Medway · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in Grain, Medway
Need kitchen extract cleaning in Grain? We survey first, send you a fixed quote and work around your opening hours, then sign off with a report and pictures.
- Ductwork thick with old, hardened grease
- Cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey
- Rancid smells from grease in the duct
Common questions in Grain
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Grain?
Grain is in the area of Kent Fire and Rescue Service. Records of extract cleaning are a sensible thing to have ready if a fire safety officer carries out an audit.
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Grain?
That’s Medway council, whose environmental health officers carry out food hygiene inspections in Grain. An officer may look up into the canopy, so clean filters on the day and a recent certificate on file both help.
Is a quote from photos possible?
In many cases, yes. Photos of the system and the access, plus your opening hours and last report, are often enough. Larger or hidden systems need a survey on site first.
How do you protect the area?
By covering it before any work starts. We keep the work contained and leave the area clean.
Does the law say I must clean to TR19?
TR19 is not written into law, but the responsible person still has a legal duty under the Fire Safety Order 2005. TR19 is the standard insurers and fire officers expect, and many policies require it.
How often should a kitchen extract be cleaned?
BESA guidance gives minimum intervals of 3, 6 or 12 months, depending on daily cooking hours. Kitchens that fry or grill a lot may need cleaning sooner, and readings will tell you.
What does kitchen extract cleaning cost?
Every site is different, so each gets its own fixed quote. To get one, phone us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and tell us about the site and its opening hours.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes, always. We diagnose before we treat: the survey tells us what the system needs and how to reach it and the fixed quote is built on it.
How we handle kitchen extract cleaning in Grain
Few kitchens can stop cooking for a day so the extract can be cleaned. Cleans are booked for evenings, overnight or weekends, or during holidays where a site closes for them. 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 missing paperwork after a change of operator and a TR19 certificate needed for the insurer, across canopies and hoods, discharge points and plenums and filters. Most calls from Grain come after an insurer, an EHO or a fire officer asks to see the last TR19 certificate. Either way, the answer is the same: a proper clean and the paperwork to match.
A clean in Grain covers the canopy, plenum, filters, ductwork, risers and fan, then record anything that couldn’t be reached.
In a small place like Grain, kitchens are often in older or extended buildings, with long single-storey duct runs, where grease settles in the flat sections. We agree access and timings in advance.
We’re CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, we hold ISO 9001 and we are fully insured. We’re also a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, trading since 2009.
- Where
- Grain (ME3)
- Region
- Medway
- Records
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Quotes
- A fixed price before work begins
- Hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
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How it works
Your staff do not need to do much on the day. Someone lets us in at the agreed time and shows us where everything is, and the rest is down to us. Before we leave, the area is tidied and the paperwork follows. A quick note on how to find the site and where to park makes a visit to Grain run smoothly.
- Diagnosis comes first, with a survey of the system and how it’s reached.
- We record grease levels at set points, then fix the price.
- 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.
Getting ready for the visit
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Clear loose items from the work area
Get a fixed quote
Photos are enough for some jobs, while others need a look on site. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in pictures, get a survey first. Either way, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
Related advice
Why act early in Grain
Grease build-up causes everyday problems too. Blocked filters and narrowed ducts slow the airflow, leaving the kitchen hot and smoky, while the fan works harder to move less air. Grease drips, smells and condensation are common next. A fault that closes a site in a village like Grain affects everyone who depends on it.
What you pay reflects the actual work. That is why every job is surveyed first, and the price is agreed before work begins.
Why book with us
- A written report with pictures after each visit
- We’re fully insured
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
Take a look at how cleaning jobs are priced or how to check a contractor.
What staff can safely do
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
Keep a record of what your team does. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, alongside our reports.
Common problems we fix in Grain
Hours of cooking are the biggest factor. Under BESA guidance, heavy use of 12 to 16 hours a day means a clean at least every 3 months, moderate use every 6 months and light use every 12. They are minimums: measured grease levels set the real interval.
If you notice any of these, it’s worth a diagnosis:
- A kitchen with no current TR19 certificate
- Grease dripping from the canopy or filters
- Heavy grease build-up inside the duct runs
- An extract that no longer clears the smoke
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Church of St James, or anywhere in Grain, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Questions to ask before you book
- Whether a written report and pictures are included
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- How areas they can’t reach will be recorded
- How VAT is shown on the quote
When something else is needed
We’d rather tell you now than book work that will not help, so these are the things it won’t cover:
- A canopy that’s too small or a system that was badly designed
- Fat blocking the kitchen drains
- Faulty fire dampers in the duct
Not sure which it is? You can call us on 0345 646 2711 or email us and we will tell you honestly before you book.
Where we work
- Horizontal duct runs
- Plenums and filters
- Discharge points
- Vertical risers
- Canopies and hoods
- Extract fans
What kitchen extract cleaning looks like in Grain
The coast is only about 1 mile from Grain. Salt air speeds up corrosion of roof-level fans, discharge cowls and their fixings. In Grain, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Medway council. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. Grain is covered by Kent Fire and Rescue Service. 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.
School kitchens, at schools like St James Church of England Primary Academy for example, are normally cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost.
Grain is about 5 miles north-west of Minster, in Medway. Wherever you are in the ME3 postcode area, we can take on kitchen extract cleaning. Our area takes in 68 places across Medway, large and small. We also work in Maidstone, around 15 miles away.
Every address in ME3 is covered for kitchen extract cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. Local streets include High Street, Power Station Road and Chapel Road, and we cover them all for kitchen extract cleaning. We also cover the places around Grain: Wallend (1 mile west), Blue Town (2 miles south-east), Sheerness (2 miles south-east), Queenborough (3 miles south-east) and Rushenden (3 miles south). Larger places within reach include Gillingham (8 miles south-west), Chatham (10 miles south-west), Rochester (10 miles south-west), Rainham (8 miles south-west), Strood (11 miles south-west) and Luton (10 miles south-west).
What’s near Grain
Typical jobs here are in premises near The Hogarth Inn and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Sheerness-On-Sea station, roughly 2.1 miles south-east. Other landmarks nearby include Bluetown Heritage Centre (1.8 miles south-east).
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Whether it’s one building or many, the standard is the same: a survey first, a fixed quote, the work timed around the site and a report with photos.
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works and we will come back with a fixed quote.
Different parts, different methods
Canopy and plenum
Whether it’s one hood or a long island canopy, each section is cleaned and photographed before and after.
Extract fan and discharge
The fan pulls the air through the whole system, and grease that gets past everything else ends up on its blades. We isolate it, open it up and degrease it.