Kent · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extraction cleaning in Hickmans Green
Our technicians work in Hickmans Green on kitchen extract cleaning. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports as standard.
- Proof of cleaning requested by an insurer
- Heavy grease build-up inside the duct runs
- A new tenancy or takeover with no cleaning history
Signs you need kitchen extract cleaning in Hickmans Green
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.
Look out for these warning signs:
- A kitchen with no current TR19 certificate
- Missing paperwork after a change of operator
- A smoky, hot kitchen with weak extraction
- Proof of cleaning requested by an insurer
If you run catering at a historic house or estate in the area (Belmont House and Gardens is about 4.9 miles west), event kitchens in older buildings often have awkward duct runs that need planning.
What your quote should include
- If they look at the system before pricing
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- When the next visit should be, and why
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
About our kitchen extract cleaning in Hickmans Green
Insurers often want evidence of regular TR19 cleaning, and some may refuse or reduce a claim when it’s missing. The certificate and photo report from each clean in Hickmans Green give you that record for the maintenance log. If you have a TR19 certificate needed for the insurer and a system with no record of a TR19 clean, we can put it right, from extract fans, horizontal duct runs and vertical risers onwards. People looking for “duct cleaning near me” in Hickmans Green usually mean the kitchen extract, and that is exactly what we do: canopy to fan, to TR19® Grease.
Grease that collects out of sight, behind the filters and along the duct, is what insurers and fire officers worry about, so that’s where most of the work in Hickmans Green goes.
Work in a small place like Hickmans Green starts with a call to agree access and timings, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy to discharge, then a TR19® certificate and a photo report.
The report is your system’s health record: a dated account with pictures of everything we did. Grease extract cleans are also certificated to TR19® Grease through the BESCA VHE portal and sits alongside the report.
- Where
- Hickmans Green (ME13)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Records
- Certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed price before we start
- Working hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Part by part
Schools, hospitals and care homes
School kitchens can look lightly used but still need a TR19 clean at least every 12 months under BESA guidance. School holidays are an easy time to do it.
Restaurant and pub kitchens
Losing a service is not an option for most restaurants and pubs. We work overnight and at weekends where that suits, and hand back a clean kitchen ready to cook.
Questions from Hickmans Green
Do you work at weekends in Hickmans Green?
Yes. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends. The site is handed back ready to open. Your opening times are the first thing we ask for.
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for Hickmans Green?
Hickmans Green is in the area of Kent Fire and Rescue Service. If a fire safety officer visits a commercial kitchen, they may ask about the fire risk assessment and how the extract is kept clean.
What types of premises do you cover?
Any site with a kitchen or a ventilation system to look after, from a single café to a large school. Hotels, schools, care homes, offices, shops and leisure sites are all part of our work.
Can you price the work without visiting?
Yes, for many jobs. Send wide shots, close-ups of any access panels and anything that worries you, and we usually come back within one working day. If photos aren’t enough, we will survey first.
How long does it take to clean a kitchen extract system?
A small kitchen with a short duct can be done in a few hours, but large systems may be spread over more than one visit. We will tell you how long when we quote.
What does TR19 mean?
TR19® is BESA’s specification for ventilation hygiene. TR19® Grease, a standalone specification since 2019, covers grease in kitchen extract systems, while TR19® Air covers other supply and extract ductwork.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes, always. Diagnosis comes before treatment: the survey tells us what the system needs and how to reach it, and the quote is based on that.
Is TR19 a legal requirement?
TR19® is BESA’s specification, not legislation. Under the Fire Safety Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, and cleaning to TR19 is the recognised way to show you’ve dealt with extract grease.
What happens if it’s left?
There’s no law that names TR19, but the Fire Safety Order 2005 still applies. The responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, which in a kitchen includes the grease in the extract. TR19 is the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to. Planning a trip to Hickmans Green ahead is easier for everyone than a rushed one.
Working hours, access and the scale of the site all affect the cost. We take each of them into account, and the price is fixed before work begins.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Hickmans Green
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
- Fully insured
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- Fixed quotes from a survey or photos
Hickmans Green kitchens: local notes
Food Standards Agency records list about 5 restaurants, cafés and works canteens in and around Hickmans Green, up to about a mile and a half out. Any of them cooking under a canopy is sending grease into its ductwork every service. Food hygiene inspections in Hickmans Green are the job of Swale council’s environmental health team. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector. Hickmans Green sits within the area of 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.
Church and community hall kitchens, near St Barnabas or anywhere around Hickmans Green, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other. Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as Eastbridge Hospital of St Thomas the Martyr (about 5.4 miles east), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands.
Hickmans Green is about 3 miles south-east of Faversham, in Kent. Wherever you are in the ME13 postcode area, we can carry out kitchen extract cleaning at your premises. Hickmans Green is one of 922 places in Kent we cover for commercial clients. You can also see our page for Maidstone, about 19 miles away.
All of ME13 is within our area for kitchen extract cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. We also cover the places around Hickmans Green: Winterbourne (1 mile south-east), Boughton under Blean (1 mile north-east), Oversland (1 mile south), South Street (1 mile south-west) and Crouch (1 mile west). Within a short drive, we also cover Ashford (11 miles south), Canterbury (5 miles east), Sittingbourne (10 miles west), Whitstable (6 miles north-east), Faversham (3 miles north-west) and Herne Bay (9 miles north-east).
Landmarks near Hickmans Green
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Mount Ephraim Gardens and The Queens Head pub. Hickmans Green’s nearest station is Selling station, roughly 1 mile south-west. Well-known places in the area include Tower keep castle at Chilham (3.1 miles south) and Eastbridge Hospital of St Thomas the Martyr (5.4 miles east). For a walk, there’s Blean Woods RSPB Reserve.
Keeping the system healthy
Looking after the system between visits is straightforward, and it makes the next visit easier:
- Keep to the recommended cleaning interval
- Empty any grease troughs or cups on the canopy
- Flag any change in how the extract sounds or works
- Keep the cleaning records where you can find them
If we couldn’t get into part of the duct, the report says so plainly. That’s part of an honest TR19 clean, not a failing, and we can fit access panels so it’s reached next time.
Report drips, smells or a noisy fan early. Drips, odours and fan noise often mean grease is building, and a grease thickness test can confirm it.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Where a tenant occupies the premises but the landlord owns the building, it’s worth checking the lease for who maintains the systems. We can quote either party, and the report can go to both.
Keeping records across a portfolio is half the battle. Every visit ends with a dated report and pictures, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.
Places near Hickmans Green
What else we do in Hickmans Green
What staff can safely do
In-house cleaning and specialist cleaning do different jobs. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, next to our reports.
How it works
Your trading hours come first. Most visits are booked for when the area is out of use, such as evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends. Once we are in, the area is sheeted and anything that has to be off is turned off and cooled, and the work takes anything from a few hours to a full night, depending on the size of the system. Somewhere like Hickmans Green, lanes, gates and parking are worth mentioning in advance.
- First comes a survey of the whole system, by pictures or a visit.
- Grease readings are taken at set points and you get a fixed quote.
- On the day, cooking equipment is switched off and left to cool, and everything nearby 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
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
- Let us know about parking and loading
Getting a quote
We do not publish a price list, because every site is different. We look at your system first, from pictures or on a visit, and then give you a fixed quote. To start, call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form.