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Kitchen Extract Cleaning in Henhurst
Professional kitchen extract cleaning in and around Henhurst, timed so the site keeps working and finished with a written report and photos.
- Stale cooking odours from the system
- An overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer
- A kitchen with no current TR19 certificate
How it works
Every visit runs to the same pattern: protect the area, make the system safe, carry out the kitchen extract cleaning, clear away and hand over the paperwork. On site, the work takes a few hours for a small kitchen, longer for a large system. If the van will struggle with a lane or gateway near Henhurst, let us know and we’ll plan around it.
- Diagnosis comes first, with a survey of the system and how it’s reached.
- Grease readings set the baseline, and a fixed quote follows.
- We arrive after close, protect the area and contain the waste.
- Heavy deposits are scraped by hand and the system degreased to TR19® Grease.
- Then the clean bill of health: readings, a TR19 certificate and a photo report with the next date.
Before we arrive
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
How to get a quote
For a fixed quote, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and tell us the type of site, your opening hours and roughly what the system looks like. Photos and the last report, if you have one, make the quote quicker. You’ll usually have a quote within one working day.
Related advice
TR19 kitchen extract cleaning in Henhurst
Every time food is cooked, warm vapour carries fat up into the extract. As it cools, it clings to the inside of the ductwork and keeps building. That film is fuel, and a proper clean removes it before it becomes a fire risk. The work covers plenums and filters, canopies and hoods and horizontal duct runs, and the jobs we see most are ductwork thick with old, hardened grease and poor airflow at the canopy. For TR19 kitchen extract cleaning in Henhurst, you get one team and one number for every site.
Before we clean, we look at where the grease is: grease readings at set points tell us where the heaviest deposits are, and readings afterwards go into your report.
For a kitchen in or near Henhurst, the visit is planned around opening hours and the journey, and the clean itself is the same full TR19® job as in any town: canopy to discharge, then a TR19® certificate and a photo report.
Nothing is signed off by word of mouth: a dated report with pictures 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.
- Place
- Henhurst (DA12)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed price before we start
- Hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
What your team can do, and what needs us
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. What they cannot safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, and that is where we come in.
Why act early in Henhurst
After a fire, one of the first questions is often when the extract was last cleaned. Many insurers ask for proof of TR19 cleaning and may reduce or refuse a claim without it. A certificate in the file answers that question. With notice, the visit to Henhurst can be fitted around your bookings and events.
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’re unsure, call 0345 646 2711 or email us for straight advice and a fixed quote.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Henhurst
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Each visit written up, with pictures
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
- A fixed price before any work starts
Take a look at our cost guide and our accreditations.
What kitchen extract cleaning cannot fix
Not every problem is solved by kitchen extract cleaning, and we will tell you before any work starts. It will not put right:
- Damaged duct sections that need replacing
- A damper that sticks or has a damaged link
- An undersized canopy or fan
Not sure which it is? You can call 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we will tell you honestly.
What we work on in Henhurst
- Canopies and hoods
- Plenums and filters
- Discharge points
- Extract fans
- Horizontal duct runs
- Vertical risers
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
Multi-site operators often want one contractor and one number. We work across London and the South East, so a run of sites can go into one programme and kept to a regular schedule.
Towns and villages near Henhurst
What else we do in Henhurst
Part by part
Ductwork and risers
Risers take the extract up through floors to roof level, and grease often collects at the bottom of them. Access panels along the riser let us clean it in sections.
Schools, hospitals and care homes
Some healthcare kitchens never fully close. Cleans are planned between meals or overnight with as little disruption as possible.
Kitchen extract cleaning in Henhurst: the local picture
Look up Henhurst on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you’ll find about 6 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 8 takeaways and sandwich shops within about 1.5 miles of central Henhurst. Those that fry, grill or roast under a canopy need their extracts cleaned at intervals set by how long they cook. Kent Fire and Rescue Service covers Henhurst. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises. Kitchens in Henhurst get their food hygiene inspections from Gravesham council. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector.
Term dates shape school work: for a school like Singlewell Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break. Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Gravesham Community Hospital is the nearest hospital to Henhurst, about 3 miles north.
Henhurst is about 2 miles south of Gravesend, in Kent. Sites in Henhurst get the same service as everywhere we cover: a survey first, a fixed quote, work timed around your hours and a report with photos. Henhurst is one of 922 places in Kent we cover for kitchen extract cleaning. For sites nearby, see our Maidstone page (11 miles or so).
All of DA12 is covered for kitchen extract cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. If your site is just outside Henhurst, we cover Singlewell or Ifield (1 mile north-west), Istead Rise (1 mile west), Gravesend (2 miles north), Denton (2 miles north) and Northfleet Green (2 miles north-west). Within a short drive, we also cover Maidstone (11 miles south-east), Dartford (8 miles west), Sevenoaks (12 miles south-west), Tonbridge (15 miles south), Northfleet (3 miles north-west) and Swanley (9 miles west).
Local landmarks in Henhurst
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Jeskyns, The George Inn and Thamesview School, among other places. The closest station to Henhurst is Sole Street station, roughly 1.3 miles south. Other landmarks nearby include Gravesham Museum (2.8 miles north) and Gravesham Community Hospital (3 miles north). Green spaces nearby include Sawyers Lake and Gad's Hill.
Questions from Henhurst
Do you do school kitchen extract cleaning in Henhurst in the summer holidays?
Yes. Half-terms and the summer break are the natural time for school work. Around Henhurst, the Food Standards Agency lists about 10 schools and colleges with registered kitchens within a mile and a half or so. Send us your term dates when you call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email, and we will fit the work in.
Which fire authority looks after Henhurst?
That’s Kent 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 sets out inspection, cleaning and record keeping, and it takes a risk-based approach.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes. For many sites, pictures and a few details are enough, while bigger or harder-to-see systems are surveyed on site.
Why do insurers care about 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 one contract cover all our sites?
Yes. Send the list of sites and the work at each and we’ll quote them together.
How much notice should we give?
Earlier is better, particularly for night and weekend visits. We typically quote within one working day, and emergencies are covered by our 24/7 line.
Is TR19 a legal requirement?
Strictly, the legal duty comes from the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, not from TR19. In practice, TR19 is how kitchens show they’re managing grease, and many insurers ask for proof of it.
Signs you need kitchen extract cleaning in Henhurst
A lot of duct grease gets there because the filters let it through. Damaged, missing or overloaded filters let grease straight past, and from there it travels on to the fan.
Most sites get in touch when they notice something like this:
- Poor airflow at the canopy
- Cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey
- Fat running down the canopy edge
- Extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit
If you run catering at a historic house or estate in the area (Cobham College is about 1 mile south-east), event kitchens in older buildings often have awkward duct runs that need planning.
What to look for in a quote
- Whether they recommend a next date
- Whether the price is fixed
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- Proof of accreditation you can verify