Kent · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in Eastwood, Kent
One call covers kitchen extract cleaning in Eastwood, from survey to sign-off. Fully insured, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001.
- Rancid smells from grease in the duct
- Proof of cleaning requested by an insurer
- An overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer
What kitchen extract cleaning looks like in Eastwood
Eastwood is about 38 miles from central London, well within the area we cover across London and the South East. The visit is fixed around your opening hours, not ours. Eastwood 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.
If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Eastwood (Leeds Castle is about 3.4 miles north-west), fitting access panels needs care.
Eastwood is about 7 miles south-east of Maidstone, in Kent. Eastwood gets the same approach as every site we work on: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where needed and a written report with photos. Eastwood is one of 922 towns, villages and districts in Kent we cover for kitchen extract cleaning. We also work in Maidstone, about 7 miles from Eastwood.
Here we cover the ME17 postcode area for kitchen extract cleaning. If your site is just outside Eastwood, we cover Broadstone (1 mile south-east), Grafty Green (1 mile east), Ulcombe (1 mile north-west), Fairbourne Heath (1 mile north) and Liverton Street (1 mile north-east). Within a short drive, we also cover Maidstone (7 miles north-west), Ashford (10 miles south-east), Sittingbourne (10 miles north), Faversham (12 miles north-east), Kings Hill (12 miles north-west) and Davington (12 miles north-east).
Near you in Eastwood
Around Eastwood, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near The Provender Public House, among other places. For rail, the closest station is Harrietsham station, roughly 2.8 miles north. Well-known places in the area include The Dog Collar Museum (3.2 miles north-west) and Coldbridge Castle (1.6 miles east).
About our kitchen extract cleaning in Eastwood
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. The work covers extract fans, discharge points and vertical risers, and people most often call us about an extract that no longer clears the smoke and an overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer. Canopy cleaning, extract cleaning and duct cleaning are often used to mean the same thing, but a proper TR19® clean in Eastwood covers all of it, from the hood to the fan.
Access decides how thorough a clean can be. Where a duct run has no panels, we say so on the report and can fit new ones.
Rural kitchens often have long, low duct runs through a roof space or along an outside wall, and those horizontal sections are where grease settles. Access, parking and timings are agreed before the day.
Good records are part of the job. Each visit is written up with pictures, covering the work done, any areas we couldn’t access and a recommended next date. Keep it with your fire safety records so it’s ready for an insurer, fire officer or EHO.
- Location
- Eastwood (ME17)
- Region
- Kent
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Eastwood questions
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Eastwood?
Kent Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Eastwood. A recent cleaning certificate and a note of the next clean date show that grease in the extract is being managed.
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Eastwood?
That is Maidstone council, whose environmental health officers carry out food hygiene inspections in Eastwood. It helps to keep the extract cleaning records with your food safety paperwork, so they’re ready if asked for.
Do insurers need proof of extract cleaning?
Many policies require TR19 cleaning, and insurers often ask to see the certificate. Without proof, a claim can be refused or reduced, so it’s worth checking your policy wording.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
By covering it before any work starts. The work is kept contained and leave the area clean.
What do I get after the clean?
Yes, a TR19 certificate, along with a photo report. It records what was cleaned, what wasn’t accessible and the recommended next clean date.
Can you price the work without visiting?
Usually, yes. Send wide shots, close-ups of any access panels and anything that worries you, and we typically come back within one working day. If pictures are not enough, we will survey first.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes, every time. We diagnose before we treat: the survey tells us what the system needs and how to reach it, and the quote is based on that.
Is Eastwood in your area?
Yes. We cover Eastwood and across Kent, as part of our work across South East England and London. To book, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us.
What your team can do, and what needs us
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
A few tasks are always specialist work: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease call for the right kit, training and safe access. That is our job.
Aftercare tips
Here’s the after-treatment advice, in brief:
- Give the canopy a daily wipe
- Never cook with filters missing or out of place
- Diarise the next clean as soon as you get the certificate
- Run the extract fan throughout cooking
A TR19 certificate notes the date, the location and the technician. Keep it in the maintenance log with your fire risk assessment so it’s ready when anyone asks to see it.
Stick to the cleaning interval on the certificate. If the kitchen starts cooking longer hours, the interval should be looked at again, and grease readings will show it.
For landlords and multi-site operators
From a single site to a large estate, the standard is the same: the system surveyed, the price fixed, the visit fitted around trading and everything written up afterwards.
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare in Eastwood and across Kent. Larger estates can be phased building by building to keep disruption down.
How the job changes from site to site
Extract fan and discharge
Some systems have attenuators to cut noise, and they hold grease. We clean what can be reached and note anything that can’t.
Ductwork and risers
Grease builds up most where the duct turns. We test at points like these before and after cleaning, so the report shows the difference.
When something else is needed
We’ll always give you a straight diagnosis, so here’s what this work cannot put right:
- An undersized canopy or fan
- Blocked drains from a neglected grease trap (a separate service)
- Damaged duct sections that need replacing
Not sure which it is? You can give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we will tell you honestly before you book.
What we work on in Eastwood
- Canopies and hoods
- Discharge points
- Horizontal duct runs
- Extract fans
- Plenums and filters
- Vertical risers
What we’re called out for in Eastwood
A lot of duct grease gets there because the filters let it through. Damaged, missing or overloaded filters let grease straight past, and it does not stop until it reaches the fan.
These are the problems we see most often:
- Stale cooking odours from the system
- A new tenancy or takeover with no cleaning history
- Cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey
- A system with no record of a TR19 clean
For schools such as Ulcombe Church of England Primary School, kitchen extract cleaning is normally booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
What to look for in a quote
- How they set the interval to the next visit
- What paperwork you get at the end
- How areas they cannot reach will be recorded
- Proof of insurance
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What happens on the day
Your staff do not need to do much on the day. A contact on site lets us in at the agreed time and points us to the system, and we take it from there. Before we leave, the area is tidied and the paperwork follows. If you can send photos, we can arrive in Eastwood knowing what to expect.
- 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.
Before we arrive
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
Ask for a quote
Need a price for kitchen extract cleaning? Please ring 0345 646 2711, or send details by email with a few details about the site. We’ll explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before anything is booked.