Isle of Wight · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extraction cleaning in Forest Side
We cover Forest Side for 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 system with no record of a TR19 clean
- Heavy grease build-up inside the duct runs
- A new tenancy or takeover with no cleaning history
Kitchen extract cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Forest Side
A closed kitchen is not earning, so the timing of a clean matters. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends, or between services where the kitchen has a gap. With the equipment off and cool and the area sheeted, we clean and hand the kitchen back ready for the next service. Typical jobs include years of baked-on grease in the ducts and an extract that has never been cleaned to TR19, on horizontal duct runs, plenums and filters and canopies and hoods. When a restaurant in Forest Side asks for duct cleaning, it’s nearly always the kitchen extract they mean, and that is our main job: canopy to fan, to TR19® Grease.
Most kitchens in Forest Side fall into one of BESA’s three bands: every 3 months for 12–16 hours, every 6 months for 6–12 hours and every 12 months for 2–6 hours, with grease readings setting the real interval.
Work in a small place like Forest Side starts with a call to agree access and timings, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy to discharge, then a TR19® certificate and a photo report.
The report is your system’s health record: dated, with photos, and showing what was done. Grease extract cleans are also certificated to TR19® Grease through the BESCA VHE portal, ready for your insurer.
- Place
- Forest Side (PO30)
- Region
- Isle of Wight
- Records
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Price
- A fixed price before any work starts
- When we work
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
FAQs for Forest Side
Can you get to a site in Forest Side?
Yes, smaller places are covered as well as towns. Let us know about access, parking and anything unusual about getting there when you book.
Which fire authority looks after Forest Side?
Forest Side is in the area of Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
What does TR19 mean?
It’s BESA’s specification and the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to. It covers how systems are inspected, cleaned and checked and expects a risk-based approach.
Where does the waste go?
We take it away at the end of the visit. While we work, it’s kept contained to keep the area clean.
Are you accredited for kitchen extract cleaning?
We clean to BESA TR19® Grease as a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, and certificates go through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal. We’ve been trading since 2009.
How far ahead should we book?
The more notice, the better, especially for out-of-hours work. We typically quote within one working day, and emergencies are covered by our 24/7 line.
What do you need from me for a quote?
A short description and a few photos plus the address and your hours. If we need more, we’ll ask.
Is a quote from photos possible?
Yes, if we can see what we need. If not, a site survey comes first, and the quote follows that.
Part by part
Extract fan and discharge
At the end of the system is the discharge, which can collect grease and stain the surface around it. We clean it where it can be safely reached, and any limits are recorded.
Canopy and plenum
Behind the grease filters sits the plenum, which daily cleaning never reaches. With the filters out, the plenum is scraped and degreased.
Places near Forest Side
What else we do in Forest Side
Aftercare tips
How long the results last depends on use and care. Here’s what we suggest:
- File each certificate with the fire risk assessment
- Make sure every filter is fitted before cooking
- Keep the baffle filters clean
- Run the extract fan throughout cooking
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.
Report drips, smells or a noisy fan early. Drips, odours and fan noise often mean grease is building, and a grease thickness test can confirm it.
What affects the quote in Forest Side
Some jobs are bigger than they look, and some smaller. What affects the quote:
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
- Where the site is and how we reach it
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- The condition of the system
Putting the work off seldom saves money. Build-up, wear and faults tend to get worse, not better, which can make the next visit longer. If you are unsure, ring 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line for straight advice and a fixed quote.
Asking for a quote
To speed up the quote, please include:
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- The postcode and the type of business
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- Problems your staff have spotted
If you need kitchen extract cleaning in Forest Side, call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email. Let us know the site type and the opening hours, and send pictures or your last report if you can. A fixed quote usually follows within one working day.
Grease, kitchens and Forest Side
Food Standards Agency records list about 57 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 20 takeaways and sandwich shops in Forest Side and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Wherever food is cooked under a canopy, the extract above it gathers grease and needs cleaning on a schedule. Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service covers Forest Side. Fire and rescue authorities enforce the Fire Safety Order in most non-domestic premises, and in a kitchen that fire risk includes the grease in the extract. Food hygiene inspections in Forest Side are the job of Isle of Wight council’s environmental health team. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after.
If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like St Mary's Hospital about 1 mile east, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen. Bursars and site managers at schools such as Carisbrooke College tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty. Volunteers running a hall kitchen near St. Mary's Church, or anywhere in Forest Side, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Forest Side is about 1 mile north-west of Newport, in the Isle of Wight. We carry out kitchen extract cleaning for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Forest Side and the rest of the Isle of Wight. Forest Side is one of 125 towns, villages and districts in the Isle of Wight we cover for kitchen extract cleaning. Our Portsmouth page covers sites nearby, about 13 miles away.
All of PO30 is within our area for kitchen extract cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. Streets in the area include Forest Road and Gunville Road, all of which we cover for kitchen extract cleaning. Neighbouring places we cover for kitchen extract cleaning include Hunny Hill (1 mile east), Parkhurst (1 mile north-east), Noke Common (1 mile north-east), Porchfield (2 miles north-west) and Locksgreen (2 miles west). We also work in nearby towns such as Ryde (7 miles east), Cowes (4 miles north), Sandown (8 miles south-east), Shanklin (8 miles south-east), Ventnor (9 miles south-east) and East Cowes (4 miles north-east). If your site is somewhere remote, a little more planning is needed, so let us know when you get in touch.
Around Forest Side
Typical jobs here are in premises near Hunnyhill Primary School, Seaclose Park and Island Innovation VI Form Campus. A little further out are Carisbrooke Castle (1.3 miles south) and St Mary's Hospital (1 mile east). For a walk, there’s Mill Hill and Briddlesford Nature Reserve.
Why it’s worth doing now in Forest Side
Environmental health officers inspect food businesses, in Forest Side as everywhere else, and they look at the cleanliness of the premises and equipment, extraction included. Keeping the extract clean helps the whole kitchen pass muster. If the system at a site near Forest Side fails, there may be nowhere nearby to move to.
When the work has to happen, how we reach it and how big the site is can all change the price. We take each of them into account, and the price is fixed before work begins.
Why Forest Side businesses choose us
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
- A fixed price before any work starts
How the visit works
At the end of the visit, someone from your team can look over the work with us. We point out anything that couldn’t be reached or needs a follow-up, and it goes on the report too. The visit takes anything from a few hours to a full night, depending on the size of the system. If the van will struggle with a lane or gateway near Forest Side, let us know and we’ll plan around it.
- 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.
- We work through the system from the canopy to the fan and discharge.
- We re-test, photograph and send your certificate and photo report.
Preparing for the visit
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
Get a fixed quote
Want a quote for kitchen extract cleaning? Please call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and tell us about the site. We’ll explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before anything is booked.
Advice
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Some jobs should never be done in-house: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease call for the right kit, training and safe access. Leave those to us.
When your team notices a problem between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that won’t come clean, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We can diagnose it and quote.
When something else is needed
Some problems need a different service or another trade:
- A broken extract fan that will not run
- A damper that sticks or has a damaged link
- A canopy that is too small or a system that was badly designed
Not sure which it is? You can call 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we will tell you honestly before booking.
Parts of the system we cover
- Plenums and filters
- Vertical risers
- Canopies and hoods
- Extract fans
- Horizontal duct runs
- Discharge points