Isle of Wight · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in Downend, Isle of Wight
Our technicians work in Downend on TR19 Grease cleaning of complete kitchen extract systems, from canopy to discharge. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports as standard.
- A kitchen with no current TR19 certificate
- A TR19 certificate needed for the insurer
- Grease drips onto cooking equipment
FAQs for Downend
Which fire authority looks after Downend?
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Downend. TR19® is not law, but it’s the benchmark many fire officers and insurers look to when they ask how often the extract is cleaned.
Which council inspects kitchens in Downend?
The local authority for Downend is Isle of Wight council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. Ratings are published by the Food Standards Agency, so a clean extract and good records are worth keeping up.
Can you set up regular visits?
Yes. We run scheduled maintenance contracts, set at the interval the system needs. Each report recommends when the next visit should be.
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.
What’s TR19?
TR19® is the BESA specification for keeping ventilation systems clean. Since 2019, TR19® Grease has been a standalone specification for grease in kitchen extract systems, and TR19® Air covers general supply and extract systems.
Are you accredited for kitchen extract cleaning?
We’re members of Vent Hygiene Elite, the scheme run by BESCA, and we clean to BESA TR19® Grease. We hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 too, and we are fully insured.
How often should a kitchen extract be cleaned?
It depends on how many hours a day the kitchen cooks. BESA’s minimums run from every 3 months for heavy use to every 12 months for light use. We will recommend a date after measuring the grease.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. We work across South East England and London, so we can schedule a run of sites on one programme. Each site gets its own report and pictures.
Commercial kitchen extraction cleaning in Downend
Many insurers ask for proof that the extract has been cleaned to TR19, and some may refuse or reduce a claim when it’s missing. For a kitchen in Downend, our certificate and photo report give you that record, ready for the fire risk assessment file. If you have stale cooking odours from the system and cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey, we can put it right. Whether you call it kitchen extract cleaning, TR19 cleaning or kitchen duct cleaning, it’s the job we do every week across the Isle of Wight.
Most kitchens in Downend 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.
Work in a small place like Downend starts with a call to agree access and timings, and the clean itself is the same full TR19® job as in any town: canopy, filters, duct, fan and discharge, with a certificate and photo report at the end.
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.
- Where
- Downend (PO30)
- Wider area
- Isle of Wight
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Price
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- When we work
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Multi-site and managed buildings
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Each visit produces a dated report with pictures, ready to show insurers, fire officers or EHOs.
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. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.
When something else is needed
Not every problem is solved by kitchen extract cleaning, and we will tell you before work begins. It does not solve:
- A fan motor that has burnt out
- Fat blocking the kitchen drains
- A canopy that is too small or a system that was badly designed
If you’re not sure, just ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we will give you a straight answer before booking.
Parts of the system we cover
- Canopies and hoods
- Discharge points
- Plenums and filters
- Horizontal duct runs
- Vertical risers
- Extract fans
What we are called out for in Downend
We often find duct sections that haven’t been cleaned since they were installed. Most of the time it’s because there were never enough access panels, so nobody could get to them. Grease in those sections keeps building out of sight.
Clients normally contact us after spotting something like this:
- An inspection that picked up a dirty extract
- A smoky, hot kitchen with weak extraction
- A kitchen taken over without any extract records
- Fat running down the canopy edge
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near St. George's Church or elsewhere in Downend, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
What your quote should include
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- Whether they’re fully insured
What happens on the day
Before we leave, we walk the area with whoever is on site. Anything we couldn’t reach or that needs attention is pointed out there and then, and it goes on the report too. The visit takes one visit for most kitchens, while large or complex systems may need more than one. Somewhere like Downend, lanes, gates and parking are worth mentioning in advance.
- Diagnosis comes first, with a survey of the system and how it’s reached.
- Grease readings set the baseline, and a fixed quote follows.
- After the kitchen closes, we sheet the area and set up to contain grease and water.
- The treatment: heavy grease scraped out, then every part 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
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Move anything stored near the system
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
Ask for a quote
The quickest way to a quote is to send pictures: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.
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Fixed quotes for kitchen extract cleaning in Downend
The survey tells us what the work involves. We look at:
- The times the site is available
- How big the system is
- A single visit or a regular plan
- Site rules, permits and inductions
Kitchens, offices, schools and hospitals are all priced the same way: the size of the job, access, condition and working hours. Call for a fixed quote and we’ll explain each part.
What we need to know
The more you tell us, the more accurate the quote. When you get in touch, it helps to send:
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- The site address and the type of premises
We don’t publish a price list, because no two systems are the same. Instead, we look at your site first, from photos or a survey, and then give you a fixed quote. To get going, call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email.
More services for Downend
Different parts, different methods
Schools, hospitals and care homes
School kitchens can look lightly used but still need a TR19 clean at least every 12 months under BESA guidance. School holidays are an easy time to do it.
Restaurant and pub kitchens
Losing a service isn’t an option for most restaurants and pubs. We work overnight and at weekends where that suits, and hand back a clean kitchen ready to cook.
Kitchen extract cleaning in Downend: the local picture
Food Standards Agency data counts about 4 restaurants, cafés and canteens within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Downend. Any of them cooking under a canopy is sending grease into its ductwork every service. It’s Isle of Wight council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Downend. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector. The fire and rescue service for Downend is Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order.
Arreton Manor, about 0.8 miles south, is one of the historic houses near Downend; if you run event catering at a venue like that, cleans can be booked between functions. Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Whitecroft Hospital is the nearest hospital to Downend, about 2.7 miles south-west.
Downend is about 2 miles east of Newport, in the Isle of Wight. From the centre of Downend to the outskirts, we cover kitchen extract cleaning for every kind of premises, from small sites to large estates. Our the Isle of Wight coverage runs to 125 places, Downend among them. Portsmouth is in our area too, around 11 miles away.
Kitchen extract cleaning in PO30 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. If you need kitchen extract cleaning at premises on Briddlesford Road and Long Lane or anywhere close by, we can help. If your site is just outside Downend, we cover Arreton (1 mile south), Merstone (2 miles south), Blackwater (2 miles south-west), Shide (2 miles west) and Newchurch (2 miles south-east). Within a short drive, we also cover Ryde (4 miles north-east), Cowes (5 miles north-west), Sandown (4 miles south-east), Shanklin (5 miles south-east), Ventnor (7 miles south) and East Cowes (5 miles north). If your site is somewhere remote, a little more planning is needed, so let us know when you get in touch.
Landmarks near Downend
In Downend, that means kitchens and buildings near The White Lion pub, among other places. For rail, the closest station is Smallbrook Junction station, about 4.3 miles east. Well-known places in the area include Carisbrooke Castle (3 miles west) and Whitecroft Hospital (2.7 miles south-west). The countryside around Downend includes Brading Down and Briddlesford Nature Reserve.
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 can’t safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, and that is where we come in.
Some jobs should never be done in-house: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease need training, the right equipment and safe access. That is our job.