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Kitchen extraction cleaning in Hernhill
Kitchen extract cleaning for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Hernhill. BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease.
- A system with no record of a TR19 clean
- A kitchen taken over without any extract records
- Rancid smells from grease in the duct
Hernhill questions
Do you cover smaller places like Hernhill?
Yes, smaller places are covered as well as towns. Let us know about access, parking and anything unusual about getting there when you book.
Which environmental health team covers Hernhill?
That’s Swale council, whose environmental health officers carry out food hygiene inspections in Hernhill. An officer may look up into the canopy, so clean filters on the day and a recent certificate on file both help.
How long does a kitchen extract clean take?
It takes a few hours for a small kitchen, longer for a large system. We’ll confirm the time when we quote.
What do I get after the clean?
A TR19 certificate, plus a full photo report. It records what was cleaned, what wasn’t accessible and the recommended next clean date.
Which parts of the extract do you clean?
Every part the air passes through, as far as access allows. Sections with no access are listed on the report, and extra panels can be fitted.
How far ahead should we book?
It depends on the time you need and how big the job is. Tell us your preferred dates when you ask for a quote, and for anything urgent, ring our 24/7 emergency line.
What do you need from me for a quote?
The site address, the type of premises and your opening hours, plus pictures of the system and your last certificate or report if you have one.
Is a quote from photos possible?
In many cases, yes. With good pictures, the site type and your last report, we can price many jobs. Larger or hidden systems need a survey on site first.
About our kitchen extract cleaning in Hernhill
Many insurers ask for proof that the extract has been cleaned to TR19, and some may refuse or reduce a claim when it’s missing. The certificate and photo report from each clean in Hernhill give you that record, ready for the fire risk assessment file. We are often asked to deal with an overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer and heavy grease build-up inside the duct runs, on extract fans, canopies and hoods and horizontal duct runs. Searching for commercial kitchen extraction cleaning in Hernhill? We have been cleaning kitchen extracts across the South East since 2009, as a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member.
Grease that collects out of sight, behind the filters and along the duct, is what insurers and fire officers worry about, so that is where most of the work in Hernhill goes.
In a small place like Hernhill, 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.
The paperwork matters as much as the work. Each visit is written up with pictures, covering the work done, any areas we couldn’t access and a recommended next date. File it in your maintenance log so it’s to hand when an insurer or inspector asks.
- Location
- Hernhill (ME13)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
For anyone managing more than one site, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Each site gets its own report and photos, so each one has its own record.
When the building owner and the occupier are different, it’s worth checking the lease for who maintains the systems. We are happy to deal with either side, and the report can go to both.
The process
We start by comparing what we find with the survey or your photos. If anything is different, we talk it through with the person on site before carrying on. From there, it takes as long as the system needs, from a few hours to several planned visits. Rural roads and tight entrances are worth telling us about before a visit to Hernhill.
- We start with a survey, so we know every part of the system before we quote.
- Grease readings are taken at set points and you get a fixed quote.
- With the kitchen closed and equipment off and cool, the area is sheeted.
- The whole route is cleaned, from the canopy through the ductwork to the fan and the discharge.
- We test again, photograph the result and issue your TR19 certificate and photo report.
How to prepare
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
Getting a quote
If you need kitchen extract cleaning in Hernhill, ring 0345 646 2711 or send us an email. 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.
Related advice
What we’re called out for in Hernhill
A lot of duct grease gets there because the filters let it through. Filters that are bent, badly fitted, missing or left uncleaned let more fat into the plenum and duct, and from there it travels on to the fan.
Keep an eye out for any of the following:
- Years of baked-on grease in the ducts
- Missing paperwork after a change of operator
- An overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer
- Cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey
Church and community hall kitchens, near Church of St Michael or anywhere around Hernhill, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other.
What your quote should include
- Whether they’re fully insured
- If they look at the system before pricing
- How areas they can’t reach will be recorded
- When they can work, and whether that’s outside your opening hours
What staff can safely do
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.
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
Part by part
Grease filters
Filters need cleaning far more often than the duct, and a filter exchange service can take that off your hands. Clean filters slow the build-up further down the system.
Restaurant and pub kitchens
Losing a service isn’t an option for most restaurants and pubs. Overnight and weekend cleans keep the kitchen trading, and hand back a clean kitchen ready to cook.
Kitchen extract cleaning in Hernhill: the local picture
The coast is only about 3 miles from Hernhill. Corrosion on the fan housing and cowl is worth a look at every clean, alongside the grease. According to Food Standards Agency records, there are about 6 bars, pubs and nightclubs within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Hernhill. Breakfasts, bar meals and functions all put grease into the extract wherever they’re cooked. Fire safety in Hernhill falls to 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 look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Hernhill Church of England Primary School or anywhere near Hernhill, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean. Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Whitstable and Tankerton Hospital is the nearest hospital to Hernhill, about 5.3 miles north-east.
Hernhill is about 3 miles east of Faversham, in Kent. Anywhere in ME13, we cover kitchen extract cleaning for commercial sites. Our Kent coverage runs to 922 places, Hernhill among them. You can also see our page for Maidstone, roughly 19 miles from Hernhill.
Here we cover the ME13 postcode area for kitchen extract cleaning. We also cover the places around Hernhill: Slutshole (1 mile south-west), Staplestreet (1 mile south-west), Dargate (1 mile north-east), Culmers (1 mile north-west) and Goodnestone (1 mile north-west). Within a short drive, we also cover Ashford (12 miles south), Canterbury (6 miles east), Sittingbourne (10 miles west), Whitstable (4 miles north-east), Faversham (3 miles west) and Herne Bay (8 miles north-east).
Local landmarks in Hernhill
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Red Lion pub and Mount Ephraim Gardens, among other places. The nearest railway station is Selling station, roughly 2.3 miles south-west of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Chilham Castle (4.5 miles south) and Whitstable and Tankerton Hospital (5.3 miles north-east). The countryside around Hernhill includes Blean Woods RSPB Reserve.
What a clean won’t put right
We’d rather tell you now than book work that won’t help, so these are the things it won’t cover:
- A canopy that is too small or a system that was badly designed
- Fat blocking the kitchen drains
- A fan motor that has burnt out
If in doubt, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we’ll say what we think before booking.
Where we work
- Horizontal duct runs
- Canopies and hoods
- Discharge points
- Extract fans
- Plenums and filters
- Vertical risers
Keeping the system healthy
Think of this as the after-treatment advice, short and simple:
- Flag any change in how the extract sounds or works
- Keep to the recommended cleaning interval
- Switch the fan on before cooking starts
- Keep the cleaning records where you can find them
When the clean is finished, grease readings are taken again at the same points, giving you before and after readings alongside the photos. Your TR19 certificate is then issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
Tell whoever looks after the system when something changes. Drips, odours and fan noise often mean grease is building, and a grease thickness test can confirm it.