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Kitchen Extract Cleaning in Horsmonden
We cover Horsmonden for kitchen extract cleaning. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports as standard.
- An inspection that picked up a dirty extract
- A new tenancy or takeover with no cleaning history
- A kitchen with no current TR19 certificate
Kitchen extract cleaning in Horsmonden
The ducts are where most of the grease hides. Access panels let us into the duct runs and risers, removing thick grease by hand, then using degreasers, hot water or steam to suit the deposit. Any section we cannot reach is recorded on the report and extra access panels can be added. If you’re dealing with stale cooking odours from the system and fat running down the canopy edge, we can help. People looking for “duct cleaning near me” in Horsmonden typically mean the kitchen extract, and that is our main job: canopy to fan, to TR19® Grease.
BESA sets minimum intervals by hours of cooking a day: 3-monthly for heavy use, 6-monthly for moderate use and yearly for light use, adjusted by what the grease readings show.
In a small place like Horsmonden, kitchens are often in older or extended buildings, with long single-storey duct runs, where grease settles in the flat sections. Access, parking and timings are agreed before the day.
For insurers and inspectors, the record counts. So every job comes with a written report and photos, and grease extract cleans come with a TR19® certificate issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Where
- Horsmonden (TN12)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Reporting
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Working hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Why act early in Horsmonden
Environmental health officers inspect food businesses, in Horsmonden as everywhere else, and a greasy canopy or dripping filters will not go unnoticed. Keeping the extract clean helps the whole kitchen pass muster. Our emergency line runs 24/7, but a planned visit to Horsmonden is calmer for everyone.
A single site or a whole portfolio, we price it on the same basis: what needs doing, how we get to it and when. You’ll have a fixed price before work begins.
Why Horsmonden businesses choose us
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
- Full insurance on every job
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
- Trading since 2009
How the job changes from site to site
Extract fan and discharge
The discharge is where air leaves the building, and grease can collect there too. We clean it where it can be safely reached, and any limits are recorded.
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.
What kitchen extract cleaning looks like in Horsmonden
Look up Horsmonden on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you will find about 5 restaurants, cafés and canteens in and around Horsmonden, up to about a mile and a half out. Any of them cooking under a canopy is sending grease into its ductwork every service. Environmental health officers from Tunbridge Wells council inspect food businesses in Horsmonden. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked. The fire and rescue service for Horsmonden is Kent Fire and Rescue Service. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel.
If you run catering at a historic house or estate in the area (Scotney Castle is about 3.4 miles south), event kitchens in older buildings often have awkward duct runs that need planning. Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Tunbridge Wells Hospital is the nearest hospital to Horsmonden, about 5.3 miles west.
Horsmonden is about 7 miles east of Royal Tunbridge Wells, in Kent. We carry out kitchen extract cleaning for commercial premises of every kind in Horsmonden and the rest of Kent. Our Kent coverage runs to 922 places, and Horsmonden is one of them. There’s also a page for Maidstone, roughly 10 miles from Horsmonden.
Here we cover the TN12 postcode area for kitchen extract cleaning. That includes premises on Morley Drive, Woodgate Mews and Back Lane and the roads around them. Nearby, we also carry out kitchen extract cleaning in Hazel Street (1 mile south-west), Capel Cross (1 mile south-east), Broad Ford (1 mile south-east), Palmer's Green (1 mile north-west) and Castle Hill (1 mile north-west). We also work in nearby towns such as Maidstone (10 miles north-east), Sevenoaks (14 miles north-west), Royal Tunbridge Wells (7 miles west), Tonbridge (8 miles north-west), Kings Hill (9 miles north) and Foley Park (11 miles north-east).
Local landmarks in Horsmonden
In Horsmonden, that means kitchens and buildings near The Highwayman pub and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is Paddock Wood station, about 3.4 miles north-west of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Tunbridge Wells Hospital (5.3 miles west) and Finchcocks Musical Museum (2.5 miles south).
Between visits
Looking after the system between visits is straightforward, and it helps at the next visit:
- Report grease drips, smells or fan noise right away
- Do not let the canopy gutters overflow
- Make sure every filter is fitted before cooking
- Keep the cleaning records where you can find them
Any section without access is marked on the report. A TR19 report should record what wasn’t cleaned as well as what was, and new access panels can be fitted so the next clean covers it.
Keep the fan on throughout service. Cooking with the extract off lets grease and heat settle in the canopy, and the next clean has more to do.
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Horsmonden questions
Can a school canteen extract in Horsmonden be done out of term time?
Yes. Half-terms and the summer break are the natural time for school work. Around Horsmonden, the Food Standards Agency lists about 2 schools and colleges with registered kitchens within a mile and a half or so. Booking early in the term gives the best choice of holiday dates.
Which fire service covers Horsmonden?
Kent Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Horsmonden. Records of extract cleaning are a sensible thing to have ready if a fire safety officer carries out an audit.
Do insurers need proof of extract cleaning?
Many policies require TR19 cleaning, and insurers often ask to see the certificate. An insurer may refuse or reduce a claim if there’s no evidence, so it’s worth checking your policy wording.
Do I have to clean my extract to TR19 by law?
TR19 is not written into law, but the responsible person still has a legal duty under the Fire Safety Order 2005. Insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to TR19 as the standard, and many policies require it.
Where does the waste go?
We take it away when we go. During the work, it’s contained to keep the area clean.
How do you protect the area?
With sheeting and covers, before anything else happens. We keep the work contained and clean down when we finish.
How long does a kitchen extract clean take?
Short systems are done in a few hours, but large systems may be spread over more than one visit. Your quote says how long to expect.
What if parts of the system can’t be reached?
We never leave them off the paperwork. You will know exactly which parts weren’t reached and why, and we can quote to improve the access.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
A few tasks are always specialist work: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings call for the right kit, training and safe access. Leave those to us.
How we price kitchen extract cleaning
The quote reflects the site in front of us. We consider:
- The times the site is available
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- Where the site is and how we reach it
- Whether several sites go on one quote
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 any work starts.
Helping us quote
A few details help us quote accurately. When you get in touch, it helps to send:
- The site address and the type of premises
- Wide pictures of the system and the area around it
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
Want a quote for kitchen extract cleaning? Please call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and tell us about the site. We will talk you through the work and give you a fixed quote before you commit to anything.
When to call us in Horsmonden
Grease filters are the first line of defence, and they’re often the weak point. 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.
If you notice any of these, it’s worth a diagnosis:
- A TR19 certificate needed for the insurer
- Heavy grease build-up inside the duct runs
- A kitchen taken over without any extract records
- Poor airflow at the canopy
For schools such as Horsmonden Primary School, kitchen extract cleaning is usually booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
What to look for in a quote
- What happens if part of the system cannot be accessed
- What paperwork you get at the end
- What insurance they carry
- Proof of accreditation you can verify
What happens on the day
When we arrive, we check the system against the survey or the photos you sent. If anything is different, we talk it through with the person on site before carrying on. After that, the work takes a few hours for a small kitchen, longer for a large system. A quick note on how to find the site and where to park makes a visit to Horsmonden run smoothly.
- First the diagnosis: a survey of the whole system and its access points.
- Grease readings set the baseline, and a fixed quote follows.
- After the kitchen closes, we sheet the area and set up to contain grease and water.
- Heavy deposits are scraped by hand and the system 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
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
Getting a quote
For a fixed quote, call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email with the site type, your trading hours and a short description of the system. Photos and the last report, if you have one, make the quote quicker. We usually come back within one working day.