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Kitchen Extract Cleaning in East Cowes
Kitchen extract cleaning in East Cowes, surveyed first and signed off with a written report and photos. Call for a fixed quote.
- An extract that no longer clears the smoke
- Missing paperwork after a change of operator
- Years of baked-on grease in the ducts
How the job changes from site to site
Ductwork and risers
Vertical risers carry the air up through the building, and grease often collects at the bottom of them. Access panels along the riser let us clean it in sections.
Grease filters
Filters need cleaning far more often than the duct, and a filter exchange service can take that off your hands. Keeping them clean helps the rest of the system stay cleaner.
About our kitchen extract cleaning in East Cowes
A closed kitchen isn’t earning, so the timing of a clean matters. Cleans are booked for evenings, overnight or weekends, or between services where the kitchen has a gap. Equipment is switched off and left to cool, the area is sheeted, and the kitchen is handed back ready to cook. Typical jobs include rancid smells from grease in the duct and a kitchen taken over without any extract records, on extract fans, canopies and hoods and plenums and filters. Most calls from East Cowes come after an insurer, an EHO or a fire officer asks to see the last TR19 certificate. We handle the clean and the paperwork in one visit.
The fire risk in a kitchen extract sits in the parts nobody sees: the plenum, the duct and the fan, so that’s where most of the work in East Cowes goes.
Kitchens around a place like East Cowes are often in older buildings or single-storey extensions, with the duct running through a roof space or up an outside wall. Flat runs collect grease and need proper access to clean.
We are CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, we hold ISO 9001 and we’re fully insured. We’re also a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we’ve been trading since 2009.
- Location
- East Cowes (PO32)
- Wider area
- Isle of Wight
- Paperwork
- Certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed price before work begins
- Hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
When something else is needed
Before booking, it helps to know what’s not included:
- Ductwork that is corroded, split or leaking (that’s for a ductwork contractor)
- A broken extract fan that won’t run
- 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 us and we will give you a straight answer before you book.
What the work covers
- Plenums and filters
- Extract fans
- Horizontal duct runs
- Vertical risers
- Canopies and hoods
- Discharge points
When to call us in East Cowes
The type of cooking changes the amount of grease. 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.
Look out for any of the following:
- Grease dripping from the canopy or filters
- A TR19 certificate needed for the insurer
- An extract that has never been cleaned to TR19
- Ductwork thick with old, hardened grease
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near St James's Church or elsewhere in East Cowes, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
Before you book anyone
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
- What records you will receive afterwards
- If they look at the system before pricing
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
Grease, kitchens and East Cowes
Sea air reaches East Cowes, which sits within about 1 mile of the coast. Salt air speeds up corrosion of roof-level fans, discharge cowls and their fixings. The FSA’s data shows about 26 bars, pubs and nightclubs and about 11 hotels, B&Bs and guest houses registered within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of East Cowes. A pub or hotel kitchen that cooks every day builds up grease in its extract like any other. The fire and rescue service for East Cowes is Hampshire and Isle of Wight 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.
Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as St Mary's Hospital (about 3.1 miles south), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands. If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around East Cowes (Osborne House is about 0.6 miles east), fitting access panels needs care.
East Cowes is about 4 miles north of Newport, in the Isle of Wight. If you need kitchen extract cleaning in East Cowes, please call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email for a fixed quote. Our area covers London and the South East, including East Cowes. Our the Isle of Wight coverage runs to 125 places, and East Cowes is one of them. Portsmouth is in our area too, around 10 miles away.
Work in PO32 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. If you need kitchen extract cleaning at premises on Connaught Road, Orchard Road and Princess Close or a nearby road, we can help. With the A3021 and B3321 close by, East Cowes is simple for us to get to at any hour. Nearby, we also carry out kitchen extract cleaning in Whippingham (1 mile south-east), Wootton (3 miles south-east), Fairlee (3 miles south), Hillgrove (3 miles south-east) and Fishbourne (3 miles south-east). Larger places within reach include Newport (4 miles south), Ryde (6 miles east), Sandown (9 miles south-east), Shanklin (10 miles south-east), Ventnor (11 miles south) and Oakfield (6 miles east). As one of the bigger places in the Isle of Wight, East Cowes has commercial sites of every size, and we cover all of them for kitchen extract cleaning. Island and remote sites take a little more planning, so please mention your location when you call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line.
