Kent · Kitchen extract cleaning
Hales Place kitchen extract cleaning
Professional kitchen extract cleaning in and around Hales Place, booked around your opening hours and signed off in writing with pictures.
- Grease smells coming from the extract
- A new tenancy or takeover with no cleaning history
- Years of baked-on grease in the ducts
Kitchen duct cleaning in Hales Place
Not sure when the extract was last cleaned, or by whom? Send a few photos of the canopy and filters when you give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or email photos, and you’ll have a fixed quote for kitchen extract cleaning in Hales Place, typically within one working day. Common call-outs are for an extract that no longer clears the smoke and heavy grease build-up inside the duct runs, across vertical risers, horizontal duct runs and discharge points. Kitchen extract cleaning, TR19 cleaning, extraction cleaning: whatever you call it, it’s the job we do every week across Kent.
The fire risk in a kitchen extract sits in the parts nobody sees: the plenum, the duct and the fan, so that’s where most of the work in Hales Place goes.
For a smaller kitchen near Hales Place, a TR19® clean is the same job as anywhere: canopy, filters, plenum, duct, fan and discharge. We plan the visit around your hours, with the journey sorted in advance.
Duct Doctor has been trading since 2009, and we’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we carry full insurance.
- Location
- Hales Place (CT2, CT1)
- Region
- Kent
- Reporting
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
What staff can safely do
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, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We’ll take a look and give you a fixed quote.
Keep a record of what your team does. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, alongside our reports.
Towns and villages near Hales Place
Other services in Hales Place
Why act early in Hales Place
There’s no law that names TR19, but the Fire Safety Order 2005 still applies. It puts a duty on the responsible person to assess and reduce fire risk, and in a kitchen that means keeping extract grease under control. Cleaning to TR19 is the recognised way to show you’ve done it. You choose the date of a planned visit, and a breakdown never asks.
When the work has to happen, how we reach it and how big the site is all affect the cost. Each of those is built into the quote, and the price is fixed before work begins.
What you get with us
- Fixed quotes, usually within one working day
- Fully insured
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
- Every visit written up, with photos
Kitchen extracts in Hales Place
According to Food Standards Agency records, there are about 51 pubs, bars and clubs and about 10 hotels and B&Bs in Hales Place and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Breakfasts, bar meals and functions all put grease into the extract wherever they’re cooked. In Hales Place, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Canterbury City council. 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. Hales Place is covered by Kent Fire and Rescue Service. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk.
If you cook for passing trade around Canterbury West station, the extract can be cleaned between your last and first customer. Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Church of St Stephen, or anywhere in Hales Place, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it. For schools such as St Stephen's Junior School, kitchen extract cleaning is typically booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
Hales Place is about 1 mile north of Canterbury, in Kent. Whether your site is in the middle of Hales Place or further out, kitchen extract cleaning is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from a single unit to a large public building. Our Kent coverage runs to 922 places, and Hales Place is one of them. You can also see our page for Maidstone, roughly 24 miles from Hales Place.
Every address in CT2 and CT1 is within our area for kitchen extract cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. Whether your site is on Downs Road, Godden Road and Tunstall Road or anywhere close by, we can help. We also cover Canterbury (1 mile south), Harbledown (1 mile south-west), Rough Common (1 mile west), Wincheap (2 miles south) and Upper Harbledown (2 miles west). Further out, we also cover Ashford (14 miles south-west), Margate (14 miles north-east), Dover (14 miles south-east), Sittingbourne (15 miles west), Folkestone (15 miles south) and Ramsgate (15 miles east).
Landmarks near Hales Place
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Archbishop's School, St Thomas of Canterbury Church and St Edmund's School, among other places. Other local landmarks include Ye Olde Beverlie Inn (under half a mile south) and Bus Company Island (0.8 miles south). For rail, the closest station is Canterbury West station, roughly 0.8 miles south of the centre. A little further out are Whitefriars Shopping Centre (1.2 miles south) and Canterbury Castle (1.4 miles south). Green spaces nearby include Blean Woods RSPB Reserve.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Hales Place
The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
For anyone managing more than one site, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Every building has its own written report, so each one has its own record.
Common questions in Hales Place
Which fire service covers Hales Place?
Kent Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Hales Place. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
Can you clean school kitchen extracts in Hales Place during the holidays?
Yes, and it’s the easiest time to do it. The FSA’s register shows about 30 schools and colleges with food registrations within roughly a mile and a half of Hales Place. Booking early in the term gives the best choice of holiday dates.
What do you do with what you remove?
It’s contained and taken away. We collect grease, debris and waste water as we go rather than letting it spread.
What does kitchen extract cleaning cost?
There’s no set price, as it depends on the job: the size of the system, its condition, access and when we can work. We fix the price before we start.
Will my insurer ask for a TR19 certificate?
Grease in an extract is a known fire risk, which is why many insurers require TR19 cleaning. Our certificate and photo report give you that evidence.
How often should a kitchen extract be cleaned?
BESA guidance sets minimums by daily cooking hours: 3-monthly for heavy use, 6-monthly for moderate use and 12-monthly for light use. Measured grease levels set the real interval.
Are you accredited for kitchen extract cleaning?
Duct Doctor is a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 sit alongside that, and we’re fully insured.
Can you price the work without visiting?
Yes, where the pictures show enough. Otherwise, we book a survey at a time that suits the site, then a fixed quote.
Fixed quotes for kitchen extract cleaning in Hales Place
The price is fixed before any work begins. It’s based on:
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
- The size of the system
- Whether several sites go on one quote
- What state the system is in
We don’t list prices on the website, because each job is priced on what it involves. Call for a fixed quote, and we will explain what it covers.
Helping us quote
To speed up the quote, send us:
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- The postcode and the type of business
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- Any previous report or certificate
To help us quote: the address, the type of site and when it’s open, a few pictures and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Then call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email.
Part by part
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.
Restaurant and pub kitchens
Busy restaurant and pub kitchens often cook for long hours, frying and grilling, which can put them in BESA’s 3 or 6-monthly bands. We clean after close or before opening.
How the visit works
There are three stages on the day: set-up, the treatment itself and the sign-off. Set-up means sheeting and making equipment safe, and the sign-off is a written report with photos. Most of the time goes on the work itself, which takes anything from a few hours to a full night, depending on the size of the system. Tell us about any gates, ladders or locked plant areas at your site near Hales Place when you book.
- You send photos 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.
Before we arrive
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
How to get a quote
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.
Advice
Keeping the system healthy
After the visit, a few habits help the work last:
- Book the next clean before the date on the report
- Wash or exchange the filters often
- Refit filters properly after cleaning
- Clean grease off the canopy surfaces regularly
After cleaning, we re-test the same points we measured at the start, giving you before and after readings alongside the pictures. Your TR19 certificate is then issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
Wipe the canopy down regularly and empty grease troughs or collection points. A daily wipe is not a deep clean, but it helps between visits.