Kent · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in Goose Green, Kent
Kitchen extract cleaning across Goose Green and nearby, booked around your opening hours and finished with a written report and pictures.
- Fat running down the canopy edge
- Extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit
- A kitchen taken over without any extract records
What we do, step by step
There are three stages on the day: set-up, the treatment itself and the sign-off. Getting ready means protecting surfaces and switching off what needs to be off, and the sign-off is a written report with pictures. The middle part takes longest, which takes as long as the system needs, from a few hours to several planned visits. If the van will struggle with a lane or gateway near Goose Green, let us know and we’ll plan around it.
- We survey the system, from your pictures or on site, 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.
- Readings are repeated, photos taken, and your TR19 certificate and photo report issued.
Before we arrive
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
Get a fixed quote
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: the system from a couple of angles, plus any access panels or hatches. Add the site type and your opening hours, and we can price many jobs without a visit.
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About our kitchen extract cleaning in Goose Green
The ducts are where most of the grease hides. We reach horizontal runs and vertical risers through access panels, scraping heavy deposits by hand before degreasing. Anything out of reach is noted in the report, and new panels can be fitted. We are often asked to deal with extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit and years of baked-on grease in the ducts, across extract fans, plenums and filters and canopies and hoods. Some call it canopy cleaning, others extract cleaning or duct cleaning, but in Goose Green, as everywhere, the insurer wants the full system cleaned, not just the hood.
We clean every reachable part of the system in Goose Green: canopy, plenum, filters, ducts, risers and fan, then record anything that couldn’t be reached.
Work in a small place like Goose Green 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.
Nothing is signed off by word of mouth: a dated report with photos of the work, and for TR19® Grease cleans, a certificate issued through the BESCA VHE portal. It shows what was done and what, if anything, couldn’t be reached.
- Where
- Goose Green (TN11)
- Region
- Kent
- Records
- Certificate and photo report
- Price
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- Working hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
What kitchen extract cleaning looks like in Goose Green
According to Food Standards Agency records, there are about 4 pubs, bars and clubs within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Goose Green. Wherever they cook, the canopy, duct and fan collect grease just as a restaurant’s do. In Goose Green, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Tonbridge and Malling council. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. Before-and-after photos from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. Kent Fire and Rescue Service covers Goose Green. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk.
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Church of St Dunstan or elsewhere in Goose Green, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event. Healthcare kitchens can’t easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Goose Green is Tonbridge Cottage Hospital, about 5.3 miles south-west.
Goose Green is about 4 miles north-east of Tonbridge, in Kent. We provide kitchen extract cleaning for commercial premises of every kind in Goose Green and the rest of Kent. Goose Green is one of 922 towns, villages and districts in Kent we cover for commercial clients. Maidstone is in our area too, about 8 miles from Goose Green.
Kitchen extract cleaning in TN11 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. Nearby, we also carry out kitchen extract cleaning in Hadlow (1 mile south-west), West Peckham (1 mile north), Peckham Bush (1 mile south-east), Swanton (2 miles north) and Golden Green (2 miles south). Further out, we also cover Maidstone (8 miles east), Sevenoaks (8 miles north-west), Royal Tunbridge Wells (8 miles south-west), Gravesend (14 miles north), Tonbridge (4 miles south-west) and Northfleet (14 miles north).
Landmarks near Goose Green
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to The Harrow pub, Hadlow Rural Community School and Hadlow College, among other places. The closest station to Goose Green is Yalding station, about 2.5 miles east. Other landmarks nearby include Tonbridge Castle (4.4 miles south-west) and Tonbridge Cottage Hospital (5.3 miles south-west).
Why deal with it now?
TR19® is not law, but the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 is. It puts a duty on the responsible person to assess and reduce fire risk, which in a kitchen includes the grease in the extract. TR19 is the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to. Our emergency line runs 24/7, but a planned visit to Goose Green is calmer for everyone.
Working hours, access and the scale of the site can all change the price. Each of those is built into the quote and give you a fixed price before work begins.
Why us?
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
- We diagnose before we treat
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Trading since 2009
See our cost guide or our accreditations.
Towns and villages near Goose Green
Other services in Goose Green
How the job changes from site to site
Canopy and plenum
The plenum is out of sight behind the filters, so it’s easy to forget. We take the filters out and clean the plenum and housing thoroughly.
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. Holidays make it simple to schedule.
Multi-site and managed buildings
Where a tenant occupies the premises but the landlord owns the building, the lease normally sets out who maintains what. We’re happy to deal with either side and send the paperwork to whoever needs it.
Keeping records across a portfolio is half the battle. Each visit ends with a dated report and pictures, ready to show insurers, fire officers or EHOs.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, alongside our reports.
Staff cleaning and specialist work are not the same thing. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but they don’t reach the grease that builds up further in. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
Common problems we fix in Goose Green
A kitchen in Goose Green builds up grease in the same places as any other: long horizontal runs, bends, the base of risers and around the fan. The cooler the duct, the more grease drops out of the air.
The symptoms we are asked about most are:
- Heavy grease build-up inside the duct runs
- Stale cooking odours from the system
- Extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit
- A kitchen taken over without any extract records
Bursars and site managers at schools such as Hadlow Primary School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
Questions to ask before you book
- Whether the figure could change on the day
- Whether a survey comes first
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
- How VAT is shown on the quote
Questions from Goose Green
Can you clean school kitchen extracts in Goose Green during the holidays?
Yes. Half-terms and the summer break are the natural time for school work. With about 4 schools and colleges on the FSA’s register within roughly a mile and a half of Goose Green, it pays to plan holiday dates ahead. Send us your term dates when you call us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos, and we’ll fit the work in.
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Goose Green?
Kent Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Goose Green. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
How long will the clean take?
A small kitchen with a short duct can be done in a few hours, but large systems may be spread over more than one visit. We’ll tell you how long when we quote.
What does TR19 mean?
TR19® is the BESA specification for keeping ventilation systems clean. TR19® Grease, a standalone specification since 2019, covers grease in kitchen extract systems, and TR19® Air covers general supply and extract systems.
What happens to the waste?
We contain it and take it with us. We collect grease, debris and waste water as we go, so it does not spread.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes, always. Diagnosis comes before treatment: the survey tells us what the system needs and how to reach it, and the quote is based on that.
What types of premises do you cover?
Restaurants and pubs, hotels, schools and colleges, hospitals and care homes, offices and retail, as well as food production and leisure sites.
Can you come out in an emergency?
Yes, 24/7. Our office is open from 8am to 6pm on weekdays, with the emergency line covering every other hour.
Looking after it afterwards
A little care between visits keeps the system in better shape. We recommend:
- Clean grease off the canopy surfaces regularly
- Flag any change in how the extract sounds or works
- Run the extract fan throughout cooking
- Refit filters properly after cleaning
You leave with a date for the next clean, set from your daily cooking hours and the readings we took. A 3, 6 or 12-monthly maintenance plan keeps it on track, so the date isn’t missed.
Clean the grease filters often, not just on clean day. Clean, well-fitted filters catch more fat before it reaches the duct, so the ductwork stays cleaner for longer.