton’s nearest station is Aylesford station, about 0.6 miles north-east. A little further out are Leybourne Castle (1.6 miles north-west) and Fremlin Walk (3.1 miles south-east). Green spaces nearby include Burham Down and Blue Bell Hill.
What we do, step by step
We work around your opening hours, not the other way round. Most visits are booked for when the area is out of use, such as evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends. When the team arrives, the work area is protected and the relevant equipment is switched off to cool, and the work takes as long as the system needs, from a few hours to several planned visits. Tell us about any gates, ladders or locked plant areas at your site near Ditton when you book.
- You send pictures 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.
- We re-test, photograph and send your certificate and photo report.
Preparing for the visit
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
- Clear the space around the work
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
Ask for a quote
We do not publish a price list, because every site is different. We look at your system first, from photos or on a visit, and then give you a fixed quote. To start, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.
Related advice
Different parts, different methods
Canopy and plenum
Grease meets the system first at the canopy and the plenum behind the filters. We clean both inside and out, including the filter housing.
Ductwork and risers
Bends and changes of direction trap more grease than straight runs. Those are among the points where we take readings before and after, so the report shows the difference.
What affects the quote in Ditton
Before we fix a price, we need to know a few things. We look at:
- Where the site is and how we reach it
- The scale of the work
- Any permits to work or inductions
- The times the site is available
Several systems or sites on one quote often makes better use of the time. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at and we’ll price it together.
Asking for a quote
Many jobs can be priced from photos and some basics. Send what you can of the following:
- The site address and the type of premises
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- Any previous report or certificate
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
To help us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, a few pictures and any previous report or certificate. Then call 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.