Around East Cowes
In East Cowes, that means kitchens and buildings near Holy Cross Catholic Primary School and Prince of Wales pub, among other places. Other landmarks nearby include Sir Max Aitken Museum (1 mile north-west) and East Cowes Castle (0.9 miles north). Not far away are Briddlesford Nature Reserve and Mill Hill.
Why it’s worth doing now in East Cowes
There’s no law that names TR19, but the Fire Safety Order 2005 still applies. It puts a duty on the responsible person to assess and reduce fire risk, and in a kitchen that means keeping extract grease under control. TR19 is the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to. Light use slows the build-up but doesn’t stop it.
No two sites are the same, so each one gets its own fixed quote. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all make a difference.
Why us?
- Photo reports with every job
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
FAQs for East Cowes
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in East Cowes?
That is Isle of Wight council, whose environmental health officers carry out food hygiene inspections in East Cowes. Ratings are published by the Food Standards Agency, so a clean extract and good records are worth keeping up.
Which fire authority looks after East Cowes?
It’s Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service, which covers East Cowes. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
What about areas you cannot get to?
We record them on the report, with photos where possible, and we explain what access is needed, for example new access panels.
Which sectors do you work in?
We work for restaurants, pubs, hotels, schools, colleges, hospitals, care homes, offices and shops, plus food production and leisure sites.
How much does kitchen extract cleaning cost?
The cost depends on the size of the system, its condition, access and timing. Call for a fixed quote, normally ready within one working day.
What accreditations do you hold?
We are 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’re fully insured.
Does the law say I must clean to TR19?
TR19® itself isn’t law. Under the Fire Safety Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, and TR19 is the benchmark used to show extract grease is under control.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes, every time. We diagnose before we treat: the survey shows what needs doing and what access we need, and the quote is based on that.
Between visits
Simple habits between visits make a real difference. We recommend:
- Don’t let the canopy gutters overflow
- Wash or exchange the filters often
- Give the canopy a daily wipe
- Keep the TR19 certificate and photo report in the maintenance log
The certificate records when the clean was done, where and by whom. Keep it in the maintenance log with your fire risk assessment so it’s ready when anyone asks to see it.
Run the extract whenever the kitchen is cooking. Switching it off early leaves vapour to settle on the canopy and plenum, and the next clean has more to do.
How we price kitchen extract cleaning
Before we fix a price, we need to know a few things. We look at:
- The condition of the system
- The number of sites or systems
- How easy every part is to reach
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
Whatever the type of site, the quote works the same way: the size of the job, access, condition and working hours. Ask for a fixed quote and we’ll go through it with you.
What to send for a quote
To speed up the quote, please include:
- The site address and the type of premises
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- A few general shots of the system
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
If you need kitchen extract cleaning in East Cowes, call 0345 646 2711 or send us an email. Tell us what kind of premises it is and when it’s open, plus photos or the previous report if they’re to hand. A fixed quote normally follows within one working day.
What happens on the day
We work around your opening hours, not the other way round. We book the visit for a time the area is closed, whether that’s an evening, overnight or a weekend. When the team arrives, the work area is protected and the relevant equipment is switched off to cool, and the work takes a single shift for most kitchens, with long duct runs and tall risers needing more time. In a smaller place like East Cowes, parking is rarely the issue, but tell us about gates, roof access and opening hours.
- First the diagnosis: a survey of the whole system and its access points.
- 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.
- Heavy deposits are scraped by hand and the system degreased to TR19® Grease.
- The sign-off: post-clean readings, a TR19 certificate and a photo report with the next clean date.
How to prepare
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
How to get a quote
Some systems can be priced from pictures; others need a survey. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in photos, get a survey first. Either way, you get a fixed price before work begins.