Kent · Kitchen extract cleaning
TR19 kitchen extract cleaning in Greatness
Kitchen extract cleaning for Greatness, with a survey first and a report with pictures at the end. Ask us for a fixed quote.
- Heavy grease build-up inside the duct runs
- Grease drips onto cooking equipment
- An overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer
Kitchen duct cleaning in Greatness
Not sure when the extract was last cleaned, or by whom? Just phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email with pictures of the canopy and filters, and you will have a fixed quote for kitchen extract cleaning in Greatness, typically within one working day. If you have poor airflow at the canopy and proof of cleaning requested by an insurer, we can help, from canopies and hoods, discharge points and vertical risers onwards. For TR19 kitchen extract cleaning in Greatness, one call covers the survey, the clean and the paperwork.
Each job starts with a look at where grease has built up: grease readings at set points tell us where the heaviest deposits are, and readings afterwards go into your report.
Kitchens around a place like Greatness are often in older buildings or single-storey extensions, where the duct may cross a roof void or climb an outside wall. Long horizontal runs like that hold grease and need access panels to reach.
Each visit ends with a written report and pictures, so there’s a dated record of the work. Kitchen extract cleaning to TR19® Grease is certificated through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Where
- Greatness (TN13, TN14, TN15)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Reporting
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
What your team can do, and what needs us
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, alongside our reports.
When your team notices a problem between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We can diagnose it and quote.
Grease, kitchens and Greatness
The FSA’s data shows about 11 pubs and bars and about 3 hotels and B&Bs registered within about 1.5 miles of central Greatness. Breakfasts, bar meals and functions all put grease into the extract wherever they’re cooked. It’s Sevenoaks council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Greatness. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready. Kent Fire and Rescue Service covers Greatness. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel.
School kitchens, at schools like St John's Church of England Primary School for example, are typically cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost. Commuter trade near Bat & Ball station can mean long cooking hours, and long hours put a kitchen into BESA’s more frequent cleaning bands.
Greatness is about 1 mile north-east of Sevenoaks, in Kent. Anywhere in TN13, we cover kitchen extract cleaning for commercial sites. Greatness is one of 922 towns, villages and districts in Kent where we work for commercial clients. For sites nearby, see our Maidstone page, about 14 miles away.
Here we cover the TN13, TN14 and TN15 postcode area for kitchen extract cleaning. We cover sites on Seal Road, Mill Lane and Sandy Lane and the roads around them. Nearby, we also carry out kitchen extract cleaning in Seal (1 mile east), Godden Green (2 miles south-east), Styants Bottom (3 miles east), Bitchet Green (3 miles south-east) and Stone Street (3 miles south-east). Larger places within reach include Maidstone (14 miles east), Dartford (11 miles north), Royal Tunbridge Wells (11 miles south), Gravesend (12 miles north-east), Tonbridge (7 miles south-east) and Northfleet (12 miles north-east).
Around Greatness
Typical jobs here are in premises near The Old Bat and Ball pub, Wildernesse School and Knole Academy and the streets around them. Greatness has its own railway station: Bat & Ball station. Other landmarks nearby include Sevenoaks Museum (1.3 miles south) and Kemsing Castle Bank (1.7 miles north-east). Green spaces nearby include Dryhill Nature Reserve.
What a clean will not put right
Not every problem is solved by kitchen extract cleaning, and we’d rather say so up front. It will not put right:
- Faulty fire dampers in the duct
- A canopy that’s too small or a system that was badly designed
- A fan motor that has burnt out
If you are not sure, just call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we’ll give you a straight answer.
What the work covers
- Vertical risers
- Plenums and filters
- Extract fans
- Canopies and hoods
- Horizontal duct runs
- Discharge points
What we do, step by step
At the end of the visit, someone from your team can look over the work with us. Anything we couldn’t reach or that needs attention is pointed out there and then, and the same goes into the written report. The visit takes a single shift for most kitchens, with long duct runs and tall risers needing more time. Visits to a place like Greatness are planned ahead, so we arrive with what the survey says the job needs.
- First the diagnosis: a survey of the whole system and its access points.
- We record grease levels at set points, then fix the price.
- We arrive after close, protect the area and contain the waste.
- The treatment: heavy grease scraped out, then every part 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
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
Ask for a quote
If you need kitchen extract cleaning in Greatness, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line. Tell us what kind of premises it is and when it’s open, and send photos or your last report if you can. We normally send a fixed quote within one working day.
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What affects the cost of kitchen extract cleaning
Sites vary more than people expect. What affects the quote:
- How big the system is
- Any permits to work or inductions
- The condition of the system
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
A single site or a whole portfolio, we price it on the same basis: the work involved, the access and the timing. You will have a fixed price before work begins.
What we need to know
We can often survey from photos. Try to include:
- Problems your staff have spotted
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: the system from a couple of angles, plus any access panels or hatches. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.
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What else we do in Greatness
Greatness questions
Which environmental health team covers Greatness?
Food hygiene inspections in Greatness are carried out by Sevenoaks council. How often a business is inspected depends on the risk rating the council gives it, so it’s worth staying ready all year.
Can you come to Greatness after we close?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. The work in Greatness can fit around your hours. Your opening times are the first thing we ask for.
What information do you need?
Where the site is, what it is and when it’s open, plus photos of the system and your last certificate or report if you have one.
Can you quote from pictures?
Yes, if we can see what we need. If not, a site survey comes first, and the quote follows that.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
Restaurants and pubs, hotels, schools and colleges, hospitals and care homes, offices and retail, plus food production and leisure sites.
Do insurers need proof of extract cleaning?
Because a dirty extract can spread a fire through a building. Many insurers require TR19 cleaning, and may refuse or reduce a claim without proof, so keep every certificate.
Can you look after several sites?
Yes. Send the list of sites and the work at each and you will get one fixed quote.
Where does the waste go?
We contain it and take it with us. We collect grease, debris and waste water as we go, so it does not spread.
Looking after it afterwards
A little care between visits keeps the system in better shape. We recommend:
- Refit filters properly after cleaning
- Tell us when the extract starts to drip or smell
- Clean grease off the canopy surfaces regularly
- 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.
Book the next clean before the last one runs out. If the kitchen starts cooking longer hours, the interval should be looked at again, and grease readings will show it.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Greatness
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare across Kent. Work can be phased by floor, building or site around the people who use them.
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Each visit produces a dated report with pictures, ready to show insurers, fire officers or EHOs.
Do you need kitchen extract cleaning in Greatness?
Grease in the extract matters because it burns. Flames from a pan or grill can be pulled into the canopy by the fan, where burning grease can carry a fire along the ducts and into other parts of the building. For a kitchen in Greatness, keeping that fuel under control is part of the fire risk assessment.
It’s time to book a visit if you see:
- Grease dripping from the canopy or filters
- Missing paperwork after a change of operator
- Rancid smells from grease in the duct
- A smoky, hot kitchen with weak extraction
If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Sevenoaks Hospital about under half a mile south-west, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen.
Before booking anyone
- Proof of accreditation you can verify
- How areas they cannot reach will be recorded
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate